Eric Newnham

Eric Newnham

2017 - Winner of the Leadership Award

As CEO of Talon Outdoor, Eric has repeated his successes at global media giant, Kinetic; developing Talon into a 90-strong, £200m turnover, outdoor media specialist. At Kinetic he served as Global Head of the Out of Home agency before selling the business, with billings at $4.4bn, to WPP. He spent the previous 12 years building Kinetic (formally Poster Publicity) into a market-dominating, international and diversified company with a sustainable platform, consisting of 42 offices across the UK, Europe, Asia and the US.

In addition to his media interests, he is an active NED of several companies including cutting-edge digital business, Blis Media, youth marketing company, Let’s Go Crazy and award-winning PR agency, ENS. He is also interested in investing in start-up digital and mobile businesses and co-created Ballpark Ventures as an investment vehicle for this venture.