David Wilding | Speakers for Schools

David Wilding

Chief Strategy Officer, EssenceMediacomX

David was Director of Planning for Twitter UK for 8 years before resigning in November 2022 following the takeover by Elon Musk.

At Twitter he was part of the UK leadership team and his role was broadly to help people, organisations and advertisers to understand, plan and get the most from Twitter.

Before working at Twitter, David had a 15 year career as a Media Planner and strategist working at Media Agencies PHD, Mindshare & Zenith Media on brands including Nike, YouTube, Sainsbury’s, ITV and Warner Bros.

David is an external Governor at the University of Portsmouth and the co-chair of the Advertising Association’s Media Business Course.