Mike Bandar is an award winning UK based entrepreneur. A Founding Partner of Turn Partners, the startup studio focused on the acquisition, turnaround or creation of digital businesses.

Through Turn Partners, Mike co-founded Hopper HQ the Instagram planning and scheduling tool, working with thousands of influencers, brands and agencies around the world.

Having run businesses since the age of 16, Mike's background is mainly within marketing, sales and entrepreneurship.

His experiences range from the position of Head of New Business at a global advertising agency to independent management consultancy for clients such as PETRONAS oil, PWC & Pepsi co.

Mike is a regular speaker & event compere as well as providing enterprise & innovation consulting services around the world. Mike has received various awards and accolades including recently being awarded a British Empire Medal from the Queen of the United Kingdom for his coaching and training work within entrepreneurship and digital marketing.