Who we are and what we do
Calm Media Investments partners with media owners, agencies & clients to unlock new value in the media ecosystem. We purchase advertising inventory upfront, providing media owners with immediate liquidity—without taking on debt or equity—while helping advertisers access premium media at better rates.
By leveraging our deep industry network, Calm drives incremental revenue for media partners and delivers smarter, more efficient media buying solutions.
Meet the team behind Calm Media Investments
Meet Luke
Experience
Luke brings over 25 years of experience of media trading roles across media owners (ITV, Channel 5, A&E Networks), Agencies (Dentsu, Publicis) and media principal trading (MCap). Roles have included running a media department of 60 people, managing EMEA partner relationships and maximising commercial income.
Meet Sonja
Experience
Sonja brings over a decade of experience in financial services, with a focus on institutional client management, capital markets and cross-border sales. Prior to joining Calm, Sonja held senior roles at BNP Paribas and StoneX Financial, where she worked closely with asset managers, hedge funds and institutional clients across Europe. Fluent in English, German and Hindi, Sonja excels at building trusted long-term relationships and delivering tailored solutions to clients.
Meet Galvin
Experience
He has held various roles both buy and sell-side since entering the world of media in 1999, after a brief spell in the music industry. These have included leading the Agency commercial programme for Pinterest globally, leading Digital investment for GroupM in the UK and heading up an award-winning sales team at Specific Media. He is a speaker for Founders4Schools, proud supporter of Bloom and recipient of the NABS President’s Award in 2019 for services to the industry.
Meet Dave
Experience
Starting out in print over 20 years ago working for CN Newsgroup and then Guardian Media Group, Dave moved into Digital with Specific Media in 2009 and has held a variety of roles across Digital since. Dave's focus in his role at Calm is Digital Media, drawing from a wealth experience including roles in Programmatic as Sales Director at Rocketfuel, in Social Media as Commercial Director at JOE Media and then most recently in Ecommerce as Sales Director at Fanplayr.
Meet Nick
Experience
Nick has over 30 years of media industry experience on both agency and media owner sides of the fence. Starting with ITV (Grampian) in London in the late 80s, moving to the agency side at Faulds Advertising in Edinburgh through the 90s and based in Manchester since 2000, working in various roles for Carlton (ITV) and Sky Media. Nick has been working with Calm since July 2024, using his AV knowledge and agency relationships to help grow the business around the UK. Outside work Nick is a keen golfer who enjoys European travel and attempting to learn Spanish...!