Giles Palmer
Chief Executive Officer
Giles graduated with a degree in Physics from Durham University in 1990 and trained as an Accountant at Smith & Williamson – the top independent firm in the UK. In 1995, Giles spent a year at Lloyds of London as a project manager within a £50m financial restructuring project covering the whole Lloyds market.
After a spell in the Finance team for the International division of Glaxo SmithKline International, Giles joined Sky Interactive as employee number 10. After two years, Giles was heading up the joint ventures team which was tasked to do deals with dot com companies.
In April 2000, Giles started Brandwatch. The initial vision was to build a technology services company for the long term and the business started with £20k from the founders. Within five years it was operating within a good niche, providing Open Source Websites to UK Councils and turning over £1m.
In late 2004 the company won a contract to build a search engine for the UK Government, and Giles had the vision to change the direction of the company to become player in the enormous online information sector.
