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David Kirby

Chief Marketing Officer
  • Suggested rate
    €1,600 / day
  • Experience8-15 years
  • Response rate100%
  • Response time1 hour
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London, England, United Kingdom
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  • and around London (up to 50km)
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David in a few words
I'm Dave Kirby, and throughout my career as a marketing executive, strategic consultant and investor, there is a common thread. I've worked in and partnered with Management teams to identify & prioritise strategic growth opportunities, then created the operational plan required to deliver them.
I've done this across pretty much every business model, customer vertical and business size, and a fair few countries as well. I've spent a lot of time taking B2C best practice into B2B, and more recently vice versa.
I aim to to bring customer understanding, strategic decision marketing, analytical rigour and team building experience to more Management teams & investors. My goal is to accelerate growth and create value.

Since 2014, I’ve been working hands-on to scale marketing functions, both as an operator at Cartrawler and Mintus, both international technology platforms, and in my role leading value creation projects at Livingbridge, where I worked with 50+ B2B and B2C investee companies. From a marketing channel perspective, I have expertise in paid & organic search, social, content/PR, ABM, email, and partnerships. I’ve built multiple high-performing marketing teams and agency relationships. I’m also deeply knowledgeable in marketing technology and its successful application.

I can help you with:
- Marketing Diagnostic - a comprehensive analysis of current marketing efforts, evaluating strategy, performance & capabilities. I identify potential gaps and offer actionable insights to accelerate growth, and increase ROI.
- Strategic Review - assessing your organisation's overall strategy, identifying areas for growth and improvement. I analyze market trends, competitive landscape, and internal capabilities, providing tailored recommendations to help you achieve long-term success.
- Interim Chief Marketing / Growth / Commercial Officer
- Fractional Chief Marketing / Growth / Commercial Officer
Experience
  • Mintus
    Chief Marketing Officer
    BANKING & INSURANCE
    November 2022 - Today (2 years and 1 month)
    London, UK
    Relaunched go-to market activity at early stage art-focused alternative investment platform ahead of fundraising efforts, leading marketing & inside sales teams
    • Rapidly developed strategy to target HNW investor across multiple channels (digital, content/PR & partnerships), launched within two weeks of joining
    • Built out operational platform to deliver strategy, including re-platforming website, digital marketing launch, content production & distribution, partnership origination, call scripts, and creating measurement/reporting tools
    • Lead end-to-end redevelopment of customer journey (online and offline) to remove frictions and increase conversion
    Key Achievements:
    • Step-change growth, account openings up by 320% and cost per account reduced by 30% since joining
    • Five new commercial partnerships signed across the UK and US markets, with strong pipeline
    • Strategy and team in place to turbo-charge growth post-fundraising
  • Livingbridge
    Partner
    BANKING & INSURANCE
    January 2020 - September 2022 (2 years and 8 months)
    London, UK
    Investing in and driving the growth of portfolio companies, with a focus on accelerating customer acquisition, leveraging data and driving growth through M&A; as well as responsibility for Livingbridge’s own go-to-market

    Created and led the in-house expert ‘Growth Acceleration’ team, bringing in & establishing in-depth Go-To-Market capabilities to support value creation across marketing, commercial excellence, pricing, insight & analytics, and M&A, deployed into >20 investees p.a.
    • Led multiple investments at board level as Investor Director (Brainlabs, Venatus, Chill Insurance, Boilerjuice), setting growth strategy alongside Management and ensuring effective board performance
    • Led Tech-enabled Services sector team (40% of deal) focussing on marketing services, MarTech/Ad-Tech, digital transformation and marketplace businesses - full remit for new opportunity identification, pipeline development and deployment
    • Member of Investment and Management Committees
    • Led, appraised, coached and motivated various teams, delivering against set objectives and targets
  • Livingbridge
    Investment Director
    December 2016 - January 2020 (3 years and 1 month)
    London, UK
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Education
  • MA Hons, Natural Sciences and Management Studies
    UNIVERSITY of CAMBRIDGE
    2007
    MA Hons, Natural Sciences and Management Studies