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 Partner operating in the Marketing space. If you think a Partner 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.
Johnny Vulkan
Founding Partner of Anomaly
Johnny has held many senior and diverse positions in both the UK and US. As one of the founders of Anomaly – AdAge’s Agency of the Year 2016 – he is responsible for communications, media and product innovation as well as stewarding digital strategy and philosophy for the company. Alongside global marketing campaigns for brands like Budweiser, Converse & YouTube the company is famous for co-developing its own IP, from TV shows to lip balms and medicinal cannabis.
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About Anomaly: Anomaly is an advertising agency.
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Tom Singell
Partnerships Manager of Showpad
Tom Singell is the Partnerships Manager at Showpad.
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About Showpad: The best thing to ever happen to your sales team
Iain Jawad
Director Strategic Partnerships of Frost & Sullivan
Iain Jawad Director of Strategic Partnerships at Frost & Sullivan, a global growth partnership company.
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About Frost & Sullivan: Frost and Sullivan is a business growth consultation company focused on increasing brand demand.
Simon Dunlop
CMO and Global Partnerships of Instreamatic
Simon Dunlop is the Co-founder at Instreamatic.
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About Bookmate, Instreamatic: Voice Marketing Platform
Joerg Esser
Partner of Roland Berger
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About Roland Berger: Roland Berger is the only global consultancy of German heritage and European origin.
Anthony Hess
Client Partner of MiQ
Anthony Hess is a Client Partner at MiQ.
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About MiQ: MiQ is an independent marketing intelligence company with the people and technology that help businesses win.
Steve Butterworth
Partner & Chief Operating Officer of Kameleon
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About Kameleon: Kameleon is an award-winning Content Marketing agency
David Orman
Founding Partner of Hatch House
David has a unique and varied background across the worlds of venture capital, start-ups, marketing, digital media, entertainment and sport. David spent the early part of his career at Eurosport Television where he was Sales Director across the UK, US and Scandinavia. David has worked directly for some of the world’s most successful and high profile entrepreneurs at companies including 19 Entertainment, Joost, Queens Park Rangers FC, Templewood Merchant Bank and Outer Capital. David is currently: – VP at Kwamecorp Ventures (investing in start-ups), – Strategic Advisor at Streamhub (real time audience analytics for the media industry) – Non-Executive Director at Carabiner Partners (design agency) – Non-Executive Director at Odyssey Mobile Interaction (mobile advertising agency)
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About Hatch House: HATCH: Turning start-ups into businesses
Alex Gowar
Founding Partner of Hatch House
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About Hatch House: HATCH: Turning start-ups into businesses
Quentin Michard
Founder & Senior Partner of Ekimetrics
Founder – Ekimetrics, data science for business.
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About Ekimetrics: Ekimetrics is a global consulting firm, provides industrialized corporate data science solutions.
Katy Turner
Co-founder & Managing Partner of Multiple London
Katy is Managing Partner and co-founder at Multiple. Multiple supercharges the progress of high growth companies and funds through brand and culture. They support European tech founders and funds building the capabilities, culture and communications that will enable them to take out the competition, take a big exit or take over the world. At Multiple, Katy has worked alongside the founders of companies such as Pipedrive, WeTransfer, Unbabel, Kalo, Aire, Beryl (formerly Blaze), Verve, Drover, Favro and Trouva, and funds such as Kindred, Connect, Whitestar and Albion; to clarify purpose, shape vision, define positioning, refine strategy, develop culture, build brand, acquire customers and drive growth. Katy began her career in publishing before choosing a bright future at Orange (in a time when it was actually cool to work for a mobile operator), where she launched products nationally and internationally. Roles in tech include VC at Eden Ventures, VP of Marketing at Videoplaza (acquired by Ooyala) and CMO at Tech City UK (now Tech Nation), as well as mentoring for Seedcamp and Techstars. She sits on the Investment Committee for the University of Bristol’s Enterprise Fund.
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About Multiple London: Their drive growth through purpose, platforms and people for organisations with customers at their heart and tech at their fingertips.
