Incisive Media

About Incisive Media

We are an award-winning business to business digital media and events business. We inspire, connect and inform through our market-leading brands.

What drives us

We are defined by our values – we pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial culture, laser-like focus on customers and our ability to constantly adapt to the ever-changing digital information marketplace. It is our mission to inform and innovate with integrity, honesty and fairness.

Our promise to you

Our business is about people and relationships and we strive to provide the very best service to our audiences and our clients. Our processes are built around the principle that dealing with Incisive Media should be easy, friendly, straightforward and professional.

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Amazing brands

Our audiences and their preferences are the drivers for the way that we create and manage our products and services. Everyone that works at Incisive is deeply embedded in the markets that they serve and we continually talk to our audiences to better understand their needs and the issues that are affecting their working lives.

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The Incisive Media team

Senior LeadershipThe BoardEditors
Jonathon Whiteley, chief executive, Incisive Media

Jonathon Whiteley

CEO

As CEO Jonathon is responsible for the strategic...Read more

Leighton Newbury, chief financial officer, Incisive Media

Leighton Newbury

CFO

Leighton joined Incisive Media over twenty years ago...Read more

Emma Cutbill, head of HR, Incisive Media

Emma Cutbill

Head of HR

Emma heads up our HR function, overseeing the...Read more

Kevin Sinclair, managing director, financial media, Incisive Media

Kevin Sinclair

Managing Director, Financial Media

Kevin joined Incisive Media in 2000, and held...Read more

Sophie Eke, marketing director, Incisive Media

Sophie Eke

Chief marketing officer

Sophie joined Incisive Media in 2007 and is...Read more

Alan Loader, managing director, tech media, Incisive Media

Alan Loader

Managing Director, Tech Media

Alan joined the company in 2002. He is...Read more

Robin Shute, operations director, Incisive Media

Robin Shute

Operations Director

Robin joined the business in 2015 and leads...Read more

Paul Harvey, chief revenue officer, Incisive Media

Paul Harvey

Chief revenue officer

Paul joined the company in 1999. He is...Read more

Jonathan Stapleton Professional Pensions editor Incisive Media

Jonathan Stapleton

Editor, Professional Pensions

Jonathan has over 17 years' experience in journalism,...Read more

Katrina Lloyd

Editor in Chief, Investment Week

Katrina is editor-in-chief of our flagship financial brand,...Read more

James Baxter-Derrington

Editor, Investment Week

James has been editor of Investment Week since...Read more

Nima Green, editor, Channel Partner Insight, Incisive Media

Nima Green

Editor, Channel Partner Insight

Nima Sherpa Green is a British/Sherpa journalist and...Read more

Stuart Sumner, editorial director, Computing, Incisive Media

Stuart Sumner

Editorial Director, Computing

Stuart is Editorial Director of Incisive Media's technology...Read more

James Murray, editor in chief, BusinessGreen, Incisive Media

James Murray

Editor in Chief, Business Green

James Murray is editor-in-chief of BusinessGreen and one...Read more

Josh Budd, editor, Channel Partner Insight, Incisive Media

Josh Budd

Editor, CRN

Josh Budd is editor of CRN. He joined...Read more

David Cowan, managing director, Financial Services Forum, Incisive Media

David Cowan

Managing Director, The Financial Services Forum

David has a career track record in senior...Read more

John Brazier, editor, Cover, Incisive Media

John Brazier

Editor, COVER

John Brazier is an experienced B2B journalist and...Read more

Mark Battersby, editor International Investment, Incisive Media

Mark Battersby

Editor, International Investment

Mark is a highly experienced financial journalist with...Read more

Alex Sword, editor, Financial Services Forum, Incisive Media

Alex Sword

Editor, Financial Services Forum

Alex Sword is the editor of the Financial...Read more

Hope William-Smith

Editor, Professional Adviser

Hope William-Smith is editor at Professional Adviser. She...Read more

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growing team

People are by far our most important asset and our staff play the leading role in our success. Become part of our team and work in a supportive and entrepreneurial environment that encourages and nurtures innovation.

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Digital Publisher of the Year

Incisive Media has been awarded the AOP Digital Publisher of the Year title a record five times in 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2020. We are also the current PPA Connect Grand Prix event organiser, awarded for Outstanding Contribution to the sector.

AOP employer of the year award 2020

Citing the employer of the year award, the judges thought that Incisive Media had made impressive progress in their quest to make their company a supportive place to work. A highlight was their achievement in not having a gender pay gap.

AOP B2B publisher of the year 2010, 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2020

We have been awarded the coveted AOP Digital Publisher of the Year title a record five times in 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2017 and 2020. We are also the current holder of the PPA Connect Grand Prix event organiser accolade, awarded for an outstanding contribution to the sector.

Incisive Media are supporters of

Sustainability

A responsible approach to the environment is essential to ensure the future sustainability of our business and the role that we play in the communities that we serve. Our view is that care for the environment goes hand in hand with our work as a media business. We continually develop and revise our sustainability approach to satisfy our ambitions, and encourage and empower everyone who works at Incisive Media to be aware of how the work we do affects wider society.

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Diversity and inclusion

Incisive Media strives to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people regardless of their social background, age, sex, ethnicity, religion/belief or disability and to make use of their talents. Diversity at Incisive Media means valuing everyone as an individual. 

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About the foundation

The Incisive Media Foundation partners with local and international charities that aim to improve the education and career opportunities among disadvantaged people, raising significant funds for those charities through Incisive Media’s portfolio of client events. The Foundation also seeks to provide a framework through which staff can volunteer a small amount of their time to contribute their skills and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.

