Tim Harvey is an award-winning AdTech entrepreneur and creative technologist with over 20 years' experience transforming the Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising industry.

As Co-Founder and CEO of Purl, Tim is pioneering a more open, transparent and efficient approach to media trading, enabling advertisers and agencies to plan, buy and measure traditional and digital OOH media directly with media owners.

Previously, Tim held senior technology and transformation roles at JCDecaux, where he led the development of SmartBRICS, helping revolutionise OOH planning, trading and accountability, and contributing to the foundations of VIOOH.

A passionate advocate for open industry standards, Tim is now exploring how OpenDirect, programmatic automation and Agentic AI can reshape the future of advertising, reducing complexity and creating greater value for advertisers, agencies and media owners.