David Patton Email & Phone Number

• 12 years high profile European CMO at PlayStation and Sony Europe.• 10 years high profile International CEO leading Global Communication and Digital Agencies.• 6 years high profile CEO leading Global VFX, Animation, Advertising & Creative Technology Production Studios.Fast paced and highly experienced digital focused CEO, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Operating Officer & Global Communications Agency President.Excels in scaling organisations fuelled by innovation, speed & creativity.Commercially and operationally driven to build strong, successful and profitable businesses across tech, media, communications, production, entertainment & digital industries.Significant P+L, digital, operations, M&A, sales, strategy and brand building expertise across global digital marketing, media, tech transformation, production, e-commerce, brand management & on-line communication.Deep strategic & operational understanding of US, UK, Europe and Asia market dynamics from both a consumer and a business growth perspective.Previously Global President of Creative Experience & Advertising at Technicolor with full P&L responsibility for leading and expanding the fast growing MPC Advertising, The Mill and Mikros creative production and experience studios operating in New York, LA, Chicago, London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Shanghai & Bangalore.Former Global President of Young and Rubicam (WPP) - one of the world's biggest & most successful marketing and communication's agencies - responsible for driving revenue and profit growth across 47 Y&R agencies leading over 4,000 people. Between 2010 and 2016, President and CEO of Grey EMEA - led the agency’s stellar growth across the European, Middle Eastern and African regions transforming the business from a traditional advertising agency to a leading global digital & communications company. During my time at Grey, the agency was Adweek’s Network Agency of the Year, Campaign’s Network Agency of the Year and six times Euro Effie Agency of the Year. Prior to joining Grey, Sony Europe’s Senior Vice President of Marketing Communication. Managed a budget in excess of $500 million and responsible for all Sony Electronics’ marketing communication activities across all Sony consumer & B2B divisions in over 40 countries.Having 20 years high profile C-suite leadership roles across client, agency and digital production sectors ensures I have a very deep understanding of how digital and technology is transforming modern day business and how leaders and organisations need to adapt to stay ahead of the curve.

Listed skills include Advertising, Digital Strategy, Strategy, Marketing Strategy, and 27 others.

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  Ba (Hons) Business Management