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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Director operating in the Digital Media space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Lee Bernasconi
Director of Growth of Founders Factory
Leading the Founders Factory Growth team, Lee’s expertise in strategy, marketing, product and analytics help portfolio companies drive growth from launch through to traction and scale. Lee has previously held Senior Marketing positions at VC backed startups and international marketing agencies, also working as a business and marketing consultant for B2B & B2C companies in Mobile, FinTech, MarTech, AdTech, Property and eCommerce. With a background rooted in entrepreneurship, Lee founded a mobile ticketing startup in 2011 and a digital advertising platform for local businesses aged 19. He holds a BA (Hons) In Marketing & Management from Newcastle University.
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About Founders Factory: Founders Factory is a global corporate-backed venture studio and accelerator.
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James Millett
Director of Marketing, Digital & Brand of Founders Factory
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About : Founders Factory is a global corporate-backed venture studio and accelerator.
Justyn Trenner
Corporate Development Director of QA Media
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About QA Media: QA Media connects buyers and sellers in the marketplace for software quality assurance services.
Maximilian Bleyleben
Managing Director and Chief Privacy Officer of SuperAwesome
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About SuperAwesome: SuperAwesome offers kid-safe tools and technology for the children’s digital media ecosystem.
David Lampitt
Managing Director Group Operations of Sportradar
David Lampitt is Managing Director Group Operations for Sportradar AG. Initially joining the Board of Sportradar AG in August 2012 in a non-executive capacity, David brought over a decade of in-depth experience of working in the sports industry at senior levels. In 2013, he took on an executive role as Sportradar’s Managing Director Group Operations, where he has responsibility for shaping Sportradar’s organisational structures. His remit also includes a number of group functions such as legal, compliance, marketing, communications, as well as strategically significant group projects such as e-sports. Prior to joining Sportradar, David worked at the English Football Association, he was a member of UEFA’s Club Licensing Committee and spent two years as CEO of Portsmouth Football Club.David also worked as CEO of Supporters Direct, a not-for-profit organisation promoting good governance in sport. He holds a degree in Modern Languages from Bristol University and is an ACA Chartered Accountant. David is based in London, United Kingdom.
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About Sportradar: Sportradar is a supplier of sports and betting-related live data, odds solutions and fraud detection services.
David Buttle
Global Marketing Director, Commercial of Financial Times
David is the FT’s Global Commercial Marketing Director, leading on all advertiser-facing marketing campaigns for the business. He has been with the FT for over 5 years and has held his current position since July 2017. Prior to this he was Head of Commercial Marketing and before that, Head of Commercial Marketing for EMEA. David joined the FT from Pearson where he led the UK skills marketing team, having previously held a number of education-focused corporate communications roles both in the private and public sector. David holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of London and is currently undertaking a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) at Warwick Business School.
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About Financial Times: Financial Times is a business news organization providing essential news, comments, data, and analysis for the global business community.
Sarah Wells
Technical Director for Operations & Reliability of Financial Times
Sarah Wells is the Technical Director for Operations & Reliability at Financial Times.
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About Financial Times: Financial Times is a business news organization providing essential news, comments, data, and analysis for the global business community.
Barry T. Whyte
FT Strategies, Managing Director of Financial Times
Ever since he was given a Nintendo Virtual Boy in the late 1990s, Barry has been obsessed with Virtual Reality. Inspired by the endless stream of people coming to his apartment to play around on his HTC Vive, he founded Veero, a location-based virtual reality centre focusing on immersive independent cinema. It will be London’s first VR cinema when it opens in 2018. Prior to Veero, Barry was a furtive entrepreneur in the corporate world, firstly in advertising at Ogilvy & Mather then in consulting at Bain & Company. In 2013 he joined Decoded as COO in early 2013, leading growth from 7 people in a cupboard to a global team of over 100 in three years, scaling through international expansion to New York, Sydney and Amsterdam. Decoded delivers technology education that changes the way businesses behave. Tens of thousands of business people now have digital skills thanks to their signature product “Code in a Day”. Barry is also a co-founder of Series Q, a non-profit with a mission to empower LGBT entrepreneurs; and sits on advisory board of EurOut at London Business School. He speaks at conferences, including Cannes Lions, London Tech Week and SXSW. Barry holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, blogs for the Huffington Post, and makes seriously good homemade soup. More important than all the above, he also spent a fabulous six months as a Starbucks barista. So if you ask him really nicely, he might make you a coconut flat white.
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About Financial Times, Series Q: Financial Times is a business news organization providing essential news, comments, data, and analysis for the global business community.
Niko Vijayaratnam
Director of Product of Financial Times
Niko Vijayaratnam is Head of Product for FT Core who develop platforms that support the wider FT Product and Technology division. Prior to working for the FT, Niko has developed products for global media companies such as the BBC and Dow Jones & WSJ.
