Jeremy Makin
International Development Manager for Mobile Advertisign, Vodafone Group

Jeremy Makin was educated at Reading Grammar School and Leeds University, where he gained a BA Hons degree in Geography.  Leaving University in 1991 he spent two years working in sales at The Daily Telegraph, followed by stints honing his skills at Express Newspapers, Dennis Publishing, and Metro Networks.

In 1999 he joined the staff of The Economist Newspaper, as European Sales Manager on the fledgling Economist.com. Working closely with editorial, technical and operations teams Jeremy played a key role in the development of the website – its design, its reader and commercial offering, and obviously its revenues. In 2005 he was made International Sales Director, & subsequently Head of B2B Sales print & online.

Jeremy worked for The Economist in all of its principal markets – USA, UK, across Europe, and Asia Pacific and in Nov 2008 left to join Vodafone Group Marketing, working as International Development Manager in the Mobile Advertising team.