Steve Brown

Director of Sales
Yahoo! UK and Ireland

Steve is Director of Sales at Yahoo! UK and Ireland and is responsible for engaging media agencies and their clients with Yahoo!’s products and digital media strategy.   He joined Yahoo! in March 2008 as Group Business Manager, quickly moving on as Head of Trading and in January 2010 was promoted to Director of Sales reporting directly to the UK Managing Director James Wildman.  Steve now manages an industry leading sales team and is responsible for developing digital sales strategy focusing on Yahoo!’s brand, including DR, Mobile, Search, Video, Social and the Right Media Exchange. He also has an active role in Yahoo!’s sales strategy across the EMEA region.

Steve’s sales experience, senior contact base, and ability to articulate the value of the digital advertising industry and Yahoo!’s leading role with in it, has been fundamental in driving the Yahoo! business forward in recent years.  Before joining Yahoo!, Steve was Group Head at News International and Joint Head of Trading at BSkyB.