A digital marketing leader with 15+ years of experience in the APAC+MENA region, Abhishek has earned accolades for his work at Cannes and Spikes Asia. With expertise from both agency and brand perspectives, he currently leads digital transformation for L’Oréal Consumer Products in SAPMENA, focusing on media, advocacy, content, and social commerce. Previously, he headed the Digital Marketing Group at Samsung in the South-East Asia & Oceania region where he launched a successful in-house content service center.

Fabiana Xavier (Fabs), is a Creative Director renowned for her strong strategic and creative skills. With a background at agencies like AMVBBDO, Saatchi&Saatchi, and Publicis, and roles at The Guardian and Nivea, she brings extensive expertise to every project, earning numerous awards and accolades. Currently, as Creative Director at Sky Creative, she leads digital and social campaigns with hands-on guidance, delivering success through teamwork. Her dedication to mentorship, exemplified by initiatives like SheSays, and regular contributions to industry publications, showcases her commitment to nurturing talent and advancing creativity.

With over a decade of experience in leading creative agencies, Grant has collaborated with some of the world's biggest brands, driving impactful and innovative campaigns. Now, as Creative Strategy Director at Coca-Cola, Grant spearheads transformative marketing initiatives that resonate on both European and Global scales. His journey reflects a passion for creativity and a commitment to strategic excellence in the advertising industry.

AI-energised ECD. Leader in preparing & propelling teams for inspiring Creativity in an AI reality. ECD with tech & business twist: 20+ years transforming & enabling global & local teams in AdLand & tech. Founder Plain: AI consultancy for brand teams.

André is the Chief Creative Officer of DAVID New York, working for brands like CLIF Bar, Supercell, Powerade, Coca-Cola, Burger King, among others. Listed in Adweek’s Creative 100 and ranked #4 Creative Director worldwide by Cannes Lions in 2020/2021 and #9 in 2022.

Before leading the New York office of DAVID, he was the Executive Creative Director of DAVID Madrid, working for brands like Burger King, Netflix, Twitter, Activision, and Mondelez. In 2021, DAVID became the most awarded Spanish agency in the history of Cannes Lions, and the following year, they were named the AdAge International Agency of the Year.

Previously, André worked as Global Creative Director at LOLA MullenLowe, overseeing all communication for brands like Magnum, Cornetto and Mattel. He helped LOLA become the most creative agency in Iberoamerica for three years, the best agency in Europe according to WARC, and one of the Top 10 European Agencies of the Decade, according to Cannes Lions. Before moving to Madrid, André worked in Y&R Lima and Pragma DDB.

Frances Draskau is Group Creative Director at The&Partnership London. She’s a true hybrid with a background in film and photography, starting out as a camera assistant for the likes of Ridley Scott and Guy Ritchie before establishing herself as a photographer shooting for a wide range fashion clients and travel publications from Vogue to National Geographic.

Her previous client list includes Samsung, Adidas, Dove, Facebook, Hyundai, T-Mobile, Reckitt Benckiser, Chiquita and Opel. She currently leads creative for Lexus, Pets at Home, projects with Mars Confectionery and the T&P Amplified Innovation lane.

James is an experienced and versatile Creative Director who has been trusted by global brands to create multi-disciplinary campaigns and experiences, right through to boutique or start-up brands who need help standing out. He’s worked on campaigns for Rolls Royce, adidas, Emirates, Bacardi, Coca-Cola, Armani, Etsy, Shell, Huawei, HSBC, PwC, Lego, Heineken, Keds, Sennheiser and others.

Currently James is the Head of Creative at ASOS, responsible for their creative communications globally. He's originally from New York and lives in London with his young family.

Karishma is a distinguished marketing and brand strategy leader with over a decade of experience across the tech, CPG, services, arts, and hospitality sectors. Her extensive agency background has equipped her with the expertise to develop integrated strategies for renowned brands such as L’Oréal Paris, GoDaddy, and MGM Resorts. Karishma excels at forging meaningful consumer connections, driving audience growth, and leveraging in-depth market research to solve complex business challenges. As the former marketing lead for the Whitney Museum, she played a pivotal role in strengthening the museum's connection with the local New Yorkers and tourists, particularly during the pandemic. Currently, as a senior global brand manager at LinkedIn, Karishma continues to drive value and brand equity for members worldwide.

Jeff is the Executive Creative Director at DEPT®, where he leads the creative team delivering pioneering work for brand such as eBay and Just Eat Takeaway. A Cannes Lions and D&AD award-wining creative director, he started his career in digital, and has worked the last 24 years in both agencies and client side creative roles.

Maria is a highly awarded member of the creative industries, with 18 years' experience across global brand and culture marketing. Maria started her career working in marketing and communications for T in the Park, Ibiza Rocks, Red Bull Culture Clash, Notting Hill Carnival, MOBO Awards and Asian Music Awards. From here, Maria stepped into one of the world's most prestigious advertising agencies, M&C Saatchi, leading marketing strategy and sponsorship amplification for the world's biggest brands in music and entertainment, including: Spotify, Red Bull, EE for Glastonbury and BAFTA, and Ballantine's x Boiler Room. A move to Sony Music saw her head up the labels' partnerships division.

Maria now finds herself at the heart of an organization helping change the shape of the music industry and artist engagement, having joined TikTok in 2020. In her role she leads music marketing and strategic partnerships across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

With a dedication to craft, Kat Tan keeps raising the bar. It's no wonder he has been awarded at international shows including the D&AD, Cannes Lions, The One Show, and other award shows. Since then, he has been a juror for international award shows. A veteran integrated creative now based in China, Kat spent the earlier part of his career honing his craft in Singapore, Japan and Hong Kong. He even took a one-year sabbatical to work as a set art director in Los Angeles. Agencies include Ogilvy, Saatchi & Saatchi, Dentsu and Leo Burnett. Currently at AKQA, Shanghai, he is the Creative Lead & Head of Art for Nike, Jordan Brand and Lancôme.

As a Business Director at Publicis, I have overseen key changes such as the consolidation of OOH services and the merger of Blue 449 with Spark. I have been involved in onboarding major accounts like LVMH, Meta, and Mondelez. My role involves managing the Publicis Media OOH offer, meeting commercial targets, and implementing growth strategies aligned with Spark’s philosophy. My experience includes roles at Spark Foundry, Blue 449, Posterscope, and Talon Outdoor, where I have focused on enhancing client relationships, optimizing OOH solutions, and leading teams to deliver effective and innovative strategies.

An award-winning professional with over 15 years of experience in the advertising industry. A bilingual copywriter with extensive regional experience executing campaigns for global brands targeting audiences in the US, South American, and Caribbean markets.

Shahkeh Petros, Managing Partner at Evolve OOH, an International Out of Home specialist agency. With over 16 years’ experience in International OOH, Shahkeh takes the senior lead on all client business and agency relationships, focusing on enabling and accelerating Evolve's growth.

Shahkeh is dedicated to delivering‚ outstanding results for all Evolve's clients and strives for excellence in OOH planning and client servicing.

Prior to Evolve OOH Shahkeh spent 10 years leading high profile client accounts at PSI Advertising the International OOH specialist of Dentsu.

Mike is a Partner and Chief Creative Officer at Rethink Toronto. Rethink is a global creative agency with offices in Toronto, New York, Montreal, and Vancouver. In 2023, Mike helped lead Rethink to the #2 Independent Agency of the Year at Cannes Lions, and Ad Age’s Creative Agency of the Year two of the last three years. In 2024, he helped Rethink land the #1 independent agency spot in both the WARC World Creative Rankings and The Drum Global Creative rankings.

Mike’s work has been recognized over 100 times at Cannes Lions - most recently for campaigns like Penguin’s Unburnable Book, Decathlon’s Ability Signs and multiple campaigns for Heinz, including Draw Ketchup, Pour Perfectly, Heinz Puzzle, Hot Dog Pact, and Ketchup Fraud. In 2020, Ad Age named Mike Creative Director of the Year - the first Canadian ever to earn the accolade. He holds two Guinness World Records and has had work featured in Time Magazine, CNN, The Tonight Show, and twice on Jimmy Kimmel on the same night.

Outside of Rethink, Mike is a passionate advocate for the next generation of creative talent - and sits as Creative Chair at Miami Ad School.

Valerie Carlson is the Global Chief Creative Officer for Critical Mass. Val is an avid storyteller with over 20 years of creative experience across design, product, AR/VR, film, brand strategy, marketing, retail innovation, gaming, and applications for some of the world’s biggest brands -- such as FOX Entertainment, Diageo, Peleton, JP Morgan Chase, Coke, Microsoft, AT&T, BMW, Kraft, and Lululemon.

Prior to joining CM, Val was the Executive Creative Director for Wunderman Thompson California. Prior to WT, she was the Global VP Creative at Method Products. Before that, she was the ECD at EVB, leading work for the NBA, Facebook and Twitter. She was also ECD, Global Innovation Lead at SapientNitro, where she led the AVATAR digital ecosystem for James Cameron’s Lightstorm.

Rich began his career in 1996 as an Art Director at Y&R, picking up a Gold Lion for his St Mungo’s interactive cinema commercial in his first year. From there he moved to Saatchi & Saatchi creating notable work for Visa and the NSPCC, including the multi-award-winning Carlsberg ‘Old Lions’ campaign. After this, he moved to DDB as Creative Director and created award-winning work for Volkswagen, Budweiser, Harvey Nichols, The Economist, Kwik-Fit, Tropicana and Virgin Media. In 2011 he joined MullenLowe London as joint ECD and quickly turned the agency around creating campaigns for Halfords, Morrisons, Unilever and MicroLoan. In 2016 MullenLowe London was named ‘Most Effective Agency of the Year’ at the inaugural UK Effie awards for work on MicroLoan and the Electoral Commission and followed it up by retaining the title in 2017 with work for RedrawTheBalance, which also won EuroEffie gold.

In August Rich 2017 moved to St Luke’s London as Executive Creative Director and works across the agency’s accounts including KP Snacks, South Western Railway, Heathrow and Which? In 2020 at the height of the pandemic he created the UK’s biggest behavior change initiative #stayhomenow and has most recently worked on the multi-award-winning #GoGrabTheButterkist campaign. Rich has been named among Campaign Magazine’s top twenty Creative Directors.

Yasuharu Sasaki, known as Yasu, began working at dentsu as a copywriter in 1995. Drawing on his skills as a Computer Science graduate he was an early pioneer of interactive advertising. His passion for creativity and technology has been a marked characteristic throughout his career, notably when he founded cutting edge R&D offering, Dentsu Lab Tokyo in 2014. His time at dentsu, which has included working in New York as an Executive Creative Director and Managing Director at dentsu Tokyo, has seen Yasu deliver work for global clients including Uniqlo, Honda and Coca-Cola.

As well as receiving the highest recognition at all major international award shows, Yasu has sat on numerous juries, including Cannes Lions Brand Experience & Activation Jury President in 2022 and Head of Jury at the 2023 APAC Effies.

In October 2023 Yasu was named dentsu’s Global Chief Creative Officer, responsible for leading dentsu’s global Creative Practice, including Dentsu Creative. He sets the standard for creative excellence and is key to building a culture of creativity and innovation across the whole of dentsu.

