Simon Whitcombe

Simon Whitcombe currently leads the eCommerce, Travel, Education and Consumer Services verticals within Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook. Simon has more than 20 years of traditional and digital media experience in the Technology, eCommerce, Entertainment and Games industries including being a co-founder of IGN.com in 1996 and SVP of the Games Division at Future US where he launched and managed brands such as The Official Xbox Magazine and GamesRadar.com.


Before joining Facebook Simon served as Vice President/GM of the Games and Entertainment Group at CBS Interactive where he oversaw GameSpot and Metacritic amongst others. Since joining Facebook in 2012, Simon has overseen 6 verticals that include Games, Tech/Telco and Entertainment.