Best Startup
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 Publishing 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.
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.
Donna Storey
Global Digital & UK Marketing Director of Mothercare
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About Mothercare: Mothercare Catalogue of baby equipment, clothing and toys with special offers and shopping cart.
Mark Newton-Jones
CEO and Director of Mothercare
Mark Newton-Jones is the CEO and Director at Mothercare.
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About Mothercare: Mothercare Catalogue of baby equipment, clothing and toys with special offers and shopping cart.
Jenny Storey
Operations Director of Blue Duck Education
Jenny Storey is an operations director at Blue Duck Education (Mangahigh).
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About Blue Duck Education: Blue Duck Education is the holding company behind Mangahigh.com which develops and publishes maths games for 11 to16 year-old students.
Steve Armstrong
Incident Management Technical Director of Electronic Arts
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About Electronic Arts: Electronic Arts delivers games, content, and online services for internet-connected consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets.
Ed Rumley
Senior Director, Business Development of Electronic Arts
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About Electronic Arts: Electronic Arts delivers games, content, and online services for internet-connected consoles, PCs, mobile phones, and tablets.
Stevie Buckley
Director of Talent of Permutive
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About Permutive: Permutive is an audience platform for advertisers and publishers to plan, build, and activate cohorts while keeping everyone’s data safe.
Jenny McGregor
Senior Director of Universal Music Group
Jenny is part of the global Process Innovation and Advanced Operations team at Universal Music. This team works across the business standing up new ways for consumers to find and access Universal’s music and improving the way music is created, distributed and preserved. Jenny is currently helping to shape and implement a major transformation of the ways creative metadata is captured, stored and shared in Universal Music’s systemsand how it is then synchronised across the industry to make sure that when you play a song, the right people are identified and paid. Jenny is an experienced change leader who has driven organisation-wide culture change and digital transformations in cosmetics, media, football, education, local government and now the music industry. She is a firm believer that we make our own opportunities and is not scared of a challenge, particularly where she can deliver real improvements and make lasting changes. Amongst other projects Jenny was one of the Brighton & Hove Football Club’s change managers supporting their move into the new American Express Community Stadium which quadrupled the size of the business overnight, helped to restructure Eastbourne Borough Council into a customer-oriented model underpinned with digitised services that resulted in almost £10 million savings, and led a culture-change programme at Bournemouth & Poole FE College which significantly improved student experience and performance
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About Universal Music Group: Universal Music Group offers music recording, publishing, and merchandising services worldwide.
Jack Fryer
Managing Director – The Square @ Universal Music UK of Universal Music Group
Jack Fryer is the Managing Director – The Square at Universal Music Group.
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About Universal Music Group: Universal Music Group offers music recording, publishing, and merchandising services worldwide.
Masroor Siddiqui
Member of the Board of Directors of News Corp
Masroor Siddiqui is the Managing Partner of Naya Management LLP, an investment firm he co-founded in May 2012. Masroor was previously a Partner at The Children’s Investment Fund Management (UK) LLP, a hedge fund, from 2009 to 2011 and a Managing Director at Canyon Partners, an investment firm, from 2006 to 2009. Masroor previously served as a Senior Vice President at Putnam Investments, where he was responsible for a broad range of investments. Masroor spent several years as an investment banker and sell-side Analyst primarily at Goldman Sachs and Jefferies & Company. Masroor is a Member of the Board of Directors at News Corp since June 2013. Masroor has significant experience in investing with a focus on media investments. Masroor offers the Board valuable insights on global markets and industries relevant to the Company’s businesses. Masroor graduated from Yale University with a Master’s degree in Management and he also holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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About : News Corp is a media and information services company that creates and distributes engaging content and other products and services.
Natalie Bancroft
Member of the Board of Directors of News Corp
Natalie Bancroft is a Member of the Board of Directors at News Corp since June 2013. Natalie is a professionally trained Opera Singer, has studied journalism and is a Graduate of L’Institut de Ribaupierre in Lausanne, Switzerland. Natalie has a culturally diverse background, having lived across Europe, and speaks several languages fluently. Natalie served as a Member of the Board of Directors at 21st Century Fox from 2007 until June 2013. Natalie brings public company board and committee experience to the board gained from her service as a current Director and member of both the Company’s Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees, and as a former Member of the Board of Directors of 21st Century Fox and Member of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Natalie’s public company board and committee service and international experience add valuable perspective to the deliberations of the Board.