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The history of Incisive Media

1995

Present

1995

Incisive Media is founded by Tim Weller and launches its first brand, Investment Week.

1997

Incisive Media launches International Investment for the global wealth management industry. Incisive Media signs landmark deal with Michael Bloomberg to launch Bloomberg Money

1998

Incisive Media - Incisive Media launches market leading healthcare and protection brand COVER. Investment Week voted PPA magazine of the year and Tim Weller voted PPA Publisher of the Year. Incisive Media launches market leading healthcare and protection brand COVER. Investment Week voted PPA magazine of the year and Tim Weller voted PPA Publisher of the Year.

2000

Incisive Media acquires Timothy Benn Publishing (owner of Post Magazine). Incisive Media IPOs with a listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange valuing the company at £75m.

2001

Incisive Media acquires Matching Hat, the UK’s premier mortgage publisher and Tim Weller voted E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year London.

2003

Incisive Media acquires Risk Waters Group, the publishers of the global leading business information for the financial risk, fintech and FX industries.

2004

Incisive Media acquires Initiative Europe, publishers of Europe’s premier private equity data and venture capital service, Unquote.

2005

Incisive Media acquires Legal Week and its extensive stable of private client global events. Incisive Media acquires ClickZ and Search Engine Strategies (SES) from Meckler Media and Tim Weller wins Marcus Morris Award.

2006

Incisive Media acquires the Asian Venture Capital Journal, Asia’s pre-eminent private equity news and data source with the world’s largest PE conference run annually in Hong Kong. Incisive Media also builds on its Asia Pacific operations with the acquisition of Pacific Prospect, a diversified Structured Products and Wealth Management event organiser. At the end of the year Tim Weller leads a management buyout deal backed by Apax Partners that values Incisive Media at £275 million.

2007

Incisive Media completes a trio of significant acquisitions, MSM International and UK publishing business VNU Business Publications Ltd, formerly part of The Nielsen Company along with American Lawyer Media (ALM), an American publisher with the world’s largest portfolio of legal publications including Law.com creating a business with 2500 employees and an enterprise value in excess of £1bn.

2008

Legal Week voted PPA magazine of the year.

2009

Following the financial crisis Incisive Media announced a consensual restructure of the group. ALM was separated from the Group and was Acquired by RBS and Apax Partners. In the same month Incisive Media agreed a debt-for-equity swap with its lenders.

2010

Incisive Media receive five nominations for the June 2010 Association of Online Publishers awards and was voted Digital Publisher of the Year.

2012

Incisive Media creates the Incisive Media foundation to partner with national charities to help improve the education and career opportunities among disadvantaged communities.

2013

Incisive Media sells Computeractive to Dennis Publishing and BusinessGreen launches as a the UK’s first and foremost sustainability news and analysis site for professionals in the burgeoning green economy.

2014

Incisive Media embraces flexible working and wins five more accolades at the Headlinemoney Financial Journalism awards. Incisive Media Acquires the licence to Channelnomics for expansion into US and European IT channel media markets, now known as Channel Partner Insight (CPI).

2015

Investment Week and Professional Pensions celebrate 20 years with a major redesign and improved user experience. Blenheim Chalcot and portfolio company Contentive acquire Interactive Marketing Division ClickZ, SES and SEW from Incisive Media along with Accountancy Age and Financial Director. Incisive Media wins Best Awards Team at the sixth annual Conference Awards.

2016

Incisive Media sells Legal Week to the US legal business publisher ALM. Investment Week trailblazes B2B wearable tech with an Apple Watch app. Incisive voted best digital publisher in UK by its peers for a record third time at the AOP Awards. Incisive Media events teams win four PPA Connect awards.

2017

Incisive Media sells its Incisive Insight division to Infopro Digital. Tim Weller, Jamie Campbell-Harris and Jonathon Whiteley lead an MBO of Incisive Media and the business enters a period of accelerated growth. Incisive Media scoops two gongs at the inaugural Awards Awards, winning Best Managed Event and the Best Awards Team category. Incisive win AOP B2B silverware for a second consecutive year in the prestigious B2B publisher of the year category. PP Live takes centre stage at the 2017 Conference Awards. Incisive Media moves to a new HQ and creates a new, fresh and contemporary corporate identity.

2018

Incisive Media launch content and performance marketing agency, Incisive Works. Incisive Media proud to support the Pride in London Festival which later becomes an annual company tradition. Incisive Media completes the double at the 2018 PPA Digital Awards, bagging both the digital commercial team of the year and the blue riband B2B digital publisher of the year trophies.

2019

Incisive Media launches boutique events agency Incisive Works. Incisive Media acquires The Financial Services Forum, the pre-eminent members organisation for marketers across the financial services sector. Incisive Media unveils mission to create a sustainable event business, striving for the ISO 2021 standard.

2020

Incisive Media – business as usual as the world responds to the Global C19 pandemic. Business Green launches Net Zero Festival with a wave of high-profile sustainability partners Incisive Media wins blue riband AOP digital publisher of the year accolade for a record fifth time Incisive Media CEO Jonathon Whiteley named among UK’s top 50 Most Innovative CEOs. CRN fends off the FT to score a double win at the 2020 Campaign Publishing Awards. Incisive Media joins the #lightitblue campaign to support the heroes of the NHS.

2022

EagleTree Backed Companies, Arc and The Channel Company, Acquire Incisive Media Arc acquires Incisive’s financial services and business sustainability portfolios; The Channel Company acquires Incisive’s technology portfolio .