Over the years, many people have been kind to leave recommendations on my work. Here are just a sample (you can see more on my LinkedIn page). And please note, the job titles here are those which apply to when the testimonial was given. A great many of these people have gone on to even bigger things….
Lloyd knows more about the internet than anyone else I have met. He has the vision to make brilliant products and the tenacity to ensure their effective delivery even in the most trying of circumstances. He is also a great team leader, full of humour and insightful persuation. It’s been a real pleasure working with Lloyd and will not hesitate to hire Lloyd as a consultant on future projects. His taste in music is pretty good too.
Simon Gunning , Director of Entertainment , Yahoo! Europe
Lloyd is ‘of the web’. He is energising to work with because he is passionate about what he does. He cares about the user because he is a user as well as an outstanding producer; he understands the technology and has the vision to see where it can enhance what might otherwise be an old school experience. He also has the drive to get things done and the imagination to find solutions to process issues.
Liz Sarginson , Head of Technical Operations & Support , Guardian News and Media
Lloyd’s departure from Yahoo! is a great loss to our business but a fantastic opportunity for others to tap his wealth of experience in journalism, online production, management, and strategic vision. He was instrumental in some key business changes but always had an eye on the reality of what needed to be done to achieve the goals. His experience of working ‘at the coal face’ allowed him to gain trust in his teams whilst having the experience to introduce solutions which worked at a strategic level and at an operational level. He was a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend him as an employee, employer or consultant.
Andy Williams , Editor-in-Chief , Yahoo! Europe
Lloyd is a visionary and very professional leader. It was a pleasure to work with him across a number of projects while at Yahoo!. He is one of the very few people I have met who are able to really make a difference. Especially his ability to lead international teams, listen to local product needs and communicate a clear product vision for the future were outstanding.
Stefan Weber , Senior Product Manager Information & Finance , Yahoo!
Lloyd is excellent at providing a vision for the future while balancing the practicality of what can be achieved in the near term. He provides strong leadership and well supported opinions, but is open to debates. His product instincts are among the best I have come across. I value his insights and judgements and hope our professional and personal paths meet again soon.
Kevin Broom , Head of Product Development – Media , Yahoo! Europe
I had the pleasure to work with Lloyd while he managed the specification, re-design and development of Yahoo! News for all European markets. He had just started in the role of Director of News and Information Products at Yahoo! Europe when the Yahoo! News re-design project was initiated. I was amazed by the speed with which Lloyd picked up, organized and managed the project as well as the relationships with the country production teams and the engineering teams. He has shown his capacity to manage different teams across different locations and gain their trust. He also shown his ability to make timely decisions and get ‘things moving’; the organization and prioritization of the various country needs and their launch dates has been a good example of this. Besides, Lloyd is really easy to work with; he is a fun, open and approachable guy. I recommend him and wish him all the best.
Arno Plug , Head Of Regional Roll Out at Yahoo! , Yahoo! Europe
Lloyd managed end to end the design and development of Yahoo-Eurosport, one of Yahoo’s top 5 projects in the EU and the single largest product development effort ever done by Yahoo EU. He had to put together a development team and lead it to deliver his product vision. This was further complicated by the fact that this was done in partnership with another company, Eurosport and the need to combine both sets of objectives and both legacy assets and platforms. This project is a huge success already, having launched in time and delivers already in line with expectations. Moreover, Lloyd is a pleasure to work with and i am honored to give him this endorsement. I wish him well and hope our paths will cross again.
Paul Cornet , Senior Director of Corporate Development , Yahoo Europe
Lloyd is a Renaissance man when it comes to the web – he excels at strategy, commercial development, usability, editorial, new technology, etc. etc. He’s a deep thinker, but also a great bloke to work with. I wish him well in his new consultancy role.
Nigel Bicknell , Head of Commercial Development, GRS , Guardian News and Media
Lloyd is one of the rare people who instinctivley understands both the commercial, technical and content areas of online business. I worked closely with him and always found that he had a considered approach to problems – and he got the best from the people with whom he worked.
Charles Ping , Head of CRM , Guardian News and Media
Lloyd is great to work with – personable, creative, very smart – and impressed me and many of his other colleagues here with his intuitive understanding of web technology, applications, commercial opportunities and journalism.
Stuart Taylor , advertisement director , Guardian News and Media
Lloyd is just very very smart. Clear thinking and plain speaking, Lloyd has a great nose for making money, and an even better one for knowing what people want from their media. He’s also great fun to work with.
Steve Wing , Head of Commercial Development , Guardian Unlimited
Lloyd has a deep understanding of digital media. He’s got a rare mix of knowledge and experience across technical, commercial and editorial functions, and this expertise and his personable approach means he wins the trust of colleagues and gets things done. I hope very much to work with Lloyd again in the future.
Neil McIntosh , Assistant editor , Guardian Unlimited, London
Adam Freeman , Head of Commercial Development , Guardian Unlimited
In an industry where too many people are dazzled by the Next Big Thing, Lloyd is a voice of sanity: he manages to always be ahead of the curve while at the same time remaining practical, engaging and insightful. He knows – and understands – more about the media industry, journalism and the web than almost anyone, and is smart enough to use that knowledge wisely. Anyone who works with him will get about as valuable an adviser as I can imagine.
Bobbie Johnson , Technology correspondent, San Francisco , The Guardian
Lloyd is quite simply one of the smartest, most thoughtful people in the industry. He is a great visionary, really understanding online users wants & needs, and developing products that deliver. In addition, he’s a great people manager and enthusiastic motivator. And my biggest endorsement: he gets s**t done. Can’t recommend him highly enough. Note: I’ve worked with Lloyd twice at Yahoo! – originally when he ran the production team for Yahoo! UK & Ireland, and after he returned from The Guardian to run News & Information for Europe. In fact, I recommended Lloyd for his second role!
Shannon Ferguson , Managing Director, Music , Yahoo! Europe
Lloyd’s key strengths were his ability to hire, lead and inspire a great team. He was always willing to put his trust in the hands of his reports and let them own their projects, allowing him the time to ensure his dept had the right visibility in the business, which was ultimately his most effective way at safeguarding the interests of Y!’s audience.â€Â
Alick Mighall , Shopping Producer , Yahoo! UK & Ireland
Lloyd is one of the most effective managers at yahoo: he’s a savvy Internet veteran who knows the business and the industry but has kept his zeal and enthusiasm. An articulate and extremely capable leader and motivator of teams and a great representative of the company. Plus, Lloyd handles American execs with aplomb, disarming them with not only the accent of course but mainly his trenchant wit. Won’t take long to figure this out for yourself.
Lance G Johnson , General Manager, Mobile Media , Yahoo!
Lloyd has an excellent grasp of digital media. This kid knows how to turn concepts into projects and projects into products. He effectively manages across functions, including engineering, design, production, marketing and sales. I’d work with him again immediately.
Ed Freyfogle , Co-Founder , Lokku Ltd.
By far one of the most knowledgable product guy in the internet space in the UK. Additionally, Lloyd is a great leader who knows how to inspire employees. Anyone who’ll get to work with Lloyd in the future is extremely lucky.
Alex Deve , European Senior Manager, Entertainment and Media , Yahoo!, London, UK
Lloyd was a groundbreaking thought leader on the intersection of established and new media in the 1990s. Much of the intellectual foundation for the company in that era was due to his enthusiasm and intellect.
Tim Baskerville , President & Publisher , Baskerville Communications Corp.