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About : News Corp is a media and information services company that creates and distributes engaging content and other products and services.
Antonia Bonello
Associate Creative Director of BuzzFeed
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About BuzzFeed: BuzzFeed is a cross-platform digital media company delivering news and entertainment content to a global audience.
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.
Nial Ferguson
Regional Director of Sourcepoint
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About Sourcepoint: Sourcepoint is the data privacy software company for the digital marketing ecosystem.
Tom McCave
Director, Global Audience Prospecting & CEMEA Circulation of The Economist Group
Tom McCave is Global Audience Development Director at The Economist. In his role, Tom oversees new reader acquisition through digital and mass marketing channels at the top of the funnel such as TV, radio, digital display and paid social. This includes The Economist’s multi-award winning Brand Response campaign. Prior to working for The Economist, Tom held senior marketing roles at Thomson Reuters and Melcrum Publishing.
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About The Economist Group: The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs.
Chris Stibbs
Member of Board of Directors of The Economist Group
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About : The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs.
Lynn Rothschild
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of The Economist Group
LAppointed as a non-executive director in October 2002. A non-executive director of the Estée Lauder Companies and a trustee of the Eranda Foundation, the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the McCain Institute for International Leadership.
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About : The Economist Group is the leading source of analysis on international business and world affairs.
William H. Janeway
Director of O’Reilly
William H. Janeway is a board member of Magnet Systems, Inc. Currently, Mr. Janeway is a senior advisor at Warburg Pincus. Mr. Janeway received his doctorate in Economics from Cambridge University, where he was a Marshall Scholar. He was valedictorian of the class of 1965 at Princeton University. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus in 1988, where he was responsible for building the information technology practice, he was executive vice president and director at Eberstadt Fleming. Mr. Janeway is a director of Fortent Corp., NYFIX Inc., O’Reilly Media, Nuance Communications, and Wall Street Systems, and a member of the board of managers of Roubini Global Economics. He is also chairman of the board of trustees of Cambridge in America, University of Cambridge, co-chair of Cambridge’s 800th Anniversary Capital Campaign, and a founder member of the board of managers of the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance (CERF). Mr. Janeway is a member of the board of directors of the Social Science Research Council.
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About Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance, Cambridge in America, Fortent, Nuance Communications, Roubini Global Economics, LLC, Social Science Research Council, Wall Street Systems: O’Reilly provides technology and business training, knowledge, and insight to help companies succeed.
Patrick Falconer
Executive Director of The New York Times
Patrick Falconer is Managing Director of The New York Times global office in London and is responsible for advertising sales across all NYTG platforms in Northern Europe and the Middle East and Africa. He first joined the International Herald Tribune (now the International New York Times) in 1988 and then again in 1999 after a 3 year spell at Time Inc. where he managed advertising sales for Fortune magazine in the UK and the Netherlands. In his time at the IHT/NYT he worked on the successful launch the first ever monthly IHT magazine – International Fund Investment and was instrumental in launching the highly successful IHT Luxury Conference series in 2001 now in its twelfth year. Patrick was a founding member of the World Media Group in 1998 and served as President of the group in 2009 – 2010. He has also been a board member of British American Business since 2008. He is a History graduate, is married, has four children and lives in Winchester in the UK.
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About The New York Times: The New York Times creates, collects, and distributes news, information, and entertainment through a daily newspaper and a website.
Paul Lewis
Senior Director Cloud Security (BISO) of Elsevier
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About Elsevier, Imperial College London: Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology.
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.
Paul de la Nougerede
Senior Director, Publisher Operations of The Ozone Project
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About The Ozone Project: The Ozone Project is a transparent and brand-safe platform offering advertisers direct access to an audience for programmatic advertising.
Suzy Black
Group HR Director of The Guardian US
Suzy Black is the Director of Diversity at Barclays.
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About Barclays, The Guardian US: The Guardian US is a British national daily newspaper that covers news, sports, business, opinion, analysis, reviews, and much more.
Amanda Michel
Global Director of Contributions of The Guardian US
Amanda Michel is a global director of contributions at The Guardian.
