President of WOM UK and
owner of Barton Consulting

Steve Barton arrived on the international marketing scene in 1990 when he was transferred from New York to London by OgilvyOne Worldwide. Since then, he has managed international communications and developed award award-winning strategies for a number of blue chip companies. Microsoft, Save the Children, Compaq, IBM, Kodak, VSO, Holiday Inn, Kellogg's and Unilever, to name a few.

Steve blends extraordinary strategic insight with entrepreneurial courage. He has successfully started up a number of communications agencies in London, such as Jones Mason Barton Antenen, Leonardo (for Leo Burnett), and Keevill Barton Kershaw. He is a director of two companies: Onis and ZoapZ. And he currently provides marketing consultancy for start-up businesses as well as established brands.

He was elected President of WOM UK, the Word of Mouth Marketing Association in the UK. He is a regular keynote speaker and chair at conferences for organisations such as the DMA (Europe's largest marketing trade body), the IDM, and the IPA. He also speaks and runs workshops at corporte events for the likes of IBM, SAP, Orient Express Hotels and Celerant Consulting. He can be seen regularly in the media. He has appeared on CNBC Money Wheel, BBC2 Working Lunch and Skynews, usually talking about marketing.