Mobile Monday Manchester brings a topic for discussion which was a £203.2 million business in 2011 (IAB/PWC Mobile Adspend Study). Mobile Media saw a rise of 157% YOY 2010/11, which begs the question – what are you doing around mobile media?”

Confirmed panelists.

Our chair for the evening will be Steven Beckwith owner of 7 Interactive Media Ltd

Claire Valoti is the MD for O2 Media. Previous to this role, Claire was the Head of Digital Display and Mobile at Mindshare and was co-chair at the Mobile Marketing Association.

Rob Weatherhead Head of Digital Operations for MediaCom, Rob oversees the delivery of digital campaigns for some of the country’s leading brands. His role spans all elements of the digital space and he is charged with delivering cross channel strategies for MediaCom’s clients.

Louise Evans has 8 years experience in digital and joined Yahoo! recently from the corporate client world of Unilever, where she was working in Global Brand Management for the Laundry category. She started her career agency side at OMD back in 2005, where she was planning & buying digital media for leading brands such as Peugeot, Sony and McDonalds. Today she is responsible for delivering the sales strategy for Yahoo.

Tom Cull sits on the Board at Carat Manchester and holds responsibility for the agency’s search & social products. Having built the department over the last few years to their now 55+ PPC, SEO and Social experts, Tom focuses his time on working with key clients on their strategic development, developing the agency’s digital products and working to develop talent within the teams to ensure continued results for their clients.