Simon Birkenhead

Simon Birkenhead is CEO of Axonix.


Simon Birkenhead is CEO of Axonix, a specialist mobile ad exchange that helps web publishers and app developers to maximize their ad revenues. He has 20 years experience in digital marketing, mobile advertising, programmatic media and business management, the majority of which has been within high tech companies at the cutting edge of their industries. He has launched three digital advertising start-ups, including Axonix, and was the first hire into Google’s Global Agencies Team in 2008. Simon is a Non-Executive Director and Board advisor to a number of new technology companies and is a regular speaker at industry conferences, including Mobile World Congress, Festival of Media, Web Summit and Ad:Tech. His advertising thought-leadership has been quoted within publications as varied as The Financial Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, TechCrunch, AdExchanger, Hot Topics, Mobile Marketing Magazine, The Drum and Business Insider.