With a proven track record in Colombian, Latam, US, and global markets, and 15 Effie Awards, I excel in transforming complex business challenges into creative marketing solutions. I have extensive experience across PR, Creative, Digital, Media, Full Service Agencies, and Tech companies. I've worked with industry giants like Pepsi, Twitter, and Gatorade, and served as a jury member in prestigious marketing awards.

Ad Age Leading Woman in Advertising; Cannes, Effies, and WARC winner; 20years of experience in FMCG. Based in London, Tati Lindenberg is currently leading Dirt Is Good – €4.2bn business, largest laundry brand in the world, 3rd biggest brand at Unilever, present in 50 markets and 0.5bn households.

She heads the 'Dirt Is Good' global masterbrand, equity, design, and innovation program, and has pioneered a marketing approach that combines a purpose-led brand idea and best-in-class products to unlock superior performance and value.

Tati worked internationally in a wide range of Marketing and Consumer Insights roles, for both Home and Personal Care. In Brazil, she led the Home Care value brands business, making laundry products accessible to millions of low-income consumers across Latin America. In India and the Netherlands, Tati headed the Consumer Insights dept., where she designed and implemented a Strategic Insight Plan for the Unilever Sustainability Plan.

When working in Personal Care, Tati looked after the Nexxus New York Salon Care business –one of the most sophisticated hair salons in Tribeca, New York; and a range of prestige hair care products. She also led the Naturals Strategy for the Hair Category, which was the starting line for new sustainable brands and variants, including ‘Love, Beauty and Planet’. And just before moving back to Home Care, Tati led the extension of Dove into the fast-growing therapeutic segment, with Dove Derma Series, and launched one of the most purposeful-led Dove campaigns – Make peace with your skin.

Toru Fujii, a Tokyoite and Executive Creative Director at ADK Tokyo, is widely recognized for his exceptional contributions to the advertising industry. With a passion for sharing fresh perspectives, he has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Top Work Showcase at One Show Asia. In addition to his professional achievements, he has also served as a respected juror for renowned international advertising awards such as Cannes Lions and New York Festivals.

My name is Sturae Hickley, and I am currently the Head of Digital Practices for GroupM South Africa. I've been in the digital industry for over 16 years. I've also had the privilege to collect a few accolades and esteemed achievements during my career such as top 10 finalist for Standard Bank Women Award, Best Adops team at the IAB Bookmark Awards, first all-female panelist at the IAB South Africa Annual Summit as well as appear as a guest speaker at industry conferences in South Africa.

What inspires me you may ask? I want to reach greater heights in everything I do, so that young females that come after me can aspire to be more and do more, because it's possible. I love big earrings and big hair, so you'll never miss me in a room, I stand out, always.

I currently work with scale up businesses to help them reach the next level of growth. For a decade, I led Facebook & Instagram's agency sales team across Australia and New Zealand. As part of metas ANZ executive leadership team, I helped grow business to the $5B dollar company it is today. I worked with Snapchat for the last year helping to rebuild the business across Australia and launch into New Zealand. I am a passionate board member of the Unlimited Board, and Little Colossus. UnLtd supports over 25 charities in the youth at risk space across Australia and New Zealand, by leveraging the power of the industry for good. Their mission is to ensure that every young person has the best opportunity in life, and over the past 5 years they have generated almost $200million worth of value to their charity partners, positively impacting tens of thousands of young lives. In 2020 I was listed as 11th most powerful woman in Media across ANZ by B&T.

Ricardo Salgado is a creative leader currently serving as SVP Creative Director – Head of Activation at Energy BBDO Chicago. In 2023, he played a pivotal role in making Energy the world's most winning-awarded BBDO and the #4 US agency at Cannes. Over his career, he has worked at several notable shops, including FCB Chicago, Leo Burnett Chicago, and DM9DDB Brazil. He has led campaigns for both local and global clients such as Bayer, Jack Daniel’s, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Walmart, Samsung, and McDonald's. Ricardo's work has been recognized at the most prestigious advertising festivals worldwide, earning multiple Gold Lions at Cannes, a Black Pencil at D&AD, and Grand Prix awards at One Show and Clio. In 2020, he was ranked #10 copywriter by Global Ranking at The One Show. In 2024, he was listed among the Top 20 Most Awarded Creative Directors in the USA by The One Show.

Chris is Managing Director, Rapport Europe. As IPG Mediabrands regional Out-of-Home lead, Chris is spearheading business transformation across a media channel that is evolving rapidly and the exciting addressable and creative opportunities that that presents for clients. Rapport’s vision is to pioneer the active connection between creativity and dynamic Out of Home audiences and to drive campaign performance for clients.

I guess I am part of the first massive generation of programmers. Over years programming and digital evolution gave me opportunities to lead corporations and create growth. Now I work on creating context as CEO at DDB. 500 amazing talents working together with top local and global brands. BS (economics and marketing), MIS, and MBA. In 2010 finished the CEO Management program at Harvard/Aden. In 2018 I did "Leading the Future Program for CEO" at the London Business School. And now I am at Omnicom University for the 2 years program at Boston University. Love to teach! - About 25 years teaching at graduate schools: Innovation&Creativity and Leadership

Freddie Liversidge is the VP of Global Media at HP inc. Freddie’s team is focused on the planning, trafficking, buying, and measurement of all digital media if that is ran in-house or through our external agency partners. Prior to HP, Freddie spent his time between Agencies and Consultancies. He was at the inception of the programmatic team inside Essence (Media agency within Group M) and then left to help Deloitte build an in-house consultancy structure helping large brands move media in-house. Though this was exciting work he decided to move back to help HP and other brands at OMG, as the Director of Global Programmatic Operations. After a bit of a short stint, the in-housing trend bit again and he now finds himself at HP inc. building the internal agency and running Media.

A strategic, data-driven marketer, Kira has spent over 15 years working across leading global brands including AOL, TechCrunch, Verizon Media, Yahoo and now Hivestack where she is responsible for leading the global marketing team. A full stack marketer with expertise across brand & creative strategy, b2b marketing, communications, product marketing, performance marketing, sales enablement, social & digital media. A master storyteller with a knack for crafting meaningful, engaging narratives, she has built a reputation for managing international initiatives that help brands and consumers connect, interact and build authentic, long lasting relationships. While well-versed in all things acronym (from RTB to D2C) with a passion for the ad tech landscape, Kira understands the importance of giving back and is a committed mentor with the AMA Toronto Chapter and sits on the DPAA Women’s Empowerment Board.

Luke Li. otherwise known as lukeiscrazyman . Awards winning creative leader with more than 15 years global communication and marketing experience both at agency and Company around the world. Previously he was working as creative lead/art director at IKEA in Sweden, and as senior art director at The LEGO group in Denmark.

As CMO at VIOOH, the leading premium digital out of home (DOOH) supply side platform, Helen is responsible for global marketing strategy, thought leadership and supporting the expansion and adoption of programmatic DOOH worldwide. She is committed to helping the OOH industry transition to audience-led and programmatic trading, maximising the opportunities for OOH within the wider digital media landscape. Helen has previously held senior marketing roles at Parkopedia, O2, Turn, and Microsoft Advertising. Whilst at adtech company Turn, Helen set up and ran marketing across the EMEA region, helping grow programmatic display from c10% to a majority share of market spend. Helen spent the first 9 years of her career client-side at United Airlines and Air France.

Architect, cartoonist, post-graduated as a graphic designer at the Royal College of Art, MBA from Michael Conrad’s Berlin School of Creative Leadership. As a passionate creative leader, Sergio combines human-centered skills with technology, storytelling, design, and production, building an environment where people feel inspired to do their very best innovative work, thus maintaining Latin America’s creative excellence and global ambition. Under his vision, Africa has been leading the main global award creative rankings in the region for the past 5 years, it has been recognized as Ad Age’s International Agency of the Year, one of the ten most creative agencies in the world by Adweek, and one of the Best and Bravest Agencies on the Planet according to Contagious.

Conrad is an award-winning Associate Creative Director who has flirted with brand and agency roles for over a decade. Speaking of flirting, you look marvellous. Have you been working out? He's behind culture-creating work for adidas, perception-shifting work for Alcon, and work that thrived at international awards like Cannes Lions, The Effies, The Drum, iF DESIGN AWARDS, and others.

Katy is Managing Partner, Business and Commercial Operations at GroupM Nexus, responsible for client and agency relationships to ensure they have a great experience from campaign briefing to completion. This includes understanding clients' business challenges and delivering solutions to solve them. Katy joined Finecast in 2015 to help build the Finecast (Advanced TV) proposition, and prior to this spent 13 years at MediaCom where she led teams working across a host of Brand Response and Response clients including Sky, TUI, MoneySupermarket and Bose. A working mum and carer, Katy is also passionate about creating an industry where everyone feels supported in bringing their whole selves to work.

Marie Claire is the Chief Creative Officer across EMEA and the Middle East at the world’s leading public relations consultancy firm, Edelman. Throughout her career, starting in 2006 at BBDO, Marie-Claire has worked with an extensive portfolio of both international and MENA brands across sectors, including Mars, J&J, PepsiCo, Essity and Annahar Newspaper. Marie Claire has contributed to hugely impactful and effective campaigns driven by her purpose to add value and better the life of others, one idea at a time. In turn her work has earned hundreds of awards in the industry’s leading international and regional shows including Grands Prix at Cannes Lions and the only Yellow Pencil by D&AD for the MENA region in 2022. Marie Claire was also named the third Most Awarded Executive Creative Director in the world in 2023, ranked as the number one female ECD, Top 3 outstanding woman by Ad Media and winner of the Next Creative Leader at the 3% Conference. Most recently MC was the highest-ranked professional in the region by The Drum World Creative Rankings for both 2023 and 2024. Her penchant for injecting positivity into life, has led her to study Pranic Healing and to a certification in Professional Kinesiology Practice by ICPKP New Zealand and Kinesiocoach Dubai. She uses the tenants of what she learned to spread a positive culture through public speaking events, with the people she works with and create a healthy, collaborative environment. In her role as EMEA Chief Creative Officer, Marie leads creative across 13 markets with the mission to create original, impactful, and effective work across Edelman’s specialisms including brand marketing, digital, influencer and entertainment with clients across a breadth of sectors such as energy, financial services, FMCG, travel, health and technology.

Dr. Pepe Marais is the Founding partner and Group Chief Creative Officer of brand and communication group Joe Public. Pepe is currently ranked the number one creative leader in the South African advertising industry, holds a Doctoral Degree in Leadership. He is a published author, and recipient of the 2018 Sanlam / Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year Award for medium businesses.

Charles Parry-Okeden has more than 30 years’ experience in OOH media and current positions include: Independent Chair of the Outdoor Media Association of Australia (OMA) and MOVE, as well as, co-founder and Global CEO of Executive Channel Holdings Pty Ltd (ECN / Media i/ Media Eye / MI-3) with operations across Australia, Europe and the UK. Charles is a current board member of the World Out Of Home Organisation.

