Sharb Farjami, COO, Wavemaker

Sharb Farjami was formerly CEO of Storyful, a news and intelligence agency. Under Mr. Farjami’s leadership, Storyful has become a global leader in the provision of verified digital content to newsrooms and the analysis of social data for corporations.

Mr. Farjami has 25 years experience in media and information services. Prior to Storyful, he served as Director of Content Commercialisation at Foxtel, a News Corp Company, in Australia. He was Chief Commercial Officer at News Corp Australia, and worked as Chief Operating Officer at Mindshare, a WPP media agency. Mr. Farjami has also held roles at Viacom, Ignite Media Brands, and MTV Networks.

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