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Charlie Crowe, CEO, C Squared Holdings

Charlie founded C Squared Communications in 2002 and the company began by working on a variety of consultancy projects for clients including Adidas, Emap, Eurosport, Kantar Group, Initiative Media and the World Federation of Advertisers. Not long after, Charlie began a series of business launches that earned him the title of “international pioneer" in a 2005 poll by the readers of Campaign Magazine. This eventually led him to successfully negotiate a license deal with Emap PLC and, just two months later, conclude a round of venture capital funding. Charlie is now CEO of C Squared Holdings Ltd and the company is one of the UK's fastest growing specialist publishers. The Group is comprised of three companies: C Squared Communications Ltd (Media & Marketing Europe, Cream magazine, Cream Masterclass and www.cmdglobal.com); C Squared Events Ltd (The Venice Festival of Media) and C Squared Partnerships Ltd (C Squared's training and consultancy arm).

Charlie has become a well-known entrepreneur within the media industry and is asked to speak at conferences and seminars around the world. He has been a consultant to Sanoma Magazines, Discovery Networks and The Economist and has written for the Financial Times, Admap, The Internationalist and Ideas magazine.

Charlie graduated from New College, Oxford University, with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE), and started his career as a parliamentary researcher for the Rt. Hon Tony Benn MP, one of the UK's best-known political figures. Shortly after, he joined the editorial team of Euromoney magazine where he became a fleeting expert in Europe's municipal bond markets and in the trading of UK Gilts. Charlie then joined Media & Marketing Europe magazine where he eventually became one of the youngest ever Editors of an Emap business publication – a role that developed his knowledge of the global media and advertising industry.