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About Financial Times: Financial Times is a business news organization providing essential news, comments, data, and analysis for the global business community.
Hywel Sloman
IT Director of Arsenal Football Club
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About Arsenal Football Club: Arsenal Football Club is a multi media production company representing a diverse & exciting international talent roster including Director.
Ken Friar
Club Secretary & Managing Director of Arsenal Football Club
Arsenal Football Club’s longest-serving director, Ken Friar OBE has been a mainstay of the Club for more than 60 years. During this time, Mr Friar, as he is affectionately known by all, has done just about every job at the Club including working as Club Secretary and Managing Director. He was a driving force behind the Gunners’ move from Highbury to Emirates Stadium and continues to lead the Club’s activities in the property sector.
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About Arsenal Football Club: Arsenal Football Club is a multi media production company representing a diverse & exciting international talent roster including Director.
Stan Kroenke
Board of Directors of Arsenal Football Club
Stan Kroenke became the majority shareholder of Arsenal Football Club in April 2011, having previously been appointed to the board of directors in 2008. As the head of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, he owns a number of American sports properties; the Denver Nuggets basketball team, Colorado Rapids Major League Soccer team, St. Louis Rams of the NFL and the Colorado Avalanche ice hockey team in the NHL. He is a real estate developer and also owns the Outdoor Channel and Altitude Sports & Entertainment.
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About Kroenke Sports & Entertainment: Arsenal Football Club is a multi media production company representing a diverse & exciting international talent roster including Director.
John Bayer
Technical Director of Arsenal Football Club
His main roles at Arsenal Ladies involve directing operations at the Arsenal Ladies Centre of Excellence and implementing the Technical and Physical Programme for the COE.
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About Arsenal Football Club: Arsenal Football Club is a multi media production company representing a diverse & exciting international talent roster including Director.
Lord Harris
Board of Directors of Arsenal Football Club
Lord Harris of Peckham was appointed to the Arsenal board in November 2005. One of Britain’s longest-serving retailers, Lord Harris took over his family run carpet business aged 15. He went on to found Carpetright in 1988, where he played a central role until announcing his retirement in 2014. Lord Harris is a keen philanthropist, supporting a number of charities and projects that help young people to fulfil their potential.
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About : Arsenal Football Club is a multi media production company representing a diverse & exciting international talent roster including Director.
Georgina Owens
Director IT Services of Perform Group
Georgina Owens has held global leadership roles in organisations across multiple sectors. She has a reputation for tackling large-scale challenges and being capable of making intelligent sense out of chaotic and poorly managed IT capabilities. She is at home working in a fast paced environment dealing with uncertainty, ambiguity and constant change and manages to navigate her teams through a transformation to deliver simplicity, excellence and best in class at the end of the journey. In the last 18 months, she has been immersed in leading-edge digital initiatives including Artificial Intelligence implementations and the challenges of evolving an organisation into a digital way of thinking. In November she is moving into a role in a leading sports media company delivering content media, social network services and a pioneering sports OTT platform.
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About Liberis, Perform Group: Perform Group is a digital media company that commercializes multimedia sports content across internet-enabled digital platforms.
Julian Childs
Managing Director UK and Europe of Business Insider
Julian Childs is SVP and Regional Managing Director at Insider and also Managing Director for UK and Europe of Business Insider, the London-based division of the popular online financial publication that was launched last November. Childs’s background covers over 15 years in digital media on the publisher side, encompassing various leadership, business and commercial roles across Europe and internationally. Prior to Business Insider, his more recent roles have included VP of EMEA for Business Technology sites including ZDNet and TechRepublic and VP of Partnerships for CBS Interactive where he helped build and deliver their international monetization and data strategy.
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About Business Insider, Business Insider, Insider: Business Insider is an online platform that offers the latest business, celebrity, and technology news.
Kirstin Furber
People Director of Channel 4
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About Channel 4: Channel 4 provides public broadcasting services via television.
Lord Rothermere
Chairman of the Board of Directors of DMG Media
Lord Rothermere has been Chairman of DMGT and a Non-Executive Director of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC since 1998. Lord Rothermere worked at the International Herald Tribune in Paris and the Mirror Group before moving to Northcliffe Newspapers Group in 1995. In 1997 Lord Rothermere became Managing Director of the Evening Standard.
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About : DMG media is a consumer media company engaged in print and online newspaper publishing.
Grant Altson
Director of Technology & Operations of DMG Media
Grant Altson is Director of Technology & Operations at DMG media.
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About Daily Mail, DMG Media: DMG media is a consumer media company engaged in print and online newspaper publishing.
