Brian still keeps an enthusiastic eye on the agency's progress while continuing to work as one of the UK's most iconic illustrators. Nestled for most of the time in his garden studio in East Sussex, he swings into Mayfair a couple of times a week to see how we're all doing, check out new artists and add a dash of dandy to the general proceedings. He's invariably had a call on the way to town and needs to get his brushes out as soon as he arrives, but it's rather nice having some art being made right here at the agency now and then. Brian has earned his place in creative society by the merits of his expressive, ideas-led illustration and has also recently received an Honorary Degree from Nottingham Trent University. He also plays base with the Butchers of Blues, has a suite named after him at Raffles and enjoys a pint or three of Harveys whenever he gets the chance.

Like everyone at CIA Ben comes from an art school background and initially managed an illustration gallery before becoming an agent. He heads a creative CIA team who as well as collaborating with the bold and the beautiful of the global commissioning market, also create regular in-house projects to challenge and bring together the agency's international stable of artists, most notably our recent book License to Inspire. He loves his wife and the Welsh Rugby team!

Alicja has more titles than the rest of us put together what with all the different roles she fulfills within the agency. From the start she was charged with keeping the office in fine working order, and she still does, but with her high-octane energy levels one job was simply not enough. She set up our wildly popular online shop a couple of years ago and is now our chief social networker, blogging and tweeting like there's no tomorrow. With an advertising degree behind her she still paints and is an avid climber meaning that either one of her paintings or Alicja herself are probably hanging on a wall somewhere right now…

Charlotte studied Illustration at Camberwell and despite being a full time member of the crew here at CIA Towers is otherwise found at the studio creating her own work. There doesn't appear to be a visual problem that she doesn't know the solution to and what's more her gold and pink single speed bike has become our favourite piece of office furniture!

Quite what we'd do without her is anyone's guess. With all this agenting going on, someone has got to balance the books and Sarah's the financial brains of the operation - left to our own devices we probably wouldn't have any lights on right now! Fielding all the money questions with the patience of a saint, Sarah had us all summed up years ago and keeps us firmly on the straight and narrow. When she's not knackering out calculators she's a regular cultural sponge and can often be found in some theatre, museum or mosh-pit.