User Identity Webinar

Bedir is responsible for the strategy and development of products that meet the audience insight, targeting, and reporting needs of our internal business as well as advertisers and agencies. This includes unifying the numerous 1st party data sources within the News UK family and making this data useful and discoverable across the whole business. 

James is currently focused on growing Index Exchange’s offices and operations across Europe and expanding into new global markets. Prior to joining Index, James was the CEO of Datacratic, a machine-learning and AI software start up. He has also served as a consultant to large media companies, is a successful angel investor and has served as an advisor to several leading digital media and e-commerce start-ups. 

James runs the Global Data Solutions teams of Audience Targeting, Consumer Insights and Campaign Effectiveness & Measurement. These solutions support Verizon Media sellers across North America, EMEA and LATAM in finding the most effective and insightful ways of solving advertiser and agency objectives using Verizon Media’s 1st Party data assets. 

Karen is The Telegraph’s Senior Director, Commercial Innovation and focuses on supporting the company’s subscriptions first strategy. She has over 20 years’ experience in press, digital, and AV. She joined The Telegraph in 2017 from DC Thompson companies, Stylist Group & Beano Studios. Before this, she spent two and a half years as Commercial Director at video martech platform Innovid. Previously she had leadership roles at Classic FM, Centaur and Associated Newspapers. Karen is also a board trustee of charity Clic Sargent

Richard is Chief Data Officer for GroupM UK. He’s responsible for the group’s digital data and ad technology initiatives spanning precision data planning and partnerships, ad technology, data platforms and advanced analytics solutions. He lives near London with his wife, two kids, two cats and one crazy dog.