Bant Breen is the Founder and CEO of Qnary. Qnary delivers online reputation management solutions for professionals, brands and enterprises. Qnary’s proprietary technology platform contains an arsenal of tools for professionals, brands and enterprises to monitor, control and optimize their digital information including images and videos, social media, and search results.
Bant was inducted into the Advertising Hall of Achievement in 2010 and has a global marketing and communications background steeped in digital and innovation.
Prior to launching Qnary, Bant served as CEO at Reprise Media. Bant had previously been President of Worldwide Digital Communications at Initiative where he launched the worldwide social media strategy and activation unit Prophesee. Before joining Initiative, Bant served as the Executive Director of the IPG Emerging Media Lab, created Ansible (IPG’s Mobile Marketing Agency) and led Universal McCann’s global digital communications offering. Bant also led the acquisition of Reprise Media in 2006. Before joining Interpublic, Bant was the Founder and President of a strategic marketing and communications consultancy affiliated with Dentsu Inc. Prior to that, he worked at Leo Burnett Worldwide. Bant started his career as a WPP Fellow.
Bant also serves as a board member, advisor, and strategic investor in several early stage start-ups.
Bant has worked and lived in Asia Pacific, Europe and the U.S. but now lives in New York City with his wife, Carmen, and two sons, Alejandro and Nico.