▪️ Writer, Speaker, Podcast Host & Storyteller ▪️ Startup Advisor for the gig and sharing economy ▪️ Sharing Economy UK Board ▪️ Marketplace Risk Advisory Board Chair ✏️ Elle (Eleanor) is a former newspaper and magazine features writer, advertising creative and media expert turned peer-to-peer marketplace obsessive. 📻 She worked in award-winning agencies before becoming a freelance features writer for world-renowned media groups such as the Guardian and the BBC – as well as a wealth of glossy magazines and websites – commentating on health, society, tech and lifestyle. 📢 She co-founded the first communications agency to focus on the sharing economy, then a trailblazing marketing agency specialising in two-sided marketplaces. 💚 Passionate about the potential of online platforms to democratise, empower communities and help us live more sustainably, Elle now speaks, writes and advises on gig and sharing economy models – working internationally in this space helping start-ups and scale-ups to launch, grow and thrive.