Overview
An experience and focused leader with a passion for all things digital marketing and organic search. With have over 25 years’ experience in search and growing in my current role as a board level Managing Partner at Wavemaker based in the UK.
Current Role
My role is to lead the organic performance team (25+ people) across the UK. Setting the strategic vision and direction of the team, challenging ourselves to innovate in our products, process and thinking.
I am also part of a WPP global SEO exco comprising of 6 senior leaders from across the group worldwide. We facilitate knowledge transfers and raise SEO standards across Group.
I guest lectured at the University of Salford “Search and Social media marketing” course and have spoken at a number of events, giving the keynote at SMX Paris in June 2018 on “AI and digital transformation” and a contributing author in 2019/20 with Salford University of book on “digital business transformation”.
At Brighton SEO round table panel in 2023 and 2024 and guest speaker main stage 2024. https://brightonseo.com/people/richard-george