Natasha was President/CEO of Ascential Intelligence for six years, a portfolio of digital intelligence brands including WGSN, the world’s leading trend forecaster, Groundsure, the UK’s top environmental data supplier for conveyancers, and the festival Money20/20 at Ascential plc, the global information company. Prior to that, she was CEO of Emap from 2010 to 2015. 

She started her career in sales and led the commercial teams on consumer brands such as Elle, Red and the EMAP parenting portfolio. Natasha has a long history of growing B2B businesses and selling them to strategic or private equity buyers. Natasha is Chairwoman of Sifted, a Financial Times and PE-backed media business for start-ups, on the Board of Proven Growth and Income Plc, and a Trustee of Just Like Us. 

Natasha is currently an advisor to a number of businesses including TED Conferences LLC, Moonshot and Walking On Earth.