Dan Cobley exits Google 3 months after taking on new brand solutions role
Dan Cobley, who was promoted to VP brand solutions in May this year, is to leave Google at the end of August to start his own venture.
Cobley has spent the past eight and a half years at Google in a variety of roles. He joined as UK marketing director in 2006 before being named VP of marketing for Europe and later managing director in the UK.
In May, he was promoted to lead Google’s brand efforts and help marketers through the process of shifting more of their ad spend to digital.
“The decision to leave Google is a really tough one, and I will miss the place hugely,” he said. “But I have always wanted to run my own thing, and having secured the support of such amazing backers there will never be a better time to make the leap.”
Cobley is set to establish his own FinTech (financial technology) incubator which aims to start and build a small number of companies by offering financial services.
This new venture will be backed by Blenheim Chalcot and QED Investors – both companies Cobley has worked with in previous roles - and be based in London.
Google declined to comment on whether a replacement for Cobley had been found.