Alex Hunter: Former Head of Virgin Online, Branding and Marketing Speaker, Digital Ninja
Alex Hunter is a brand consultant, company advisor, marketing speaker, and angel investor in early-stage tech and green companies.
Alex Hunter is also a noted public speaker, appearing at events all over the world such as ad:tech, Future of Web Apps, Thinking Digital, Marketing 2.0, iStrategy, Tech4Africa and Internet World. He’s also spoken at private events for organizations such as Cisco, Infosys and the BBC.
Alex was leveraging social media before it was the “cool” thing to do. He’s gets how to build brands that truly connect and have a conversation with their audience.
Alex Hunter has served as an advisor to the Prince of Wales’ Rainforest Trust, specifically around the use of social media and engagement to propagate the Trusts’ message.
Previously, Alex Hunter served as the global Head of Online for the Virgin Group, overseeing the global digital strategy for the Virgin brand.
Before joining the Virgin Group, Alex was based in California at Virgin America, where he used the web to build a grassroots marketing campaign to garner public support for Virgin America’s certification process on a tight schedule and even tighter budget.
Alex Hunter’s work was covered by Time magazine, CNN, and CNBC, amongst others. He also oversaw the front-end development of Virgin America’s website which has since won several accolades including ad:tech and Webby Award honors.
Alex Hunter’s work has also been featured in the best-selling book The Whuffie Factor by Tara Hunt.
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Alex Hunter has been a mentor at the annual SeedCamp venture capital and angel funding event in London and South Africa, helping young companies refine their marketing and branding before pitching to some of the most influential VCs in the tech community.
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