Damian Ryan is a media and marketing expert with over 30 years' experience. He created the Golden Spider Awards for internet excellence, before establishing the first digital agency in the UK and Ireland in 1997. He went on to successfully build and sell three digital marketing businesses and is now a specialist adviser in mergers and acquisitions in corporate finance. Ryan is now a partner with BDO where he covers deals in media marketing communications and marketing technologies. He is also author of Understanding Social Media and The Best Digital Marketing Campaigns in the World, both published by Kogan Page.