George Frangakis

George  is an awarded marketer that has worked at the junction of media, content, technology with extensive experience in the field of entertainment. He has a great understanding of user behavior within the digital ecosystem and beyond. He has led multidisciplinary teams to winning  industry awards and has his own cultural events and marketing company Politism. He has worked with major clients and partners including the likes of Cosmote, Microsoft, Google, Coca Cola, Metlen, PPC and others.

Previously George excelled in various leadership positions. He head up ForestView from a team of 2 to a team of 45+, creating one of the first performance marketing and affiliate networks in Greece with campaigns in over 30 countries and got invited to Palo Alto as a Google Star Agency. He went on to work as Managing Director for Advertising with Think Digital representing the likes of Trip Advisor, Shazam, MSN, Facebook in the region. He then joined Best Price as Chief Operating & Revenue Officer to help grow the business and later on became Managing Director of Webjar, a leading Ad Agency and Software House. He has also head-up DDB advertising in various countries and led his own projects in the fields of music and entertainment marketing including working with MTV as Head of Marketing and Business Development.

George is a recognized conference speaker, has won several awards in innovation, marketing and advertising, has been a judge on European digital advertising panels, a Board Member of the Institute of Communication as well as lecturer on several marketing educational programs. He is a music aficionado and proud father. He loves the outdoors and helps out as a volunteer in scuba cleanup activities with NGO Aegean Rebreathe.