Marcus East

Current

Executive Chairman at Visit4
Chief Executive Officer - Project 'M' at Real World
Treasurer & Trustee at MyBnk

Managing Partner at ME Associates

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Past

Chief Executive Officer at Breathe Internet
Vice President at AGENCY.COM
Global Client Manager (and various) at IBM

Assistant Manager (PT) at Silica Systems

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Education

University of Cambridge
London Guildhall University
The Latymer Grammar School

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Marcus East’s Summary

Marcus is an experienced international business executive with experience in both corporate and entrepreneurial environments. He is a full member of the Chartered Management Institute.

His blue-chip background and training, combined with his entrepreneurial flair and experience make him a fully rounded executive, suited to senior leadership roles in major organisations. He employs a hands-on approach, and has experience of delivering some of the projects he has sold – he likes to lead from the front and is a natural leader with vision and excellent team-building and management skills, able to operate in complex environments.

A tough negotiator, he prides himself on his relationship-building and strong commercial skills, which he has used successfully at all levels of business, and across national boundaries on global projects.

Marcus East’s Specialties:

e-business, Information Technology, New Media, Restructuring & Sales Management.

Marcus East’s Experience

Executive Chairman

Visit4

(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)

June 2009 — Present (2 months)
Chief Executive Officer - Project 'M'

Real World

(Entertainment industry)

March 2009 — Present (5 months)

Marcus has been hired by entertainment legend Peter Gabriel and his Real World Group of companies to run the company's latest technology business to be formally launched in the summer of 2009.
Treasurer & Trustee

MyBnk

(Non-Profit; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

December 2008 — Present (8 months)

MyBnk is an award-winning educational charity that aims to improve young people's enterprise and financial management skills.

I volunteered with the organisation in the summer of 2008, and was invited to join the board as a director, trustee and treasurer in December 2008.
Managing Partner

ME Associates

(Management Consulting industry)

May 2002 — Present (7 years 3 months)

Marcus East Associates (MEA) is Management Consulting and Incubator business established by Marcus to engage with and launch new start-up businesses.

Roles that he has fulfilled with MEA include being Managing Director of the Inspired Technology Group where he worked with the founders to take the company through an exciting, but complicated merger with the digital division of Leisure Link, creating Inspired Broadcast Networks.

He also worked on a number of start-ups, including the online dating service such as SuperSingle and white-label services for companies like LA Fitness, Maxim and B Magazine.

He regularly receives requests for assistance with start-ups and turnarounds, and is happy to get involved in new and high-risk ventures as an investor or adviser.
Chief Executive Officer

Breathe Internet

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

April 2004 — March 2009 (5 years)

Marcus was founder & CEO of BNL, which owns several consumer brands including 'breathe', macunlimited, Bush Internet and NetcomUK - all formerly part of breathe.com or Breathe Internet.

The main brand, 'breathe' was founded in 1999 by Martin Dawes Communications and launched with the (in)famous "It's amazing what happens when you breathe..." TV adverts, part of a £37m advertising campaign.

He completed the acquisition of competitor Fast4 in 2008 and handed over responsibility to the directors of that business in 2009, stepping down as CEO.
Vice President

AGENCY.COM

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)

2000 — 2002 (2 years)

Marcus was Vice President of Business Development in AGENCY.COM's London office where he spent two very enjoyable years working with major corporate clients.

AGENCY.COM was part of the Omnicom Group which is the world's largest advertising conglomerate and so had access to a wide range of clients at a strategic level, making it one of the world's leading web design and strategy consultancies.
Global Client Manager (and various)

IBM

(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

1994 — 2000 (6 years)

Marcus joined IBM in 1994 fresh out of University and spent six very enjoyable years in a number of sales and marketing roles, culminating in the role of Global Client Manager in the City of London business.

He started in Public Sector Business working on Government & Defence solutions, before, moving in to Network Computing Solutions (which then became e-business Solutions).

He graduated from IBM Sales School (Warbrook) in 1995, and achieved an IBM Outstanding Contribution Award the same year.
Assistant Manager (PT)

Silica Systems

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1990 — 1994 (4 years)

My first real job - I worked at Silica to fund my way through university! Based in premium retail locations around London (e.g. Selfridges and Harrods), Silica was the UK'sl leading retailer of personal computers, dominating the market when Commodore Amigas and Atari STs were the order of the day.

I learned a great deal about sales, consulting and - of course - technology.

My favourite time working for Silica was working in the Business Department in the Tottenham Court Road branch where we sold computer systems to corporates, video production companies and musicians.

Marcus East’s Education

University of Cambridge

Masters , Social Enterprise , 2007 — 2009

Activities and Societies:

Marcus is a member of Wolfson College.
London Guildhall University

BSc (Hons) , Management & Information Technology , October 1990 — July 1994
The Latymer Grammar School

September 1984 — July 1990

Unlike many, I enjoyed my time at school immensely, and I greatly appreciate the quality of the education and the wonderful times that I had there.

Activities and Societies:

* Member of Dolbé House
* House Officer, Dolbé House (Lower Sixth)
* Chairman of the Charities Committee (Upper Sixth)

Additional Information

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Marcus East’s Interests:

Cricket, Culture & History of the Former Soviet Union, British Current Affairs, Current Affairs in Russia & Ukraine, Internet Technology

Marcus East’s Groups:

IWF, Chartered Management Institute, Wolfson College, Cambridge University, Cambridge University Conservative Association (CUCA), Home House, The Conservative Party

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