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Keynote SpeakerTimothy Armoo

Fanbytes Vice President Influencer, Social Media Marketing expert, Forbes 30 under 30

Timothy Armoo is a pioneer in the world of influencer marketing and brand building. Aged twenty-one, he founded Fanbytes, helping global brands including Nike, Samsung, Deliveroo and the UK Government engage with Gen Z, via Influencer Marketing. In 2022, five and a half years post launch, Timo sold Fanbytes to... Read more

Biography

Timothy Armoo is a pioneer in the world of influencer marketing and brand building. Aged twenty-one, he founded Fanbytes, helping global brands including Nike, Samsung, Deliveroo and the UK Government engage with Gen Z, via Influencer Marketing. In 2022, five and a half years post launch, Timo sold Fanbytes to global marketing company Brainlabs in an eight-figure exit. This marked Timo’s second successful exit, having sold his first business EntrepreneurXpress – a business media publication – to Horizon when he was just seventeen.

As one of the few visible black leaders in the marketing and tech space, Timothy Armoo is a recognised thought leader on themes including reaching a Gen Z audience and creating a Gen Z mindset, the new world of media, and building and future-proofing a multi-generational workforce.

Timothy Armoo has spoken to audiences worldwide including Goldman Sachs, YouTube, Barclays, PwC, and Nespresso, and shared the stage with leading media figures including Facebook’s COO Sheryl Sandberg and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings. He has also won a string of accolades along the way, including Huffington Post’s Entrepreneur of the Year, named social media person of the year by The Drum, the 2021 face of Forbes 30 Under 30, and highlighted by London’s Evening Standard as one of the most influential people in the media industry.

“Timo’s talk with Sheryl was incredibly engaging to our META small business network. The back and forth between them was very natural and inspiring for our network” Martina Simon, Economic Impact Manager, EMEA at Facebook
“Timo’s views on the future of marketing and how to engage with Gen Z is second to none. His ability to further distil those strategies to inspire and empower teams on a tactical level is everything we wanted in a talk." Nassima, Kamani. Amgen
"Timo's deep understanding of where the puck is skating for Gen Z helped to shape our discussion as we dealt with competitive threats in the marketplace." Camilla Hill, Head of Brand at YouTube
"Most Influential Person in Marketing and Advertising" Evening Standard
"Leading the new school of marketing" Forbes Magazine
"Creating the WPP of Gen Z" Huffington Post

Popular Talks by Timothy Armoo

  • How to Reach a Gen Z Audience and Create a Gen Z Mindset
    With the phone as their mouthpiece to the world, Gen Z has a different way of looking at the world and can amplify things they like and don’t like. Having built a company staffed with mainly Gen Z and helping brands to win the hearts of Gen Z, Timo looks...
  • How to Future Proof your Business and Appeal Across Multiple Generations
    The success of any organisation is its culture and, increasingly, it’s becoming more important that different generations interact to achieve business success. Timo uncovers how to get the best out of each group, how to drive significance between groups and ensure that every member of the team is driven towards...
  • How Influencer Marketing has Changed the Media Landscape for the Better

    Influencer marketing has taken the world by storm and formed the foundation of some of the most successful companies worldwide. Having built one of the largest global influencer companies, Timo considers how to leverage this form of marketing and avoid the pitfalls that plague many brands and marketers today.

  • Lessons Learnt from Building and Working with Global Brands

    Retaining, developing and utilising talent within an organisation is paramount and requires drawing on employees intrapreneurial spirit along with their entrepreneurial flair. Timo looks at how businesses and organisation that are committed to combining these two mindsets,  can enhance innovation, growth, and drive long term business success.

  • Influencers
  • Generation Z / Building a Gen Z Loved Brand
  • How to use New Media to reach Audiences
  • Innovation Amongst Corporates - How to Invent New Business Models that work
  • Start-ups, Business & Marketing
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Digital Disruption