I've worked as a CW/CD across agencies like Arnold, VBP and BBDO as well as brands like Coca-Cola and Geneva. I've always looked for good people and a culture looking to do insightful, smart work. I've won my share of awards and have had a blast along the way. I show up to work everyday looking to learn and help others grow.

Leslie leads marketing for Vistar Media, the world's leading provider of software for out-of-home advertising. Her role oversees global marketing & sales enablement, brand management, corporate communications, events, product marketing and customer education. Prior to joining Vistar in 2017, Leslie held marketing and communications roles at ChoiceStream, Turn (now Amobee), and InkHouse PR.

Mike specializes in enhancing the customer experience through content creation, storytelling, personalization and innovative communications. Mike currently serves as a member of Cheil Worldwide North American Leadership and leads the client service campaign team and drives new business, in Canada.

Samantha Hicks is the Managing Director, UK at Whalar, a global creator company. With an extensive background in driving business growth in the Creator Economy, Sam spearheads the company’s strategic initiatives, fosters innovation and collaboration, and unlocks opportunities for content creators and some of the most creative brands in the UK.

Felix has more than 12 years experience in digital marketing across a variety of sectors. He's now heading up the global consumer ecosystem and data-driven marketing team at Mars Wrigley.

Avi believes in work that transcends language and that creativity is a behavior changer and business driver. She’s been lucky to learn from, partner with and mentor some of the best minds and kindest hearts in the industry and she’s learned that craft is truly the difference between 'ok' and 'wow'. She's worked in Johannesburg, Tel Aviv, New York, Colorado, Chicago and is now in Los Angeles.

At OLIVER, Amina is CEO of the UK Group, the Inside Ideas Group flagship organisation – home to more than 60 brands. With over 15+ years of experience in leadership roles, her expertise spans people transformation, inclusion & diversity, sustainability, and commercial management. And as trustee of Action Aid UK she understands the power of harnessing individuals around a collective purpose to create and embed change.

Lisa Maxwell is vice president, B2B Marketing at Mastercard. In her role, Lisa leads marketing engagements and oversight with digital players like Apple, Uber and Microsoft to drive joint consumer acquisition and retention goals. Previously, she was at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare where she led the reinvention and turnaround of brands like Nicorette, NicoDerm CQ and Abreva from negative to double digit growth. She serves on the board of directors of GrassROOTS Community Foundation. Lisa received a bachelor’s degree from Baruch College and an MBA from Duke University, Fuqua School of Business.

James is a Global Client Partner and EMEA B2B Lead at Wunderman Thompson. He is responsible for supporting B2B growth with Wunderman Thompson and overseas the client development and growth strategies for key clients across EMEA.

Bari Komitee is an Emmy award-winning marketing executive, strategic thinker and insightful leader with a proven track record of delivering relevant, creative and measurable work that generates results.

Currently, Bari is Vice President of B2B Marketing at The New York Times where she's focused on advertising, whose mission is to help brands make their mark on the world by connecting them to the most important stories in the world. Driving the transformation and future of The Times's advertising business, Komitee creates awareness and engagement around its industry-leading offerings including print and digital media, audio, live experiences and events, and custom creative and strategies. Driving industry awareness and contextualizing our vast audience for leading brands including, GE, Verizon, Google, Chobani, Ancestry and American Express, Komitee operates at the forefront of the ad industry, listening and responding to The Times’s audience’s demands for more interactive digital media and constantly paving new avenues for brands to participate in these endeavors.

Prior to joining The Times in 2020, Bari held leadership positions at The Tribeca Film Festival, AOL, and NBCUniversal. Before that, she spent many years leading client business at top agencies including Anomaly, TBWA\Chiat\Day and McCann.

Komitee has received numerous accolades and industry awards, including Cannes Lions - most recently the 2022 Mobile Grand Prix - and the Grand Effie, for her innovative and data-driven work.

Komitee earned a Bachelor’s degree from The George Washington University, and currently resides in New York City.

Rebekah has 20+years of experience in B2B advertising and marketing with client, agency and vendor experience for a rounded perspective on what great B2B can look like. She is currently serving on EssenceMediacom's B2B Center of Excellence, focused on Demand Management, Brand to Demand strategy and ABM.

Andy is currently Group Head of Communications at SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. Based in the UK, Andy has been at SGS since 2013, and after initially specialising in digital he has moved through several management positions, with his current role covers the entire spectrum of brand, marketing and communications. He previously spent five years working as Head of Content for a creative agency, working with global B2B clients across multiple industry sectors.

Ellyn Raftery is chief marketing and communications officer of FIS, leading the strategic planning and execution of FIS’ Global Marketing and Corporate Communications programs. Prior to joining FIS in 2012, she was the chief marketing officer and senior vice president of Global Marketing for CA Technologies, where she drove the development, planning and implementation of the corporate brand and marketing strategy and guided the company’s thought leadership, integrated go-to-market programs and demand generation programs globally.

For nearly a decade prior, Ellyn held multiple executive-level positions for Unisys Corporation, including chief marketing and communications officer; vice president, Worldwide Marketing and Communications; and vice president, Worldwide Marketing for Systems Integration and Consulting. Prior to Unisys, Ellyn led marketing strategy and research for Ernst & Young, LLP.

Doug Kamp is the Chief Creative Officer for Mower.

For more than three decades, Doug has helped global A-list brands build authentic and enduring connections with their customers that transform their business and in some cases their industries. Clients that include Carhartt, Sony, Aflac, Miller Brewing, USG, McDonalds, Grant Thornton, International Truck and many others.

Doug’s goal is to help guide and build cultures where people feel inspired to create unconventional ideas; to cultivate entrepreneurial problem solving; and to instill collaboration in every interaction. All of this has led to Agency of the Year selections in 11 of the last 14 years. And multiple Best Places to Work by AdAge and PR Week.

A graduate and student-athlete from Washington University in St. Louis, Doug currently resides in Chicago, IL. And is most proud of is the family he has built with my wife, Debra. And the countless friends he has been able to work with and for.

Dr. Nadia Morozova is an award-winning analytics & insights expert, thought leader, and a keynote speaker with ~15 years of international experience that comes from EY, TikTok, Nestlé Group, Boston Consulting Group, and Procter&Gamble. Nadia is strongly inspired to support companies to place consumers and customers at the heart of business decisions. She is a trusted expert in digital and e-commerce, and passionate about building bridges between academic and applied consumer research.

I have enjoyed a career in B2B technology as a concept creative for 20+ years now, having worked at some of the best B2B agencies in the UK and now as ECD at April Six Technology. Technology has always been at the heart of my passion for creating campaigns that count, and building powerful partnerships with leading tech brands alongside a privilege. Loving what you do matters, and having a great team even more so.

Irina Karagyaur is a dynamic leader in the blockchain and Web3 space. Irina co-founded BQ9, an ecosystem growth agency and a boutique advisory firm turning great ideas into Web3 products, working on business model creation, product ideation, and ecosystem strategy. She is also the founder of Creators4Impact and the host of Creators Imagining the Future Community Dialogues.

Irina is named among the Top 100 Women of the Future, the 2022 Rising Women in Crypto Power List, Asia's 100 Women Power Leaders, Women of Web3 Changemakers 2023, Top 20 Women Blockchain Leaders in 2023, and LinkedIn Top Strategy & Metaverse Voice 2024.

Irina delivered a TEDx talk titled "Knowledge Communities are Shaping the Metaverse" at TEDxMaviliSquare 2023. She is featured in Entrepreneur India, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, BeInCrypto, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review Turkey, and more. She has lectured at COP26, COP27, COP28, UNESCO HQ, Politecnico di Milano, Queens College, UCL, and Glasgow University.

Anne Hunter helps B2B companies hit their numbers through deep customer understanding. Previously, Anne lead marketing and insights teams at Kantar, DISQO, and AOL. Anne’s influence has also reached global scale, by serving as Comscore’s Chief Strategy Officer to the World Economic Forum and she is a frequent contributor to the CMO alliance on topics related to B2B marketing and AI.​ Anne was awarded the Advertising Research Foundation’s Great Mind award, has been designated one of the top 100 Woman Leaders of Connecticut, was named a Top Woman Media and Research Trendsetter by Cynopsis, and is the winner of gold and silver awards for B2B marketing from organizations such as the Association of National Advertisers. She attended Barnard College Columbia University.

Cos is Co-Founder & Head of Effectiveness at True – the only B2B specialist agency to be awarded an IPA Effectiveness Accreditation and one of the most awarded B2B agencies globally. He oversees the creative output of the agency, ensuring it meets core principles of marketing effectiveness. He is flying the flag for B2B effectiveness, regularly speaking at industry events such as IPA EffWorks Global, and contributing content to WARC, The Drum and The IPA's newsletter. In 2022, he authored the first paper from a B2B agency to win an IPA Effectiveness Award and a WARC Award for Global Effectiveness in association with Cannes Lions.

I am a senior media professional having worked in B2B for over 25 years. My current role as Head of B2B Sales consists of managing a team of 23 sales people to deliver advertising revenue across the FT's suite of products and services. Prior to this, I worked on the buy side at many different agencies, planning and delivering strategic campaigns across multiple channels.

Katleen is a seasoned global commercial leader with extensive C-level experience in the media, life sciences, and tech sectors. She has held prominent roles such as Chief Marketing Officer at Citeline and Informa Intelligence. Katleen has a strong track record working with private equity and venture capital-backed companies, including her roles at Causaly and Evaluate, where she led marketing transformations and helped drive exceptional business value. Known for her expertise in go-to-market strategy and commercial capability building, she excels in aligning teams to deliver measurable results.

Minh is a seasoned, industry-agnostic marketer, with extensive experience in building brands and driving marketing strategies for high-growth businesses across the E-commerce and Technology sector. Currently the Demand Generation Manager at foodpanda, she is leading B2B marketing for panda ads (foodpanda's Adtech solution) across 11 countries in APAC. Her expertise spans digital marketing, content marketing, and integrated campaigns. She believes B2B marketing should be fun, create meaningful connections and ultimately drive growth.

Tracy has more than 20 years’ experience bringing high-value products and services to market within a multitude of business-to-business verticals – using both traditional and digital marketing strategies. She’s passionate about connecting industry with solutions that benefit the bottom line and support a healthier planet. She holds a journalism degree and MBA from Western Michigan University.

Yumi is passionate about brand building and has a proven track record of putting consumers back at the center of brands, product innovation and campaign development leading to better and faster business results. She is a firm believer in “delivering a superior and consistent brand experience and emotionally connecting brands with people.” She loves to find the intersection of helping brands be both a force for growth and a force for good. Currently, Yumi is Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Global Sales Operations at Quest Global and has the charter to build the Quest Global brand in 17 countries and 7 industries. She joined Quest Global in August 2021 and works to advance its purpose of being the most trusted partner for the world’s hardest engineering problems.

Carmel is a global executive, with 20+ years of consumer and B2B brand, marketing, and communications, expertise. From consumer goods, entertainment, software, hardware, technologies and services, she has been responsible for brands including Warner Bros., Disney, SAP, Samsung, Honeywell and Ericsson and most recently joining Universal Robots. She is known for inspiring people, turning customers into fans, and taking the marketing function from the back office to a seat at the table through leveraging data to inform strategy, investment and demonstrating business impacting results.

