About Mark Adams
Its been quite a year for Mark so far... Starting with The Guardian awarding him the accolade of “Star of Tech City” describing him as “one of the people who are changing our world and helping to boost economic growth.” He went on to be named in the “Silicon 60 Global Tech Entrepreneurs,” "The Most Influential Londoners" “The Sunday Times Top people in Britain,” "The Drums Digerati List" “The Debretts Top 10 Digital List,” and was invited to do a TED talk.
Marks journey started in 2005 when he created the first digital consultancy to focus on celebrities and public figures. The company quickly became the go-to "digital guys" for the Hollywood A-list and Mark had the enviable job of meeting all his heroes (easy) and trying to get them to change their businesses to embrace digital (not easy.) His company was soon acquired by the worlds biggest talent agency William Morris Endeavour.
Mark then went on to Co-Found the Audience, which raised $40million in funding from Sean Parker of Facebook to deliver large scale digital transformation for the worlds biggest entertainment brands. Rewiring their businesses for the digital world.
Mark is Chairman of the Digital Leadership Council, a think tank based at University College London which brings together entrepreneurs, universities, lawyers and the tech community to help inform law and policy around digital.
Mark is the President of the Entertainment Category for the Eurobest Awards and is a highly in-demand keynote speaker that presents extensively at events worldwide. In his fun and provocative talks he argues that a successful digital mindset requires emotional intelligence above all things.
Since 2015 Mark has worked at Vice Media in London where he is Vice President and Head of Innovation.
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