Nick Fairbairn - Brand Innovators

Nick Fairbairn

VP/GM D2C Insurance & Auto, Experian

Nick is a brand meets performance marketer turned General Manager with a passion to disrupt on behalf of the consumer. Nick is currently the GM of D2C Insurance and Auto at Experian Consumer Services post their acquisition of Gabi, the home and auto insure tech platform where Nick was CMO. During his time pre-acquisition Nick built-out a team and culture to scale the business over 500% in less than 2 years’ time. Nick and his team lead the commercial deal that turned into an acquisition that exceeded 23x revenue. Before Gabi, Nick was an EIR at Canvas, helping various companies and founders with brand, growth, and marketing. Prior to that, he was CMO /SVP of Marketing at Le Tote, an online fashion subscription start up. There he grew Le Tote to a $65M business, increasing revenue by 160% in less than 2 years at 15% year over year efficiency. Before joining Le Tote, Nick served as Vice President of Marketing at Dollar Shave Club as well as Director of Acquisition Marketing at Dollar Shave Club prior to that. He championed a customer-first approach and helped the team go from tens of thousands of subscribers to over 5.5M and delivered over 300% increase in revenues, playing a pivotal role in the company’s $1B acquisition. Nick came up early in his career at ad agencies starting as a media buyer at holding company agencies, to owning his own boutique creative and media agency and more.