James Welsh
Group Finance Director of DMG Media
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About DMG Media: DMG media is a consumer media company engaged in print and online newspaper publishing.
Francesca Howland
Co-founder, CEO, Director of Bimble
Entrepreneur and all that jazz.
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About Bimble: Bimble is the app for great, little places. Peer-to-peer place recommendations from around the world.
Paul Smith
New Business Director Partnerships of JustPremium
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About JustPremium: The World’s most innovative Rich Media Marketplace – We bring creativity to digital advertising
Nicholas Marcq
Director of Latimer Group
Founding Director Latimer Films ltd
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About Latimer Group: Latimer works with the best in youth talent to produce cutting edge film and digital media.
Lawrence Whiteley
Creative Director of Wond Design
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About Epik cv, Wond Design: Wond Design provides annual reports, infographic, social, and web design services.
Michael Roberts
Communications Strategy Director of 72andSunny
Michael is Communication Strategy Director at 72andSunny in Amsterdam. He blends his strategy and media expertise with passion and enthusiasm for data, technology and internet culture. He has led communications strategy for Google software and hardware, and eBay. Most recently has been crafting digital transformation strategy for IKEA and helping fintech company Klarna develop a comms strategy focussed on fame and conversation.
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About 72andSunny: 72andSunny drives transactions by making brands matter in culture. They have offices in Los Angeles and Amsterdam.
Mark Jenkins
Experience Design Director of 72andSunny
Mark is Experience Design Director at 72andSunny in Amsterdam. He believes in planning strategically to design across the full lifecycle of the UX process. Designing with informed decisions, Mark understands that a fantastic experience is one where the combination of how things look, read and work end up providing true value for people, where the best design is with intent.
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About 72andSunny: 72andSunny drives transactions by making brands matter in culture. They have offices in Los Angeles and Amsterdam.
David Howlett
Marketing Director of ICP
Now working at ICP as Marketing Director. David is an experienced Board level Marketing and Business Development Director having worked in many industry sectors, recently in a business to business environment within professional services companies, but with high levels of understanding of the business to consumer context and within a wide range of market sectors. Specific functions that David has managed include marketing, communications, business development, market research, insight, branding, strategy development and general management within SMEs and large corporates. He has also had experience of setting up new ventures within existing businesses, and of managing a production facility. this has involved managing many teams, large and small, made up of experienced directors and of junior to mid level executives. David has a very strong understanding of finance, in terms of budget management and the setting of key performance indicators in addition to monthly and annual financial performance measurement. Sector experience includes Fast Moving Consumer Goods, food & drink, personal care, household care; paint; packaging; recycling. David has travelled extensively and held international responsibilities in many of roles, including Europe, USA, China, Saudi Arabia. Recently, David has been invited to deliver guest lectures to undergraduates and postgraduates at Oxford Brookes University Business School covering marketing, market research, thought leadership and content marketing themes.
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About ICP: ICP provides digital asset management consulting, advertising production and video services to global clients and brands
Chris Cammann
Managing Director of Hybrid
Chris Cammann is a managing director at Hybrid.
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About Hybrid: Hybrid is a media company that creates content for brands across digital platforms.
Michael Buchen
Managing Director of Polar Light Ventures
Michael is the Founder & Managing Director of Polar Light Ventures AG, an investment firm based in Switzerland, focusing on early-stage technology ventures. Previously he was the Managing Director of Dhabi Holdings, a principal investment firm of senior members of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. He joined Dhabi Holdings from Mubadala Investment Company, where he worked in the Special Situations Team. Before Mubadala, he worked for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Europe, China and the Middle East. Michael currently serves or served on the Boards of a number of companies in the MedTech, Software, AdTech, Financial Services, Food & Beverage, Energy, Telecom and Venture Capital space.
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About Polar Light Ventures: Principal Investment Company focusing on early stage technology ventures.
Jeremy Gibbs
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI)
Jeremy Gibbs is a Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI) since June 2008. Jeremy was a Chief Executive Officer at Adaptivity Limited, a corporate finance boutique. Jeremy’s early career saw him obtaining management and consultancy positions in British Rail Engineering Limited, Edwards High Vacuum International and The BOC Group plc, all engineering or technology driven companies. Jeremy was a Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors at Futuremedia plc from 1997 to 2001 and its Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1998 to 2001. Futuremedia was listed on NASDAQ. Jeremy was a Member of the Board of Directors at Synoptics from 2001 to 2008. Jeremy graduated (B.A. & M.A.) from Oxford University in 1978 in Engineering Science, subsequently qualifying as a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and Chartered Electrical Engineer.
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About : Scientific Digital Imaging designs and manufactures digital imaging technology.