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About The Guardian US: The Guardian US is a British national daily newspaper that covers news, sports, business, opinion, analysis, reviews, and much more.
Amanda Michel
Global Director of Contributions of The Guardian US
Amanda Michel is a global director of contributions at The Guardian.
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About The Guardian US: The Guardian US is a British national daily newspaper that covers news, sports, business, opinion, analysis, reviews, and much more.
Sheena Barclay
Managing Director, Collins Geo & Deputy Managing Director, Collins Learning of HarperCollins
Sheena runs the cartographic and geo information division of HarperCollins Publishers, overseeing Collins Geo and Collins Bartholomew Ltd, and is now also Deputy MD of the combined Collins Learning division. She received BSc (Hons) Geography from the University of Edinburgh, followed by an MBA from the University of Glasgow and was awarded the RSGS Digital Award in 2004 for outstanding achievement in the field of cartography. She has a wealth of experience in the cartographic field, working first as an editor, then Cartographic and Technical Director before being promoted to run the cartographic business within HarperCollins in 2008.
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About HarperCollins: HarperCollins is an English language publisher that offers a range of Bibles, atlases, dictionaries, and reissued classics.
John Athanasiou
Director of People of HarperCollins
John joined HarperCollins in September 2008. He is responsible for overseeing all areas of talent management, recruitment, staff development and employee relations, plus compensations and benefits across the company. Prior to this role, John was Director of Executive Search International at TimeWarner, and has also worked in a number of HR roles in blue-chip multi-national, private and public sector companies. John also has executive responsibility for communications and facilities at HarperCollins.
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About HarperCollins: HarperCollins is an English language publisher that offers a range of Bibles, atlases, dictionaries, and reissued classics.
Fiona Allen
Communications Director of HarperCollins
Fiona joined HarperCollins in January 2015. She heads up corporate communications, with responsibility for internal and external comms, corporate social responsibility and events. She has almost twenty years’ experience in communications, having previously worked at Dorling Kindersley and Penguin. Most recently she was Head of PR & Brand Communications for high street retailer Waterstones.
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About HarperCollins: HarperCollins is an English language publisher that offers a range of Bibles, atlases, dictionaries, and reissued classics.
Sam Finlay
Managing Director, Advertising of Time Inc.
Sam is managing director of Time Inc. UK’s advertising team and oversees all central advertising. Sam joined the business in 1995 and held a number of advertising roles prior to his appointment as advertising director for the men’s and music titles in 2004, launching Nuts Magazine and latterly creating the first specialist digital sales team at Time Inc. (UK). For the past six years, Sam has been the head of digital advertising, leading the online and mobile sales teams, and last year was promoted to head of Digital Advertising & Custom Solutions, taking additional responsibility for creative media and content sales.
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About Time Inc.: Time Inc. is a media company publishing over 90 magazines, including Time, Sports Illustrated, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, and many more.
Matt Saunders
Director UA of N3TWORK
Matt Saunders is the director of user acquisition at N3TWORK.
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About N3TWORK: Creating, publishing, and scaling the very best in mobile games.
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.
Hugo Drayton
Independent Non-Executive Director of Future
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About Future: Future creates high-quality multi-media products which reach their audiences online, on mobile and in print.
Richard Aldridge
Director, Business Development of Wunderkind (formerly BounceX)
Richard Aldridge is the Director of Business Development EMEA at BounceX.
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About Wunderkind (formerly BounceX): Wunderkind enables the world’s top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale.
