Jody Ford

Chief Executive Officer, Trainline

Search every verified Jody Ford interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Jody Ford, Chief Executive Officer at Trainline, previously served as CEO of Photobox Group and as Vice President of Marketing at eBay. In a 2017 presentation at the NOAH Conference in Berlin, Ford described Photobox Group as "Europe's leading on personalization consumer personalization business" with brands including Photobox, Moonpig, and Poster XXL. He stated that the greeting card market in the UK represented a "1.7 billion pound greeting card opportunity" and that Moonpig was "fundamentally about disrupting an industry the greeting card industry that has been around for decades." Ford said the company's goal was "making Moonpig the very best place to make someone's day." Speaking at Net Prophet in 2014 while at eBay, Ford discussed the "online offline crossover" in retail, arguing that "doesn't really exist anymore online shopping offline shopping." He predicted that "we're going to see more change in retail in the next three years than we've seen in the last 10 years" and described the mobile phone as "my remote control for life; I control just about everything I do." Ford noted that customers valued control over how they receive purchases, but that presenting options without overwhelming them remained a challenge for retailers.