Cynthia Clevenger is a B2B Marketing veteran with nearly two decades of experience working on both the agency and publisher sides of the industry. She has extensive knowledge in advanced measurement, programmatic and streaming. Clevenger currently leads all B2B Marketing efforts at Tubi, including go-to-market strategy, ad product marketing, sales enablement, branded entertainment, events and industry partnerships. During her time at Tubi, Cynthia has helped develop award winning marketing campaigns resulting in 5x Cannes Lion awards, the prestigious Super Clio award and 5 Effies. Before joining Tubi in 2020, she spent five years as the Senior Director of Product Marketing at dataxu (now Roku), where she helped launch a suite of advanced TV products for advertisers.

As an International Marketing Manager at AJAX, I specialize in global market adaptation, consumer analysis, and international brand exposure. I excel in product conceptualization and optimizing sales strategies together with team collaboration to deliver top-notch service. Outside of work, I love traveling, spending time with family and friends, playing with my dog, and enjoying good food.

Stephen Davis, EMEA Marketing Director & UK President, Roland DG EMEA Stephen has transformed the image of Roland DG in the EMEA market since his appointment as EMEA Marketing Director in December 2019. He is the force behind the unification of Roland DG’s marketing units into one central EMEA marketing organisation. Stephen is also the brains behind Roland DG’s state-of-the-art virtual showrooms - which helped customers to discover Roland products remotely - especially during the pandemic. Stephen is a seasoned marketing professional, with over 27 years’ worth of experience in the marketing sector. Prior to joining Roland DG, he held various marketing positions at organisations including Expedia, American Airlines, Navico, and Cruise. He is now focused on expanding Roland DG’s market share within the EMEA region, whilst launching products that can help print shops experience positive growth.

Dynamic senior leader with a 12+ years in marketing industry with proven track record in digital transformation, omnichannel marketing, creative problem solving, and management of global teams and agencies. Demonstrated success in leading major turn-around and process improvement efforts by leveraging best practices and leading technology to optimize customer experience and significantly enhancing functionality. Proven ability to deliver business results through innovation in digital marketing technology, process, and change management!

With a decade of experience in strategic and revenue-centric marketing positions at high-growth B2B SaaS firms specialising in Regulatory Tech, Cyber Security, and Ad Tech, Elisa has focused her career on driving successful expansions of US companies across growth markets in Europe and the Middle East. Currently, she is the Director of Marketing for EMEA & LATAM at AppsFlyer, a leader in the Marketing Measurement space, she leverages her expertise to drive impactful campaigns and strategies across regions.

A strategic & creative marketer with 15+ years experience in innovative start-up & large, blue chip companies alike, Keith currently leads Brand Marketing globally for the Marketing Solutions business unit at LinkedIn. Keith has created stand-out marketing campaigns in Europe and the US for a number of well-known brands across the travel, tech & hospitality sectors. Most recently, Keith partnered with Maximum Effort to lead the launch of “The Place to B2B” brand campaign for LinkedIn. Keith also collaborated with two-time Academy award winning filmmaker Ben Proudfoot on the short documentary ’EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS’, serving as Executive Producer. Across the wider industry, Keith has written for trade publications such as AdAge, spoken at this year's Cannes Lions festival and his team won AdWeeks’ 'Team of the Year' and 'Brand of the Year' in 2023.

Anna Cashman, B2B Brand and Insights Lead at GetYourGuide, is a marketing expert who creates data-driven campaigns and thought leadership content, including the biannual Travel Experiences Trend Tracker report. She works closely with DMOs and iconic global attractions to build trust with global travelers. With prior experience in ecommerce and community building, and a passion for travel and home design, Anna brings a unique consumer-centric perspective to the travel industry.

Emily focuses on influencer, social and innovation at Publicis Media Content and Innovation (PMCI), part of the groupe’s Global Strategy Team. She established global influencer and social communities, leads the roadmap for the Groupe’s influencer tool, Fluency, and works on multi-market influencer projects and content pitches.​ ​

Prior to joining Publicis, Emily was Head of Content at the Honey Partnership, working with brands including Alibaba. She joined from Contagious, a publication and consultancy, that covers new forms of advertising, where she was managing editor. ​ ​

Emily has judged at BIMA, D&AD New Blood and the LIA and speaks at events including Ad:Tech, Influencer Marketing Show and Cannes Lions. She won a place on the Marketing Academy and studied English after a gap year teaching in China.

Gemma Hitchens is Creative Partnerships Director at the Financial Times. She works with partners to bring stories to the FT's audience and is particularly interested in data visualisation. You can find her on Twitter at @gmhitchens.

Creative and strategic digital marketeer with 15 years’ experience at global companies and tech start-ups. After developing my early career within agencies, I moved client side and have worked with leading global brands including Topshop, New Look, Bacardi, and Britvic.

In 2018 I moved into supporting tech start-ups build their marketing departments and ready for scaling up. This introduced me to working across several industries and with companies at different stages of growth.

I have a fierce passion for creating unique, disruptive, and engaging content to drive brand stand-out in an ever-crowded media landscape and have won over 20 industry awards for standing by this principal.

As Head of Marketing for BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, Imogen is responsible for understanding what makes audiences tick and crafting multi-platform marketing campaigns to reach global audiences. Imogen has led multiple award-winning campaigns across themes of health, climate, transport and science. Previously working in education technology and sports marketing, Imogen has a passion for storytelling through marketing.

Dan oversees integrated marketing for Allison across Europe, leading a team of digital strategists, data analysts, performance marketers, designers and producers to tell compelling brand stories. With Dan’s guidance and mentorship, the team consistently delivers creative communications programs to solve business issues for clients in healthcare, travel, technology and retail.

As an accomplished and award-winning commercial leader with a wealth of digital, content and advertising experience within the entertainment & technology sector, Dan has held senior client and agency roles and understands the complex requirements that come with both. He has spent the past 25 years working with some of the world’s most high-profile artists, brands and tech companies.

Gabriella is a believer in brand building through effective and distinctive communication.

Currently, she is working across different brand projects to help Nestlé Purina Europe achieve its creative and communication ambitions. Her focus is on strengthening the foundations of Nestle's brands to ensure their relevance in the future and their growth, all while applying media and advertising principles.

In her role, Gabriella provides a holistic brand perspective, placing the consumer and data signals at the core of creative development. With a strong business and metrics mindset, she strives to ignite the creative process and drive it forward.

Gabriella has a passion for cycling and cooking. Cycling allows her to explore new landscapes and push beyond her comfort zone, while cooking gives her the opportunity to express her creativity by combining different flavors and textures.

Danielle is a strategic advisor, renowned for her expertise in crafting culturally relevant brand and content strategies for both global brands and startups. Her portfolio includes iconic titles such as i-D and luxury brands like Farfetch, where she played a pivotal role in steering these brands towards their most successful periods by developing content that deeply resonated with Gen Z audiences. As the landscape evolved towards embracing creators, Danielle has been instrumental in assisting major brands like Tory Burch in formulating meticulously curated creator strategies. Simultaneously, she has been closely engaged with a creator operating tool, exploring the impact of technology on scaling curation efforts.

Vik is a creative and brand marketing leader focused on Life Sciences at Accenture Song. He has led creative for brand launches for a range of pharmaceutical brands across therapeutic areas. Prior to Accenture Song, he's worked at healthcare agencies like Havas Health & You, TBWA WorldHealth, and Intouch. He also recently received an EMBA and a MS In Healthcare Leadership from Cornell University, where he's collaborated with healthcare providers, policy experts and Life Science marketers.

Patricia Lefebure is the Executive Creative Director at eight&four. Known for her strategic and creative skills, Patricia began her career at Lambie-Nairn, WPP, working on the O2 account. She joined eight&four ten years ago and established their end-to-end content creation offering, leading it ever since. Patricia oversees the ideation and development of social campaigns, working with brands like The Glenlivet, The BHF, Sandals Resorts, and Genesis Motor Europe.

Darryl Choo is the International Business Director of the South China Morning Post (SCMP). Based out of Singapore, he heads commercial and strategy for Singapore, Asia and international markets. He is also part of SCMP’s leadership unit.

VJ Anand, currently the Executive Creative Director of VaynerMedia EMEA, has previously held significant roles such as Senior Vice President of Creative at GO-JEK and Head of Creative at VaynerMedia APAC. He has a robust background in digital marketing and global agency experience, specializing in creating viral content and brand engagement. His tenure at VaynerMedia APAC saw the office grow from 4 to 221 employees, working on high-profile accounts like Google, Disney+, and SK-II. VJ has won numerous industry awards and was recently nominated for the South East Asian Creative Person of the Year Award.

Sam Bird is Managing Director, Content & Brand Experience at Wavemaker UK. Sam leads Wavemaker content and creative capabilities including partnerships, innovation, production, sports, and gaming. He and his teams help Wavemaker’s clients establish big ideas that lead to unrivalled work. His teams drive innovation by connecting their specialisms to maximise the effectiveness of our campaigns whilst ensuring individual brilliance in each capability.

Gary has been a creative director for 10 years and prior to that he spent 12 years in large global sales. Each year as a Creative Director he created more than 1000 videos in varying formats. With the likes of content for Pepsi, Mercedes, LinkedIn and Redbull under his belt, he is one of the thought leaders in the content creation industry.

Brian Collins is the co-founder of COLLINS, a renowned brand consultancy celebrated for its innovative design and strategic thinking. With a career spanning decades, Brian has transformed iconic brands and earned numerous industry awards. His work combines creativity and strategy, setting new standards in branding and design.

Hailing from the UK and now settled in Brooklyn, Leigh is a multi-award-winning designer who finds inspiration at the intersection of art and enterprise. She leads Sister Mary, a creative studio honoring Sister Mary Corita Kent, and has collaborated with global giants such as Guinness, Baileys, and Smirnoff, as well as innovative startups. She has a peculiar devotion to entrepreneurial brands that take risks and disrupt the status quo to elevate the mundane into the magical.

Experienced and award winning Executive Creative Director fascinated by brands, technology and creativity.

Sue Daun is the Executive Creative Director for Interbrand, driving the creative quality of their London business. A strong advocate for diversity and equity, she champions inclusive design and believes in the power of creativity to change lives. With experience across global and local brands, startups, and individuals, Sue brings a passion for creativity without boundaries. She is also a seasoned judge and award recipient, having previously judged for The Drum and other prestigious programs.

Won J. You is a seasoned design leader and educator who’s spent over 20 years designing and crafting award-winning experiences. Currently, he leads the charge at WJY Studios, a design consultancy based in Atlanta, where he oversees work as chief disruptor and head of design.

Grace is Group Creative Director, Global Marketing at GroupM where she collaborates with marketing leadership and cross-functional teams to strategize, develop and execute creative solutions for internal and external initiatives. She has worked for over 20+ years in NYC as an art director, graphic designer and experiential creative director creating and producing award-winning work across the entire media ecosystem including, television, print, digital, OOH, and more.

