Carl White, Chief Executive Officer, Europe, ValueClick
Alison Guise, General Manager, Commission Junction Europe and UK Managing Director, Mediaplex
Daniel Powel, Head of Account Management, Commission Junction UK
Cheryl Ingram, client development director, Commission Junction UK
Florian Gramshammer, Senior Sales Manager, Commission Junction UK
Jason Baker, Publisher Account Director, Commission Junction UK
Chief Executive Officer, Europe, ValueClick
Carl joined ValueClick in October 2001 as Chief Operating Officer for ValueClick Europe. Carl is responsible for the overall management and growth of ValueClick's European subsidiaries: ValueClick Media, Commission Junction, Mediaplex and PriceRunner.co.uk across London, Munich, Paris and Stockholm.
Prior to joining ValueClick, Carl served as the Chief Operating Officer of 24/7 Europe and was responsible for media and technology businesses in thirteen countries. Previously, Carl was a publisher for BBC Worldwide (the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation) running commercial and editorial teams across a number of magazine titles including BBC Good Food and BBC Top Gear, as well as UK multimedia projects such as Walking with Dinosaurs.
Carl holds a B.S.c. (Hons) from Bristol University.
General Manager, Commission Junction Europe and UK Managing Director, Mediaplex
Alison joined ValueClick in November 2001. She joined as Sales
Manager with a remit to form and develop the Mediaplex team in the
UK. Alison progressed to Sales Director and then Managing Director
in late 2004. She took over the additional management responsibility
of Commission Junction in March 2006 and for Europe in January 2008.
In 2008 Alison lead Mediaplex's expansion into the Asia, opening an
office which continues to grow admirably in terms of both staff
and clients.
Alison is responsible for running the Mediaplex and Commission
Junction businesses for ValueClick. The functions of the Mediaplex
business include third-party campaign management, ad serving and
tracking for advertisers and agencies, as well as advertising
management for online publishers. She manages the account management,
technology and new business teams. Commission Junction is a leading
affiliate marketing network and Alison manages the sales, account
management (for publishers and advertisers), network quality,
product development and technical service teams.
Prior to joining ValueClick, Alison was Business Development Manager
at DoubleClick's media division and at Television New Zealand for
over 5 years in roles that included working on brand and licensing
marketing and new business sponsorship.
Head of Account Management, Commission Junction UK
Daniel joined the UK office as Account Development Manager in
2005 and in May 2007 he progressed to Head of Account Management.
Daniel joined the UK office as Account Development Manager in 2005
and in May 2007 he progressed to Head of Account Management. In
this role, he leads a 15 people strong Account Development Team.
Daniel oversees the development and the growth of clients' accounts
in the UK and internationally, and is responsible for the finance,
travel and retail vertical teams. He also plays a key role in
developing new Commission Junction products to fulfill the ever
evolving needs of the company's clients.
Previously Daniel worked for Commission Junction in the US where
he was Account Manager for eBay International, overseeing
programs in the Asian market. As part of this role, Daniel was
responsible for the launch of the eBay's affiliate program in
India and China.
Prior to joining the affiliate arena he worked as credit analyst
overseeing international risk management for one of the leading
healthcare manufacturers, Mentor. He combines over 5 years of
global affiliate marketing experience with strong financial
knowledge.
UK Client Development Director, Commission Junction UK
As UK Client Development Director, Commission Junction, Cheryl is
responsible for all new business and existing business, both
advertiser and publisher focused in the UK. She works closely with
the European management team as well as the sales and the account
management teams in France, UK, Germany and the Nordic region to
develop and maintain senior level client contact with advertisers,
agencies and affiliates and other partners.
Cheryl is a highly experienced new media professional, having
joined from Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions where she
was Head of UK Agency Sales. She has a successful commercial
track record, having grown her team and the division's sales
incrementally year on year.
Cheryl joined MSN as Head of Recruitment in 2000 before moving
across to the sales team, and prior to this role, was a senior
financial recruitment consultant. She previously worked for a
number of pharmaceutical companies in South Africa, including
GlaxoSmithKline.
Senior Sales Manager, Commission Junction UK
Florian Gramshammer joined Commission Junction in Aug 2007 as
the Sales Manager for travel vertical. In April 2008 Florian
was promoted to Senior Sales Manager and oversees the sales
team.
In his current role Florian manages the key new-business related client relationships. He has secured many of Commission Junction's key client-base including; BMI, House of Fraser, Kurt Geiger, Adidas, and Budget Rent-a-Car.
Prior to this, Florian was a Key Account Director at Emailvision, where he managed strategic commercial relationships with UK's top clients, including B&Q, Eurostar and Sainsbury's and previous to this he was an International Account Manager at Gartner, which involved pan-European management of clients including Microsoft and IBM.
Publisher Account Director, Commission Junction UK
Jason joined Commission Junction in November 2007 as Publisher Account Director, in just a few months he was promoted to Head of Publisher Management early 2008. Jason's initial remit was to work with the team on realigning Commission Junction's UK publisher engagement strategy and building relationships with key affiliates.
Towards the end of 2008, Jason took on the new role of heading up the newly formed dedicated agency servicing team and CJ Media, Commission Junctions' short term campaign lead generation and data capture business.
Jason began his career in media at News International Newspapers where he 'cut his teeth' selling advertising space to recruitment consultants, clients and agencies for The Times and Sunday Times. Over the seven years he spent there, he worked across both classified and display advertising, finally setting up a completely new division for News 'Recruitment Solutions' a new business team selling solutions that utilised as many areas of the business as possible, including advertising, events, data, sponsorship, commercial supplements both on and offline.
Prior to this Jason was at Emap Communications as Head of Recruitment Sales for Construct, Retail & Media, where he was responsible for 11 print titles and 7 websites. Jason also spent some time in the British Army and served on operational deployment in the gulf.
