STEVE KNOWLES
CEO & FOUNDER
Steve founded Downstream Marketing in 2005 after five successful years at eBay in Australia. Steve was part of the foundation management team at eBay and held the positions of Category Development Director and Internet Marketing Director.
Prior to eBay Steve was responsible for leading Michael Page sales and marketing recruitment divisions in both Sydney and London. Steve has Bachelor of Economics from the University of Nottingham. Steve is married, lives in Sydney with his wife Kaye and two children.
JUSTIN HIND
COO
Justin joined Downstream Marketing in October 2007 from BMF, Australia’s leading integrated creative agency. At BMF Justin held the position of Head of Direct & Digital, tasked with establishing the agency's digital capability from the ground up and aggressively growing the agency's reputation and skill sets in DM.
During his time at BMF the agency won Australian Direct Agency of the Year two years running and he successfully grew the digital department profitably from one to 32 people in under 12 months.
Prior to BMF, Justin has also held management positions with Leo Burnett as Head of Direct & Channel Planning and Wunderman / Y&R Brands as Director of CRM. Justin holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Queensland (UQ) and has completed post graduate studies in Commerce (UQ) and eCommerce (Griffith University).
Justin is also a keen runner, recently completing the Paris Marathon in April 2010.