Stuart Simms

Stuart Simms joined Webpals in 2019. Stuart is an experienced CEO and board-level executive with a reputation for strong, decisive leadership and a proven record of transformation, international expansion, value creation, and building high-growth divisions and ventures worldwide.

In his previous role as Rakuten Marketing’s CEO, Stuart successfully executed a global turnaround, defined a new growth strategy and organization design, accelerated the integration of four acquisitions, and implemented a new operating structure and governance.

Prior to Rakuten Marketing, he was Fits.Me’s CEO, managing the post-acquisition integration of Fits.Me’s assets into Rakuten. Before that, he spent several months as the company’s COO and Advisor to Board.

Stuart also has experience working in big corporations, such as Venda, IBM, Microsoft, and Rackspace, where he held senior executive positions, taking charge of building new businesses.

He holds a BSc. in Engineering Science from the University of Liverpool.