Ben Crawford is an experienced Director/Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of scaling up online technology and media companies. Ben drives accelerated and profitable growth trajectories though a blend of organic growth and acquisitions. He has a truly global perspective, having lived in seven countries and overseen businesses servicing customers in almost every country in the world. Ben is well-known for his numerous thought-leading publications and speaking engagements, from Forbes, to the BBC and CNBC, to the World Economic Forum. He is also dedicated to nurturing talent and helping his customers, teams and peers attain their business, career and personal goals.CEO ROLES• Com Laude - CEO, Director and investor of this portfolio company of Private Equity firm PX3, providing online protection to the world's biggest companies and most valuable brands• CentralNic PLC - grew web services business from Start-Up to over $700m revenues, and EBITDA to $80M. Acknowledged by the Financial Times among the Top 50 Fastest growing tech companies in Europe. Sourced, negotiated, closed, and integrated 20 acquisitions in eight countries. • Louise Blouin Media – as founding President built the world’s leading art media company by integrating eight acquisitions in the USA, UK and France.• SportBusiness Group - led the world’s leading publishing, business information, and trade events provider for the global sports industry.DIRECTORSHIPS• Brings extensive global experience, to helping companies scale-up, expand their global footprint, prepare for public listing, and thrive on public markets• Flexion Mobile PLC - Non-Executive Director of NASDAQ FN-listed rapidly growing distributor of mobile games through alternative app stores and social media marketing agency• Voyage Media - Advisory Board Member of fast growing movie/TV script development business• Executive Director of Com Laude, backed by PE firm PX3• Formerly Director of London Stock Exchange listed CentralNic PLC, Louise Blouin Media andSportBusiness GroupINDUSTRIES• Brands - Com Laude serves 6 of the USA's top 10 tech brands and 2 of the world's top 3 fashion brands• Technology - built CentralNic PLC- to a global advertising and internet infrastructure business• Art - Senior Executive at Louise Blouin Media and MutualArt.com• Entertainment - Director of Voyage Media, Executive Producer of IBM’s website of the Sydney Olympic Games, worked with Conde Nast, Microsoft, Disney, Warner Bros.BenCrawfordConsult@gmail.com | +1.646.897.3571 | www.bencrawford.com | X: _bencrawford_