Toby Coppel
Managing Director, Yahoo! Europe and Canada

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Toby Coppel joined Yahoo! in May 2001 and currently serves as the Managing Director of Yahoo! Europe and Canada with responsibility for Yahoo!’s operations in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Scandinavia and Canada. From May 2001 until June 2007, Coppel served as the company’s Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Corporate Development, responsible for global strategy development and execution including mergers, acquisitions, investments, strategic partnerships and joint ventures.

Prior to joining Yahoo!, Coppel was managing director of Windsor Digital, an investment company founded by Yahoo!’s former chairman Terry Semel. Before joining Windsor, Coppel was vice president at Allen & Company, an investment bank, focusing on media, entertainment and the Internet. He began his career with Goldman Sachs International in London as a financial analyst focusing on communications, media and technology.

Coppel is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. Coppel graduated from Oxford University with a Master of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics with first class honours, and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with distinction from Harvard Business School. He and his wife, son and daughter live in London.