Kathy Phillips
International Beauty Director of Condé Nast
Kathy Phillips spent seven years at Vogue as Health and Beauty Director. She left this prestigious post a few years ago to pursue various new projects specifically the launch of the natural Beauty Brand This Works. But she still maintains a strong link with Condenast in her current role as International Beauty Director for Condé Nast Asia working with all their titles (Vogue, “W” Self, Vogue Girl and Allure) in Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan juggling both responsibilities which call on differing facets of the Beauty industry. For the Asian titles, she plans and directs Beauty shoots, writes articles and oversees the 50-page Beauty sections in China and Japan. At This Works, as Creative Director and Founder, she is involved in the visual and formulations side of the business including the packaging design, concept and creation of products. Her long relationship with Condé Nast began in 1992 when she was first Associate Editor and then Beauty Director of Tatler. She is one of very few journalists who are also involved in the visual side of things, not surprising since she spent four years studying Fashion and History of Art at St Martins School of Art before the start of her career. She has styled fashion, beauty editorial and advertising shoots over many years and worked with the very best photographers including Raymond Meier, Carter Smith, Enrique Badulescu, Willy Vanderperre, Nathanial Goldberg, Dan Jackson, Regan Cameron, Miles Aldridge, Solve Sündsbo, Ben Hassett and Richard Burbridge, to name a few. She has worked for many British magazines and newspapers throughout her career. From having her own weekly page on the Daily Mail, at 23, she has been a columnist for the Mail on Sunday, a commissioning editor on YOU magazine and written for various publications including The Financial Times, The Times, and The Sunday Times, the Saturday Telegraph Magazine, Sunday Telegraph and most recently, Psychologies magazine. She wrote the “Beauty Guru” column in the Evening Standard and from 2008-2010, the “Beauty Queen” column in Observer Woman magazine. She has won several Jasmine Awards, the fragrance industry’s top prize for Journalism and a C.E.W Lifetime Achiever Award, recognition from the Cosmetics Industry. In 1977 she wrote The Vogue Book of Blondes and then edited and co-wrote Vogue Beauty (2000) as well as two best-selling books on Yoga. The most recent of these, The Spirit of Yoga has been translated into several languages and re-issued as a paperback. A new, smaller paperback format was re-printed for August 2005. She has frequently appeared on TV and radio both here and in the US. Kathy is interested in the serious side of Beauty, Complementary Medicine, Health and Fitness and is often found quizzing doctors, dermatologists, laser specialists, nutritionists and cosmetic surgeons as well as being invited to watch operations and new procedures being performed. She has been practising Yoga for thirty years and is a qualified teacher.
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About Condé Nast, This Works: Condé Nast publishes magazines, websites, and tablet and smartphone applications.
Danielle Bennison-Brown
Director of Video Content of Condé Nast
Danielle Bennison-Brown is Director of Video Content of Condé Nast Britain. Heading up a dedicated central video team, she works alongside the editorial and commercial teams of leading media brands including Vogue, GQ, Wired and Glamour to create high quality video content for a combination of digital platforms. In addition to her remit for Condé Nast Britain, Danielle provides input for key Condé Nast International markets. Formerly i-D’s Global Head of Video, she founded and directed the media brand’s video content strategy whilst overseeing production and commissioning. Danielle carved a unique and instantly recognisable style for i-D’s visual output, and the video platform generated 20+ million views in under 12 months, helped in part by the pioneered trend for ‘edutainment’ videos, with strands such as the A-Z and Model Mother Tongue series.
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About Condé Nast, DBB & Partners: Condé Nast publishes magazines, websites, and tablet and smartphone applications.
Mark Holmes
Editorial Director, Aerospace of Access Intelligence
Mark Holmes is the Editorial Director of Via Satellite, the Program Chair for the Global Connected Aircraft Summit and CyberSat. He is also Director of Strategic Content for the SATELLITE show. Mark has been at Access Intelligence (AI) over seventeen years, working on a variety of titles in telecoms, broadband, digital TV, aviation and satellite. Mark has been with AI’s Aerospace Group for over nine years. Mark has played a key role in building the ‘Global Connected Aircraft Summit’ event, which launched four years ago and has been a huge success story for AI. Before joining Access Intelligence, Mark was deputy editor of leading Euromoney Institutional Investor title Global Telecoms Business. In this position, Mark interviewed the CEOs of many leading telcos world-wide including, BT, Verizon, France Telecom, Sprint, SBC etc. In the last 20 years, Mark has interviewed hundreds of C-Suite executives in the telecoms, satellite, broadcast, aviation, broadband and cable space.
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About Access Intelligence: Access Intelligence offers business intelligence and integrated marketing solutions such as magazines, data products and e-media solutions.
