Leadership
Antoine Amann
Antoine Amann is the Founder and CEO of Echobox. After graduating from Cambridge, Antoine went into journalism with the Financial Times. He left the FT to develop the initial version of Echobox in 2013.
Antoine is a regular speaker and panelist at conferences such as the Guardian's Changing Media Summit, the Online News Association's annual conference and the Digital Publishing Innovation Summit.
Dr Marc Fletcher
Dr Marc Fletcher is the CTO of Echobox. Marc holds a PhD in quantum computing from Cambridge University, where he worked at the Cavendish Laboratory.
He discovered his passion for machine learning and big data during his PhD after developing a poker AI capable of beating most human opponents. Marc joined Echobox in 2014, as one of the first in the team.
Dr Sebastian Huempfer
Dr Sebastian Huempfer is the VP Operations at Echobox. Sebastian completed his PhD in economic history at Yale and Oxford University.
Before joining Echobox, Sebastian gained experience at UBS and Rocket Internet. Sebastian joined Echobox in 2017.
David O’Neill
David O’Neill is the VP Sales at Echobox. David has been working in the news industry since 1996, when he joined the Economist after graduating from Oxford University.
David has led sales teams at the Spectator, NewsReach and Informa, where he was Head of Business Development before joining Echobox in 2018.
Simon Tanné
Simon Tanné is the Head of Data Science at Echobox. Simon holds a degree in mathematics and data science from UCL, after having completed his engineering degree at Supélec. He joined Echobox in 2014 as one of the earliest members of the Echobox team.
Simran Cashyap
Simran Cashyap is the Head of Product at Echobox. Before earning his MBA at the London Business School, he spent seven years at UBS, including as Director of Product Management. Simran has worked for a variety of tech firms and studied computing at Imperial College.
Joe Rudkin
Joe Rudkin is the Head of Marketing at Echobox. Joe has spent the last 18 years building and leading successful global marketing teams for technology-led companies including Carat and dunnhumby. Joe has a MSc from the London School of Economics.
