# Warren Billington

> Warren Billington is a Sydney-based technology executive, co-founder and growth advisor. His career includes co-founding 5th Finger, leading Acxiom in Australia and New Zealand, regional leadership at BrightTag and Signal, and CEO roles at Sypht and Redbelly Network. He is now an operating partner at Accelerate Growth, with a practice covering RegTech, AI, data and cyber, and is listed as a HUKM Launch Pad mentor.

- **Role:** Operating Partner at Accelerate Growth
- **Organizations:** Accelerate Growth, HUKM Launch Pad, Redbelly Network (former CEO), Sypht (former CEO), Signal (former regional managing director), BrightTag (former regional managing director), Acxiom (former Australia/New Zealand leader), 5th Finger (co-founder), Data Governance Australia (founding board member), Kellogg’s UK (former brand marketer), Claritas (former employer), Experian (former employer), Red Sheriff (former employer)
- **Nationality:** Australian
- **Education:** European Business Studies, Business Studies & French (as listed by Crunchbase), Nottingham Trent University / Nottingham Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded 5th Finger and helped launch its US business; Merkle acquired the US business in July 2012., Held regional commercial leadership roles at Acxiom and BrightTag/Signal., Served among the twelve founding board members of Data Governance Australia in 2016.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Began his career in brand marketing at Kellogg’s UK; subsequently worked at Claritas, Experian and Red Sheriff.
- **2005** — Identified in contemporary coverage as a director of 5th Finger, the mobile marketing business he co-founded.
- **2008** — Writing as VP of Sales, Mobile Marketing, at 5th Finger, described his recent move to the United States and the challenges of mainstream mobile adoption.
- **2012** — Merkle acquired the San Francisco-based 5th Finger business in July; Billington is not identified as CEO in that acquisition announcement.
- **Before 2014** — Led Acxiom’s data, analytics and SaaS business in Australia and New Zealand.
- **2014** — Joined BrightTag in May as managing director for Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asia.
- **2016** — Managing director at Signal; became a founding board member of Data Governance Australia in October.
- **2018-2022** — Led Sypht as CEO; the venture was established in 2018 through BPAY Group and BCG Digital Ventures.
- **2020** — Discussed Sypht’s enterprise deployment and commercial team development; Sypht partnered with 8common on expense receipt processing.
- **2023** — Joined Redbelly Network as CEO in January; represented its Compliant Asset Tokenisation proposition later that year.
- **2025** — HUKM Launch Pad published a March profile of his advisory work and lists him as a mentor.
- **2026** — Accelerate Growth lists him as an operating partner specialising in RegTech, AI, data and cyber.

## Achievements

- Co-founded 5th Finger and helped launch its US business; Merkle acquired the US business in July 2012.
- Held regional commercial leadership roles at Acxiom and BrightTag/Signal.
- Served among the twelve founding board members of Data Governance Australia in 2016.
- Led Sypht during its early commercial development and enterprise deployment.
- Served as Redbelly Network CEO during its 2023 Compliant Asset Tokenisation launch period.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published LinkedIn guidance on preparing market research before international travel, including an opportunity paper, ranked shortlist, customer profile and sequenced target accounts.
- **2025-03** — HUKM Launch Pad published a profile of his growth advisory work on 20 March 2025.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warrenbillington/

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