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Nick Lawson

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Nick Lawson is a veteran international media and advertising leader with 30+ years building and running agencies for the world's biggest brands. He is Chairman of i-media and Non-Executive Chair of Project5 Media (from 2026). He was previously Global CEO of EssenceMediacom (2020–2025) and spent 29 years at MediaCom, where he served as Worldwide COO, CEO EMEA and CEO UK.

Last updated Jun 15, 2026 by ATDb automated enrichment

Role
Chairman
Company
i-media
Based
London, United Kingdom
Connections
2
Years in industry
18 years

Bio

Nick Lawson is a veteran international media and advertising leader with 30+ years building and running agencies for the world's biggest brands. He is Chairman of i-media and Non-Executive Chair of Project5 Media (from 2026). He was previously Global CEO of EssenceMediacom (2020–2025) and spent 29 years at MediaCom, where he served as Worldwide COO, CEO EMEA and CEO UK.

Career

  • Global CEO

    EssenceMediacom · 2020–2025

  • Worldwide COO / CEO EMEA / CEO UK

    MediaCom · 1991–2020

  • CEO, EMEA

    Xaxis (GroupM) · 2018-2022

  • Senior Leadership Roles

    GroupM / WPP · 2006-2018

Expertise & education

Expertise

Programmatic AdvertisingNative AdvertisingPublisher MonetizationData-Driven AdvertisingAudience TargetingGDPR and Privacy ComplianceMedia BuyingAdTech Platform Operations

Speaking topics

Programmatic Advertising TransparencyNative Advertising and Content MonetizationPublisher Monetization StrategiesPrivacy and the Future of Targeting

Recognition

Notable achievements

  • Appointed CEO of MGID, leading the platform's global growth strategy as an independent native advertising network
  • Led Xaxis EMEA as CEO, overseeing one of Europe's largest programmatic advertising operations within GroupM
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