LONDON: Ve Interactive (“Ve”), a leading data company delivering enhanced website conversion and digital advertising on one technology platform, has announced the appointment of Stuart Chambers as Non-Executive Chairman.
Stuart brings a wealth of experience to Ve, having held executive roles at companies including Shell, Mars and Pilkington/NSG, where he was CEO for seven years, three of which were spent in Tokyo for NSG, the global Nikkei-listed glass company. Stuart has served as a non-executive director on seven plc boards, including as Chairman of Rexam plc and of ARM Holdings plc, one of the UK’s most successful technology companies, which was sold to Softbank in August 2016 for $32 billion. He is currently a member of the UK Takeover Panel and a visiting fellow at Oxford University.
Stuart Chambers, commented: “I have rarely come across a company which is as rich in entrepreneurial spirit and innovation as Ve and which has managed to combine these so effectively to achieve such broad international and commercial reach. Ve has already made great progress in establishing itself as a market leader and I am very much looking forward to helping it deliver the next stage of its ambition.”
Ve’s CEO, David J Brown, commented: “Attracting a chairman of Stuart’s calibre is a powerful endorsement of Ve’s business and reflects the scale of our ambition for the company. Stuart understands the fast-moving, innovative and entrepreneurial nature of Ve and his long-standing public company experience will be invaluable as we continue to scale the business. Stuart’s huge experience in Asia is a particular asset given the importance of that region in our growth plans.”
Stuart will join the company on January 1st 2017.
Ve Interactive
Ve Interactive is a leading technology company with data at its core. Every day, its vast systems collect billions of online audience data points in real-time and blend them with third-party data. Deep segmentation and analysis enables Ve to produce anonymised and actionable datasets which drive VeAds – high performance digital advertising – and the VePanel – a suite of live on page tools –to help websites to better acquire, engage and convert customers.
Founded in 2009, Ve works across 30 languages and within 43 territories. Headquartered in London, the company has 36 offices worldwide.
