Bio

Robert Pickering is an accomplished CEO and 30-year veteran of the digital marketing and technology industry. Before joining Madison Alley, he served as CEO and Board Member of LBi International AB, where he led key strategic acquisitions that developed LBi into the largest independent full-service digital agency in Europe. In 2004, Robert led the IPO of LBi International AB onto Euronext. In 2012, Publicis Groupe acquired LBI for $540 million. Prior to LBi, Robert was Chairman and CEO of Origin, a technology services company that was sold for $2.5 billion to Atos, to form Atos Origin. He was also a partner at both Arthur Andersen/Accenture and Price Waterhouse in his early career. Robert holds Series 63 and 79 (investment banking) FINRA regulatory licenses.