Steve Doyle appointed to Board of International Advertising Association UK Chapter
Steve Doyle, Chief Commercial Officer at London-based international ad tech company InSkin Media, is appointed to the Board of the IAA UK
London, 18 February 2016 – The International Advertising Association is the world’s only globally-focused advertising trade association, working effectively across the globe to promote and explain the role and power of advertising to brands, agencies and media owners.
Steve Doyle has led InSkin Media’s revenue growth over the past 6 years, firstly in the UK, then in Germany and Hong Kong. More recently, he has driven InSkin Media’s pan-European and global commercial activities, with a London-based International Agency Sales team, and in 2015 launched local offices in Australia and Singapore. Steve is well known and respected in the media world, and chairs the IAB’s Video Council. He speaks and writes regularly on the challenges and opportunities of digital advertising; at dmexco 2015 Steve led a distinguished panel on Viewability.
Commenting on his appointment to the IAA, Doyle said: “It is a great honour to be invited to serve the wider advertising community. The IAA plays an important role in educating and informing all the parties who are involved in, and affected by, advertising. In the complex, multi-device, consumer-driven world in which we operate, advertising has a key commercial and social purpose. I look forward to contributing to the excellent programme of the IAA.”
Angus Grieve, the Executive Director of the IAA’s UK Chapter, welcomed Doyle to the organisation: “For the IAA to continue its important work, we need to attract new talent, with proven skills and experience in digital advertising: Steve has a stellar track record in his experience at InSkin Media, Virgin Media, and others. We are delighted to welcome Steve to the IAA and look forward to working with him on our varied programme.”
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About the IAA
The International Advertising Association is the world’s only globally-focused ‘tripartite’ advertising trade association with membership representing advertisers, agencies and the media.
Established in 1938 as a not-for-profit organization, the IAA is comprised of corporate members, organizational members, education affiliates, as well as Chapters with individual members and young professionals from over 40 countries.
The IAA’s mission statement includes:
Promoting the critical role and benefits of advertising as a vital force behind all healthy economies and the foundation of diverse, independent media.
Providing a forum to debate emerging professional marketing communications users and their consequences in the fast changing world environment.
Promoting brand building, protecting and advancing the freedom of commercial speech and consumer choice.
Encouraging greater practice and acceptance of advertising self-regulation.
Taking the lead in state-of-the-art professional development through education and training for the marketing communications industry.
About InSkin Media
InSkin Media is an advertising technology business, specialising in high-impact, non-intrusive brand advertising formats.
Founded in the UK in 2009, the company specialises in rich-media display advertising, and employs 85 staff across its London, Hamburg, Sydney, Singapore and Hong Kong offices. InSkin partners with over 150 publishers, working across over 900 premium websites, globally, and has delivered successful campaigns for over 700 blue-chip brand clients.
In November 2015, InSkin Media was featured in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2015, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in EMEA, following its inclusion in the ‘Scale Up Club’, a group of companies identified as having £100m turnover potential within 3-5 years, by Silicon Valley angel investors, the previous year. In 2013, InSkin Media was named Best Media Owner in the IPA Media Owner Awards, having been rated as top company in the IPA Media Owner Survey that April. In 2012, InSkin Media won three British Media Awards; InSkin Media won Media Momentum’s Award as the fastest-growing digital business in Europe in 2011, and has since remained in its top 50 high-growth businesses.
For further information, please visit www.inskinmedia.com or contact: Fran Cowan: fran.cowan@inskinmedia.com T: 020 3301 9099