
Digital Media Strategist & Venture Capital Investor
London, United Kingdom

Digital Media Strategist & Venture Capital Investor
London, United Kingdom
2002- Present STRADBROKE ADVISORS, Principal - Investment and Innovation Advisors - Seed and Growth Investments - Interim ~Management and Corporate Strategy.
2004 - 2006 Jutel (Finland) Senior Vice-President - A 3i Finland & Polar Electro's company in JV with HP and NOKIA developing Visual Radio;
2004 - Sense Worldwide - Non-Executive Director (Board)
2002 - 2004 Sense Worldwide - Managing Director/CEO - Strategic Consumer Insights Research agency provider of consumer markets trends to worldwide multinationals;
1999 - 2002 Escape Velocity - Founder & CEO - A 3i investee company in the mobile personalisation software and AI development for mobile software community tools. Creators of Sessami, 1st European mobile social network.Shorst-listed by Lehman Bros as One of Europe's Top 20 Mobile Software companies (2000);
1998-1999 Cable & Wireless - Senior Strategist on New Technologies
1996 - 1998 - Infrastructure Finance - World Bank think-tank - Director EMEA and Latin America - Telecoms;
+ Start-up and growth capital fund-raising - private and institutional investors
+ Digital Media - Consumer Insights Strategist;
+ Web 2.0 - Social Networks: peer2peer-peer2many interactivity, rules of social engagement, content management tools;
+ Wireless Applications and networks;
+ Viral Marketing;
+ Consumer Mindsets & Attitudes in Digital Media;
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Online Media industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years)
Another STRADBROKE ADVISORS client, AND’s network reaches an estimated 25% of all UK internet users, having expanded into the key areas of the online advertising market, pertinent to Associated, of automotive, jobs, property, dating, and personal finance. It is also responsible for developing the digital newspaper companion websites, including Daily Mail online and the regional thisis sites. PRODUCTIONBASE.co.uk was acquired by AND in May 2006 and it is the leading talent search site in the UK for Film & TV productions.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
July 2005 — Present (3 years 3 months)
A Stradbroke Advisors long-term client, CMV is a UK-based international film & tv production company. It focuses on creating, managing and exploring commercial branding of intellectual properties across publishing, media and commercial platforms, acting as parent company to the Create TV & Film, and behind massive success hit preshool shows such as BBC Children's "Little Robots" and LEGO's BIONICLES.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
February 2002 — Present (6 years 8 months)
Start-up and growth capital fund raising specialists.
Interim Management post-investment.
Innovation Consultants.
(Public Company; Entertainment industry)
September 2006 — December 2006 (4 months)
Another STRADBROKE ADVISORS client, Widsets.com is a phone manufacturer-independent Web 2.0 service that automatically multicasts preferred RSS feeds and user-generated content. With WidSets, NOKIA highlights the power behind the evolution of Web 2.0 - the people, the content they produce and the social networks dynamics, facilitating how mobility enhances Web 2.0's use and enjoyment.
(Broadcast Media industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years)
(Broadcast Media industry)
1999 — 2002 (3 years)
(Broadcast Media industry)
1992 — 1995 (3 years)
2001 - European Leadership Forum (Paris)- CEO & EU Governors Summit - Awarded "Best Contributor to Formation of Digital Media Strategy"
2000 - GSM Congress (Cannes) - Chairman of the Mobile Personalisation sessions;
2000-2001 WAP Forum Meetings Chairman (London 2000) and Rome (2001);
2000 - FORTUNE Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Business;