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Its been quite a year so far for Mark so far… Every list seems to have Mark in it somewhere. “ The Silicon 60 Global Tech Entrepreneurs,” “The Evening Standard Most Influential Londoners”​ “The Sunday Times Top 500 people in Britain,” and “The Debretts Top 10 Digital List,” to name a few. On top of this Mark has been invited to do a TED talk and has been appointed to the board at the Tate Modern.

However the pinnacle of the year came when Mark was appointed Senior Vice President and Head of Innovation at VICE – the “Mulit-Billion dollar youth media powerhouse,”​ (Fortune) described as “the most innovative company in the Media world”​ (Forbes). A move which Mark describes as an “absolute dream come true!”​

Prior to VICE, Mark was the Co-Founder of the Audience, which raised $40million in funding from Sean Parker (co-founder of Facebook) and Ari Emmanael (CEO of William Morris Endeavour Talent Agency,) to become the digital creative directors for 1000’s of the worlds most iconic celebrities and public figures – rewiring them for the digital age and the new media landscape. This network quickly became worlds largest new media publishing platform, reaching over 1 billion people a month with its content.

Marks journey started in 2005 when he created the first ever recorded social media agency UNION – which quickly grew to be the UK’s largest Social Media Agency for A-List list clients and Entertainment brands before being acquired by William Morris Endeveour Talent Agency.

Mark is now a highly in-demand keynote speaker who presents extensively at industry conferences and events worldwide – his fun and provocative talks are designed to demystify the techniques and key learnings he has acquired along the way and making them useful to anyone wishing to win in the digital space.

AS Unilever’s Global Marketing Strategy & Ventures Director, Jeremy is responsible for helping to shape Unilever’s Marketing and innovation strategy. Jeremy is also responsible for initiating and leading The Foundry, Unilever’s platform to engage with start-ups and innovative tech companies who can help Unilever pioneer the future.

Prior to his current role, Jeremy was Global Director in Unilever’s New Businesses Unit where he was responsible for leveraging Unilever’s brands and IP to develop new ventures. This included developing new technologies, business models and partnerships which stretched Unilever beyond the company’s core capabilities.

Charlotte Miller has been a Writer at We Are Social for nearly two years. During her time on the Editorial team she has worked on clients such as Heinz, Tesco and HSBC. She recently fell down the rabbit hole into the world of innovation, an interest which spawned her monthly report: Curiosity Stop.

Tom’s career in digital marketing has taken him from mobile through all aspects of digital and found him in his natural home at the global social media agency We Are Social. Tom is the innovation lead on the YouTube, First Direct, HSBC, Ballantine’s and Domino’s accounts.

Tom’s role is to explore what is going to happen next 18 months of marketing innovation so that his clients can experiment with new technology and ideas before they become commonplace.