Duncan Blackett
Director of Sales, EMEA of Digital Turbine
Duncan Blackett has 20 years experience in media and the application industry. Duncan is an expert in driving user acquisition for clients spanning sectors such as gaming, retail and utility across EMEA. He led revenue generation across all platforms for News UK with accounts such as Vodafone and Ford. Following a successful career at global publishing groups, he realized his entrepreneurial ambition in 2014 when he co-founded and ran a London based ride hailing app, iRide London. Using his firsthand experience as an app entrepreneur combined with a passion for cultivating mobile-first strategies, Duncan advises advertiser clients across industries to advance their mobile strategies and grow users at scale.
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About Digital Turbine: Digital Turbine is the leading independent mobile growth platform and levels up the landscape for advertisers, publishers, carriers and OEMS.
By integrating a full ad stack with proprietary technology built into devices by wireless operators and OEMs, Digital Turbine supercharges advertising and monetization. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with global offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Singapore, Tel Aviv and other cities serving top agency, app developer and advertising markets.
Daniel Siden
Co-Founder and Director of Lightvert Ltd.
Daniel is a Business Director, Designer and Engineering with 18-years of professional experience, 12 of those spent as an design and technology entrepreneur in London. He builds teams, digital and physical technology products, services and businesses. As a founding director of design and engineering company Haberdashery, he lead the growth of the company from 0 to 20+ employees with a turnover of £1.6M on £2M of sales. Clients includes Nissan and CREE LEDs, Changi Airport Group and British Land, and world leading luxury interior and architecture firms. From Haberdashery Daniel spun out Lightvert Ltd., an out of home media technology company utilising proprietary patented technologies to merge the power of the spectacle of out of home media with the engagement of mobile. At Lightvert Daniel successfully raising seed funding and building an outstanding operational team and supply chain partnerships, and launched Lightvert’s core products within 6 months of closing the funding round. Originally from San Francisco, with and engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon University, Daniel moved to the UK in 2002 for his Masters in Industrial Design at the Royal College of Art.
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About Haberdasherylondon, Lightvert Ltd., ROLI: Digital Outdoor Media Technology
Mike Wellings
Commercial Development Director of Lightvert Ltd.
Mr. Mike Wellings is a Co-Founder of Lightvert Ltd. and has been its Commercial Director since January 2015. Mr. Wellings is a Co-Founder of Twelve Management Limited and has been its Commercial Director Since June 2014. He is responsible for guiding Lightvert through fund raising, structuring, market share and revenue growth.
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About Lightvert Ltd.: Digital Outdoor Media Technology
Anthony Baker
AdTech Advisor and Technology Director at R/GA of Lightvert Ltd.
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About : Digital Outdoor Media Technology
Anthony Baker
AdTech Advisor and Technology Director at R/GA of Lightvert Ltd.
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About : Digital Outdoor Media Technology
Janis Thomas
Marketing Director of deltatre
Janis joined Deltatre, a global leader in the sport business, at the beginning of 2019. She is an expert in using digital marketing to deliver sales and revenue growth in subscription and ecommerce businesses. She has grown diverse brands from Birchbox to Playboy. She has held senior consumer marketing roles at digital media and entertainment businesses across film, TV and publishing. Janis will be responsible for leading Deltatre’s B2C marketing. This function will help Deltatre’s sport and entertainment clients grow their direct-to-consumer streaming subscription services.
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About deltatre: deltatre is a sports media services company that provides consulting services for videos, webs, graphics, and sports businesses.
Susan Vargo
Director of Live Theatricals of Nickelodeon
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About Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon: Nickelodeon is a cable and satellite television network that features animated shows, movies, comedies, and programs aimed at children.
John Kilfeather
Director of Operations & Technology of Ocean Outdoor
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About Ocean Outdoor, Ocean Outdoor: Ocean is a media advertising company specialized in designing iconic landmark large-format digital banners in super-premium locations.
Tony Ridd
Account Director of Ocean Outdoor
Tony Ridd is a Account Director at Ocean Outdoor.
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About Ocean Outdoor: Ocean is a media advertising company specialized in designing iconic landmark large-format digital banners in super-premium locations.
Iain Chapman
Group Sales Director of Ocean Outdoor
Iain leads Ocean’s award-winning sales division. Under his tenure as sales director revenues have increased every year across the entire Ocean portfolio. Under his leadership Iain has created one of the best £ for £ sales team in the UK, leading to many industry accolades. Iain has extensive experience previously holding senior roles at JCDecaux UK and was one of the founding members of Van Wagner.
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About Ocean Outdoor: Ocean is a media advertising company specialized in designing iconic landmark large-format digital banners in super-premium locations.
Catherine Morgan
Director of Ocean Labs of Ocean Outdoor
Catherine Morgan is a Head of Creative Solutions at Ocean Outdoor.
