Richard Banfield

Richard wears the strategic hat around the office and never met a whiteboard he didn’t like. He's worked his way up the web marketing food chain, starting with online ad sales at MultiChoice, Africa’s largest TV and Internet media business. He was in the thick of it during the heady dot-com years,  founding Acceleration, an international e-marketing business headquartered in London. Richard has delivered high-level business strategy, global marketing campaigns and materials to clients in the US, UK, Europe and Africa. His colorful life experience includes being a dive master on the remote Islamic Republic of the Comoros, where he learned the survival skills he uses daily in the office. In 2011 Richard will serve on the executive committees of TEDxBoston, the AdClub's Edge Conference and BREW (Boston Regional Entrepreneurship Week).