Seb Bishop

Seb Bishop is the President and Chief Marketing Officer of MIVA Inc., the global online advertising network formed following the 2005 merger of Espotting and Findwhat.com. Bishop is one of 8 British business leaders featured in a new Channel 4 documentary, [http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/A/africa/index.html Millionaires' Mission] .

MIVA and Espotting

In 2000 at the age of 26, Seb Bishop founded Espotting - the company that pioneered search marketing and Pay-Per-Click advertising in Europe. He expanded the business across Europe before merging with US based FindWhat.com in June 2004 in a deal which valued the company at $186m. [http://www.miva.com/us/content/about/pressroom/pressreleases/pressrelease.asp?page=070104] In 2005, he led the global rebrand of the combined company under the MIVA name. [http://www.miva.com/uk/content/about/pressroom/pressreleases/mivapressreleaseUK.asp] Bishop is currently President and Chief Marketing Officer of MIVA (nasdaq|MIVA). Over the last 7 years Pay-Per-Click advertising has driven much of the growth in the online advertising market, [http://www.iabuk.net/en/1/iabpwconlineadspendfiguresfirsthalf2006.mxs] and in 2003 both Google (with their AdWords programme) [http://www.google.co.uk/press/pressrel/adwords_uk.html] and Yahoo! [http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=over&script=410&layout=-6&item_id=456317] subsequently followed Espotting into the UK market.

One of the youngest Presidents of a NASDAQ listed company (appointed to the role at the age of 31), Bishop began working in advertising at the age of 14 at Yellowhammer during his summer holidays and at 19 joined Publicis as an art director. From Publicis he moved on to Rainey Kelly Campbell Rolfe and was part of the company when they successfully took over Y&R London. During his advertising agency years, Seb created the award-winning campaign that launched Coca-Cola in Russia as well as campaigns for some of the world's most famous brands including Virgin, Diet Coke, HP, Renault and Nintendo. [http://www.sebbishop.com/about.html]

Under Bishop’s leadership, Espotting and MIVA have won a number of industry awards including ‘Most Dynamic UK Media Company’ (Media Momentum Awards), ‘Fastest growing IT company’ (Europe’s 500 Awards) and ‘Top 50 Creative Business’ (Financial Times). [http://www.miva.com/uk/content/about/team/bishop.asp?section=exec]

In addition to being on the board of MIVA, Bishop is also a non-executive director of Future Plc. (LSE|FUTR), the international special interest media group; is Chairman of the board of Steak Media, one of the fastest growing digital marketing agencies; and is a non-executive board member of AdJug, a new Internet advertising marketplace.

Millionaires' Mission

Bishop features in [http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/A/africa/index.html Millionaires' Mission] , a new Channel 4 documentary in which 8 British business leaders spend 3 weeks in a remote region of Uganda, using Western entrepreneurial skills to try and bring sustainable relief from poverty to affected communities.

The first episode of the 4-part series aired on Channel 4 in the UK on 19 September 2007. [http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/A/africa/index.html]

Awards

*Financial Times' “Top 50” Creative Businesses (2004) [http://search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=espotting&y=0&aje=true&x=0&id=021028002398&ct=0]
*Campaign Magazine's “A List” (2005)
*Campaign Magazine's “Faces to Watch” (1998)
*Media Week's “30 Under 30” (2002)
*Media & Marketing Europe's “40 Under 40” (2002)
*London Stock Exchange sponsored “Technology Entrepreneur of the Year” (finalist) (2005)

Board Membership

* MIVA, Inc. (previously Findwhat.com, Inc.): (September 2004 - present) [http://www.miva.com/us/content/about/pressroom/pressreleases/pressrelease.asp?page=091404-2]
* Steak Media Ltd.: Chairman (August 2006 - present). Steak Media is one of the UK's fastest growing search marketing agencies. [http://www.steakmedia.co.uk/digital-marketing-press-seb-bishop-chairman-steak-media.php]
* Future Plc.: Non-Executive Director (June 2007 - present). Future Plc. (LSE|FUTR) is an international special-interest media group with offices in the UK, US and France. It creates over 180 special-interest publications, websites and events. [http://www.futureplc.com/future/news/tradenews_story.jsp?type=news&ref=2177&year=2007&month=06]
* AdJug: Non-Executive Board Member (June 2007 - present). AdJug is an online advertising marketplace where advertisers and publishers can buy and sell ads directly. [http://www.adjug.com/info/PressReleases/070627_AdJugFunding.asp]

ee also

*MIVA

External links

* [http://www.sebbishop.com Seb Bishop Official Blog]
* [http://www.miva.com MIVA Official Homepage]
* [http://www.steakmedia.co.uk Steak Media]
* [http://adjug.com AdJug]
* [http://www.futureplc.com Future Plc.]

Other MIVA-Owned Companies
* [http://www.spill.com Spill.com]
* [http://www.alot.com Alot.com]
* [http://www.screensavers.com Screensavers.com]
* [http://www.jokebanana.com Joke Banana]

Millionaires' Mission
* [http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/A/africa/index.html Millionaires' Mission]
* [http://www.teachinnuganda.com Teach Inn Uganda]
* [http://www.edirisa.org Edirisa]