25 years in London branding agencies, 5 years at S+G. Working across a broad spectrum of clients from professional services (Deloitte) to broadcast (BBC). Focus on amplifying the brand experience across all touch points from a simple idea.

Hiten leads a 20-strong, multi-disciplined team at RAPP UK’s offices in London. Over a 25-year career, he’s guided many prestigious global brands, including American Express, British Airways, IBM, Mercedes-Benz, Ralph Lauren and Virgin Media. He’s also amassed over 80 creative awards and nominations, from the likes of D&AD, Cannes, Creative Circle and the DMA.

As well as setting the benchmark for award-winning design and creativity at RAPP, Hiten is passionate about nurturing under-represented grassroots talent and achieving greater diversity within the industry. He’s collaborated with the DMA on ‘The Campaign for Great British Creativity’ and launched a design initiative entitled, ‘Command Shift Design’, which aims to disrupt our conventional understanding of strategic design thinking.

Lottie King is a Design Director at Matter, leading future innovation projects across a spectrum of consumer categories, including FMCG, Health and Wellness, and Food Futures. Lottie combines her affinity for understanding people with strategic foresight and exceptional design execution to deliver breakthrough innovations and elevate consumer experiences for some of the world’s best-loved brands. Trained in Industrial Design and with 14 years of industry experience, Lottie draws expertise from her diverse experiences in renowned design consultancies and in-house design teams, where she’s previously worked across, transportation, sports hardware and FMCG. Deeply passionate about inspiring the next generation of industrial designers, Lottie enjoys collaborating with local schools and university students and judging creative design awards. She has previously sat on judging panels for the Royal Society of Arts, Student Design Awards, and DesignWeek.

Helping teams push creative boundaries and challenging status quo's. My approach distilled in my book "Use Design, To Design Change". I'm known for normal(ing) the weird or weirding the normal and am a Brit living in San Francisco working at Tinder, via Google, Pinterest & DesignStudio.

Veronica is the VP and head of Design at Favorite Child. She's an award-winning, California-based designer with over twenty years of experience in design spanning graphics, products, costumes, sets, props, illustration, and art direction. She has brought a fresh perspective to many high-profile clients, from Google to The White House. Recognized as one of the top 20 global design directors by D&AD. Lurzer's Archive Magazine selected Veronica as one of their 200 Best Illustrators. She has won awards at numerous industry shows and publications, including Cannes, D&AD, Communication Arts, and more. She founded Tiny Movement, a conscious-led design boutique, and Gentle Mentals, a grassroots mental health initiative. Dozens of film festivals worldwide have showcased her animated short for this initiative, leading her to speak at the United Nations. But most known as the dog mom of those silly Frenchies, Lily and Roux.

With over 15 years of experience in media and brand, Roshnee felt the necessity to create a design studio that adopts a decolonized perspective. In a rapidly globalizing world, she aspired to investigate how brands and design narratives originate from diverse cultures, challenging the prevailing Western narrative. Roshnee, an impassioned lecturer and an award-winning director, stands as a distinguished design leader and influential advocate in the arenas of brand, design and its impact on culture.

Patrick Burgoyne is co-founder of the In-House Agency Leaders Club (ihalc.com), which helps leaders of in-house agencies at the world’s major brands to support and learn from one another. He was Editor of Creative Review magazine from 1999 to 2019 and has spoken at and chaired a wide range of creative and design conferences around the world. He is a past Trustee for D&AD where he was also, briefly, CEO.

Srija Chatterjee is the Global Marketing Director at The Shed 28 (TS28), an outside-in marketing transformation company dedicated to helping organizations thrive in a conscience economy. Srija professional philosophy is rooted in the recognition that in today’s world, it is imperative to understand the interdependence of profit and purpose. She passionately advocates transformative solutions that work effectively at this intersection so that people and planet prosper together, and not at the cost of one another. As part of the TS28 team, for over 3 years, Srija was the Global Marketing Director for Dole, where she championed the sustainability and creativity agenda through the marketing initiatives. She now works with large companies like Zespri and J&J to help make a positive impact to the world through sustainability and creativity. Srija has worked in companses like Marico, JWT and Lowe, with her last role being the Managing Director at Publicis Worldwide, India, in the past.

Billy has spent over 25 years creating innovative digital strategies and customer experiences for leading brands around the world. As the Global Chief Design Officer of IBM iX, he leads a team of over 7,000 experience consultants, multi-disciplinary designers, and developers to deliver data-driven insights, human-centric ideas, and measurable business impact for clients. Prior to joining IBM, he held executive creative leadership roles at Digitas, eBay, and Citi where he managed the growth and change of the organizations and the day-to-day activities of global creative teams. Billy strives to discover the unique intersections between art, science, commerce, and storytelling and has won numerous awards for his distinctive work.

Benjamin Lickfett is the Global Head of Digital Innovation at Diageo, where he spearheads cutting-edge digital strategies and initiatives. With a focus on leveraging technology to enhance brand experiences, Benjamin has a track record of driving innovation and growth in the digital space.

Rebecca Orlov is the Founder and CEO of Epic Playdate, a dynamic brand group specializing in visual storytelling and brand strategy. With 20 years of experience producing commercials and content for global ad agencies, Rebecca now leads her team in crafting compelling narratives and digital experiences. In addition to her brand work, Rebecca's cross-industry portfolio highlights a focus on building loyal, trustworthy experiences within the Roblox socialverse. Rebecca champions avatar design and digital fashion as essential elements of self-expression, recognizing them as the heartbeat of player identity and social interaction within the Roblox socialverse. She's currently writing "R is For Roblox: The ABCs of the Roblox Socialverse," a visual book exploring modern connection through digital play and self-expression.

Arun Nandi is a recognized keynote speaker, advisor and thought leader in AI driving value from Data, Analytics & Insights initiatives for the past 20 years. He was awarded the Top 100 Influential AI & Analytics leaders and Top 40 AI Leaders under 40. With close to 20 years of experience driving value for enterprises, he has built AI and analytics practices from the ground up on multiple occasions, mostly notably as Head of Data & Analytics at Unilever.

Stacy Tarver Patterson is a highly accomplished modern brand leader who brings over 15 years of experience in leading global marketing teams and working across borders. She is a former client-side marketing executive-turned-entrepreneur, who co-founded COR, a "lifestyle science" digital health tech company backed by Khosla Ventures & Founders Fund. Stacy's career began at Bear Stearns' Financial Analytics & Structured Transactions Group where she built automated tracking and analytics tools. However, she felt called to make a more grassroots impact, leading her to nonprofit fundraising & marketing for the YMCA. Later, she spent over a decade at Nike in a myriad of roles in brand strategy, planning, & marketing, including leading the marketing teams for Nike Beijing & Greater China Digital Commerce, two of Nike's largest growth areas.

Outside of work, Stacy's leadership traits come from her early life as an athlete, where she holds the NYU Track & Field school record in the Long Jump. She enjoys running (slowly), advising paradigm-shifting entrepreneurs, and researching the science of DEI with Columbia's Lab for Intergroup Relations and the Social Mind.

Lead Product Designer, currently shaping the future of digital collaboration at Miro.

Kadine is the Global Head of Generative AI Executive Creative Director at Virtual XR studio Artificial Rome. Kadine is the CEO and Artistic Director of The Immersivs KIND. She is listed as one of the Top 10 female metaverse founders and influencers in Web3.

Kadine James is a multi-disciplinary creative tech leader, working across ai, digital art, crypto fashion, blockchain, NFT, metaverse production, avatar design & immersive storytelling to invent the next-generation of interactive experiences for web.3.

As President, Dustin leads the day-to-day management of Tool, an award-winning creative production partner for some of the world’s most recognized brands, ad agencies and entertainment studios. Through a mix of best-in-class live-action content, experiences and creative technology executions, Tool helps brands conceptualize and produce creative marketing that stands out. A sought-after thought leader who specializes in the intersection of brand storytelling, creative technology and commercial production, Dustin’s is at the forefront of developing advertising campaigns supercharged by Artificial Intelligence. He believes there is a game-changing opportunity to leverage AI to revolutionize the content production pipeline, and his work/speaking focuses on how marketing teams can leverage new technology to develop powerful creative tools that make the production process better and more efficient.

Ringo is an experienced digital marketing advisor, trainer, and entrepreneur. He recently founded a digital platform that seamlessly blends online courses, interactive workshops, and immersive retreats to help users achieve their holistic wellness goals in a phygital way.

With 20 years of experience leading digital strategy teams at top agencies like Accenture Song, Ogilvy One, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Tribal DDB, Ringo has honed his expertise in designing impactful digital transformation and marketing solutions. Throughout his career, he has created many market-first and award-winning brand experiences for Fortune 500 companies across Asia.

Michaela is a Digital Strategy Business Director with 12 years’ experience working in Northern Europe and North America in media strategy, planning and buying. She has a wealth of experience in the FMCG category having worked with Haleon, Kimberly Clark and Unilever. She has a proven record in delivering effective strategies that drive digital acceleration.

Across Will's 13 years at Publicis Media, he's bought TV, led brand strategies, created measurement models and planned and bought digital campaigns. During that experience, he's developed a true understanding of how to use innovation to deliver results for brand challenges whether that’s through generative AI, first party data or a fresh content idea.

In his spare time, he loves cooking, climbing and cinema and, like any good strategist, he loves alliterative lists of three.​

Ela is a seasoned data enthusiast who has led data teams at Deliveroo, The Guardian, and WeTransfer. She specialises in driving data-driven decision making and strategy. Outside of work, Ela enjoys baking (and eating) cakes, failing at handstands, and encouraging her children to speak Austrian slang.

Christopher Neff is the Global Head of Emerging Experience & Technology at Anomaly. Under his leadership, the agency continues to expand upon its innovative nature with an infusion of vast spectrums of GenAI, Web3, and spatial computing.

At Anomaly, Neff architected an emerging tech incubator called Classify, aimed at guiding brands through nascent tech spaces. With Ally Financial, they used this architecture to develop a Web3 program that levels up creators using emerging technologies called Creator Cache. Additionally, they have deployed Classify in a sessions format with portfolio brands LVMH and Diageo, focusing on practically applying GenAI to real business challenges. His team continues to educate and upskill both internally and externally with a suite of products, workshops, and applications.

Neff is also an advisor for Million Marker, a Y-Combinator startup centered on biological testing and is a founding member of the Emerging Tech & Media Committee at the Ad Council.

A digital and business leader with over 17 years of experience, Sunil excels at forging strategic partnerships and delivering cutting-edge products that drive significant client value. With a proven track record of leveraging technology to develop bespoke solutions and pioneer new revenue streams, he has spearheaded the market enablement of data-led solutions and digital practices in the region, empowering businesses to thrive in the digital age. His achievements include the APAC Ad Tech Personality of the Year 2020 by Exchangewire and Most Valuable Professional in Tech 2022 by Campaign Asia. Beyond expertise, Sunil is known for his progressive mindset, radical collaboration, and valuing simplicity and meaning in all endeavors.

