My friend Steve Chinn, who has died aged 62 after a long illness, was the global planning director for Saatchi & Saatchi before going on to pursue other interests in politics, philosophy and medicine.
Born in Coventry, to Catherine (nee Fleck) and Robert Chinn, a chartered accountant, Steve was educated at Bablake school in the city before going to Lancaster University to study sociology. He graduated in 1981, and the following year married a fellow student, Dee Amy.