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About Ocean Outdoor: Ocean is a media advertising company specialized in designing iconic landmark large-format digital banners in super-premium locations.
Catherine Morgan
Director of Ocean Labs of Ocean Outdoor
Catherine Morgan is a Head of Creative Solutions at Ocean Outdoor.
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About Ocean Outdoor: Ocean is a media advertising company specialized in designing iconic landmark large-format digital banners in super-premium locations.
Stuart Bell
Director of Carat
Stuart Bell is Operations Director at Carat.
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About Carat: Carat is a media agency that specializes in media planning and buying, and providing digital and non-traditional media solutions.
Grant Burke
Client Managing Director of Carat
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About Carat: Carat is a media agency that specializes in media planning and buying, and providing digital and non-traditional media solutions.
Jo Brandl
Human Resources Director of Immediate Media Co.
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About Immediate Media Co.: Immediate Media Co. is a special interest content and platform company.
Dan Linstead
Editorial Director, Branded Content of Immediate Media Co.
Dan is responsible for editorial strategy and quality across our Branded Content portfolio. His background includes six years as editor of award-winning consumer travel magazine Wanderlust, and 10 years content marketing experience at John Brown, Redwood and other agencies. Former clients include Orange, Honda and the Content Marketing Association.
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About Immediate Media Co.: Immediate Media Co. is a special interest content and platform company.
Julie Williams
Director of Branded Content of Immediate Media Co.
Julie oversees all accounts and new business development, managing the lines of communication with all our clients. Prior to joining us she managed major corporate re-brands.
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About Immediate Media Co.: Immediate Media Co. is a special interest content and platform company.
Alfie Lewis
Publishing Director of Immediate Media Co.
Alfie oversees cross-media content for a range of clients including BBC Worldwide, the Royal Opera House, the RSPB, Cineworld and the Scout Association. He began his career in advertising sales, moving to BBC Worldwide as Advertising Manager of its Youth & Children magazine division. He then became Publisher of a range of high-profile Youth & Children brands. In 2006, Alfie was promoted to Publishing Director of BBC Magazines’ Food and Homes titles, overseeing the strategic direction and budgetary responsibility for Good Food, olive and easycook. He also launched bbcgoodfood.com, now the UK’s most popular cookery website.
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About Immediate Media Co.: Immediate Media Co. is a special interest content and platform company.
Alex White
Managing Director, Food and Parenting of Immediate Media Co.
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About Immediate Media Co.: Immediate Media Co. is a special interest content and platform company.
Clair Atkins
Director of Client Engagement of Immediate Media Co.
Clair is responsible for customer service and account strategy across our Branded Content portfolio. She has over 15 years experience delivering outstanding content marketing solutions for major brands including O2, Odeon and Canon.
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About Immediate Media Co.: Immediate Media Co. is a special interest content and platform company.
Jonathan Lewis
Managing Director of Outdoor Plus
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About Outdoor Plus: Outdoor Plus is a digital advertising business.
Patrick Ponsford
Managing Director of Bonhill Group
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About Bonhill Group, Intelligent Partnership: Bonhill Group operates as a B2B media company.
Malcolm MacMillan
Managing Director (UK) of The Boxoffice Company
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About The Boxoffice Company, The Boxoffice Company: The Boxoffice Company provides media, technology, and data for the global film industry.
Kim Thesiger
Co Founder and Group Director for Asia Pacific of TVT
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About TVT: Building digital tools for the Entertainment industry
Neil Thackray
Co-Founder & Non-Executive Director of AgriBriefing
Neil co-founded Briefing Media in 2010. He is a seasoned media executive with over 20 years senior management experience in companies large and small.Neil began his career with Reed Business Information before moving to United Business Media. He was appointed CEO of Standard Media Europe in 2000 and went on to fill further CEO positions at both Quantum and Nexus Business Media.Neil has extensive experience in business reorganisation and turnaround. He has worked for private, listed and private equity backed companies.
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About AgriBriefing, The Media Briefing: AgriBriefing is a business media company that specializes in pricing, data, marketing solutions, news, market intelligence, and insight.
Emily Shelley
Managing Director of Alamy
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About Alamy: Alamy is the world’s largest online photo agency for stock, video and live news.
Robert Andrews
Director of Content of Clarity PR
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About Clarity PR: Clarity delivers tech PR campaigns for the world’s most exciting technology startups.
Bobby Hain
Director of Channels of STV Group
Bobby Hain is Director of Channels at STV.
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About STV Group: STV Group is a Scottish digital media company that produces soap operas, dramas, factual content, other entertainment shows, and news.
Damian Hamp-Adams
Executive Director, EMEA of Undertone
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About Rocketseed, Undertone: Undertone develops high impact, cross-screen digital advertising experiences for brands.
