Faisal Galaria is the Chief Executive Officer of Blippar. Faisal has successfully led and grown some of the world’s most successful global technology brands including Spotify, Skype and Kayak.

Recognised as a scale-up and turnaround leader, Faisal has a track record of growing some of the world’s most successful technology brands including Spotify, Skype and Kayak globally.

As Senior Vice President at Spotify, Faisal launched the digital music service in seven countries and was responsible for the Platform Music Agreement with Facebook. He was also the International MD of Kayak.com prior to its IPO and an early member of the Skype team where he led the European business.

Faisal joins from Go Compare where, as Chief Strategy & Investments Officer, he helped lead its IPO on the London Stock Exchange and managed several acquisitions. Prior to Gocompare, he was a Senior Partner at Alvarez & Marsal, the world’s largest turnaround and restructuring company and led the European Digital & Media practices.

He will be responsible for driving Blippar’s commercial growth and development as the company continues to expand its proprietary AR creation and publishing platform post-administration, and will work closely with Blippar’s Founder Ambarish Mitra, and Preet Prasannan, the new Chief Technology Officer.

Blippar was bought out of administration earlier this year when existing shareholder Candy Ventures acquired the intellectual property assets of Blippar and its various brands.

The company’s new product offering focuses primarily on its innovative AR creation and publishing platform “Blippbuilder”, enabling brands, educators and individuals to create and publish their own augmented reality experiences.