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ADYOULIKE Appoints Lee Gibson as New UK Managing Director

20/02/2018
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Lee is a media industry veteran of 18 years, joins from Outbrain where he was Head Of Sales for Northern Europe
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ADYOULIKE, pioneers in native advertising, today announce the appointment of a new UK Managing Director (MD), Lee Gibson.

Gibson is an industry veteran who joins from content discovery platform, Outbrain, where he was Head Of Sales For Northern Europe. During his time at the company, he led the UK sales team’s growth with a focus on video, programmatic, content marketing and performance-based marketing strategies within the native space.

As part of his new role, Lee will be responsible for the UK’s financial performance and also the team, managing all UK business operations. ADYOULIKE, established in 2011, with offices in London, New York, Paris, Berlin and Milan is a global leader in native advertising technology, specialising in infeed native advertising, native display and programmatic native advertising. The infeed native advertising market is expected to grow to be worth in excess of $40Bn by 2021.

Gibson has over 18 years experience within the media industry. He cut his teeth at News UK, spending 13 years at the publisher and working his way up to become Head Of Media. From there, he joined Exterion Media as Head Of Agency Sales, focusing on outdoor advertising. During his time there, he was responsible for handling Adidas’ outdoor campaign for the World Cup 2014, in which it became the first brand to paint entire London Routemaster buses.

New UK Managing Director, Lee Gibson, said: “It is a really exciting time to be joining ADYOULIKE. Not only is the company growing exponentially, but the overall native advertising space is experiencing record growth, especially in the UK. Infeed native advertising, powered by programmatic, is driving a lot of the growth in native advertising today - and I’m excited to be joining the recognised market leader in this space.”

“ADYOULIKE’s technology, network and team are seriously impressive and I’m excited about leading business growth in the competitive UK market.”

Lee’s appointment is part of wider global management changes at ADYOULIKE in 2018, which have been implemented to spearhead international growth and necessary as a result of ADYOULIKE experiencing exponential growth year on year. Included in these changes are a new Managing Director in France. Dale Lovell, existing UK Managing Director and co-founder, will move to Chief Marketing & Partnerships Officer overseeing ad-operations, marketing and strategic partnerships globally as part of the changes.

Julien Verdier, ADYOULIKE CEO commented: “We are excited to appoint Lee as our new UK Managing Director. His experience, skills and industry knowledge will be invaluable for ADYOULIKE as we enter a new phase in our business growth. The UK market has performed exceptionally well for ADYOULIKE, testament to good work all of the team have done there to date.”

“Lee’s appointment will help us grow the business and consolidate our position as the UK’s leading infeed native advertising business. We are excited about what 2018 has instore for our business globally, and the UK is a crucial part of our continued business strategy.”
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