A transformative technology executive with 25+ years of hands-on experience in leading Global Marketing, Communications and GTM functions, I help brands grow, inspire movements, & create emotional connections with customers in competitive, fast-growth, dynamic markets. I'm currently working on the fusion of Human Expertise, Digital and AI technology reimagine Brand, Content and Customer Experiences.

I have had the privilege of building global, diverse, high-performing teams as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Head of Marketing Strategy, Brand Storyteller, SVP - Product, Industry and Portfolio Marketing, SVP Thought Leadership, Customer Insights & Market Intelligence, GTM and Demand Generation, Corporate Messaging, and Positioning, & Customer Experience.

In his 20-year long career, Marcus has significantly impacted the world of digital commerce. His robust commercial strategies and keen eye for optimising consumer journeys showcase his expertise, while his extensive experience in P&L management has driven the direct-to-consumer growth of several global brands. As Clarks' Global Head of Digital Commerce, Marcus is spearheading digital growth and transformation for the brand, currently leading DTC channel re-platforming across several regions. He actively engages in digital advisory boards, industry podcasts, panel debates and award judging panels, underscoring his commitment to brilliant digital branding.

A champion of creativity, Anthony Yell has played a vital role in building and scaling some of the industry’s most renowned digital agencies. At Razorfish, his influence extends beyond creative leadership, delving into the business side of the agency realm. This dual focus has been instrumental in driving the agency's double-digit growth year over year since the Razorfish brand was relaunched in 2020. His strategic vision is key to the agency’s mission, which is to assist clients in leveraging their brand purpose to enhance business performance. Anthony leads a team of 550+ diverse creatives at Razorfish, representing a significant portion of the agency’s talent pool. This group has experienced profound transformation, adapting to the seismic shifts brought on by emerging technologies, the associated rapidly evolving consumer behaviors, and its broad impact on creativity.

Suraj is CEO of BBDO India. He believes creativity is the life force that expands our universe. He is passionate about nurturing creative & strategic energy to scale brands and business. Prior to BBDO, Suraj has worked with McCann Erikson, Publicis and Lowe Lintas. Suraj loves juggling logic & magic, it is evident in his journey first as a copywriter, then as a strategic planner followed by leading business and clients.

Dave has been in the sports, media and technology industries for over 25 years and currently leads the direct-to-consumer department at Manchester United. Previously he ran his own sports tech investment and advising company, spent over 10 years at Hollywood studios NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures, and started his career at Maple Leaf Sports. Originally hailing from Toronto, Canada, he is married with two young children.

Ryan leads Creative at Metavision across brands, IP, and R&D projects. Award winning Creative Technologist with experience in building campaigns in untraditional media. Applies Unreal and 3D experience to ensure state of the art technical capabilities are represented in early creative development.

I partner with clients and media teams to drive growth across the Asia-Pacific markets, and I have done it before in China and India. My role as head of transformation is that of a partner to help drive sustainable growth while never losing sight of what matters most - creating real value for clients across this diverse region. I help optimize our service offerings to clients and identify new opportunities that make sense for their specific business goals and markets. I work closely with teams across disciplines to develop and execute customized strategies that can unlock that new growth potential. And we get results - whether that's expanded revenue streams, increased profitability, or bringing innovative new capabilities to market. What is most important is ensuring we have the right operational model and culture in place to consistently deliver exceptional service and to do that I emphasize cross-functional alignment, client-focused execution, and operational discipline.

Peter heads up digital for Ford in Europe. His career spans over 20 years working in different assignments across the globe. Prior to Ford, Peter was with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) where he was in charge of global digital marketing and prior to JLR, Peter spent 12 years at WPP, specialising in FMCG. Peter has led some key digital transformation programs at Ford such as the launching eCommerce and Ford's first ever D2C business model.

Patrice began her advertising career in the fast lane taking home Canada’s first gold in the Cannes Young Lions competition. She moved to New York City and worked under industry legends where she honed her craft before moving back to Toronto. For over a decade, Patrice has impacted some of the most influential brands in the world. Her ability to relentlessly pursue creative that is breakthrough, provocative and effective, while also understanding business impact has led her to win a slew of some of the most prestigious industry awards. Patrice is passionate about building a culture with a creative mindset and a collaborative spirit. She continues to lead with the belief that an agency’s business and culture thrive when the people come first.

Henry Peemen is Managing Creative Director at experiential agency WINK. With a natural instinct for interdisciplinary and unconventional approaches, he nurtures creativity in every concept and execution his team is able to turn their eye to.

Having a degree in design, strategy, fashion and marketing under his belt, Henry developed a broad toolset of talents after finishing up art school and to date, his career has taken him on a whirlwind tour through fashion, media, retail, spatial design and brand activations before applying his hybrid skillset to WINK's world – working for brands like Budweiser, Glenmorangie, Polestar, Wrangler, Levi’s, UGG, Zalando, Bacardi, Eastpak, Corona, Jack Daniel’s and Netflix to name a few.

A passionate firestarter, he believes in instinct above all and finding surprising connections in the most unexpected places. That might very well be why he joined WINK right after meeting them at a party one day.

As Spiro's Global President Jeff Stelmach draws upon three decades of experience representing some of the globe’s most recognizable names, businesses, and brands. One of only two professionals worldwide to secure the coveted Grand Ex Award for “Best Experiential Marketing Campaign” not once, but twice, Jeff focuses his efforts on creating immersive, experiential opportunities that evoke emotion, encourage brand loyalty and increase engagement between businesses and key audiences.

Before Spiro, Jeff honed his skills at Mosaic North America, Opus Agency and Geometry Global (now VMLY&R Commerce), among others. His portfolio features the likes of Samsung, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Anheuser-Busch InBev and Intel, racking up awards and accolades along the way, including multiple Event Marketer Ex and Association of National Advertisers REGGIE awards for excellence.

Kristy Castleton is founder and CEO of the multi-award winning brand experience agency Rebel and Soul. The agency works with global MNC’s including Mastercard, HSBC and Diageo to apply their proprietary neuroscience methodology INVOLVE®, to transform their brands. Her pioneering work at the intersection of science and marketing has won Kristy multiple accolades from Entrepreneur of the Year and Innovator of the Year to a Woman Leading Change.

Rick Cosgrove is the CXO and President of Agency EA, responsible for the strategy and operations across the Client Services, Production and Creative departments, along with setting the tone for what makes a great experience across the entire EA Collective (Agency EA, Studio Sage & Storyhorse). He's spent the better half of a decade building the creative department at Agency EA from scratch, completing an MBA at Northwestern, launching his side hustle Sō Labs Watch Co., and becoming a dad three times over.

With 16 years’ experience for consumer brands under her belt, including LEGO, Audible, Disney, Bupa and SharkNinja, Lucy heads up PrettyGreen's strategy and creative Studio. She is passionate about proving the effectiveness of creative comms, and drives strategic development and integrated planning across PR, experiential and influencer campaigns at PrettyGreen.

After getting her start in hometown of Kansas City with a handful of small boutique agencies - working on programs for Southwest Air, McDonalds, Toyota-Scion, VH1 and TGIFridays - Annie moved to Austin, TX with Google, running community & field marketing for their fiber to the home product. Wrapping 6 years with Google, Thompson created her own small production co - supporting brands like T-Mobile, Meta, Glassdoor, various festivals and headlining client Bumble. During pandemic days, Annie joined Bumble full time, heading up experiential and the branded merch teams. When not producing wild events all over the world, she's at home (again) in Kansas City with her 2 yellow lab pups, Penny & Cricket :)

CEO at OBE, Deb Murray Lemon brings straight talk and smart strategy to every client partnership. As a master connector of people, she continues to build OBE through lasting client relationships. She takes pride in growing (and leading) the dream team at OBE, thanks to instincts she sharpened as both a marketer and a true brand believer.

Regional Promotion Manager, Columbia Pictures

Head of Motion Picture Group, Rogers and Cowan

Head of Publicity 20th Century Fox

Senior Executive Vice President of Marketing, 20th Century Fox

President of Consumer products, 20th Century Fox

Executive Vice President, Global Partnerships, Head of Location Based Entertainment, Sony Pictures

I started out in the industry as a Creative Producer, leading on projects in the luxury and fashion sectors. I now head up the design team at Bearded Kitten, working closely with the New Business and Projects teams. At my happiest when working on cool briefs with cool people, finding authentic and original ways to achieve creative cut-through that delivers on our clients KPIs.

Natasha is Client Services Director at award winning brand experience agency Seen Presents. She has an extensive career working in leading creative agencies in London and at Universal Music with considerable experience working with brands across the entertainment and culture sector. She has overseen integrated campaigns and events for blue chip brands including H&M, British Airways, Coca-Cola and Foot Locker to name a few. Natasha prides herself on her deep understanding of strategy and creative and how that translates into campaigns or activations that deliver long term business results.

A director at M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment, Ross continues to lead the agency’s thriving Experiential team; having grown the agency’s offer through the headwinds of the COVID-pandemic he has since overseen the return of live events on a global stage. Having joined the agency in 2014, Ross leads client accounts including Heineken, adidas and Coca-Cola and has delivered some of the biggest live moments and experiences across the world for these brands. Ross brings a deep knowledge of the sport, sponsorship and experiential marketing with vast experience activating major global sponsorships including UEFA Women’s EURO 2022, UEFA Champions League, Premier League, 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2018 Winter Olympic Games, 2015 Rugby World Cup and London 2012 Olympic Games. He brings a particular expertise for delivering unique live events which place brands at the very heart of the biggest experiential moments to deliver meaningful change for brands and society.

David came to New York from London 20 years ago. He joined Momentum over 11 years ago, and focused on turning insightful strategies into experiential ideas that bring consumers closer to brands in more meaningful ways. Leading the Experience Design team, David orchestrates a symphony of multidimensional talent, weaving sustainable principles into the very fabric of brand experiences. Over the last 28 years, David has controlled myriad of successful brand experiences for leading brands Verizon, American Express, Walmart, Ford Motor Company, Coca-Cola, Porsche, Bentley, Subway, NBC Universal, Microsoft, Facebook and so many more. As part of Momentum's commitment to "Make It Matter," David leads the global sustainability pillar. His role is to ensure that the principle of the circular economy is integrated into every aspect of our work, from concepts and pitches to designs, construction, vendors, technology, and decision-making.

Dan Gregory is a visionary leader and the driving force behind the success of TEAM, a renowned global experiential agency marking its 35th year of excellence in the industry. With over three decades of dedicated service to the agency, Dan has played an integral role in its evolution, transforming it from a local staffing agency into a powerhouse of creative innovation and experiential marketing on a global scale. Under Dan's leadership, TEAM has flourished into a full-service global creative-driven experiential agency, known for its ability to craft immersive brand experiences that captivate audiences worldwide. His keen insight into consumer behavior, coupled with his deep understanding of market trends, has propelled TEAM to the forefront of the industry, earning it a reputation for delivering unparalleled results for clients across diverse sectors.

