Marc is the founder of 1854 Media, an award-winning digital media organisation, self-proclaimed as the 'oldest startup' in photography, with its our core brand British Journal of Photography established in 1854.

A qualified accountant, Marc's passion is for business and specifically for media, having been Incisive Media's Finance Director for many years then taking on a commercial publishing role, before leading a buyout in 2013 to form 1854 Media.

Since then 1854 have innovated (many times), failed (many times), crowdfunded equity finance (twice) and succeeded once or twice along the way. Marc holds a number of non-executive directorships and advises startups alongside his role as CEO of 1854 Media, and will be talking to you about his crowdfunding experience and some lessons learned on the 1854 journey so far.