Sean is CEO of Immediate, home to trusted brands that people love, including Radio Times, Good Food, BBC Gardeners’ World magazine and HistoryExtra.

An experienced digital leader, in both fast-scaling and high-growth digital pure-plays and established global brands, Sean has a strong track record of building and leading significant revenue generating businesses, through accelerating growth, driving change and scaling operations. Sean joined Immediate in 2021 as Platforms CEO, with responsibility for Immediate’s digital businesses, and was appointed Immediate CEO in May 2023.

Sean has overseen the scaled growth of Immediate’s digital subscriptions business, with the launch of premium paid-for digital products in Food, History and Gardening, and the acquisition of Nutracheck, the UK’s leading subscription-based weight management and dietary improvement app. Immediate now has over 700,000 digital subscribers and is the UK’s leading media publisher for subscriptions across digital and print.

With over 20 years’ experience in senior leadership positions, Sean’s previous roles include CEO of Direct Ferries, Chief Digital & Marketing Officer of Travelex and MD International at eHarmony, as well as other senior general management and marketing roles at Google and various start-ups.