Michaela is Director of Events at B-Corp, creative agency We Are Family London. Michaela has 17 years global experience within the events industry. She spent 5 years working in the Middle East delivering high profile events, music festival production and luxury fashion events and produced brand activations throughout Europe and Asia. Michaela takes pride in leading the producing teams at We Are Family London with strategic and precision planning in experiential and immersive experiences for brands such as Netflix, Swatch, Starbucks, IHG and Meta.

Lisa Roebuck is currently the Global Media Director for General Mills. With more than 25 years of diverse business experience within the CPG industry, she has built an expansive skill set in consumer communications strategy, brand-building omnichannel marketing, and data and analytical insights to action. She’s a team-first, empowering people leader who has driven results in fast-paced and complex environments.

20 year career in the spirits industry spanning from media agency experience, brand marketing and media leadership across the world's largest spirits companies. Currently leading Bacardi's media ambition in North America as well as our approach to best-in-class sponsorships.

Sunita Rajan is Bloomberg Media’s Managing Director, APAC Media Sales and Marketing. Based in Singapore, Sunita oversees Bloomberg Media’s regional sales and marketing organizations driving cross-platform initiatives as well as leading the expansion of Bloomberg Media’s strategic marketing services offerings.

Anthony currently leads as Vice president media planning strategy & marketing analytics BET Media Group at Paramount. Anthony has held senior leadership roles leading award-winning media and marketing strategy on both the agency and brand side for global brands including Colgate, Pepsi, Ford/Lincoln, Royal Caribbean and Tough Mudder to name a few. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the NYU Stern School of Business.

Limor is the SEO Director at Similarweb, she has been working in the SEO field for 20 years, loves large-scale technical SEO, and data-driven SEO strategies, and defines herself as a search anthropologist – experimenting with both humans & machines for growth. Limor co-authored the In-house SEO book 2nd and 3rd edition and loves sharing her knowledge by teaching and speaking at conferences or meet-ups.

Evan Finkelstein is an award winning digital marketing expert and the Head of SEO at New York Life Insurance Company. He has over a decade of search, content, and performance marketing experience across Fortune 500 clients like Procter & Gamble, Verizon, Merck, Citibank, HPE, and more.

Becky has spent the last 15 years working in digital marketing, starting Reflect Digital in 2011, which is now a team of over 35 digital specialists. Becky has been listed in the BIMA 100 for the last 4 years consecutively, a list of the top 100 people shaping the future of the digital industry. Becky’s passion for digital lies within understanding human behaviour. It is her belief that as marketers we can best achieve our goals by helping our customers and we can only truly help them if we understand their needs and can craft a strategy around this.

Prashant Co-Founded AdLift in 2009. An alumnus from Columbia University, Prashant is a digital marketing expert having an extensive 20+ years of industry experience. He is also part of Columbia University’s Entrepreneurship Advisory Board (EAB) where he mentors young entrepreneurs to help grow their start-ups more efficiently and effectively.

Prashant works closely with several Fortune 500 and Unicorns including PayPal, Airbnb, Shopify, Walmart, Peloton, Schneider Electric, PayU, Jaquar, InfoEdge and Goldman Sachs in helping them increase their digital market share.

Lindsey has over 10 years working in the digital marketing, with a focus on SEO, and now working to connect US clients with digital services that drive results. She is passionate about building strong client relationships and acting as a true partner for teams. She has recently moved from NYC to Connecticut and now spends her spare time renovating her 1940's Cape.

Ritesh Gohil is a seasoned digital media executive with over 15 years of experience. He has held roles at Sony, SEGA, Dentsu and Mindshare, where he has been instrumental in driving digital transformation and maximizing capabilities across data, media, and technology.

Ritesh has also consulted with leading brands, ad tech companies, and consultancies, including Deloitte, Accenture, and BCG. He is currently Mindshare's Global Solutions Partner, responsible for driving digital transformation across the organization's global client base. With expertise in digital strategy, activation, and partnerships, connecting across the marketing ecosystem enabling success the digital age.

Martha kicked off her career in media agencies, working with a variety of clients from fashion to telecoms. Now, she leads the media team for GB and Ireland at The Coca-Cola Company, creating iconic brand experiences for their portfolio of loved brands.

Hello, I’m Ryan De Joya and I have 15+ years of experience in media strategy & planning. I've held both local and regional roles across Asia-Pacific.

I am currently the APAC Media Lead for Colgate, delivering greater marketing impact for the brand found in more homes than any other, by driving the media effectiveness agenda across Asia-Pacific.

To achieve this, I act as the strategic lynchpin across internal stakeholders, external media/creative agency partners, and publishers, effectively orchestrating synergies across brand POE media, digital performance, creatives, and analytics.

A 20-year industry veteran, Hyun leads Good Apple’s media team and nurtures the growth of new disciplines within the company. Passionate about tying media to real business outcomes, she’s helped healthcare clients develop award-winning, multi-channel media strategies to drive successful product launches for blockbuster brands, delivering strong ROI alongside education to rare disease brands. Hyun has championed media innovation and led internal SME programs that have driven agency expertise in programmatic, video and social. She believes the future of media is programmatic and audience-first and has helped her clients integrate AI/ML across the media value chain. Her expertise has been showcased at numerous industry events including ANA’s Commerce Marketing and Brand Management Committee Meeting; Digiday’s Media Buying Summit & Omnichannel Marketing Strategies; MediaPost’s Pharma Summit and TV & Video Summit and more.

As the Chief Experience Officer, Kym is responsible for creating positive experiences at every step along our talent’s journey, from recruitment and onboarding to engagement, development, and advancement. This includes ensuring equitable hiring practices, creating smarter onboarding processes, and designing programs that foster morale and promote talent retention. In 2017, Kym made a career shift to focus on people and culture when returning to Initiative. Her experience working in the business has not only strengthened her approach to talent management but also drives her ambition to foster an inclusive culture that nurtures the growth and development of our people.

Martin currently heads up all OOH planning and buying for dentsu US. He has been in the USA since 2011, but worked in the UK in both agency and media owner roles across OOH, radio and cinema. His last role in the UK was marketing for CBS Outdoor during the launch of the first scaled digital network on the London Underground. He came to the US to drive digital OOH, integrating it into part of everyday OOH planning. He also oversaw the launch of Liveposter, dentsu’s proprietary dynamic content platform, which has led the team to have won multiple Drum awards as well as the OAAA Media Plan of the year for 3 consecutive years.

Magda Szmilewska is a professional with over 14 years of experience in media and marketing. Currently serving as the Global Media Manager at Oatly, Magda has built a robust career working with renowned brands such as Coty, American Express, Netflix, and IKEA, to name a few. Her extensive background spans both the brand and agency sides, and she has successfully navigated the complexities of international markets. Based in Amsterdam, Magda has lived and worked in both Europe and the USA, bringing a global perspective to her professional endeavors. Outside of her career, she is passionate about helping start-ups and enjoys the companionship of her dog, especially at the beach.

Rob has over 23 years Experience in OOH and Commercial media – working for some of the largest UK OOH vendors, including Exterion Media (now Global), across a 15-year career before switching to join market leading ad agency, MEC (now Wavemaker), in 2016. Rob possesses an extensive understanding of the OOH landscape and is leading the development and spend growth in Programmatic DOOH activations for clients at Wavemaker - essentially driving the future of the medium. Rob has been at the core of many award winning OOH campaigns in the past few years and in 2024 Wavemaker are the most shortlisted agency at the annual Outdoor Media Awards.

Andreas Voss is the global tech SEO manager for Dell Technologies, with many years of experience in all aspects of SEO. Having worked agency and then client side for several global companies in Europe and the US, his focus is on search user and search crawler advocacy. Scaling SEO by integrating early on in strategy, content and IT is the fun part of his ever-changing job with all the smart people in the SEO and IT industry.

Nick Russell is Director of Creative Strategy at Global, home to some of the most loved market leading audio brands in the UK (including Capital, Heart, Classic FM, LBC, Smooth, Radio X and Gold), as well as being one leading Outdoor companies in both the UK & Europe. With over 25 years media experience, Nick has held creative roles for both The BBC and Telegraph Media Group and has helped to create award winning campaigns at Global for brands including Volkswagen, Heineken, British Heart Foundation and Disney.

Born and raised in sunny Lisbon, I have over 14 years of SEO experience meaning I bring deep expertise in optimizing web presence and driving organic traffic. I enjoy speaking at industry events and most recently spoke at BrightonSEO. I've been at MGOMD for almost 10 years now and currently head up the SEO/Organic Performance team.

Jack is a transformation specialist having worked with some of the world’s leading brands to design and deploy their media operating models.​ ​He started his career in media agencies working for Havas Media and Mindshare before working for Apple and Bloomberg in strategic marketing roles.​ ​Prior to MediaSense he co-founded LEAD Consulting, a marketing transformation consultancy where he worked for nearly a decade accelerating in-house marketing capabilities.

A marketing leader with over 20+ years of experience across NA, EMEA, Africa and APAC, Kristen is now the Global Head of Media for Accenture Song. Kristen has collaborated with some of world’s biggest and most innovative brands, pushing boundaries for media reinvention, technology powered creativity and AI supported collaboration across integrated Marketing. Her passion and enthusiasm ignites when silos are broken and global talent unleashed to solve some of today’s biggest marketing obstacles. With experience across consulting, scale ups, martech and agencies, Kristen was previously the President, Precision EMEA at Publicis Media as well as CMO of Terragon, an emerging market focused CDP and CPaaS technology company

With nearly 30 years of expertise, Frank Vertolli serves as Co-founder & Managing Partner of leading performance agency, Net Conversion and data analytics platform, Conversionomics. Partnerships are long-term engagements with leading brands, where the team delivers industry-leading results. At the core, it's about agility, enabling more innovation, a more personal touch, and more business impact.

Julia Monti is the SVP of Global Communications at Mastercard, leading the company’s global communications strategy. With extensive experience in corporate communications, Julia plays a key role in enhancing Mastercard’s brand reputation and stakeholder engagement through strategic messaging and innovative campaigns.

Leslie Scott serves as Managing Director – Global Response and Corporate Communications at United Airlines where her work focuses on crisis communications, brand defense and purpose communications. She has spent 16 years in aviation as a high-performing media relations professional forging relationships with a wide range of industry, business, consumer and sustainability reporters with integrity, honesty, tenacity and grace and was recently named to PRWeek’s 40 under 40 list.

Brandon Dixon is director, communications at Stagwell, the challenger network built to transform marketing. A journalist-turned-adland-comms, he’s passionate about truth, storytelling, purpose, and the imperative for community engagement in content creation. He leads Stagwell's global communications, driving strategy, investor communications, executive thought leadership, and PR. He was part of the team that launched Stagwell Inc. (NASDAQ: STGW), following the successful combination of MDC Partners and The Stagwell Group, and is a key contributor to Stagwell’s Future of News and artificial intelligence initiatives.

He previously served on Scholastic’s National Advisory Council, offering insights on how to improve representation in children’s literature. Dixon is a graduate of Harvard University, where he studied History & Literature with a focus on Afrofuturism. In his free time, he theorizes what black, and queer, futures we might lurk just on the periphery.

