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Adam Sharp

Pioneer · DISC type SDI
CEO & Cofounder at Clevertouch Consulting
📍 East Hampshire, England, United Kingdom

Adam Sharp is the CEO and Co-founder of Clevertouch Consulting, Europes first marketing technology consultancy. With a background at S&P 500 firms like IBM and an MBA from the University of Southampton, he is a Fellow of the IDM and teaches Martech at London Business School. Colleagues describe him as knowledgeable, creative, and pragmatic.

Originally from Australia, Adam now resides in Hampshire with his wife. He attended Cardiff University to study Applied Psychology and play rugby. He has a keen interest in business history and enjoys reading about 19th-century entrepreneurs and social reformers. He has three grown-up children.

To ensure his company remained market-led, he intentionally did not hire a single salesperson for the first four years of business.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
CEO & Cofounder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
East Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Adam shows up

Decisive But Friendly
Friendly But Fast
Dynamic But Sincere

They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders)

Priorities

Topics Adam cares about

The Martech Spine
He created and champions this concept, which advocates for simplifying the martech stack by focusing on core, integrated technologies before adding more complex tools.
Values-Driven Business
He aims to build a company with a strong stakeholder culture, emphasizing reputation over revenue and admiring the business ethics of 19th-century Quaker entrepreneurs.
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Career

Work history

10-2008
CEO & Cofounder
Clevertouch Consulting
Sr. Director Marketing, EMEA
Pillar Data Systems
Group Marketing Director
Iron Mountain
Acting EMEA Marketing Director
Brocade
Marketing Director EMEA
Quantum Peripherals
In the press

Media appearances

Insights from Adam Sharp: Martech Interview. Featured in Clevertouch Consulting
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Education
1984 - 1987
BSc Hons
Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
1992 - 1994
MBA
University of Southampton
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

S

Steadiness (S)

Steadiness (S) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to focus on cooperation, support and taking everyone along. Those scoring high tend to be consistent and calm.

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