Franki Goodwin
Creative Director of Saatchi & Saatchi (Advertising Co.)
Franki leads a double life as a Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi London and as Exec Producer at Western Edge Pictures and the Gennaker Group – a group of independent Feature Film Production and Finance Companies. In her first company, Franki&Jonny, she pioneered early integrated content and social media campaigns and won many awards, including a BAFTA interactive and a bunch of D&ADs. Franki was recently was named by the prestigious awards outfit the FWA as a ‘Digital Pioneer’ for her work in this period for Warner Bros, Disney, Skype and Film4. In 2013 she joined Saatchi & Saatchi London, bringing unique digital expertise and storytelling skills to an integrated advertising role working across clients such as Marie Curie, Asda, and Deutsche Telekom. In 2016 Franki won 9 Cannes Lions for “Sea Hero Quest” – the world’s first game to plug into Dementia research, which was named as one of the top 10 campaigns of 2016 by Creative Review and Campaign. In 2017 she was a Judge at the Cannes Lions, and also won 4 Lions, including one gold, for her latest work for DT “Magenta Unleashed”– a partnership with the band Gorillaz.
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About Saatchi & Saatchi (Advertising Co.), Saatchi & Saatchi London, Western Edge Pictures: Saatchi & Saatchi is a global creative communications company headquartered in New York with 130 offices in 70 countries.
James Jackson
Technology Director of Digital UK
James Jackson is the Technology Director of Digital UK where he is responsible for the management of the technology, specifications and systems supporting the UK’s largest free to air television platform. James has extensive experience of developing and managing distribution services. Prior to joining Digital UK in June 2015, James held a range of senior roles within the BBC’s strategy, distribution and technology teams, encompassing commercial and engineering management.
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About Digital UK: Digital UK provides operational support for the platform, including management of the Freeview electronic program guide and more.
Michael Bush
Commercial Director of Climb Online
With over ten years’ experience in digital marketing, He is responsible for managing the entire sales operation for Climb Online. From coordinating and driving team members to succeed, to devising innovative digital marketing strategies to aid client growth.
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About Climb Online: Digital Marketing Agency
Mark Wright
Director of Climb Online
Mark Wright wake up every day and still can’t believe I am the director of Climb Online. This business is a dream that became a reality for me. When I came to the UK in 2012, with nothing but a passion for business and a love of digital marketing, I didn’t know how I would start running my own business…I just knew I wanted it badly. Lord Sugar and The Apprentice, combined with 9 years’ experience in the industry, has created a recipe for a truly great business! I love helping companies smash their goals every day.
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About Climb Online: Digital Marketing Agency
Lyndsay Morgan
Operations Director of Climb Online
As Head of Operations, Lyndsay Morgan is responsible for overseeing the organisational structure of Climb Online, driving operational excellence and leading the strategy for business growth. It’s his job to foresee any problems before they arise and be ready with an arsenal of solutions. He have had 14 years’ experience in Sales and Marketing spanning across retail and travel. His skillset is managing high-profile projects, motivating people, building a culture and focussing on what’s right for growing the business.
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About Climb Online: Digital Marketing Agency
Hannah Chaston
Social Director of Iris
As Social Director Hannah heads up and drives the social and content offering at iris. She oversees and consults on all social media activity across the agency, from innovative platform usage, content planning and influencer strategies to integration and community management best practice. Her efforts have resulted in award-winning campaigns for the likes of Domino’s, Brivtic and many more. Her background is pretty mixed with experience in publishing, retail and PR, in the UK, Australia and Singapore.
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About Iris: Iris is an advertising agency that creates an innovation network of over 1000 people across 17 markets.
Grant Hunter
Executive Creative Director Europe of Iris
Grant is the Executive Creative Director of iris in Europe. He returned home to London in 2017 after 7 years in Singapore where he headed up iris’ creative output across the APAC region. During his time at iris, he has led the award-winning design team for the 2012 Olympic Mascots, developed Johnnie Walker’s F1 branded content series ‘Step Inside The Circuit’ and the ‘Force Of Black’ platform for adidas’ partnership with the All Blacks. He is the co-author of Newsjacking published by Thames and Hudson and is a regular speaker and judge at creative industry events including D&AD Shift.
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About Iris: Iris is an advertising agency that creates an innovation network of over 1000 people across 17 markets.
Hannah Beesley
Social Director of Iris
Hannah Beesley is a Social Director at Iris Worldwide.
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About Iris: Iris is an advertising agency that creates an innovation network of over 1000 people across 17 markets.
Bengu Atamer
Co-Founder & Director of BuzzMyVideos
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About BuzzMyVideos: BuzzMyVideos is leading martech company that drives hyper-growth & new revenue from and on YouTube.
