Faisal Galaria is a CEO with over 25 years of experience of leading and growing teams in some of the world's most disruptive consumer technology companies including Spotify, Kayak and Skype. He is currently leading the turnaround of Blippar, the pioneer of augmented reality technology and one of the UK's first tech unicorns. Prior to that he was the Deputy CEO of Gocompare, where he led growth & digital transformation and the IPO on the London Stock Exchange in November 2016. Previously Faisal was a Senior Partner of Alvarez & Marsal, the world's largest turnaround and restructuring company, serving private equity and corporate clients including Habib Bank, KKR, CVC, BC Partners, Travelocity, HMV and OLX. Faisal joined Alvarez & Marsal from Spotify where he was a Senior Vice President and launched the service in 7 countries including the USA. He was also the International Managing Director of Kayak.com prior to its IPO and was an early member of the Skype team and was promoted to European Director post the acquisition by eBay. Faisal has also been a Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Octopus Ventures and started his career as a TMT consultant at Arthur Andersen. He graduated from UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) with a Bachelor's degree in Management Sciences. He also holds an MBA from IESE in Spain.