ANNELIES JANSEN

Former COO & President at Spring, Former VP Global Commerce Partnerships at Meta, Former CEO of Findmypast.com, Former CEO of SUP Media, Former Managing Director of ITV Broadband

BOOK 30-60 MINUTES WITH ANNELIES TO DISCUSS

• Growth strategies

• Business Development and Partnerships

• Building 0-1

• C suite and Board development

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• Quick tactical advice

• Strategic pain point analysis

• A fresh objective perspective

• Hypothesis ideation

• Guidance on next steps

Prior to her role at Spring, Inc. as COO and President, which returned to profitability and sell, she was a senior leader at Meta. In her role as VP Global Commerce Partnerships, she managed over 10,000 partner relationship, globally, across the family of apps: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Earlier, she held a series of senior leadership roles in consumer technology and media, including as: CEO of Findmypast.com; CEO of SUP Media; Managing Director of ITV Broadband, where she launched the first streaming service in Europe, Director of New Media at The Telegraph; plus earlier roles with News International, Eli Lilly, and Johnson & Johnson.

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Annelies Jansen is a perceptive, global public/private company CEO/COO & corporate Board Director quick at capturing profits/new markets. In other words, Annelies is a global digital strategist and leader of high profile B2B and B2C businesses, having developed/implemented successful growth strategies for leading consumer and media companies. The particulars within her areas of expertise include digital transformation and growth strategies which she achieves through fast and deep knowledge of sector and audience and by closely engaging with the product and engineering teams. For example, amongst her various roles, she led highly successful initiatives for the Times and the Daily Telegraph to expand from print-only newspaper circulation to digital. Annelies has scaled several mobile-first consumer platforms and built Instagram native shopping for and with partners, including major fashion brands. She has worked in different company ownership settings, including: publicly listed, private equity backed, and family-owned settings…as well as in different size companies at different growth stages. Wherever Annelies focuses her business acumen, she succeeds in delivering…and has the proven track record to show across different industries and business models, both strategically as well as operationally. Annelies is an experienced Board Director, she manages a diverse portfolio of investments, board and advisory positions across innovative organizations, including MikeTeeve (content production), Brandninja (AI marketing tool), Cocoondata (Cybersecurity), ChangeUp (Fintech), Peerby (Marketplace), Badge (Wallet as a service) and The Netherlands America Foundation. (private/public partnership). She served on the Board of Sofi Health as Chairman (independent fiduciary corporate board), supervisory Board Member of TMG (AEX-listed public company), NBTC (private/public partnership), Trader Media East (LSE-listed public company).

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