Martin Talks has 20 years experience in the digital technology and communications sectors. A serial entrepreneur, he floated the online shares community company, ADVFN.com plc, on the London Stock Exchange in 2000 and founded the strategic digital marketing agency, Blue Barracuda in 2002. As CEO of Blue Barracuda, he grew the agency to 62 people and worked with clients including eBay, Roche Pharmaceutical and BlackBerry. Martin sold Blue Barracuda to the DraftFCB Group in 2011 where he acted as Global Digital Lead and Advisory Board Member to the Institute of Decision Making.
Martin regularly writes and speaks on digital matters. He has been the keynote speaker at Eurobest, the ICEE and Chartered Institute of Marketing conferences. He has a BA (History) from Durham University.