CONNECTING CONSUMERS WITH CONTENT

I am driven by curiosity - continually exploring new markets, business models and creative ecosystems to connect ideas that shouldn’t exist in isolation.

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I’ve launched successful publishing businesses in over 20 countries in 6 continents, delivered creative hackathons in 15 cities and am a frequent keynoter internationally having spoken in 50 different cities.

I’m perfectly placed to help your digital publishing business in the following areas:

• content procurement: do you know your content requirements for your market and model? do you know where to get the content and how to get the right commercial terms in place?

• business modelling: do you know the international landscape and which models are working where? What works for the consumers and what makes sense to the author and publisher? do you know your ARR from your COGS and your CAC from your LTV? how are the platforms (re)negotiating terms and what makes sense for your own business

• event curation: I curate and moderate events for London Bookfair, Frankfurt Book Fair, Bologna Fiere, Sharjah and more. Understand your audience, your objectives and pull in the best panels and speakers from in- and outside the publishing industry.

• keynote speaker and panelist: From publishing to music, from film to tech and gaming, I’ve had the privilege of delivering keynotes at SXSW and the St Petersburg Film Festival to the United Nations - and everything in between. But the real value is in listening to everyone else around me.

• agenting: hailing from an artist management background I can’t shake the itch to occasionally pick up a project and find it a commercial home and then act as the bridge between the author/creator and corporate world.