Mark Charkin

VP, Sales, Bebo

As Head of Advertising for Bebo, International, Mark Charkin is responsible for building the advertising sales business for Bebo and creating a unique platform for agencies and client site marketers to effectively engage with Bebo’s audiences.

The former Head of EMEA Regional Sales for MSN, Charkin was responsible for growing and developing MSN’s pan-regional sales business. His role focused on enhancing MSN’s leadership in the EMEA market and looking at ways to build levels of creativity, customer service and relationships within the European regional advertising community.

During Charkin’s five years at MSN he oversaw the rapid expansion of the EMEA sales team growing it from just two people to a twenty-four person strong team in just three years. The success of this regional EMEA model, lead MSN to establish a pan-regional sales team in Asia, Latin America and the US.

Charkin’s experience spans nine years in the online sales industry. Prior to joining MSN, he held the role of UK Sales Manager at Lycos where has was responsible for all UK online sales. Before his move to Lycos he was a Global Sales Executive at Business News America and gained a broad range of international experience through living and working in Hong Kong, New York and Chile.