Shane Greer Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Campaigns & Elections is the preeminent “how-to” resource for politics, focused on the tools, tactics and techniques of the political consulting profession. Established in the spring of 1980 by Stanley Foster Reed, C&E was founded on the understanding that it's management that makes the difference, whether that's in business or on a political campaign. C&E's industry-leading B2B and training conferences bring together political strategists, candidates, elected officials, public affairs professionals, technologists, and campaign staffers to offer prime networking opportunities and the best campaign training in the business. C&E’s core events include The Reed Awards Conference & Dinner, CampaignTech East, The Art of Political Campaigning, CampaignTech West, and The Campaigns & Marketing Summit. CampaignsandElections.com serves as a must-read for the political campaign industry, bringing readers inside the world of campaign strategy, tactics and management. And PoliticalPagesDirectory.com serves as the authoritative directory of political consultants, political products & services, public affairs professionals & grassroots lobbyists in the industry.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Campaigns & Elections is the preeminent “how-to” resource for politics, focused on the tools, tactics and techniques of the political consulting profession. Established in the spring of 1980 by Stanley Foster Reed, C&E was founded on the understanding that it's management that makes the difference, whether that's in business or on a political campaign. C&E's industry-leading B2B and training conferences bring together political strategists, candidates, elected officials, public affairs professionals, technologists, and campaign staffers to offer prime networking opportunities and the best campaign training in the business. C&E’s core events include The Reed Awards Conference & Dinner, CampaignTech East, The Art of Political Campaigning, CampaignTech West, and The Campaigns & Marketing Summit. CampaignsandElections.com serves as a must-read for the political campaign industry, bringing readers inside the world of campaign strategy, tactics and management. And PoliticalPagesDirectory.com serves as the authoritative directory of political consultants, political products & services, public affairs professionals & grassroots lobbyists in the industry.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

We empower entrepreneurs in the political consulting industry to achieve fast, sustainable growth.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

A London based but internationally active investment firm that operates in the public and private equity markets and provides equity as well as mezzanine level debt funding. Anne Street investments typically range from approximately $2m – $80m. Anne Street is the largest shareholder in Dods (Group) PLC, referenced below. • Responsible for creating a broad based digitally focused publisher through roll-up, to include an existing publishing investment in the Anne Street portfolio• Identifying publishing targets for acquisition, work in conjunction with managing partner to determine which acquisitions to take forward, complete acquisitions, and develop acquired companies and assets for future disposal• Support other Anne Street investments by providing their executive teams with strategic development counsel and active support on acquisitions

London, United Kingdom

Founded in 1832 with the publication of Dod’s Parliamentary Companion, Dods is a publishing, information, events and communications business, specialized in reaching influencers, operating in the UK and Europe. It has an annual turnover of $33m and a staff of circa 260. • Appointed upon the acquisition of Biteback Media to turn around the Dod’s publishing division• Increased divisional net contribution 127% during my tenure, moving from a loss (negative net contribution) for the same period the previous year equating to 7% of revenue to a profit (positive net contribution) equating to 2% of revenue• Aggressively scaled digital revenue, particularly native advertising and display. Comparing the period of my tenure to the same period the prior year, increased native advertising revenue by 20% despite revenue being recognized on an accrual accounting subscription basis (native advertising was sold primarily on an annual subscription basis) which increased monthly underlying native advertising subscription revenue 79%, and increased display revenue by 123% by employing a walled garden approach to ad delivery and sales which exploited the unique value of the influencer audiences the digital publications and platforms were reaching• Carried out a root and branch divisional restructure, requiring over 50% turnover of staff, the termination of several products and services identified as non-core and the creation of a new cross functional sales teams• Delivered the highest revenue and profit event and publishing portfolio at the Fall national political party conferences in Dods’ history, a key commercial period for the business• Worked directly with CEO and CFO in lead up to my planned exit to develop and implement a completely new company wide structure, consolidating Dods into two operational divisions from four

London, United Kingdom

A publisher focused on reaching high value influencers which, through a process of organic growth and acquisitions, grew from a single national print magazine to a print, digital and events company, with five revenue generating websites, six print publications and a stable of circa 60 events annually, operating in the UK, USA and Mexico. The Biteback Media Group had annual turnover of circa $7m. • Delivered organic revenue growth of 179%, with gross profitability rising from 13% to 62% of revenue by diversifying away from a print centric business model to one oriented toward digital and events revenue streams• Drove a 17 fold increase in organic events revenue, and established Biteback as the second largest provider of events at the UK national political party conferences• Scaled the business through a series of targeted acquisitions, most notably the acquisition of Holyrood Communications, Scotland’s main current affairs magazine publisher and conference producer, and Political World Communications, the leading magazine publisher and events company for the political campaigns industry in the US• Lead the sale of the UK business units to Dods (Group) PLC in December 2012

London, United Kingdom

• Co-founded Biteback Media and it’s flagship publication, Total Politics magazine, which targeted high value political and commercial influencers nationally• Built Total Politics into the second most read publication amongst UK Members of Parliament, including all national newspapers, through strong marketing and reader development activity• Drove cost savings across the business by actively managing all third party relationships and maintaining tight cost control internally• Edited the section of Total Politics magazine focused on political campaigning

London, United Kingdom

18 Doughty Street was a start-up internet video broadcaster comprising a small insurgent team that produced a range of UK current affairs talk shows for live and on-demand consumption. The channel later pivoted to become an aggregator of current affairs content by mainstream broadcasters. • Worked with production and editorial teams to rapidly develop and test new show concepts• Developed editorial themes for shows, sourced and secured guests• Collaborated with colleagues on marketing and audience development• Hosted a range of shows across the week and represented 18 Doughty Street on national television and radio

Llm, International Law

Activities and Societies: Fencing Club, Muay Thai Club

Llb (Hons), Law

Activities and Societies: Fencing Club - Men's Captain, Law School Bar Society - Secretary, Research Assistant to Brian Thomson.

International Baccalaureate

Lagan College was founded in 1981 as a religious response to the challenge of community conflict and a religiously divided school system.