Chris Maples

Chris Maples joined Spotify in 2011 as UK Managing Director where he was responsible for building out the sales and marketing teams and was a key driver for Spotify's growth in Europe.

Before that Chris was Commercial Director for Microsoft Advertising and responsible for all display, network, search ad serving and analytics business in the UK. He has also worked at Shopzilla, Maiden Outdoor, Bauer Media, Flextech and Channel 4, and started his career building ITV's first sales house, TSMS.

These days Chris is a consultant to multiple businesses in the sector, a curious observer of what is happening in the world digitally, and a glowing beacon to those that are finding it difficult to navigate. He's particularly good at this since he's 6'8".