Mark Gerhard
Member Board Of Directors of MarketWise
Mark Gerhard, is a highly experienced technology entrepreneur, innovator and an accomplished and award-winning Chief Executive Officer and CTO at the forefront of the interactive entertainment sector. Mr. Gerhard served as Chief Executive Officer and CTO at Jagex, the UK’s leading games developer and publisher best known as the makers of RuneScape.com, a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Under Mr. Gerhard’s leadership, Jagex was set on a long-term growth path with a revitalized core franchise on multiple platforms, giving the multi-award winning IP owner and publisher long-term predictable revenue streams. He introduced numerous product improvements ranging from more contemporary gameplay mechanics to graphical and performance improvements to enhanced monetization to community engagement. The company was awarded three Guinness World Records for record-breaking successes with RuneScape alongside the Queens Award for Innovation in Enterprise. He hired and developed the talent that has gone on to lead the company successfully after his departure. During his tenure, significant value for shareholders was created through the fusion of leading-edge technology, creativity and strategic thinking. He is passionate about building, growing and transforming businesses. He has spent the past two decades improving, innovating, developing, investing in, advising, and operating at a strategic board level at a wide range of different businesses sitting at the intersection of media and technology. For over a decade, Mr. Gerhard has been a significant leader in the Video Games industry. He has served on the Board of the not-for-profit trade association for the games industry, TIGA.org for the past 11 years, of which the last 7 years he has also served as Vice Chairman of the Board, where he continues to serve. Most recently, he was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of PlayFusion, a developer utilizing artificial intelligence to power the future of enhanced reality entertainment, education, beauty and commerce. Prior to his career in the games industry, he worked in numerous senior technology and cyber security roles at GTech Corporation, Ministry of Data and Serious Global. He currently serves on the board of TIGA, PlayFusion, Disruptional and Beauty Labs International, Cambridge Venture Partners and key prior board experience includes Jagex, Ministry of Data and Serious Global. A member of Founders for Schools, Mr. Gerhard is a regular speaker inspiring young adults to focus on STEM subjects.
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About Beauty Labs, MarketWise, PlayFusion: MarketWise is a multi-brand digital subscription services platform.
Ahmed Abou Hussein
Regional Director of Echobox
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About Echobox: Echobox is the leading content automation platform
Mehrad Noori
Director, Global Programming of Comcast NBCUniversal
Mehrad Noori is Director, Global Programming, NBCUniversal International Networks (NBCUIN), based at the company’s international headquarters in London. In this position, Noori acquires and produces scripted content for NBCUIN’s portfolio of channels (including Universal TV, SYFY and 13th Street). He is also responsible for creating original immersive content for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Noori most recently served as creator and executive producer on NBCUIN’s groundbre
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About Comcast NBCUniversal: A media and entertainment company.
Gregory Barker
Board Director of GlassView
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About GlassView: GlassView’s mission is to ensure clients’ videos appear on top-tier sites reaching the most engaged influential audiences.
Zach Butler
Portfolio Director, IoT World Series of Informa
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About Informa: Informa is a business intelligence, academic publishing, knowledge and events group.
Sean Guy
Commercial Director of Kaizen
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About Kaizen: Kaizen is a content marketing agency in London, based in Moorgate.
Bridgid Nzekwu
Director of Media Training of Press Association
Award-winning media trainer, named ‘Outstanding Woman in Professional Services’ at the 2018 Precious Awards. Bridgid leads the media training team at TNR, part of the Press Association, the UK’s national news agency. She coaches high-profile speakers and spokespeople before media interviews, Select Committee appearances and major speeches. Bridgid has been a broadcast journalist for 20 years (including stints as a political reporter and financial reporter) and is best known for 10 years as a presenter and reporter for Channel 4 News. As well as media training and conference hosting, she presents weekend programmes for ITV News as a freelance newsreader.
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About Press Association: The Press Association is a multi-platform news agency with operations in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Kenneth Haugaard
TitleDirector of Coingeek
Kenneth has over 16 years’ combined business development experience within SaaS and Distributed Ledger Technology. He has extensive experience and a strong track record in leading sales and partnership strategies in the B2B market to drive success and accelerate growth. With his vast expertise and process-oriented approach, Kenneth creates and maintains long-term client relationships and develops strategic partnerships that deliver value quickly and unlocks new opportunities for both clients and partners. Before this, Kenneth was the Director of Business Development at a family office with a focus on blockchain, where he established new revenue channels, built investor relations to identify new business opportunities, and consulted large enterprises on blockchain adoption. Kenneth holds an Academy profession degree in International Business and Marketing from Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College and is a certified NLP Business Practitioner.