David Claxton is the Founder of Wise Up PR, a communications agency based in Boston that offers big client experience matched with boutique agency care to a global roster of firms. He founded the agency on the belief that there is a better way to do PR, especially after seeing how often clients of all sizes were consistently shortchanged by larger agencies. David has over a decade of senior-level PR experience across the US, UK, and Irish markets and has been trusted to lead impactful campaigns for a host of B2B and B2C clients including Google, Twilio, LevelTen Energy, Attest, Echodyne, and many more.

Based out of NYC, Evelyn Swiderski is Vevo's Director of Communications, overseeing the music video network's global PR efforts, industry relations, and external messaging. With over 12 years experience, Evelyn has worked across various industries from non-profits to B2B tech. Prior to Vevo, she held roles at DBC Brand Communications, Sloane & Company, and PRCG | Haggerty.

Laura brings two decades of expertise in both in-house and agency roles, specialising in brand and corporate communications. She launched her career at Edelman, where she honed her skills across diverse sectors. Following this, she moved to Coca-Cola Great Britain, leading brand PR, and subsequently to a global position at Unilever. Before joining the LEGO Group in 2022 as Senior Director of global brand communications, she led Global Communications at VICE Media Group.

Rudnick is a seasoned PR, brand management and communications strategist with over 25 years of global experience in the US, UK and now Australia. She's the head of the new Sports PR division at MKTG, Dentsu's global sports marketing agency, as well as the head of PR at Angel City Football Club, the professional women's soccer team in Los Angeles founded by actor and activist Natalie Portman, who counts Billie Jean King, Jennifer Garner, Eva Longoria, Abby Wambach, Glennon Doyle, 13 former US Women's national team player and others alinged in the fight for pay equity amongst its investors.

A Global PR & Media Affairs professional with over 15 years of experience in government affairs, public relations, project management, stakeholder engagement, and marketing and communications.

Leading the global public relations and media affairs agenda for the technology and AI sector, working with internal and external stakeholders to communicate IKEA's vision, values, and innovations in this field. A focus on corporate affairs, crisis and brand reputation management, and strategic planning for high impact initiatives.

An integrated communications leader with over 20 years’ experience, Debs has accumulated a broad range of expertise in advertising, strategic PR, social, digital and influencer communications, delivering campaigns for a number of global and UK businesses including Asda, Bord Bia, Diageo, McCain, Nescafe, Pepsico, Samsung, Sony, Tabasco Sauce and Warburtons.

Kristal Howard is an inspirational, driven, and innovative industry leader and award-winning communications executive. During her 12 years leading external communications for Kroger, one of North America’s largest retailers and employers, Howard helped to transform the organization’s approach to storytelling. She is now the founder and CEO of The Howard Method, a strategic communications consultancy that provides an elevated and proven approach to modern public relations strategies that convert to scale brands and businesses.

Cristina Macina is Head of Communications for the Zone Asia, Oceania & Africa of Nestlé since January 2024. Prior to taking up this post, Cristina was Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Director for Nestlé UK & Ireland, leading strategy for corporate media relations, digital, sustainability, public affairs in the UK and Ireland. Cristina joined the Nestlé Group in Italy in 2003 and held a number of senior communications roles at the Global, European and market level. Cristina began her career in the WPP Group, one of the biggest communications groups worldwide, gaining experience across several industries from transports to TLC and FMCG.

Lauren Swinnerton is the EMEA Head of Marketing Brand & Communication at Roland DG. With experience leading brand strategies, communication campaigns & events for brands such as Roland DG and Renault Trucks, she has honed her craft across both external & internal brand communications. Achieving brand harmony across markets is what makes Lauren tick, leading multi-channel communication strategies that are integrated at every touchpoint, whilst creating award-winning work that truly moves the needle & delivers commercial impact. At Roland DG, Lauren leads the European brand & comms team in the UK, Spain, Italy, France & Germany, & is responsible for a team of 9 employees.

Business administrator, with marketing career for more than 10 years with participation in media and public relations, experience in consumer companies such as Procter & Gamble as a PR and influencer leader. Currently I’m Head of Content & Culture at AB InBev Colombia.

A seasoned consumer marketing professional who has over 15 years of strategic comms & partnership experience working for brands such as MAC Cosmetics, Toni & Guy, Wella Professional, Mondelez and Müller. Bal has also overseen sporting partnerships with Team GB, British Athletics and F1. She is also on the board of People Like Us and Punjabi Chamber of Commerce.

With close to two decades of experience in delivering global communication stories, Nikhil currently heads global PR teams and efforts at Razer Inc., world’s leading lifestyle brand for gamers as the Global PR Director. He is responsible for driving PR efforts for the brand and leading teams across the US, Europe and Asia. Previously, he built brand reputation for wearables at Google and led brand partnerships at Fitbit. Nikhil was part of the leadership team that launched the brand across 14 countries in Asia. Before Fitbit, he worked as a Senior Director at Burson Marsteller (WPP) for close to decade managing clients and campaigns across various industries. Throughout his career, Nikhil has played a key role in the growth of major consumer brands through successful communication strategies and multiple award winning teams.

Nicola Green is Virgin Media O2’s Chief Communications and Corporate Affairs Officer. Nicola is responsible for Public Affairs, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability, Internal and External Communications. Nicola also works directly with the CEO and offers strategic counsel to other members of the Executive Committee. Prior to this, Nicola was appointed as a member of the Executive Team for Telefónica (O2) UK Limited in June 2019 as Corporate Affairs Director, a role she held since 2016. She joined the company in 2003 as Head of Media and under her leadership, helped O2 achieve the highest corporate reputation in the sector. Nicola is a communications industry figurehead, an active campaigner for Women in PR and a regular feature in PR Week’s UK Power Book.

A Bogotá, Colombia native with a depth of global experience, Andrés is one of the most decorated creatives in the advertising industry, with 20+ years of experience dedicated to crafting compelling narratives for some of the world’s most renowned brands. He was named Global CCO for FCB in 2024.

As a member of FCB’s Global Leadership Team, Andrés is responsible for supporting FCB’s all-star creative leadership community, keeping creative teams connected and sharing ideas across all internal boundaries to deliver the Timeless and Timely work at the local, regional and global levels clients have come to expect from FCB.

Throughout his career, Andrés has collected hundreds of industry accolades, including Cannes Lions, Effies, D&AD, One Show Pencils, ADC, Clios and many more. He has been ranked as one of the top creative minds in the business by Adweek, Campaign, Cannes Lions, The One Show and The Drum, among others.

Leslie Quinton, Vice-president, Communications at Ubisoft, has developed over the past 30 years a deep expertise in all aspects of communications and organizational leadership. From multinational corporations to agency to non-profit, she has a broad background in corporate communications and related areas, such as CSR and DE&I. She often shares her knowledge by guest speaking at conferences in Canada and the U.S., as a podcast guest, and by mentoring the next generation of public relations professionals. She is deeply committed to social change and as a volunteer, Leslie is Chair of Medic-Alert Canada, past president of IWF Canada and of IABC Montreal, a director for Informed Opinions, and has been on more than thirty other boards, including Public Relations Without Borders, Equitas Human Rights, and Oxfam-Quebec. She taught communications at McGill University and Université de Sherbrooke, and studied humanities at Concordia University.

Kelly Ricci is a senior marketing, PR and communications leader with 18+ years of experience in Fashion, CPG, Sports, and Entertainment Industries. She specializes in transforming heritage brands into the center of cultural and relevant conversations for today’s modern consumer. A connected, culturally plugged-in strategic thinker known for innovating and championing ideas and experiential activations that set new industry standards, Kelly is adept at identifying opportunities driving brand impact and revenue growth, partnering with celebrities, creators, emerging talent, and collaborators in exciting ways.

Allie has over 15 years experience in marketing with a passionate focus on social media, creators, culture and innovation. Currently works at Nike, with a career built agency-side leading large teams and never been done before executions in the digital space. Mom to a 2 year old, Jones and 10 year old pup, Lucy.

Adam Clyne is a renowned leader in the digital space with over two decades of experience and is currently CEO of social media and influencer marketing agency Coolr, which he founded independently in 2017.

​ Before Coolr, Adam was the COO of LADbible Group and Head of Digital for the public relations firm Weber Shandwick. ​ ​Adam has taken three agencies to be EMEA Digital Agency of the Year and recently won ‘CEO of the Year’ at The Drum Awards For Agency Business and ‘Leader of the Year’ at The Drum awards for Social Media.

Coolr currently has 90+ employees with offices in the UK and US and clients including Lidl, Samsung, Deliveroo and Burger King. Outside of work Adam loves tech, memes, and cold water swimming.

Prashant has been part of Social Media teams for the past 11 years at 3 very different brands. He kicked off his career at Fastrack, a youth watch brand in India. Prashant then moved to Nike (he loves sneakers) where he also worked in e-commerce and brand marketing. He has spent the last 5+ years at Netflix India, growing and evolving our social media ecosystem and brand, working with some of the great young creative minds in our industry.

Rachael has worked in Events, PR & Social for over 19 years, with 17 years running Social Media for big brands. Previous roles have included heading up social at Cineworld and Three, where she was responsible for a number of award winning social campagna. Rachael now currently heads up the social and content team at Virgin Media O2.

Alessandro is currently Influence Client Partner at Ogilvy, where he serves as the WPP Open X Influencer Lead for The Coca-Cola Company.

He brings 10+ year experience in digital, social, content and influencer marketing, having previously worked agency side with clients such as Amazon, BBC, and Qualcomm. He also has in-house experience with companies like The Walt Disney Company, lastminute.com and Stellantis (Opel Vauxhall), where he led their influencer and content businesses.

Recently, Alessandro was recognized in the Influencer Top 50 list for his contributions to the industry. He also teaches Influencer Marketing at universities in both the UK and Italy. Additionally, Alessandro runs a life and performance marketing coaching business, specialising in helping entrepreneurs with creative minds.

Tamara founded Social Element in 2002 and has grown the agency to become a 300+ people strong and award-winning business that helps some of the world’s biggest brands including OREO, Visa, Smirnoff, Nissan and Dr Pepper thrive on social media. Tamara is also co-founder of Polpeo, a crisis company that creates realistic and immersive crisis simulations that prepare teams to communicate successfully in a crisis.

She is a Fellow of The Marketing Society, a previous Drum’s CEO of the year and also recognised in Campaign Magazine’s 40 over 40 and Campaign’s Inspirational Women CEO of the Year in 2024. Tamara is the co-host of The Genuine Humans podcast, a board member of Media Pride and is regularly featured in the Outstanding Top 100 Global LGBTQ+ Executives list.

Ben Stavert is one of Australian entertainment’s foremost content marketing practitioners with over 12 years experience in harnessing the power of social, content and community for brands like Paramount+, Seven West Media, Network 10, ITV and Warner Bros. Ben is currently the Director of Content at Australia's #1 Social Media Agency, Hello Social.

Evolving from consulting roles to leading social media in global organizations within the hospitality, luxury, and fashion industries, Laura has comprehensive experience in social media, brand strategy, and content creation. As Social Media Director at Hyatt EAME, she leverages the power of social media to enhance brand presence and customer connections to drive Hyatt's discoverability on social.