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Charlie Ponsonby

Profile page created Jun 20, 2019

Co-founder and Co-CEO of Plandek

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After completing his degree at Cambridge University, Charlie Ponsonby started his career as an economist working on World Bank and Asian Development Bank development projects across Asia and Africa. He then worked as a strategy consultant for Andersen Consulting (Accenture), before spells in senior leadership positions at the UK retailer Selfridges and Open Interactive TV. He was Marketing Director at Sky between 2001 and 2007, before founding Simplifydigital in 2007, which was three times in the UK Tech Track 100 and grew to become the UK’s largest broadband comparison service. Following Simplifydigital’s acquisition, Charlie Ponsonby co-founded Plandek in 2017, based in London. He is married with three teenage children and lives in London.

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