Karl Grundy joins Socitm as Head of Commercial Development from similar role at MySociety

He joins Socitm from mySociety - the organisation behind websites like TheyWorkForYou.com and FixMyStreet.com - where he was Commercial Director.

Karl's appointment completes the line-up of a new senior team for Socitm, following the appointments of Martin Ferguson as Head of Policy and Ellen Jessett as Head of Membership, during the last few months.

The Head of Commercial role has been created by Socitm to consolidate and expand the revenue-generating activities that enable the professional association to support professional development for its members, policy development and campaigns, and best practice research and dissemination around public sector ICT.

Karl will be responsible for developing commercial relationships with organisations supplying ICT products and services to the public and third sectors, and for developing income from events, publications and other commercial activities. He will be the main point of contact for commercial organisations that want to discuss opportunities for working with Socitm.

Before joining Socitm, Karl spent two years as Commercial Director at mySociety, where, in what was also a new role within a non-profit organisation, he was responsible for putting commercial structures and contracts in place and for developing new products and services for customers in commercial, public & third sectors. Prior to joining mySociety, Karl held a series of sales, commercial and account management roles at leading organisations in business to business publishing, including Incisive Media, Kable, Mintel, INPUT inc. and Haymarket Publishing.  

'Karl's career to date has given him an ideal set of skills and experience to fulfil this important new role for Socitm' says Managing Director Adrian Hancock. 'A strong track record in sales, commercial and product development gained in a range of highly respected organisations, together with a thorough understanding of the public and third sectors is ideal for this role. We are delighted he is joining us at this time of great opportunity for Socitm'.

Karl says: 'Socitm has great potential to utilise its unique market position to increase revenue across various disciplines in order to provide further services & products to its members, customers and partners. I am very excited to be leading on this new development' 

Karl took up his appointment with Socitm on January 7th.

Further information:

Vicky Sargent, Socitm Press Office

Mobile: 07726 601 139, vicky.sargent@socitm.net

Karl Grundy, Commercial Director, Socitm

Tel: 07528 521 068, karl.grundy@socitm.net