Meet the global Team
Il nostro team è composto da professionisti esperti: persone che amano quello che fanno e sono sempre pronte ad affrontare nuove sfide con entusiasmo.
Sheyla Biasini
Sheyla Biasini, Country Manager Italia, inizia la sua carriera in azienda nel 2008 in qualità di Executive Sales Director per le divisioni Retail e Travel per diventare nel 2011 Head of Publishers e dall’inizio del 2014 Head of Sales. Promossa a Country Manager nel giugno del 2015, è la terza Country Manager donna che viene nominata all’interno del Gruppo. Sheyla, una delle prime laureate nella facoltà Relazioni Pubbliche e Comunicazione d’Impresa presso l’Università IULM di Milano, vanta 15 anni di esperienza nel Digital Marketing, maturati sia in agenzie di comunicazione online che in aziende che operano nel settore del digital advertising del calibro di WPP e Interpublic. Sheyla è inoltre impegnata in attività pro-bono ed è presidente della ONLUS "Il Villaggio della Speranza".
Mark Walters
Mark Walters' extensive commercial and managerial experience, spanning over 25 years, has seen him working in all areas of media, taking responsibility for management team building, project development and value creation. Over 11 years, Mark became Managing Director of performance network, Awin in the UK and US, joining the Executive board in April 2014. Mark was appointed as Group CEO in September 2014 where the key underlying drivers are culture and technology.
Adam Ross
Adam's career began when he joined Affiliate Window in 2004.At the time, the company was a small but successful start up with just 15 employees. Over the next five years, Adam managed different areas of the business from technical through to account management before joining the board in 2008. The company enjoyed tremendous success throughout this period resulting in the eventual sale of the business to Axel Springer and PubliGroupe. In 2014, Adam was invited to the zanox board. As COO, he oversees each of our countries as well as many of our central functions including Global Sales and Account Management. He is a strong believer in the principle that innovative technology cannot yield benefit unless it is coupled with excellent service.
Peter Loveday
Peter took the role of Group CTO in September 2014 having previously held the same position at Affiliate Window,the group’s UK based subsidiary. With over 20 years’ experience building and managing complex web-based solutions for online marketing and web analytics, Peter has driven both the company’s technical strategy and the evolution of its platform, allowing the business to consistently meet the needs of its customers and drive innovation within the affiliate marketing channel.
David James, Head of Global Account Management
David began his career at Awin working in the UK’s technical services team. After the merger between Affiliate Window and zanox in 2010, David became one of the founding members of the Global Account Management team. His department is responsible for international advertisers, working across the Awin global network. David’s role is to shape policy around how Awin delivers strategy, management and guidance to these key multinational partners.
Jasper Mulder, Global Head of Publishers
Having joined the UK office in 2009, Jasper has been managing both advertisers and publishers, locally and globally, before moving to Berlin to set up the Global Publisher Team in the group’s HQ. Currently as Global Head of Publishers, Jasper leads the team in coordinating with local and central teams to both maximize publisher expansion opportunities across all markets and drive initiatives to leverage innovation from the industry.
Jesse le Grand, Acting Global Head of Client Services
In 2008 Jesse began working at Dutch affiliate network M4N which was later acquired by Awin in 2011. With his passion to drive excellence in client service, people development and results he became Client Services Director for the Benelux. Jesse is an alumni member of the Axel Springer Top Talent (2014-2016) program. Currently as Head of Global Client Services he is responsible driving his values towards the group to ensure excellent and unified client experiences.
Lara Horne, Global Commercial Director
After working in business development for a communications agency, Lara started her affiliate marketing career at Awin in 2009 within the UK Sales Team. In 2012 she became Head of Commercial for UK and Ireland before moving into a global role, overseeing business development and sales activity internationally as Global Commercial Director in 2014.
Rebecca McNiven, Global Head of Client Services
Rebecca started her career at MediaCom in 2006, planning and negotiating TV, press and media campaigns. She joined buy.at in 2008 as an Account Manager and after the acquisition by Awin, she worked as an Account Director, managing and optimising account management teams and the service delivered to key clients. In her current role as Global Head of Client Services, Rebecca is responsible for reviewing, aligning and improving the service delivered across the group.
Stéphanie Dutoya, Global Operations Director
Stéphanie joined Awin in 2011 as Director of Operations for the DACH region and moved into a global role in 2015. As Global Operations Director, she leads the Global Technical Services and the Global Sales Operations teams, providing the group with technical support and expertise, processes and tools that support the sales teams and the administration of the CRM platform.
Alex Taylor, Group Head of Internal IT
Alex began his IT career in the late 90s working for multiple corporate real estate companies until joining Awin in 2013, and was made Group Head of Internal IT in 2014. Alex provides leadership for the continued development of an innovative, robust and secure IT environment for all Awin users.
Angelina Jakowetz, Group HR Director
In 2010, Angelina began her career at Awin as a recruiter, to tackle the challenge of a large-scale technology hiring initiative. Angelina continued to develop at Awin where she helped establish new subsidiaries and to expand the overall business as well as revamp the HR strategy in Berlin. In 2015 Angelina became part of the senior management team as Group HR Director with the aim to continuously put our people’s development and growth in focus.
Christoph Kiebeler, Group Partner Compliance Director
Christoph joined Awin in 2005 to create and lead the 24/7 Support and Service Team. As part of these efforts he established the fraud management department “NetworkWatch” which became his main focus from 2010 onward. As Group Partner Compliance Director he leads and coordinates the local and global Partner Compliance Specialists in their efforts to maintain and expand Awin’s position as the leader in fraud prevention, detection and resolution.
James Cohen, Group Systems and Architecture Director
James has worked on developing and maintaining high traffic websites since the late 90s. Having moved from online publishing to join Awin he and his team work deep in the engine room ensuring all technical operations run smoothly 24/7.
Kevin Collett, Group Financial Reporting Director
Kevin joined Awin in September 2010 as Finance Director and was promoted to Group Financial Reporting Director in March 2016. In his current position, Kevin has responsibility for accounting, tax, budgeting / forecasting and financial systems across the Group. Before joining Awin, Kevin held senior finance positions in private equity, financial services and professional service firms. Kevin is a qualified Chartered Accountant (FCA) and Corporate Treasurer (AMCT).
Kevin Edwards, Group Client Strategy Director
Kevin has worked in affiliate marketing for 15 years and at Awin for more than ten of those. In his role he’s responsible for empowering the company’s employees and clients with the right data and insights to make the most informed decisions about their campaigns. He also takes an active role in creating best practice standards and self-regulation. Kevin was previously Chair of the Affiliate Marketing Council in the UK and continues to play an active role in the IAB’s Legislation and Standards’ Committee.
Lisa Hammond, Group Marketing Director
Lisa has worked in the affiliate industry since March 2009, currently as Group Marketing & Communications Director for Awin. Her remit covers overall responsibility for planning, developing and implementing marketing strategies, communications and PR activities, both internal and external for the Group including tailored, local strategies for all global markets. Lisa has provided extensive online exposure for several brands on the network as well as being heavily involved in the launch and promotion of new technology products including cross-device tracking and the new internationalised user interface.
Remi Chkaibane, Group Product Director
Remi's passion for developing online products and technologies started at INSA Lyon, a top engineering school in France. After graduating with a master of engineering, he worked in management within the Atos group, delivering highly-used web and mobile services to blue-chip clients. Rémi then joined Awin in February 2011, and developed a number of successful products some of which have received award winning recognition within the industry. As the Group Product Director, he is now leading and transforming the product organisation to deliver more value and innovation to our customers across Awin.
