Philippe Paget, has thirty years of experience in the marketing, communication, media, internet and technology industries. Pioneer of the online advertising industry, he founded Real Media one of the leading online rep companies in 97. He left after the merger with 24/7 Media in 2002, and then co-founded Mistral Partners, a consulting agency based in Geneva where he intervened as an operational consultant for startup projects. Back in Paris since 2006, he resumed his seat as chairman of Présence d'Esprits, and invested in a new venture, Weetiz.com, specialized in web conferencing and online events. Weetiz.com was merged with AdForum in 2009 and Philippe was named CEO worldwide. He revamped completely AdForum, shifting its business model from an Agency directory and a Creative archive into a new platform offering extended services to the advertising community. In 2011, Maydream purchased the Epica Awards, on of the top 5 international creative awards with a unique Jury of more than 400 trade journalists. In 2018, he launched the AdForum Talent, a community of more than 100 000 creative around the world and in 2019, during the pandemic he created the AdForum PHNX awards in order to support creativity. PHNX is now in its 3d years and gathers the largest and most diverse jury in the whole industry, celebrating creativity and innovation around the world.
Philippe holds a business degree from the European Business School (Paris, Barcelona, and Frankfurt). He shares his time between New York and Paris.