Mark Curtis is Global Head of Sustainability and Thought Leadership for Accenture Interactive. Previously he was Chief Client Officer and a cofounder of Fjord, part of Accenture Interactive. He is a serial entrepreneur and innovator who has worked in media, digital, mobile and design for over 30 years. Fjord was acquired by Accenture in May 2013. He leads the creation of Accenture's famous annual report – Accenture Life Trends and is a thought leader around the intersection of human and technology. Mark is a frequent speaker at conferences and commentator in the media. He has published a book, "Distraction - Being Human in the Digital Age".

 

Prior to Fjord, which he co-founded in 2001, he established Curtis Hoy (which) pioneered a new market sector of radio sales promotion. In 1994 he and a business partner set up CHBi to explore the potential of the (then) emerging interactive and “new" media. In 1998 they sold CHBi to Razorfish.

 

Between 2005 and 2011 Mark stepped out of Fjord to run Flirtomatic, a mobile dating start-up incubated by Fjord. As CEO he raised over $10m and pioneered the mobile dating industry, in particular bringing the freemium revenue model to mobile for the first time.