Former CEO of data analytics and brand consulting giant Kantar, Eric advises the team on scaling strategy, and our portfolio founders on market positioning, consumer insight and engagement.
A former board member of WPP, Eric is currently Chair of Comic Relief, Chair of Kantar Public and a Board Director at global decision intelligence unicorn Morning Consult. He angel invests in a range of companies.
His career began as a researcher and speechwriter for the UK Labour Party’s Foreign Affairs front bench team. He went on to become joint managing director at The Henley Centre, before joining WPP, where he became Director of Strategy and CEO of wpp.com and then CEO of Kantar. He has been a Trustee of the British Museum, a Governor at Birkbeck College, NED at the UK’s former Department for International Development, and a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.