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About Coingeek, Finlight.com: Coingeek is a cryptocurrency news site.
Eirik Moseng
Director, CTO of Digiment
Eirik Moseng is a successful tech entrepreneur from Norway. For over 30 years he’s been creating pioneering companies in the computer games, technology, telecom, and software space, with numerous successes and innovations to his name, including Digiment and Conspexit. He’s held various positions in multinational companies and he has held roles such as CTO, Technical Director and Senior Software Engineer.
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About : Digiment is an award-winning, leading independent game development and self-publishing company.
Craig Ribton
Managing Director of Proactive
Craig co-founded Proactive Investors. He is FCA regulated, an expert in financial media and advanced web design. Formerly a full-time trader, he has a passion for stock picking and a thorough understanding of the financial markets. As managing director, he runs the UK business and sits on the board of the parent company. Day-to-day he helps co-ordinate the media and investor outreach for 300 publicly listed companies. Craig is a member of the Institute of Directors, a director of Fuller Treacy Money Ltd and co-founder of StockTube.com and IScapital.
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About Brighter IR, Proactive: Proactive is an international news and media organization providing coverage of companies in the small to mid-capitalization range.
David Sommer
Co-Founder & Product Director of Kudos
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About Kudos, Project Counter: Kudos offers web-based tools and services to help researchers, institutions, publishers, and funders increase the impact of their research.
Melinda Kenneway
Executive Director & Co-Founder of Kudos
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About Kudos: Kudos offers web-based tools and services to help researchers, institutions, publishers, and funders increase the impact of their research.
Charlie Rapple
Director & Co-founder of Kudos
I’m a geek marketer, and have spent my whole career at the cutting edge of the scholarly communications sector. I have an insatiable interest in new techniques and technologies, about which I speak and write regularly. I’m passionate about breaking down barriers and improving relationships between everyone involved in research dissemination, and as such am an enthusiastic volunteer for the industry association UKSG. I am also an Associate Editor of Learned Publishing. I hold a BA from the University of Bristol and a postgraduate MDip in Marketing. Prior to co-founding Kudos, I was a strategic marketing consultant with TBI Communications, and had previously held various management roles at CatchWord, Ingenta and Publishing Technology.
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About Kudos: Kudos offers web-based tools and services to help researchers, institutions, publishers, and funders increase the impact of their research.
Paul Dobson
Managing Director of The Chelsea Magazine Company
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About The Chelsea Magazine Company: The Chelsea Magazine Company is an award-winning publisher of specialist magazines.
Vicki Gavin
Commercial Director of The Chelsea Magazine Company
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About The Chelsea Magazine Company: The Chelsea Magazine Company is an award-winning publisher of specialist magazines.
Torsten de Riese
Director of Strategy & Operations of Dods (Group) plc
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About Dods (Group) plc: Dods is a global political information, publishing, training, events and communications business
Anthony Geffen
CEO and Creative Director of Atlantic Productions
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About Atlantic Productions: Atlantic Productions is one of the world’s leading factual production companies.
Mimi Gilligan
Director, Commercial & Legal Affairs of Atlantic Productions
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About Atlantic Productions: Atlantic Productions is one of the world’s leading factual production companies.
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.
Alex Jenkins
Editorial Director of Contagious Communications
Alex Jenkins is Editor of Contagious I/O – a collaborative research platform featuring the world’s most creative, ingenious and effective brand-funded ideas. Through I/O and the Contagious Insider consultancy division, Alex works with brands such as BBC Worldwide, American Express, Diageo, Red Bull Media House and Universal Music. Alex came to Contagious from the IPA, and prior to that he worked as a business journalist, copywriter, and film coordinator. Outside of office hours, Alex has written web comedy for Channel 4, produced an album which somehow made it into the Billboard staff choices for 2005, and had his first book published in 2008.
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About Contagious Communications: Contagious helps brands and advertising agencies understand and adapt to shifts in marketing, consumer culture and technology.
Dan Southern
Strategy Director of Contagious Communications
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About Contagious Communications: Contagious helps brands and advertising agencies understand and adapt to shifts in marketing, consumer culture and technology.
