Edward Targett

Founder

The Stack

Dec 2020 - Current (5 years 11 months)

> Launched a new publication, featuring intelligence, insight, and interviews for a community of digital leaders from CIO to CISO, CDO to NED and across the stack.

> Bootstrapped on a £300 launch budget to six-figure revenues in year one and continued growing since to a team of five. Profitable and cash-flow positive.

> Grown from nothing to three million page impressions monthly (40% US, 40% UK, 20% global) in under 36 months with no gimmicks, no clickbait, no marketing.

Got a story? Signal/WhatsApp +44 (0) 7956 411683
Want to get in front of our audience? ed@thestack.technology

Advisor

CSO Futures

Jul 2024 - Jan 2025 (7 months)

Founder

CSO Futures

Jul 2023 - Jul 2024 (1 year 1 month)

The world's first publication for and about the Chief Sustainability Officer.

> Raised angel investment
> Established core platform
> Recruited editorial leader
> Helped establish network
> Gracefully exited stage left

Editor - Tech Monitor

Tech Monitor

Oct 2020 - Dec 2020 (3 months)

Editor - Computer Business Review

Tech Monitor

Feb 2018 - Oct 2020 (2 years 9 months)

Reinvigorated traffic and reputation through a renewed focus on original news, off-diary features, C-suite interviews and SEO-optimised content. Launched new social channels, restored to ownership neglected ones, beat hugely better resourced publications to scoops and oversaw record commercial performance.

Helped deliver a major rebrand as part of New Statesman Media Group network investment that resulted in the October 2020 launch of Tech Monitor and multiple other Monitor-branded B2B sites.

Traffic to Computer Business Review 12 months 2019-2020, by channel:

- Email up 403% year-on-year
- Referral up 138% year-on-year
- Social up 90% year-on-year
- Direct up 61% year-on-year
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Associate Director

Seawater Greenhouse Ltd

Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year 1 month)

Supported this pioneering firm, which lets growers produce crops in arid, resource-poor regions using saltwater and renewables, in a range of capacities, including communications. Secured the company a major feature in Wired, generating sustained global interest and a sharp ramp in consulting work. Also supported successful awards and funding applications.

Associate

TMP Systems

May 2015 - Apr 2016 (1 year)

Press, research, field work for boutique consultancy working in asset management, commercial investment systems design in carbon, energy and land use, and ESG diligence.

Clients included private equity funds, the UNCCD's Land Degradation Neutrality Fund and DFID. Projects ranged from community forestry enterprises to rural microfinance initiatives.

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Editor

Roubini Global Economics

May 2014 - May 2015 (1 year 1 month)

Edited analysis on everything from Australian commodities to Zambian political risk via Korean equity and ISIS for a leading independent, global macroeconomic research firm.

Made sure systematic research was presented across an array of platforms as lucid, actionable intelligence for a subscriber base that included some of the world's largest buy-side players.

Deputy Editor

Gas Strategies

Jan 2013 - Sep 2014 (1 year 9 months)

Led a team of reporters covering global gas and LNG markets.

Attending a wide range of global conferences in an editorial capacity, I worked closely with the consulting team and helped deliver over £3m in new deals.

Reporter

Gas Strategies

Jan 2012 - May 2014 (2 years 5 months)

Reporter on daily news wire Gas Matters Today, covering upstream, midstream and downstream stories in the hydrocarbons world as well as regulatory and commercial news across the broader energy sector, from tidal to turbines and solar to shale. Scooped the big players regularly!

Also responsible for contributing in-depth features and analysis for flagship LNG Business Review and Gas Matters publications. Stories I've worked on include analysis of the Nigerian Petroleum Industry Bill, generation capacity markets, power-to-gas, Germany's Energiewende and more.

Senior Reporter

Northcliffe Media

Feb 2011 - Jan 2012 (1 year)

Front page exclusive on my first week and never looked back. Broke stories for a portfolio of local print weeklies from murders to mental health ward closures; covered council rows, court cases and inquests. I also wrote regular features, reviews and upset all the right people.

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Contributing Reporter

Primafila AG

Dec 2009 - Feb 2013 (3 years 3 months)

Longstanding contributor for multiple award-winning corporate communications publishing house. Track record of taking on critical assignments for blue chip clients, often requiring a rapid turnaround. Reporting primarily on energy markets and urban sustainability issues, but also medical technology, grains markets and other commodities.

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Copy Editor/Features Writer

Yonhap News Agency

Oct 2007 - Oct 2010 (3 years 1 month)

Subbing up to 50 stories per day across business and general news desks of South Korean news wire. Writing and recording audio news bulletins. Contributed features including an interview with President Roh Moo-hyun and an exclusive based on intel from North Korea.

Research Associate

International Crisis Group

Jun 2007 - Sep 2007 (4 months)

Research, editing and drafting report proposals for Northeast Asia Project Director. Attending conferences and editing submissions by Japanese/Chinese contributors. Assisted with production of two major ICG reports prior to bureau's relocation to Beijing.

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General Assistant

Integrated Eco Villages

Jun 1998 - Jun 1999 (1 year 1 month)

General assistant for United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) award-winning SME specialising in grey-water recycling systems as well as composting toilets for national parks.
(If you ever find yourself making your ablutions in a very environmentally friendly toilet at the top of Australia's highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko, thank me as you do so).

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