
Nick Wilsdon
Founder & CEO at Torque Partnership
Limerick, Ireland · British
⭐ Top SEO Expert 2025Nick Wilsdon is a British enterprise SEO consultant and the founder and CEO of Torque Partnership, an enterprise SEO and edge-compute consultancy based in Limerick, Ireland. Torque works with global brands including eBay, Four Seasons, Reckitt, Penguin, and Estee Lauder, combining forensic technical SEO with Compute@Edge and CDN-based architectural interventions. Before founding Torque, Wilsdon spent seven years as SEO Lead at Vodafone, running the group’s global search programme across Vodafone’s partner markets, and before that held senior search roles at Arena Media, Havas, and Dentsu Aegis.
After leaving Vodafone, Wilsdon retrained as an Edge Solutions Architect at eBay, where he continues to consult, making him one of the few senior SEO figures who is also a credentialed edge-compute architect. This hybrid background underpins Torque’s positioning at the intersection of SEO and CDN engineering. Wilsdon is a judge for the Global, UK, and EU Search Awards and a frequent enterprise-SEO conference speaker, with guest appearances on podcasts including Voices of Search and the B2B Lead Gen Podcast. He has been included on the 2025 Top SEO Experts list.
Key facts about Nick Wilsdon
- Founder and CEO of Torque Partnership, which counts eBay, Four Seasons, Reckitt, Penguin, and Estee Lauder among its clients.
- Served as SEO Lead at Vodafone for seven years, running the group's global search programme.
- Previously held senior search roles at Arena Media, Havas, and Dentsu Aegis.
- Retrained as an Edge Solutions Architect at eBay and continues consulting there.
- Judge for the Global Search Awards, UK Search Awards, and EU Search Awards.
- Named in the 2025 Top SEO Experts listing.
What Nick Wilsdon is famous for
Nick Wilsdon is specifically known for fusing enterprise SEO with CDN and edge-compute architecture, a combination he built during his seven-year tenure running Vodafone's global search programme and then formalised as an Edge Solutions Architect at eBay. Torque Partnership's positioning around Compute@Edge interventions for SEO, rather than classic on-page and link tactics, is the most recognisable expression of that specialism.
Notable work
- Company: Torque Partnership
- Podcast episode: Designing an Enterprise SEO Stack (Voices of Search)
- Podcast episode: SEO for Enterprise Clients (B2B Lead Gen Podcast)