Stephen Maher

Stephen is the founder and CEO of MBA, the award winning digitally integrated agency - whose clients include Amazon’s LOVEFiLM, Avios and Everest; and which is one of the ‘World’s Leading Independent Agencies’ as featured in Campaign magazine 2 years running.

After graduating with an MA in Modern History from Balliol College Oxford in 1983, Stephen entered agency account management working at ABM, AMVBBDO and Simons Palmer before founding MBA in 1994. Stephen is also the Chairman of the Marketing Society, an IPA Council Member, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, features in Debrett's ‘People of Today’ and sits on the Commercial Board of BAFTA .

A keen Chelsea fan and failed rock guitarist, Stephen lives in South London with his wife and four children.