Nick Manning is a commentator, author and speaker on advertising, with a specialization in media. He co-founded Manning Gottlieb Media in 1990, and following its purchase by Omnicom he became CEO of the OMD UK Group.  He also co-founded OPera, the media negotiation arm for OMD and PHD. In 2007 Nick joined Ebiquity as Chief Operating Officer before becoming responsible for Ebiquity’s non-UK based operations and Chief Strategy Officer. At Ebiquity he led the team that produced the recommendations for advertisers that accompanied the K2 Intelligence report into media transparency in 2016. 

Since 2019 he has run his own consulting business, advising advertisers and their trade associations. Nick specializes in helping advertisers improve their effectiveness, accountability and transparency.

References:

• Advertising, Who Cares? A Summit event happening at London’s Royal Society of Arts on September 12th 2024, aiming to discuss possible solutions around five topics: Business models; Trading, Transparency and Trust; Measurement and Accountability; Recruitment and Well-Being; Brands and Journalism. 
• Nick Manning’s Encyclomedia, “fractional” Chief Media Officer services.
• Nick Manning on X
• Nick Manning on LinkedIn
• Arielle Garcia on Masters of Privacy
• Sergio Maldonado, How we tried to fix advertising, ecommerce, and media by putting people in control of their data
• Augustine Fou on Masters of Privacy