Simon Collister is entrepreneurially spirited, an accomplished marketing and communications strategy consultant for high-profile global businesses and organisations.

He is a trusted advisor, commercially minded, with expertise informed through long-term client engagements delivering high impact work – from energy to logistics; aviation to HNWI; counter-extremism to humanitarian aid.

Simon has published papers and edited collections on a range of topics, from brand, marketing and communications strategy – mainly focusing on digital transformation – and lectured at universities in the UK, Europe and US.

He also devotes his time to be an advisory board member at DigVentures, the world's first crowd-funded, archaeology organisation. Simon is also a valued member of The Future Foundation, a think-tank providing fresh ideas and a new impetus for public policy in the Isle of Man.

Here's this week's conversation with Simon Collister in episode 37 of Island Influencers.