Ian Bannerman
Founder at Flagbear Media
Tennessee, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolIan Bannerman is a founder and board-level advisor with 12 years of senior leadership experience guiding digital transformation, M&A and strategy in academic publishing and information services. He built and led a global journals business within a FTSE‑100 media group from £85M to over £300M, combining P&L stewardship with product and M&A-led growth. Today he runs Flagbear Media, helping clients with valuation-to-integration deals, portfolio strategy and change management while serving as a non‑executive director across biomedical and research-focused digital businesses. Ian’s background spans hands‑on operational roles from production and sales through to board chairmanships, giving him rare end‑to‑end expertise in publishing ecosystems and research infrastructure. He is particularly skilled at translating scholarly metadata, AI-driven analytics and platform investments into commercial value—having led strategic acquisitions such as Wizdom.ai. Based in the UK with a scientific training in zoology, he blends sector-specific technical appreciation with pragmatic commercial judgement.
12 years of coding experience
33 years of employment as a software developer
BSc(Hons) Zoology & Comparative Physiology, BSc(Hons) Zoology & Comparative Physiology at University of BirminghamTrinity School Croydon
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Github Skills (69)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Magenic/Inssidious
Feb 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:2 releases, 130 commits, 4 PRs in 8 months
coming-soon
dfct/rw.internals.io
Jun 2017 - May 2019
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 11 months
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