Angela Affinita is Director of Global Marketing, Disney Consumer Products at The Walt Disney Company. From immersive events to brand campaigns to product launches, Angela has led the creative execution of some of the world’s most beloved consumer products brands such as Mickey & Friends, Disney Princess, Pixar’s Toy Story, as well as Star Wars and Marvel. With over 25 years’ experience in broadcast and studio entertainment properties, storytelling and creative innovation is at the heart of everything Angela delivers.

I built my aerospace industry career around services from technical support, planning, contract management and now sales & marketing. As VP marketing, I have introduced several MarTech into what is traditionally a meet in person industry including marketing automation and ABM, e-commerce and a growing social media presence including paid social. In my current role, I promote our gas turbine engines and associated B2B maintenance services in an industry that has long cycle.

For the past 18 years, I’ve worked with and led global marketing teams across some of the world’s most renowned brands in retail, sports, entertainment, and gaming. My expertise lies in social, digital-first, and brand marketing strategies. Currently, I’m heading the marketing team at Reiss, where I’m dedicated to expanding the brand’s global presence and driving customer growth.

Currently the Global Brand Director for AXA XL, Allison has a passion for driving growth and forging meaningful connections through creativity. Previously, she's worked across sponsorships, brand and marketing and design across various financial services brands as well as agencies.

I am a Senior Marketing Leader with a proven track record in the Sport, Apparel, and Fashion industries, having worked with, and for, some incredible brands including adidas, Technogym and Maximuscle. I was the senior brand marketing director for The North Face Europe for 8 years and for the past year and half I have been consulting for Montirex, the UK's fastest growing sportswear brand. In my spare time, I am chair of OpeningUpTheOutdoors, a non-for profit committed to inclusion in the outdoor industry.

Adam Grant is the Global Brand Marketing Director at PlayStation. A strategic and creative leader, he drives growth and engagement for PlayStation Platforms, including PS5, by shaping global brand strategy, delivering integrated campaigns, and forging impactful partnerships that reinforce PlayStation's cultural position.

Multi award-winning FMCG brand marketing professional with 15 years of experience in creating disruptive, experiential and innovative campaigns for hospitality & retail. Renowned for delivering commercial results and building brand equity in B2B and B2C. As an entrepreneurial and highly strategic, yet assertive, leader always embracing an empathetic leadership style that inspires teams and engages with audiences through lasting brand activations.

Andrew is a pragmatic, results-oriented, and award-winning marketing leader, with a proven track record of building, leading and coaching high-performance teams in hyper-growth tech environments.

Having started his early career in publishing and market/analyst research, Andrew has spent the past 14 years in cybersecurity, working for several of the largest brands in the industry. His past 9 years have been in a variety of leadership roles at Palo Alto Networks, as it has transitioned from a scale-up to the worlds largest cybersecurity company.

Andy is Head of Sales & Marketing for First Choice, part of TUI. His remit covers the full marketing mix, including performance, brand & advertising, social, PR, and content. Prior to TUI, Andy has spent 18 years in marketing, working both in-house and for agencies across a variety of disciplines and categories, in London, Sydney, and Manchester.

Winner of The Drum's B2B Brand and In-House Marketing Team of the Year 2023; winner of Marketing Week's Marketing Team of the Year 2023; and once awarded the Most Creative Individual Working in B2B Marketing, Brian Macreadie is the Head of Marketing at international law firm, Addleshaw Goddard. His 25+ year marketing career spans media, telecoms and professional services industries, and his award-winning campaigns have ranged from using 3D light shows to engage with real estate VIPs, through to haunting hundreds of the world’s most senior lawyers.

Adam is the Executive Vice President, Global Marketing for Sportradar, the world’s leading sports technology company (NASDAQ: SRAD) and is responsible for the management of the global marketing team. Prior to joining Sportradar in 2018, he held senior marketing and leadership roles for leading marketing agencies such as CSM, BMB and Jack Morton. Adam has led campaigns and marketing strategy for several global brands including Microsoft, Molson Coors, LinkedIn, Qualcomm, Eaton Power, Sony, Universal Pictures, Nintendo and Coca Cola.

