About Marina


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An award winning results focused professional with a proven track record in helping companies grow by identifying and unlocking new innovative value streams. Marina has spent +25 years working with companies from start-ups to large corporates across sectors and industries.

In recognition of her unique approach, Marina has won several ​awards including 'International Business Woman of the Year', 'Start Ups Women in Business', 'Business Start Up Award' and 'Best New Product' from 80 global entrants. 

Marina is a Board Advisor and mentor to senior executives who seek fast track growth strategies.
Known for 'simplifying the complex'.

success stories

BUILDING NEW BUSINESS UNITS

Mark Collin, Group Director, ThoughtWorks Ventures:
​'Marina and I had the pleasure of working together to establish an entirely new business unit for ThoughtWorks globally. Starting from the U.K. together we un-covered three global mega trends that helped to take ThoughtWorks beyond working with just large enterprises into new Ecosystems.  In its first year ThoughtWorks Ventures is already profitable and expanding to the US and Europe'.

Mentoring Start ups

With 2000 Start Ups launching daily in the UK alone yet few reaching 5 years, mentoring has never been more important. Especially in the Tech sector where 92 % fail in the first five years. Read the most common reasons start ups fail and how to avoid it in this article in Elite Magazine featuring Marina

building innovative products

Teddy Yip Jr, Race Team Principal, STATUS GP

​'Marina has created innovative ways for motorsport fans to consume the content the sport has to offer. We are delighted to be at the forefront of cultivating a new generation of motor racing fans. RaceWorld TV is a fantastic platform for us to showcase our GP3 assault and raise the profile of the whole team and our drivers.'

With over 30 million views to date, RaceWorld TV has enabled this race team to gain sponsorship for the racing drivers worth $2m+ and on car advertising $1m, in 4 months.

creating the 1st ever crowdfunded f1 race team


In 2014, with 3 races left, the Caterham F1 team went into administration. The team wanted to race at the final Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi. Formula One Management agreed on the basis that the required $3.7m funds were raised within the 7 day deadline! Marina came up with a plan and approached the Team Principal with an idea for a first time ever approach to raising finance - a crowdfunding campaign powered by the fans - disrupting the traditional sponsorship motor sport model. The fans were delighted, the team raced the final season race at Abu Dhabi!

building digital cities

Nearly every major city holds a 2020 Digital City strategy. While we've all seen the perfectly designed simulation of buildings, cars, people, and public transport all centrally connected, we're still seeing a major disconnect between strategy and execution.This Digital Cities Programme was created to help cities kick off their digital transformation journey.