Seb Bishop

Seb Bishop is President and CMO of MIVA (NASDAQ:MIVA), the global online advertising network formed following the merger of Espotting Media and FindWhat.com in 2004.
Seb co-founded Espotting Media in 2000 the company that pioneered Search Marketing and Pay-Per-Click Advertising in the UK. He expanded the business across Europe before merging with US based FindWhat.com in 2004 in a deal which valued the company at $186m.
An Internet and media visionary, Seb now leads the overall strategic and creative direction of MIVA, developing and launching innovative new advertising channels such as Pay-Per-Call and Pay-Per-Text and forming strategic partnerships with some of the world’s largest and most respected brands.
Under Seb’s leadership, the company has won a string of industry awards including ‘Most Dynamic UK Media Company’ at the Media Momentum Awards and ‘Fastest growing IT company’ in the Europe’s 500 Awards.
Seb has also been the recipient of numerous personal accolades which recognise his achievements in the new media and advertising industries, including the Financial Times' “Top 50” Creative Businesses, Campaign Magazine's “A List” and “Faces to Watch,” Media Week's “30 Under 30” and Media & Marketing Europe's “40 Under 40.” He was also a finalist of the London Stock Exchange sponsored “Technology Entrepreneur of the Year” award in 2005.
Prior to setting up Espotting in 2000, Seb was a senior art director at leading advertising agencies including Rainey Kelly Campbell Rolfe/Y&R and Publicis. He created the award-winning campaign that launched Coca-Cola in Russia as well as campaigns for some of the world's most famous brands including Virgin, Diet Coke, HP, Renault and Nintendo.
Seb is also Chairman of Steak Media, one of the UK's fastest growing search marketing agencies.