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Ben Wood Managing Director
With over 12 years experience, Ben is one of the few media practitioners in town who can genuinely claim to be experienced in managing both traditional and digital media businesses.
Starting life as a planner/buyer in traditional media, Ben was lucky enough to join the fledgling i-Level at launch and spent the next 4 years building the UK%u2019s largest independent digital media agency.
Yearning a more integrated role, Ben spent the next 3 years running the communications planning department at creative agency Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy, before moving to Aegis with a brief to build digital capability into their traditional media businesses.
At Aegis, Ben was joint Managing Director of Carat Digital from the Summer of 2005, where he helped to double the size of the business and then Managing Partner of sister agency Vizeum from November 2006 where he built an integrated digital offering of over 40 people..
In August 2008 Ben jumped ship to take on the role as Managing Director of TradeDoubler, where he leads a team of over 80 staff offering integrated performance marketing services to agencies and clients.
Ben is also the 2008 chair of the IAB affiliate marketing council.