Nick Wakefield
Founder & Managing Director of inAsia Media
Nick has over 18 years of experience in technology, media and finance. He started his first tech business in 1999 building an e-commerce platform. He spent 7 years in London focusing on financial sales in the risk management and derivatives market, before moving to Asia to help build Euromoney’s portfolio of conferences across emerging markets. Over this period he ran teams in New York, London and Hong Kong. In 2010 he setup inAsia Media and in 2013 launched Regulation Asia, the leading regulatory information service. He still plays an advisory role in the business. His passion for technology and experience working within the financial markets partner well for Bambu in the role expanding into Europe. He holds a Diploma in Economics and is currently studying a Software Engineering MicroMasters at University of British Columbia.
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About : Online publisher headquartered in Singapore. Publishes market leading titles Regulation Asia & ESG Investor
Patrick Herridge
UK Managing Director of MikeWorldWide Integrated Public Relations
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About MikeWorldWide Integrated Public Relations: One of the top mid-sized public relations firms & one of the 5 largest independent agencies in the US, with European headquarters in London.
Jamie Byng
Publisher and Managing Director of Canongate Books
Jamie Byng is Publisher and Managing Director @ Canongate Books.
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About Canongate Books: Canongate Books is one of the most dynamic independent publishing houses in Britain.
James Carter
Managing Director – Digitalbox Publishing Ltd. of Digitalbox
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About Digitalbox: Digitalbox have created a ‘push media’ publishing model able to deliver large, high quality audiences in a brand-safe environment.
Adam Seogalutze
Managing Director – NetPerform Ltd. of Digitalbox
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About Digitalbox: Digitalbox have created a ‘push media’ publishing model able to deliver large, high quality audiences in a brand-safe environment.
Jim Douglas
Content Director of Digitalbox
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About Digitalbox: Digitalbox have created a ‘push media’ publishing model able to deliver large, high quality audiences in a brand-safe environment.
Matt Smith
Co-Founder and Director of Black Tomato
Matt Smith set up Black Tomato Ltd with Tom Marchant and James Merrett in 2005 and to date have had a broad strategic and operational remit across all areas of Black Tomato. Central to Matt’s role is the responsibility for both driving forward the day to day business operations and Business Development / Sales processes that have underpinned the Group’s commercial success and significant growth. I also oversees a number of critical areas of the business including, Office Infrastructure, Company /Staff Culture, IT, Security, Data Protection/GDPR, HR, H&S / F&S, Insurance, Legal Contracting , Procurement, Staff / Business expenses, Staff Reward / Engagement, Staff Training and Staff Meetings and Events. Alongside this, he leads critical strategic projects including those that increase profitability and productivity across the business in line with the constant reinforcement of BT’s ‘purpose’ and company culture both internally and externally.
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About Black Tomato: Black Tomato is a bespoke luxury travel company that delivers imaginative and travel experiences around the world.
Elliot Kaye
Group Finance Director of Gravity Media Group
With an Economics and Econometrics degree from the University of Manchester, Elliot Kaye qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ACA) in 1995 with HW Fisher & Co, a top 20 accounting firm in London and he has extensive experience of audit and corporate finance, with Price Waterhouse and Grant Thornton. Elliot joined Gearhouse Broadcast as Group Financial Controller in 2001, became UK Finance Director in 2005, UK Finance & Operations Director in 2007 and on 1 January 2008 became Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for the finance function of the whole Group.
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About Gravity Media Group: Gravity Media Group is a global provider of live broadcast facilities and production services.
Elliot Kaye
Group Finance Director of Gravity Media Group
With an Economics and Econometrics degree from the University of Manchester, Elliot Kaye qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ACA) in 1995 with HW Fisher & Co, a top 20 accounting firm in London and he has extensive experience of audit and corporate finance, with Price Waterhouse and Grant Thornton. Elliot joined Gearhouse Broadcast as Group Financial Controller in 2001, became UK Finance Director in 2005, UK Finance & Operations Director in 2007 and on 1 January 2008 became Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for the finance function of the whole Group.
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About Gravity Media Group: Gravity Media Group is a global provider of live broadcast facilities and production services.
Dee Harvey
Founder & Director of Controvert
Over 20 years experience in interactive media production at the highest level, and a graduate of NYU.
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About Controvert: Controvert creates and develops media content using immersive technology.
