John Lake is an accomplished business leader and marketing professional with extensive experience in various roles across prominent organizations. Currently serving as Managing Director at Republic Europe since January 2024, previously held the position of Chief Commercial Officer from January 2020 to January 2024. John Lake's career also includes significant contributions as Non Executive Director at eola, Mentor at Techstars, and Director of Business Development Europe at Eventbrite, where achievements included being voted a Top UKI SaaS sales leader in 2019. Previous roles include Business Development Director for EMEA at AdTruth, Industry Manager at Google within the Wildfire division, and Strategic Account Manager at Frost & Sullivan. Educational credentials feature a degree in Business Computing from the University of Surrey and a digital marketing qualification from Squared Online.