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Tim Weller

Media Entrepreneur, Chairman, CEO and Investor

London, UK

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Tim Weller’s Biography

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Tim Weller is the Founder & Non-Executive Chairman of Incisive Media, a global B2B information provider.

Tim founded Incisive Media with just £275k of capital with the launch of Investment Week in 1994. In December 2000, the company launched an IPO on the main market of the London Stock Exchange valuing the company at £75 million. By August 2007 Tim had completed a $630 million acquisition of American Law Media, creating a group with over 2,500 staff and revenues of £250 million, and an enterprise value of over $1 billion.

Prior to founding Incisive Media, Tim served as Managing Director of multinational media conglomerate, Thomas Reuters in the UK. During his time at Centaur Media, he was appointed as Director after he had joined VNU Publishing, where he led as Group Manager. He previously served as Non-Executive Chairman at Wejo, InternetQ, Work Digital, Polestar, RDF Media, and Trustpilot.

Tim is also Chairman of several businesses in the media and internet sectors including Superawesome, Pixomondo and TI Media.

He attended Cardiff University, where obtained a Bachelor... Tim Weller is the Founder & Non-Executive Chairman of Incisive Media, a global B2B information provider.

Tim founded Incisive Media with just £275k of capital with the launch of Investment Week in 1994. In December 2000, the company launched an IPO on the main market of the London Stock Exchange valuing the company at £75 million. By August 2007 Tim had completed a $630 million acquisition of American Law Media, creating a group with over 2,500 staff and revenues of £250 million, and an enterprise value of over $1 billion.

Prior to founding Incisive Media, Tim served as Managing Director of multinational media conglomerate, Thomas Reuters in the UK. During his time at Centaur Media, he was appointed as Director after he had joined VNU Publishing, where he led as Group Manager. He previously served as Non-Executive Chairman at Wejo, InternetQ, Work Digital, Polestar, RDF Media, and Trustpilot.

Tim is also Chairman of several businesses in the media and internet sectors including Superawesome, Pixomondo and TI Media.

He attended Cardiff University, where obtained a Bachelor of Science in Zoology. moreless

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Tim Weller, Founder and Chairman of Incisive Media, led an MBO of the company in 2017.

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Tim Weller, chairman of Computing's publisher Incisive Media, will tomorrow embark on a 400km cycling tour of the UK's royal palaces to raise money for the British Asian Trust.

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Tim Weller’s Background

Incisive Media

Founder & Non Executive Chairman

Nov 1994 - Present

London, UK

Incisive Media is an award winning information provider, serving a wide range of financial, business technology and professional services markets globally. An entrepreneurial and creative, digital-focused organisation on the cutting edge of media.

Thomson Reuters

Managing Director

Mar 1994 - Dec 1994

London, UK

Source of intelligent information for the world’s businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster.

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Tim Weller’s Gallery

Current Board Positions

TI Media

Non-Executive Chairman

May 2019 - Present

London, UK

TI Media, one of the largest branded media companies in the UK, reaches more than 130 million people each month across multiple platforms.

Pixomondo

Chairman

Sep 2018 - Present

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Pixomondo is an Oscar winning visual effects business. A company with a global network of offices in Canada, USA, Germany and China.

SuperAwesome

Non-Executive Chairman

Apr 2018 - Present

London, UK

SuperAwesome powers the kids digital media ecosystem. Their kidtech, used by hundreds of brands & content-owners, enables safe, digital engagement with the global under-13 audience. Built specifically to ensure total digital privacy for children SuperAwesome's technology footprint reaches almost half a billion kids across North America, Europe & APAC.

TRX

Non-Exec Chairman

Jan 2016 - Present

London, UK

TRX is the online marketplace for secondary TV and video rights. It offers buyers and sellers a fast, efficient and cost effective way to transact online. The way TV rights are traded hasn’t changed in over 30 years… Many buyers and sellers around the world agree that the current way of doing business is old fashioned, slow and needs to change. TRX offers a new and exciting alternative.

Taptica

Non-Executive Chairman

May 2014 - Present

Tel Aviv-Yafo, IL

Taptica International (listed on AIM:TAP) operates in the fast-growing mobile media market. Taptica provides data-focused marketing solutions that drive execution and powerful brand insight in mobile by leveraging video, social, native, and display to reach the most valuable users for every app, service, and brand.

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Previous Board Positions

TrustPilot

Non-Executive Chairman

Feb 2013 - Apr 2023

Copenhagen, DK

Launched in 2007, Trustpilot is the leading provider of trusted company reviews.

wejo

Non-Exec Chairman

May 2016 - Oct 2018

Crewe, UK

wejo Ltd is a company with two core products. One is a data clearing house that is highly disruptive to the car manufacturer (“OEM”) and insurance markets, collecting vehicle’s sensor and location data from high volume mobile applications, Open Data sources and directly from connected cars. The second product is vertically integrated mobile application and software licensing.

InternetQ

Non-Executive Chairman

Apr 2013 - May 2016

London, UK

InternetQ is one of the telecommunications industry's most exciting mobile service providers, demonstrating a truly innovative approach to engaging and entertaining mobile consumers.

WorkDigital

Non-Executive Chairman

Aug 2008 - Oct 2012

London, UK

WorkDigital Ltd, a natural language search technology company that builds enterprise and consumer facing products that power recruitment and general classified channels.

Polestar

Non-Executive Chairman

Jan 2009 - Sep 2011

London, UK

Polestar Group is Europe's leading independent printing company with over 3000 staff across the UK.

RDF Media

Non-Executive Director and Chairman

May 2005 - Jul 2010

London, UK

One of the UK’s largest independent TV production and distribution companies with operations in the UK and US.

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Tim Weller’s Education

Cardiff University

BSC Hons, Zoology

1979 - 1982

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