Indie Blackwell

Executive Vice President, EMEA , Cint

Indie joined Cint in December 2018, with extensive experience in commercial leadership and strategic roles, primarily within consultancy and the data and insights world. She has acted as a change agent within the information services industry for nearly two decades. Having had a number of senior commercial positions throughout her career including Frost & Sullivan, where Indie spent 12 years culminating in managing and growing the EMEA region and working within the C-suite of Tier 1 accounts (both industry verticals and financial services), Ascential Plc and Dun & Bradstreet. Recently she moved into a role at Cint that saw her responsibilities increase to a global remit having held a role in capacity of head of commercial strategy.

She is a passionate advocate for diversity and equality in the workplace and has chaired many leadership, and women in the workplace, initiatives focusing on cultural and organizational behavior as well as the need for the transformation of leadership. She is a mentor and a coach and also a co-founder of the Women in Research Accelerate program which is a modularized learning program focused on the premise of “things I wish I have known earlier in my career!” She is also a keen angel investor in sustainability, greentech and carbon accounting companies, always advocating for change in these areas.

Having worked alongside global brands, Indie understands the ever-growing importance of “the voice of the customer” and speed to market being driven through digital transformation and its strategic imperative to the world of insights. She is excited to be part of an industry that is transforming and innovating to address “the age of the customer” and ensure the ecosystem is supported in the constant evolution of change.

Living in the peaceful countryside of Oxfordshire in the U.K., Indie, like any other Brit, enjoys walking the dog, paddle boarding and boating on the Thames and, of course, going to the pub with family and friends!

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