About Sam Marshall

ClearBox is run by Sam Marshall, who has specialized in Intranets and Knowledge Management for over 14 years, working with companies such as Unilever, BT, BBC, Rolls-Royce, Standard Life, BUPA, HSBC, and Oxford University Press.

He was responsible for Unilever’s Global Portal Implementation, overseeing the roll-out of over 700 online communities to 85,000 people and consolidating several thousand intranets into a single system. Sam is also Benchmarking Lead for the Intranet Benchmarking Forum, a global company consortium that compares performance in intranet strategy, content, value and design.

In the Knowledge Management (KM) field, Sam led a Unilever initiative to create a comprehensive KM methodology, focussed on KM strategy and Communities of Practice. Unilever was shortlisted for the “Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise” every year from 2001-2006.

Sam is a regular speaker at international conferences. He has an MSc in Artificial Intelligence and an MA in Psychology.