Reggie James
Executive Director | Co-Chief Operating Officer & SVP of Marketing & Communications of Digital Brand Media & Marketing Group, Inc
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About : DBMM Group provides investment opportunity in the growing Digital Marketing & Social Media sector. Operating in NY, London & LA
Stuart Parish
Managing Director UK & Middle East of Jacobs Media Group
Stuart Parish has been promoted to the new role of managing director of Travel Weekly. Parish was formerly chief operating officer of Travel Weekly’s parent company, and will now take on full responsibility for all editorial and sales across Travel Weekly’s portfolio of magazines, websites and events. He will also have responsibility for agent information and advice website Gazetteers.com. The appointment allows group chief executive Duncan Horton to focus primarily on Travel Weekly’s sister company Caterer and Hotelkeeper following its acquisition in 2012. In another change, Travel Weekly account director Mary Rega has been promoted to become head of sales, reporting to sales director Kieron Dodd.Travel Weekly Group chairman Clive Jacobs said: “Since joining the business full-time in December 2010, Stuart’s involvement, influence and passion have been evident for all to see. “I have great faith that he will continue to develop the Travel Weekly business as we integrate Caterer and Hotelkeeper into the group and expand our unrivalled portfolio of travel and hospitality media brands.” Parish added: “Since becoming an independently owned business in 2009 Travel Weekly has been revitalised, and has rightly established itself as the undisputed market leader in print, digital and face-to-face events. “We have outstanding people throughout the company who are committed to innovating, supporting, and delivering the best products and services for our readers and commercial partners.” Prior to joining Travel Weekly Group, Parish held a range of positions including head of marketing for lastminute.com and general manager of Travelocity.
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About Jacobs Media Group, Travel Weekly Group: Jacobs Media Group develops a portfolio of brands based in London but with a truly multinational footprint spanning five continents.
Megan Falconer Taylor
Managing Director of Influencer Intelligence
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About Influencer Intelligence: Influencer Intelligence is a prominent provider of celebrity contacts, events, and data.
Mark Solway
Innovations Director of Optimise
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About Optimise: Global Performance Marketing Company
Carla Arrindell
Managing Director – UK of Optimise
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About Optimise: Global Performance Marketing Company
Anthony James
Business Development Director of Optimise
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About Optimise: Global Performance Marketing Company
Anthony James
Business Development Director of Optimise
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About Optimise: Global Performance Marketing Company
Pierdavide Marcolongo
COO & Board Director of V-Nova
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About : Next-generation video and image compression that works today
Amr Wanley
Creative Director,Co-Founder of Braci
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About Braci: Braci is a sound recognition application that analyzes unusual sound from the environment and alerts its users.
Zoe Steventon
Managing Director of Infectious Media
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About Infectious Media: Infectious Media is an international programmatic agency that partners with global brands to deliver effective & efficient media campaigns.
David Mathewson
Non-Executive Director of Brave Bison
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About : Rightster, the cloud-based video distribution and monetisation network.
Jack Barnett
Non-Executive Director of Brave Bison
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About : Rightster, the cloud-based video distribution and monetisation network.
Tim Faircliff
Non Executive Director of Association of Online Publishers
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About Association of Online Publishers: AOP is an industry body representing digital publishing companies that create original, branded, quality content.
Carl Scott
Global Business Development Director of Adstream
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About Adstream: Adstream is an advertising content management and cross-media distribution technology platform. Changing the way advertisers track content.
Ivan Fernandes
Director – Digital Transformation of Digital Business Partners
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About Digital Business Partners: Digital Business & Technology Consultancy
Tom Bateson
Co-Founder & Operations Director of Toll
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About Toll: Empowering creators to earn from their media wherever it is published.
Paul Bourne
Artistic Director of Menagerie Theatre Company
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About Cambridge Judge Business School, Menagerie Theatre Company: Menagerie Theatre Company is an independent new writing theatre company.
Simba Mudonzvo
Director of Esquavi
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About Esquavi: Media & Publishing Company
Mark Mulligan
Managing Director and Analyst of MIDiA Research
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About MIDiA Research: MIDiA Research is a media and technology analysis company that offers consulting and syndicated research services.
Grant Ritchie
Project Director of Creative Loop
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About Creative Loop: Creative Loop works to bring students and the media industry together to produce creative talent for the future.
Alex Morris
Creative Director of Barcroft Studios
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About Barcroft Studios: Barcroft Studios producing content for global industry publishers, broadcasters, platforms and brands.
Angela Himus
Director for water and sustainability portfolio of Faversham House
Angela Himus has been serving as director for water and sustainability portfolio of Faversham House since May 1985.
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About Faversham House: Faversham House is a environmental media business that publishes Europe’s largest environmental.
Katherine Adams
Business Director of The Village Communications
My primary focus is to oversee the team across a portfolio of accounts. Ensuring that the team consistently deliver to a high standard and work closely with partner agencies to deliver integrated through the line campaigns.
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About The Village Communications: Small and independent, with a talented, passionate, multi-disciplinary team, we allow great ideas to flourish