Matthew Treagus
Partner – Baringa of rtobjects
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About : “World Streaming” — delivering rich interactive visuals to everyone everywhere.
Jim Cridlin
Global Head of Innovation and Partnership of MindShare
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About MindShare: Mindshare is a global media agency network and the home of adaptive marketing.
David Davenport-Firth
Managing Partner, Brain Sciences Centre of Ogilvy Health
David Davenport-Firth leads health behaviour strategy and intervention, driving and supporting Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide’s position as the health behaviour specialists of Ogilvy. He is a self-confessed ‘quantified selfer’ and is passionate about health data visualisation and wearable technology. He is particularly interested in clinical decision making behaviour and how the psychosocial dimensions of health and illness can be better managed through visualisation and digital engagement. As such, he relishes collaborations with Central Saint Martins, Imperial College London, the University of Oxford Health Experiences Research Group, Warwick Business School the University of Westminster and is an active member of the #ogilvychange community. After working in innovation management and marketing, including two years in the United States, David returned to England to join Coley Porter Bell, becoming Chairman in 2001. He later moved into Ogilvy’s health network and after establishing a consulting offer and re-engineering the digital health practice in London, he switched his focus to behavioural medicine.
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About Ogilvy Health: Ogilvy Health is a marketing and advertising agency that specializes in the health care industry.
Richard Armstrong
Partner of MSQ Partners
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About MSQ Partners: MSQ Partners is a joined-up community of agencies, helping businesses build High EQ brands.
James Edward Vardy
Founding Partner of Turn Partners
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About Turn Partners: Turn Partners is a startup studio focusing on the acquisition, turnaround, and creation of fast growth small and medium online companies.
Mike Bandar
Founding Partner of Turn Partners
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About Turn Partners: Turn Partners is a startup studio focusing on the acquisition, turnaround, and creation of fast growth small and medium online companies.
Rachael Scott
Partner & Director of FutureBrand
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About FutureBrand: FutureBrand seamlessly combines expertise in brand strategy, identity, digital, retail, environmental, product and service design.
Arnaud Dassier
Founding Partner of Allo-Media
Arnaud Dassier is an entrepreneur who has been involved in the web industry for twenty years, especially after having led one of the major internet agencies is the 2000s, “l’Enchanteur des medias” sold in 2010 to a holding listed on the stock exchange. Today, he is a business angel and major stockholder in Allo-Media, he guides the firm in its strategic development. He is member of the Board of Allo-Media.
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About Allo-Media: Allo-Media is a real-time phone calls transcription platform for data activation.
Will Fraser-Allen
Managing Partner of Albion Capital Group
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About Albion Capital Group, AlbionVC: Albion Capital Group is an independent investment manager with a long-term record of backing change and growth.
Patrick Reeve
Founder, Chairman and Managing Partner of Albion Capital Group
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About Albion Capital Group: Albion Capital Group is an independent investment manager with a long-term record of backing change and growth.
Andrew Impey
Partner of Albion Capital Group
Andrew has over thirty years’ experience as a fund manager and has managed a broad range of funds. Prior to joining OLIM in 2009, Andrew was Chief Investment Officer at Singer & Friedlander Investment Management and also managed charity portfolios and private unit trusts. Earlier in his career Andrew worked at Dresdner RCM, River & Mercantile Investment Management and Strauss Turnbull & Co specialising in UK small and mid cap equities. Andrew became a partner of Albion Capital Group LLP in 2018.
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About Albion Capital Group: Albion Capital Group is an independent investment manager with a long-term record of backing change and growth.
Vikash Hansrani
Operations Partner of Albion Capital Group
Vikash qualified as a chartered accountant with RSM Tenon plc and latterly worked in its corporate finance team. He joined Albion Ventures in 2010 where he is currently Director of Finance. He has a BA in Accountancy & Finance from Nottingham Business School.
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About Albion Capital Group: Albion Capital Group is an independent investment manager with a long-term record of backing change and growth.
