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MIVA sectionSeb Bishop, Director

Seb founded Espotting in 2000 the company that pioneered Search Marketing and Pay-Per-Click Advertising in the Europe. Espotting was valued at $186m when it merged with FindWhat in 2004. In 2005, the companies re-branded to MIVA.

Espotting won a string of industry awards including 'Most Dynamic UK Media Company,' 'Fastest growing IT company' and the FT's 'Top 50 Creative Business.' Seb's accolades include Campaign's 'A-List', Media Week's '30 Under 30' and a finalist of the London Stock Exchange sponsored 'Technology Entrepreneur of the Year.'

Prior to setting up Espotting he was a senior art director at Rainey Kelly Campbell Rolfe/Y&R and Publicis, creating award-winning campaigns for the likes of Coca-Cola, Virgin and Nintendo.

Seb is also a non-executive director of Future plc (LSE: FUTR), the international special interest media group; is Chairman of the board of digital marketing agency Steak Media; and is a non-executive board member of AdJug, a new Internet advertising marketplace.

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