ABOUT SMARTOLOGY

Mark is the founder of Smartology and has spent over a decade developing cutting edge semantic technology solutions within publishing, social media and advertising. Prior to Smartology he co-founded an executive search firm where he opened the company’s first London office and helped sell the business to Alexander Mann 4 years later. He went on to co-found Leiki closing deals with The Financial Times, BBC and Sun Microsystems before spinning off the UK business in 2010 and re-branding as Smartology.

Marcus' career in publishing spans 20 years, including The Financial Times and Euromoney, with experience across both digital and print. Marcus led the engineering function that developed the ground breaking subscription paywall at FT and was subsequently promoted to Director of Technology, where he was responsible for the FT's global engineering function. Marcus also serves as Vice Chair on the governing body of a primary school academy trust and in his spare time coaches mini's rugby.

David, a fellow of the Chartered institute of Management Accountants, has 20 years of financial leadership experience working as Finance Director / CFO. He brings experience from sectors such as advertising, film & TV, telecoms and tech. Typically he helps companies move from either loss making to profit or bring the rigour to enhance their growth. David has lead acquisitions from both sides. Most recently he has lead two companies from profitability though to ultimately being acquired by FTSE100 companies.

Roger has 15 years Tech & Scale-up experience as CEO, Chair and NED including roles with AirAngel, Unbiased.co.uk, Quadriga and Pension Corporation. Providing the perspective of an M&A, PE and CEO background in start-ups through to £100m+ revenue, 300 FTE organisations; and a track record of working as Chair or Founder Adviser with Founders / CEOs, to assist organisations to deliver sales performance and operational scale within rapid-change technology markets, and secure shareholder liquidity.

Sally Costerton has been a senior communications practitioner for the past 30 years. She currently advises ICANN and was previously CEO of H+K Strategies EMEA, overseeing a $100 million business with 1,000 staff in over thirty countries. Before that, she led the firm’s Technology practice. She is an experienced Chairman and non-executive Director and has been a Board Director of the PRCA for over ten years. She currently chairs Commetric, the multi award-winning media analytics firm.

Michael founded a serviced office centre, known as Bloxham Mill (North Oxfordshire) almost 20 years ago. The centre’s extensive IT requirements were initially serviced by an in-house IT department. In 2005, a separate company was formed to expand the offering to businesses outside Bloxham Mill; this company has recently merged with others to form M9 Holdings (IT) Ltd. Michael now has interests in a number of IT companies, as well as a continuing involvement in the property sector.