Nicole Whitelaw
Head of Partnerships of Flux Outdoor
Nicole Whitelaw currently serves Flux Outdoor as head of partnerships. Prior to joining with Flux Outdoor, Nicole spent one year with the NOI Club as marketing and communications manager. She also worked with Curious Fu as marketing manager.
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About Flux Outdoor: Flux is the platform for data triggered billboard advertising. We help marketers use data to buy billboard space the right moment.
Sandy Royden
Founding Partner, Joint CEO & COO of OPEN Health
A pharmacist by profession with nearly 25 years’ experience within the industry, Sandy has a great grounding in pharmaceutical marketing at a Global, European and UK domestic level. Prior to OPEN Health, Sandy worked in clinical development, sales, marketing and communications at Novartis and Sanofi, followed by 5 years at Huntsworth Health, where she headed up the European team; managing the integrated brand communications, medical communications and market research offerings. With broad experience across the communications mix, Sandy’s specific areas of focus are market access and medical communications.
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About OPEN Health: OPEN Health is a healthcare communications and market access group.
Andy Bell
Partner of OPEN Health
Andy has spent nearly half his life in consumer and pharmaceutical marketing, leaping to the latter in 1999. A copywriter at heart, he believes that everyone has the capacity to be creative, and enjoys nothing more than seeing a group of people find innovation through collaboration. Andy oversees all the creative copy content at LEC London, with a focus on clarity of communication.
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About OPEN Health, OPEN Health: OPEN Health is a healthcare communications and market access group.
Roger Selman
Founding Financial Partner of OPEN Health
Roger is a Chartered Accountant with 30 years’ experience in the marketing services sector, including his role as Group Finance Director of Shandwick Plc and later Huntsworth Plc, retiring in 2006. In 2007 he became CFO of the healthcare division of Huntsworth, until 2010. As a founding partner of OPEN Health, Roger is directing the finances of the business.
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About OPEN Health: OPEN Health is a healthcare communications and market access group.
James Bell
Partner & Chief Accountant of OPEN Health
James is a qualified chartered accountant and has been involved with healthcare marketing for over 15 years. Before joining OPEN Health in September 2011 he spent 9 years as the European Finance Director at Huntsworth Health.
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About OPEN Health: OPEN Health is a healthcare communications and market access group.
Martin Beauchamp
Head of Data Strategy, Managing Partner of Wavemaker
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About Wavemaker: Wavemaker provides next-generation media, content, technology solutions, and advertisement services to reinvent the media agency.
Adrian Firth
Founding Partner of Rattle Technology
Adrian is a tech focused creative with a natural ability to combine advanced technologies with everyday life. His foremost skill is bringing together teams from various disciplines: designers, carpenters, technologists, builders, musicians, writers and guiding them to collaborate on technologically led creative projects.
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About Rattle Technology: Rattle enables brands and their agencies to access the power of augmented reality experiences through our unique plug and play platform.
Matt Whelan
Managing Partner of The Specialist Works
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About The Specialist Works: The Specialist Works operates as an independent international brand performance media agency.
Andy Snuggs
Managing Partner of Future Kings
Having run his own creative agency Geronimo for 14 years, Andy brings a wealth of experience in creating value for clients. He has successfully launched new products and services for many blue chip businesses including Vodafone, Direct Line Group, SEAT (UK), Co-op and AGE UK . But he is also passionate about helping ambitious start ups develop into Future Kings.
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About Future Kings: Future Kings is a marketing and advertising firm.
Ranzie Anthony
Partner – Executive Creative Director of Athlon
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About Athlon: Athlon helps global brands create products and services that build meaningful human connections and drive business success.
Garth Shephard
Founder & Partner of 72 Capital Limited
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About 72 Capital Limited: Boutique M&A, fundraising and strategic adviser to the small and mid-cap technology, digital media and sport sectors.
Keith Brown
Director – Strategic Partnerships EMEA & LATAM of HCL Software
Keith Brown is a Board of Directors at TAO Foundation.
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About HCL Software: HCL Software is an information technology company that specializes in the software business.
