Corporate Information

History

BIGMOUTHMEDIA GmbH is the fusion of bigmouthmedia Ltd and Global Media GmbH. The companies merged in late 2006, creating the largest independent search marketing company in Europe.

Employees

Bigmouthmedia has over 200 people working across our 13 offices in 10 countries on 3 continents.

Offices

bigmouthmedia offices are in:

Munich

Schaefflerstr. 3,
80333
Munich
Deutscheland

Hamburg

ABC-Strasse 2
20354
Hamburg
GmbH
Deutscheland

Edinburgh

51 Timberbush
Edinburgh
EH6 6QH
UK

Paris

38 bis rue de Rivoli
75004
Paris
France

Milan

Largo Cairoli 2
20121
Milano
Italia

New York

1430 Broadway
7th Floor
New York
NY 10018
USA

London

76-80 Whitfield Street
London
W1T 4EZ
UK

Manchester

3rd Floor
Mclaren House
Talbot Road
Manchester
M33 0FP
UK

Stockholm

Stureplan 4A,
11435
Stockholm
Sweden

Trondheim

Dronningens gate 12
Pb 539
7405
Trondheim
Norge

Oslo

Ballder Alle 2
2060 Gardermoen
Oslo
Norge

Seoul

3F Joong A Building
157-12 Samsung-dong
Kangnam-gu
Seoul
135-090
Korea

Board of Directors

Steve Leach

CEO, bigmouthmedia

A bigmouthmedia founder, Steve is a digital media thought-leader and pioneer. Steve has grown bigmouthmedia organically and through acquisition to become the leading independentDigital Marketing Company in Europe.

Focusing on core products; Search (SEO and PPC), Display and Affiliates, the company's client list includes over 300 big-brand clients and has an annual turnover in excess of £70 Million.

Bigmouthmedia currently has thirteen offices in ten countries. Clients include British Airways, Otto, Adidas, Hilton, Tesco, FT, Wall Street Journal and MTV.

A market-leader and fast-growth company, bigmmouthmedia topped the regional Deloitte Fast 50 in 2006. As Chief Executive Officer, Steve heads up all 13 bigmouthmedia offices and its 200+ staff.

Steve is the current CBI Entrepreneur of the Year, winning the title after a unanimous vote from the judging panel and following in the footsteps of previous winners, Richard Branson, Philip Green and James Dyson.

Dirk Zumbansen

CFO, bigmouthmedia

Dirk Zumbansen joined bigmouthmedia from his position as CFO for EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG in Cologne. In charge of the Financial Departments, IT and General Administration, Dirk also had extended responsibility for Shared Services in Austria and Switzerland.

Prior to this, he was a board member of Hahn Film AG in Berlin, where he held the position of CFO and COO (Chief Operating Officer) and accounted for Finance, Legal & Business Affairs, Human Resources as well as Administration and Organization. From 1999 until 2002, Dirk Zumbansen worked for Helkon Media AG in Munich, both as VP Finance and Head of Human Resources and also as (Finance) Managing Director of two subsidiaries.

Nazo Moosa

Director - The Carlyle Group

Nazo Moosa sits on the board of bigmouthmedia. Ms Moosa is a Director at The Carlyle Group focused on European technology opportunities in the software infrastructure sector. She is based in London.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Ms. Moosa was a Senior Associate at JH & Co., where she evaluated investment opportunities in technology and business services-related companies. Prior to that, she served as Senior Director of Marketing for a subsidiary of Thermo Electron Corporation.

David J. FitzGerald

Managing Director, The Carlyle Group UK

David J. FitzGerald sits on the bigmouthmedia board. Mr Fitzgerald is UK Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, focused on European technology and buyout opportunities in the technology and services and telecom and media sectors. He co-leads a team of dedicated investment professionals focused on these industry sectors. He is based in London.

Fernando Chueca

Associate Director - The Carlyle Group

Fernando Chueca sits on the bigmouthmedia board. Within Carlyle, he an Associate Director focused on European technology opportunities in the technology and business services and software sector. He is based in London.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Chueca was an Associate at J.P. Morgan, where he worked for its strategic venture arm, LabMorgan, focusing on investments in the financial services space. Prior to joining LabMorgan, Mr. Chueca worked for J.P.Morgan's Applications Delivery department, developing pricing applications for Foreign Exchange instruments. Prior to that, he was an Electronic Engineer for CRISA, a Spanish company that designs and builds spacecraft applications.

Senior Management

Lyndsay Menzies

Managing Director UK & USA

A bigmouth since 1999, and with 100 bigmouths under her watchful eye, Lyndsay’s remit can be summed up as ‘Responsible for developing and keeping the happiest clients and teams in the industry”, whilst growing bigmouthmedia UK into the clear leader in its field.

Lyndsay heads up the 3 UK offices, as well as the NY office. Bigmouthmedia has the highest client and staff retention in the industry, and is a 2007 FT ‘Best Place to Work’. A real ‘people person’, Lyndsay is a pioneer in integration of search within marketing strategy, offering a no-bull, can-do attitude crucial for the success of her clients in a fast-changing medium.

Freddy Aursø

Managing Director, Scandics (Sweden and Norway)

A graduate from Stjørdal videregående skole and Sør-Trøndelag University College in Norway and the University of Newcastle in Australia, Freddy is passionate about digital marketing in the Nordics. Joining from VeiwStart A/S where he was Vice President Sales and Marketing Freddy heads up the Swedish and Norwegian bigmouthmedia offices as MD. Outside of work Freddy is a lecturer at Norway's largest business school lecturing in International Business and has worked as a paramedic for the Royal Norwegian Army.

Chiara Zanetta

Managing Director, Italy

Prior to joining bigmouthmedia, Chiara worked in the Sales & Marketing sector in big international, Germany-based companies such as Robert Bosch GmbH in Stuttgart and BMW Motorrad in Munich. In 2004, Chiara joined bigmouthmedia in the Munich office and was appointed MD for Italy in 2006 upon the opening of the Milan office.

Chiara is a graduate in Communication Sciences at IULM University, Milan.

Andrew Girdwood

Head of Search

Andrew cut his teeth within digital marketing as the SEO and Affiliates wizard for a gaming site before joining bigmouthmedia as an SEO Consultant in 2002. Now Head of Search, Andrew is responsible for the continued development of the agency’s ground-breaking search marketing service for major clients. A true digital marketing devotee, and with several industry awards to his name, Andrew is often found on the event circuit presenting on a wide range of industry topics from future of SEO to how Web 2.0 effects online brand presence and search. What Andrew doesn’t know about digital marketing isn’t worth knowing.

Tae Won Song

HMD, Korea