Anna has held communications roles in museums, galleries, archives, theatres and public art festivals around the UK. As Head of Communications & Marketing for Wellcome Collection, she connects audiences with London’s free museum and library dedicated to health and human experience. She’s also a trustee for Headlong Theatre and People's History Museum. Anna is disabled but can pass as non-disabled. She spends a lot of time thinking about what it really means to make arts and culture accessible for everyone.

As a Senior Digital Marketing leader at Lenovo, I have over 2 decades of valuable experience in ecommerce across global markets. I am a paid and organic media expert and an online marketing strategist, who uses data-driven insights, creative campaigns, and effective optimization to drive growth and acquisition for Lenovo's products and services. I am also a mentor, a marketing awards judge, and a lifelong learner, who is always looking for new challenges and opportunities to grow and contribute. My mission is to leverage my digital marketing skills and expertise to create value and impact for Lenovo and its customers.

More than 20 years dedicated to create empower team, to push forward Branding and Marketing. After amazing years in CANAL+ and adidas, I am now managing the faster Sport Brand industry for Europe. Puma.

Danny is currently VP of Marketing for Arla Foods in the UK. He leads a large team of marketers and a branded portfolio that has a turnover of over £1bn featuring household names such as Lurpak, Anchor and Cravendale plus joint ventures with Starbucks and Yeo Valley. Previous to his current role Danny led global brands and categories for Arla from their head office in Denmark, was Head of Brand Development at Morrisons and started his career on the graduate scheme at Pladis (formerly United Biscuits).

Cindy is responsible for all aspects of global brand strategy, marketing, digital and research and development.

Cindy joined Britvic as Chief Marketing Officer in 2023 from Heineken group, where she was managing director for Beerwulf.com, the D2C e-commerce platform of Heineken in Europe. Before this, she spent four years as a Board Member of Heineken UK, leading the marketing of all of its beer and cider brands, as well as the company’s digital transformation, consumer media, innovation, and category and trade marketing. Prior to that Cindy gained deep FMCG knowledge in various commercial leadership roles at Unilever and PepsiCo.

Cindy holds a Master of Science in Economics degree from the Vrije University in Amsterdam and a Master of Food Management degree from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

Chris has driven growth across some of Britain's favourite food brands and is an advocate of creativity to unlock brand potential. Having taken the leap into the plant based sector a number of years ago, he's now establishing Cathedral City and Bute Island Sheese across retail and foodservice menu's around the world.

Christof has been growing brands by growing people for 25 years. As Head of Performance Marketing, early in 2023, he was asked to create a new team to grow iconic brands such as Andrex, Kleenex, and Huggies through uniting and elevating digital, retail, and e-commerce performance marketing. After starting his marketing career at Unilever through their graduate scheme, Christof joined Kimberly-Clark over 20 years ago and held a wide range of marketing roles in global, regional, and local markets. Known for delivering consumer-driven innovation that improves performance, one recent example of this was when he transformed Kleenex by creating “Your Pollen Pal”. This free hyper-local pollen forecast has turned into the no.1 pollen forecast website in the UK, attracting millions of visits every year since its launch in 2021. In 2023, Kleenex launched the Your Pollen Pal app, gaining the no.1 pollen forecast app within 3 months and gaining a top 10 spot in the free Health & Fitness app stores. Christof has been an active ISBA Media Leaders group member for 3 years. He is an active advocate for neuro-diversity after being diagnosed with ADHD in 2022.

A long long time ago, fresh out of university , Dan spent a decade with Procter & Gamble in marketing and general management roles, followed by almost as long a stint at the Very Group running various departments including marketing, strategy, customer experience, change, insight and more. His next major role was at Currys where he’s been Brand & Marketing Director for more than 6 years now, also which includes responsibility for brand, advertising, social, PR, omnichannel content creation, Instore innovation, promotion planning, loyalty, personalisation and more.

David formerly served on the De Beers Executive Committee as Chief Brand Officer with overall responsibility for the profile, reputation and marketing of De Beers and its brands. His experience across the contrasting luxury, lifestyle and extractive sectors gives David unique insight into the evolving expectations of consumers, the corresponding pressures on business and the power of brand purpose to propel communities, companies and clients forward.