Deana Smart Zegna
Partner of Sonet Digital
Deana Smart Zegna is a partner at Sonet Digital Ltd.
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About Sonet Digital: Sonet Digital is an Internet marketing agency that specialises in online visibililty, brand awareness, and digital strategies.
Deana Smart Zegna
Partner of Sonet Digital
Deana Smart Zegna is a partner at Sonet Digital Ltd.
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About Sonet Digital: Sonet Digital is an Internet marketing agency that specialises in online visibililty, brand awareness, and digital strategies.
Maya Bogle
Founder and Head of Agency Partnerships of Talenthouse
Maya Bogle is one of the Founders of Talenthouse, a platform dedicated to developing creative talent around the World with the technology to become the largest source of creative solutions for brands. Talenthouse meets the rapidly growing demand amongst brand owners to deliver these solutions at speed, at scale, with cultural relevance and at competitive cost. Maya is championing this cause and has over 25 years experience in media. She speaks regularly at conferences including Cannes Lions, Social Media Week New York, AdWeek Europe, Crowdsourcing Week Singapore, the London F.ounders Conference, Tech City Insider, the Media Summit Manchester, Ibiza Music Video Festival, Silicon Beach EU, NOAH and numerous educational establishments.
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About Talenthouse: 14.6 million strong global creative community power leading brands globally
Silke Zetzsche
Head of Commercial Partnerships of A Million Ads
What draws me to A Million Ads is the company’s ethos – we’re all about pioneering change in the digital marketplace. I love striving for the next cool, innovative and challenging thing in digital media advertising. Outside of work I love hanging out with my cool little daughter Alexandra.
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About A Million Ads: We are the dynamic audio experts. We create data-driven audio ads with thousands of ad variants that are more contextually relevant for consumers and drive better engagement for brands..
Matt Dyke
Founding Partner of AnalogFolk
A lateral thinker with over 15 years’ experience in digital, consumer, brand and communications planning. Matt dislikes the ‘ivory tower’ stereotype of strategic thinking and prefers that his team work collaboratively with our clients to develop breakthrough ideas. With a passionate interest in technology and digital culture, Matt has also become a pioneering voice on how the digital and physical worlds are fusing together to create opportunities for brands. Previous to AnalogFolk, Matt was Head of Planning at DDB London and a Campaign ‘Face to Watch’ as Worldwide Strategy Director for Tribal DDB. He was one of the first digital planners in the industry and won creative effectiveness awards for Philips, Volkswagen, British Gas, The Guardian and Hasbro. He’s also judged numerous creative awards including D&AD and Campaign. He likes to think of himself as a multi-talented rockstar. Truth be told, he’s a poorly self-taught guitarist, only half-decent saxophonist but can certainly hold a note with a mic in his hand. When he’s not making sweet music, Matt screams and shouts at men. As an Arsenal season ticket holder, his mood on any given morning is totally dependent on what happened at The Emirates the night before.
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About AnalogFolk: AnalogFolk are an innovative creative agency that makes and markets valued interactive experiences in an analog world.
Nick Thompson
Partner of Solder Creative
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About Solder Creative: Solder Creative is a creative technology studio creating products and services using new and emerging technologies.
Nicola Hayes
Managing Partner of Andrasta Consulting Ltd
Nicola has been involved in the data centre market since 1998, prior to which she was involved in telecoms network rollout following European de-regulation. As Managing Partner of the London based Philips Group, Nicola was responsible for the formation of the companies Data Centre Consultancy Practice and was the author of the first ever industry report into the fledgling colocation market as well as speaking at the first conferences in both Europe and the US on the subject. With experience advising colocation providers, government agencies, financial institutions and vendors on data centre strategy, rollout and investment, Nicola has an unrivalled knowledge on the sector. Following a role as Vice President of BroadGroup, a UK based company specialising in data centre conferences and consultancy, Nicola then joined DatacenterDynamics where she was responsible for establishing a data centre research practice, DCD Intelligence, which is now one of the leading sources of global data, research and consultancy on data centre trends. She has recently established her own consultancy, Andrasta Consulting providing strategic business advice to companies involved in the sector.
