Simon Mainwaring, author of WE FIRST

Simon Mainwaring is a branding consultant, ann author, a blogger and a speaker.

He is the founder and CEO of We First, a social branding consultancy that helps brands and creative companies use social media to reinvent their industries and our world.

Prior to that, Simon was a former Nike creative at Wieden & Kennedy, Portland, and worldwide creative director for Motorola at Ogilvy.

He is a member of an Advisory Board at the Annenberg School. He’s in AdAge’s Power150 and is an Expert Blogger for Fast Company

Simon’s latest book titled We First was chosen by Amazon as one of the Top Ten Business Books for 2011.

He studied Law and Fine Arts (1st Class Honors) at Sydney University and lives in Los Angeles.