Paul Robertson
Co-Founder & Editorial Director of Contagious Communications
Paul Kemp Robertson is the Co-Founder and Editorial Director of Contagious Communications. After graduating with a masters degree in Film and Television from Goldsmiths College in London, Paul started his career at corporate communications firm Maritz before helping launch shots magazine in 1990. After a spell in commercials production, Paul returned to shots and became editor in 1994. Subscriptions trebled under his tenure. In 1998 Paul was appointed worldwide director of creative resources at Leo Burnett in Chicago. In 2004, Paul co-founded Contagious with shots founder Gee Thomson and media entrepreneur John Gordon. Paul has written for publications including Business 2.0 and The Guardian, as well as co-editing D&AD’s The Commercials Book. He has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme and his talk on alternative currencies has been viewed more than 438,000 times at ted.com.
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About Contagious Communications: Contagious helps brands and advertising agencies understand and adapt to shifts in marketing, consumer culture and technology.
Sam Cooke
Managing Director and Co-Founder of Esports Insider
Sam Cooke heads up Esports Insider, an esports business news platform and events company based in London. Esports Insider is a part of SBC Global and runs B2B events including the ESI Forum Series, the ESI Super Forum and the Betting on Esports Conference
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About Esports Insider: Esports Insider is a platform which covers all news that is of interest to the industry.
Aditya Kishore
Insight Director of Warc
Aditya Kishore is the Practice Leader, Video Transformation at Heavy Reading. His research focuses on the evolution requirements for the telecom industry, with a specific focus on video services and their network impact. Kishore has spent more than 20 years in the Telecom, Media & Technology (TMT) sector. His experience includes television production, web media, advertising and market research and analysis. He is based in the UK.
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About Light Reading, Warc: Warc helps companies grow their businesses by offering advertising best practices, evidences, and insights from popular brands.
Patrick Ponsford
Managing Director of Bonhill Group
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About Bonhill Group, Intelligent Partnership: Bonhill Group operates as a B2B media company.
Ashley McKimm
Head of Innovation and Improvement and Director of Partnership Development of BMJ Group
Ashley McKimm is Head of Innovation and Improvement at the British Medical Journal. Ashley practiced as a medical doctor in the UK before being seconded as a Clinical Advisor to the National Health Service medical director, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh. He is Director of the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare and past chairman of the UK Medical Journalists’ Association.
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About BMJ Group: BMJ Group provides medical information and resources to doctors, researchers, healthcare workers, and patients worldwide.
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.
Paul Davies
Group Client Director (interim) of Econsultancy
Paul Davies is the Group Client Director (interim) at Econsultancy.
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About Econsultancy: Econsultancy publishes research, analysis and advice on digital marketing, social media, e-commerce, SEO, mobile and tech for businesses.
Simon Derungs
Global Client Director of Econsultancy
Simon Derungs is the Global Client Director at Econsultancy.
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About Econsultancy: Econsultancy publishes research, analysis and advice on digital marketing, social media, e-commerce, SEO, mobile and tech for businesses.
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
Nigel Iskander
Managing Editor & Director of AiMnews
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About AiMnews, Iskandu: AiMnews creates and provides editorial and photos for news agencies.
Manish Malhotra
Group Managing Director of ESI Media
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About ESI Media: The commercial department of the London Evening Standard, The Independent, i and London Live.
Jon O’Donnell
Commercial Director of ESI Media
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About ESI Media: The commercial department of the London Evening Standard, The Independent, i and London Live.
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.
Daniel Gilbert
Director of Data of News UK
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About News UK: News UK is a great company full of talented, dedicated and creative people.
Craig Douglas
Managing Director of Reserve Apartments
With extensive experience in developing directory based web-sites within the travel industry and online booking systems that blow the other guys out of the water – Craig’s here to do the same within the short term rental market.
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About Reserve Apartments: Reserve Apartments provides web-based solutions for the short term letting/self catering market.
Chris James
Managing Director, CEO of Steel Media
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About Steel Media: Steel Media operate one of the largest advertising networks.
Chris James
Managing Director, CEO of Steel Media
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About Steel Media: Steel Media operate one of the largest advertising networks.
