James is a Podcast Strategist and specialises in helping brands and individuals to get a podcast off the ground. His hobbies include football, fancy beer and collecting gadgets and microphones.

Mark Asquith is a serial entrepreneur who has built several globally successful businesses since he quit his real job in 2005.

Billed as the U.K. podcast expert, Mark is CEO & co-founder of podcast hosting, analytics and monetisation platform Captivate.fm, podcast interaction tech startup Poductivity, the world's #1 managed WordPress solution for podcasters Podcast Websites and is well known as an insightful, thought-provoking and actionable podcast industry keynote speaker.

He's a wildly approachable Brit, Star Wars/DC Comics geek and believes that good business starts with being good to people.