Key Positions:
• Executive Director, C2 Capital - www.c2capital.org
• Approved Business Finland Consultant, Finnish government tech export programme - https://expertsearch.businessfinland.fi/#/profile/38jvqOOD
• Senior Partner MIW Ventures. Dir. MIW Israel Tech export programme - www.miwventures.com
• Mentor, Satoshi Block Dojo - www.blockdojo.io
• Mentor, The House of St. Barnabas "Breaking the cycle of homelessness" - www.hosb.org.uk
Tech Business Development, strategic marketing, and investor search & fund-raising services. Providing start-up/scale-up market entry, fund-raising, business development, strategic marketing, and execution activities. Working in digital, online & emerging Hi-Tech sectors, with senior-level BizDev., comms, media & PR experience in the UK and across EMEA & MENA.
20+ years in social & digital media. Wealth of strategic insight and tactical knowledge.
Leading Social Business Influencer (Microsoft) - http://www.businessreimagined.org/who-are-the-uks-leading-social-business-influencers/
Created 1st digital marketing for CompuServe/AOL; launched major youth social network; developed marketing, social & comms. strategies for multiple businesses. Senior EMEA marketing roles - Microsoft, Epsilon, DoubleClick/Google.
Achievements:
• Transformed global MarTech vendor's EMEA marketing, with development of infrastructures, processes & networks; shifted strategy from offline to social & digital media; driving 35% increase in revenues
• Built social strategy for large public-sector org., securing multi-stakeholder support, internal education, and developing the social MarComms platform
• Created social & digital MarComms plan for a tools company - taking them from a start-up to a company with a story to tell, generating growth in awareness and interest.
• Launched a young adult social network from initial planning to "live" in 6 weeks, achieving acquisition targets on budget 25% ahead of schedule.
Industry:
• Founder member & Director of the IAB
• Advisory Board member of Social Media Week
• Founder Member of the Social Media Governance Forum
• Member of the Social Business Council