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About Andrasta Consulting Ltd: Andrasta Consulting provides strategic business and marketing consultancy services.
Lucian Trestler
Partner of MYTH London
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About MYTH London: MYTH London is a provider of marketing and advertising services.
Anthony Clements
Managing Partner of Adtraction
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About Adtraction: Adtraction is a full-service partner marketing platform.
Torben Vejen
Partner, co-CEO of Impact Extend
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About Impact Extend: Impact Extend delivers omni-channel and data-driven solutions that help solve challenges in a strategic approach to get the maximum ROI.
Ashleigh Bishop
co-CEO & Founding Partner of Bagboard
Ashleigh Bishop is the co-CEO & Founding Partner at Bagboard.
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About Bagboard: Bagboard is an advertising platform that creates premium, eco-friendly, and reusable bags to replace single-use plastic ones.
Jamie Kenny
Founding Partner of Byte
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About Byte: Byte is an independent marketing technology agency that has expertise in data, technology, creative content and paid media.
Alex Miller
Founding Partner of Byte
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About Byte: Byte is an independent marketing technology agency that has expertise in data, technology, creative content and paid media.
Julia Porter
Partner and Board Director of Data Protection Network Associates
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About Data Protection Network Associates, Origin Housing: Data Protection Network Associates is a data protection consultancy that provides no-nonsense advice to customers.
Dave Bedwood
Creative Partner of The&Partnership London
Dave Bedwood started his career in 1998; working at several of the large ad agencies in London. In 2004, alongside three Tribal DDB colleagues he set up ‘Lean Mean Fighting Machine’ with the mission to be the best digital agency in the world. Dave has picked up numerous industry awards including: Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show, Clio, Andy’s, ADC, Creative Circle, BIMA and the Webbies. In 2008 Lean Mean Fighting Machine become the first, and only, UK agency to win ‘ Cannes Interactive Agency of the Year’ Award. In 2013 Lean Mean Fighting Machine was sold to M&C Saatchi where Dave became Creative Director. He ran the Transport for London, Virgin and Land Rover accounts, across all media. Today he is Creative Partner at The & Partnership London, where he runs the Lexus Europe and Lexus International accounts.
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About The&Partnership London: The&Partnership London is a future-focused creative agency is to bring together creativity, technology and data in new ways.
Mark Lockie
Managing Director, Landmark Identity, Strategic Advisor, Science Media Partners of Landmark Identity
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About Landmark Identity: Landmark offers knowledge in the identity sector and offers marketing, events, community building, research and content services.
Julian Hirst
Managing Partner of Tribal DDB Worldwide
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About Tribal DDB Worldwide: Tribal DDB Worldwide is an Advertising Age A-List Agency.
David Anthony Kennedy
Silent Partner of Brands on Digital
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About Brands on Digital: Brands on Digital is a digital marketing agency for brands.
James Blackman
Managing Partner of Cocoonfxmedia Ltd
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About Cocoonfxmedia Ltd: We’re experts in Web Design and Marketing offering full design consultation and marketing service for companies around
James Blackman
Managing Partner of Cocoonfxmedia Ltd
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About Cocoonfxmedia Ltd: We’re experts in Web Design and Marketing offering full design consultation and marketing service for companies around
Glen Tapper
Creative Partner of Cocoonfxmedia Ltd
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About Cocoonfxmedia Ltd: We’re experts in Web Design and Marketing offering full design consultation and marketing service for companies around
Anna Hyde
Media Partnership Director of Interscroller
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About Interscroller: A video advertising network designed specifically for mobile, with 100% fill, delivering improved performance for publishers & advertisers.
Sarah Lewthwaite
Strategic Partnerships Director – EMEA of Movio
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About Movio: Movio is the global leader in marketing data analytics and campaign management software.
Neil McKie
Partner of STANCE
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About STANCE: Stance is a behavioural design company purposed for the next generation of challenges.
