As co-founder and MD, Andrew has lead the KOMI family since the business’ inception.

A serial entrepreneur, Andrew was flogging stick insects at 10, building websites at 12 and by 21 had founded multiple successful ventures. He has over a decade of experience building world leading social brands – leading KOMI to become the social powerhouse it is today.

When not at KOMI you’ll likely find Andrew on the rugby pitch or pretending he’s a wine connoisseur.

Sam joined the KOMI board in 2018, initially joining as a non-executive director he now leads all things growth and strategy.

He works closely with the shareholders and leadership team to build and implement the right plans to help us grow even more!

Before KOMI Sam helped grow an exciting housing developer; raising c.£250m. He loves rocket emojis, 90s Hip Hop and the Antiques Roadshow. Sam also sits on the board of children’s learning disabilities charity Leeds Mencap.

As one of the original KOMI co-founders, Ryan heads up the Media division of the business.

Ryan originally broke into the social media space via Twitter where he met Andrew, from here It’s Gone Viral was born which has evolved into the KOMI you see today.

When he’s not at work, he can be found talking about his garden office on the BBC.

Jay joined KOMI to build the Agency arm of the business from scratch to the ever-growing team it sits as today.

Currently overseeing the Account and Creative Team – Jay looks after everything client-facing. His passion for social media means he has a real eye for knowing what works on social, and of course what doesn’t.

When not at KOMI, you will still find Jay working and coming up with social ideas. Not that he mentions it, but he has personally also gone viral for a dog kick and shaking kids (of course no one was hurt, it was just for content).

A real Turkish delight! Koray has a vast amount of experience and knowledge in content licensing and rights management.

Koray heads up our licensing division, ARK Media, and oversees all rights management activity across all of our brands.

If you ask him about licensing, he can truly talk your ear off! As a true Anatolian, he loves to roam the wilderness in his down time. So every time you see him, he has either just got back from a trip or is planning his next venture.

Head of Editorial

In a former life, Terry was a sports journalist before pivoting to content distribution and the commercial side of media.

Terry leads all of our sales and marketing activity, guiding our cross-functional commercial team through a period of rapid growth.

When he’s not working, you’ll find him on a train to work. He spends his spare time trying to play golf and watching terrible TV shows.

Vishnu joined KOMI in July 2020 with a background in all things creative.

Vishnu heads up the KOMI Creative team housing Production, Strategy, Social and Design, delivering everything our clients could ever need. Throughout his career he has worked and delivered creative for brands such as Tesco, Qatar Airways, B&Q and more.

When he’s not at work he can be found buying ridiculously expensive trainers and pretending to be an influencer on Instagram.

Joshua knows the social media landscape like the back of his hand. With over 7 years experience (and one of KOMI’s original employees), he knows what makes good content and has grown with us from the beginning.

As the Content Manager of It’s Gone Viral he is responsible for our flagship brand, creating original and engaging content for a worldwide audience.

Josh is a devoted dad to little Alfie and good boy Chief. He also enjoys football and spends more time than he should making memes.

From a young age Paige loved creating stories, editing YouTube videos and documenting her life. This developed into a passion for video editing and jounalism which over the course of her career lead Paige into the role she is in now.

Paige is the Senior Manager for the Emerging Brands team, which is all about creating and building new brands that help cover stories and topics from a variety of subjects.

In her downtime you can find Paige baking up a storm in the kitchen or endlessly looking a cute dog pictures!

Beth has a huge passion for people, and takes great joy in making others happy.

As Senior People and Operations manager she helps harness the great culture of KOMI and makes sure the team are happy, looked after and have all the tools they need to conquer the world!

When not in the office (which isn’t often) you can find Beth at her F45 gym (she’ll never mention it) Beth also loves writing poetry and exploring the great outdoors.

James has been working in social and agency video production for over 5 years – bringing his experience to the production team within KOMI’s Agency.

James leads the our in-house production team to create video content incredible brands as well as the viral original content we create for our social channels including It’s Gone Viral, Arron Crascall and so many more.

When he’s not at work, James spends most of his time training for charity fundraising events such as Triathlons and Iron Man challenges.

All the way from Berlin, Pia leads the Strategy Team here at KOMI. Throughout her career, she has worked with a wide range of DACH & UKI clients reaching from sex toys to health insurance and from football teams to video streaming services – (almost) nothing is off-limits.

Pia specialises in diving deep into target audience’s wants and needs to develop data-led social strategies for our existing and future clients – catch her at the next pitch!

Most importantly: she is efficient and has a no-bullshit mentality.

Aban manages the Social team within Creative and brings a wealth of experience in social media and content research.

He is responsible for running the socials of our partner pages – publishing on global pages such as VTRND and Cooking Wild. From the content strategy to monthly schedules and from social-first edits to creative captions, our social experts grow client pages.

When he’s not at work Aban spends most of his time running, playing football around Manchester and spending quality time with close friends.