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.
Ian Clethero
Founder & Director of 1Hub Media Ltd
Ian Clethero is the founder of 1Hub Media (London) and Platform8 Asia (Hong Kong). These are online media companies publishing platforms for two verticals: music education and choirs. Platform8 Asia is reponsible for marketing the projects in Hong Kong, SE Asia and the wider region. 1Hub Media takes the same role for the UK and European markets. The aim is to build MUSIC:ED and Chorally into ‘go-to’ global resources for their respective sectors. Each platform efficiently links individual users with organisations and businesses. The platforms combine independent media (news, magazine articles) with directories and listings (classifieds, project profiles, jobs, resources). Online membership, social networks and iOS/Android mobile apps will be launched in 2019 to provide new benefits for platform users, boosting overall engagement and traffic. MUSIC:ED is designed for students, educators, performers and parents as end-users. Advertisers include education providers (including university and college music departments, international schools, private music schools), music and software publishers, providers of specialist services, charities, government departments and arts councils, membership organisations and performance venues. Chorally serves the global choral sector, a market of an estimated 2m performing groups and 60m singers. The platform brings together choirs, singers and audiences in one place (the idea for Chorally came from Ian Clethero’s extensive experience as a church musician). From mid 2019, choirs will be able to create profiles and add jobs, events and news to Chorally. Both platforms are monetised through advertiser subscriptions, individual listing fees (eg for summer schools and jobs) and individual membership subscriptions (from 2019). Additional revenue is derived from sponsorship and affiliate commissions from sales originated on the platforms. The projects have bases in both Europe and Asia. Ian Clethero’s aim is to expand MUSIC:ED and Chorally in these regions. After this, the projects will be extended worldwide including to North and South America.
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About 1Hub Media Ltd: Publisher of digital information platforms, MUSIC:ED (https://musiceducation.global) and Chorally (https://choral.ly).
Michael Boniface
European Managing Director of Reloaded Games, Inc.
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About Reloaded Games, Inc.: Reloaded Games is a publisher of massively multiplayer online games, including War Rock, Sword of the World, and Knight Online.
Linus Birtles
Managing Director of Situation Publishing
Linus Birtles is Managing Director of Situation Publishing, the independent digital publisher behind global technology titles The Register and The Next Platform. He has led the business for more than 18 years and its publications are revered for their fearless reporting and loyal readership.
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About Situation Publishing: Situation Publishing brings you the latest news and views on the global tech scene from its offices.
Paulina Sygulska
Founder and Director of GrantTree
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About GrantTree: GrantTree was started in 2010 with the explicit aim of helping innovative tech companies to access government funding.
Ripul Agarwal
Managing Director – Marketing and Digital Sales of Agrawal Group of Publications
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About Agrawal Group of Publications, Snip And Share: Agrawal Group of Publications is a publishing company that produces books for students.
Roy Cooper
Managing Director of Professional Security Magazine
Roy Cooper is Managing Director @ Professional Security Magazine.
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About Professional Security Magazine: Professional Security Magazine provides latest security sector news and views for security professionals.
Peta Nightingale
Contracts, Rights and Author Development Director of Bookouture
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About Bookouture: Bookouture is a fast-growing digital publisher of commercial fiction.
Alex Crow
Digital Marketing Director of Bookouture
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About Bookouture: Bookouture is a fast-growing digital publisher of commercial fiction.
Jenny Geras
Managing Director of Bookouture
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About Bookouture: Bookouture is a fast-growing digital publisher of commercial fiction.
Mark Alder
Data & Insight Director of Bookouture
Having spent almost ten years in traditional publishing analysing data, presenting results, creating forecasts & providing insight, it was a simple decision to take the opportunity of working with the ground-breaking & innovative team at Bookouture. The numbers speak for themselves!
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About Bookouture: Bookouture is a fast-growing digital publisher of commercial fiction.
Mark Alder
Data & Insight Director of Bookouture
Having spent almost ten years in traditional publishing analysing data, presenting results, creating forecasts & providing insight, it was a simple decision to take the opportunity of working with the ground-breaking & innovative team at Bookouture. The numbers speak for themselves!
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About Bookouture: Bookouture is a fast-growing digital publisher of commercial fiction.
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.
