with guest speaker 

Gareth Lambe , Head of Facebook Ireland

Join us on Wednesday 21 February for our first Business Leader Forum for 2018 with Gareth Lambe, Head of Facebook Ireland.

Gareth Lambe is the Head of Facebook Ireland - responsible for the health and success of Facebook's International Headquarters in Dublin, employing over 1,500 people. Gareth started his career in brand marketing with Pernod Ricard, and was later part of the start-up team of Pigsback.com. In 2009 Gareth joined PayPal as Director of Merchant Operations EMEA, running a team of 300 people across Account Management, Business Support and Telesales. In his five years at Facebook Gareth has run the Advertising Operations function and latterly the Sales Planning and Operations team – driving the operations and strategy for Facebook’s sales organisations across EMEA and APAC.

Gareth is on the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce and Facebook Ireland Ltd. He is married with three young children and is a sports fanatic.

Gareth will share on insights from his career to date and his current role in Facebook International Headquarters in Ireland. Gareth will cover the following areas - overview of the Facebook Mission, Platform and Family of Apps, what has driven the growth/success of Facebook, the shift to mobile, shift to video, newsfeeds, the Facebook Business Advertising Model, the future of Facebook - innovation and big bets for the next 10 years and the culture of Facebook, what it’s like to work in Facebook. A really comprehensive update with plenty of time for Q&A, an exciting start to our Business Leader Forum series for 2018. Early booking is advised to avoid disappointment.

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