With nearly 20 years experience in the media and aviation industries, Deirdre is a strategic marketer, communications and brand leader who cultivates high-performing, high-impact teams through a purpose-driven and empowerment culture. With a passion for brands and a flair for creativity, Deirdre led the rebrand of Ireland's largest commercial broadcaster, TV3, to Virgin Media Television, creating multiple new channel and digital brands. Deirdre is currently the Director of Brand Marketing & International Communications at Ryanair, Europe's largest airline, leading a talented team of 45 across Brand, Social, Creative, PR and Insights.

I'm an accomplished Head of Marketing with extensive experience driving growth across sectors such as consumer electronics, online gaming, and digital services. Known for merging technical expertise with strategic acumen, I have delivered transformative results, including triple-digit revenue growth at LG Electronics through innovative use of AI tools and multimillion-pound budget management. At a number of other brands I have revolutionized their marketing strategies, enhanced engagement and improved brand recognition. I'm passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technologies and data insights, and excel in finding creative ideas to deliver business objectives for dynamic and sustainable growth.

Dionne is Chief Brand Officer at DECIEM, an umbrella of beauty brands, best known for skincare brand The Ordinary. After being with the brand for 11 years, she has experienced start-up, scale, and expansion stages of the brand.

Born in Sri Lanka and raised in the UK, I started my career at 16, transforming a bedroom hobby into a creative agency that partnered with brands at the intersection of youth culture, entertainment, and tech. Over the years, I’ve worked with leading names like Afro Nation, Twitter, and MOBO Awards, crafting campaigns that bridge culture, creativity, and community. These experiences have shaped my passion for storytelling, brand-building, and creating work that resonates with people on a deeper level. Now, as Chief Marketing Officer at Wingstop UK, I’m leading the charge to position the brand as more than just about food—making it a cultural movement. I’m particularly passionate about ideas that push creative boundaries, celebrate community, and deliver meaningful impact. For me, marketing is about sparking connections and shaping brands that people genuinely care about.

A Scottish mother of two based in South London. Marketing leader with deep experience in pureplay, bricks & mortar, performance and brand across grocery, fashion and home. Currently Marketing Director at Ocado Retail

Fernando Kahane is a dynamic marketing leader with over 20 years of experience in FMCG, shaping iconic brands such as Doritos, Cheetos, Walkers, and Hellmann’s at Unilever and PepsiCo, spanning roles from Customer Management to Global Marketing across Brazil, Latin America, the UK, and the USA. Passionate about driving brand transformation, fostering a creative culture, and delivering sustainable growth, he has successfully led large-scale turnarounds. His work has been recognised with numerous industry accolades, including Cannes Lions, D&AD and Effie Awards. Currently serving as VP/CMO at UKI Foods, a division of PepsiCo, Fernando leads marketing, media, insights, and commercialisation, driving strategic growth and fostering high-performance teams. A collaborative problem-solver and a firm believer in blending the power of creativity and commercial excellence to drive growth.

Emma is Director of Marketing & Brand for Boots UK responsible for the retailers biggest marketing campaigns of the year- Christmas and Summer- the Social, Influencer & Content team and Boots' brand strategy & brand visual identity. Emma is passionate about brand strategy, marketing creative and team leadership & culture, as well as championing gender equity and women in leadership

Fabio Ruffet has held senior marketing roles, based in London, Buenos Aires, Paris and Sao Paulo. His career is marked by a steadfast commitment to brand building, disruptive thinking, and award-winning campaigns. As the VP of Brands & Content at Mars Wrigley, Fabio is responsible for the creative output for brands such as Twix, M&M’s, Snickers, Extra gum and Maltesers, among others, with a brief to raise creative excellence that drives growth. Prior to joining Mars Wrigley, Fabio played a pivotal role at Bacardi Ltd, revitalising its eponymous rum brand, leading to record net sales value, gross profit, market share and brand equity as well as accolades Earlier in his career, Fabio honed his creative skills agency-side at Ogilvy & Mather and Havas, where he led large teams and produced award-winning campaigns for global brands such as Dove and Ford. A lifelong learner, Fabio has just completed a Master of Arts in Photo Documentary at the University of the Arts London. Fabio also holds a BA in Management from the University of Buenos Aires and a diploma in Advanced Leadership from the Miami Herbert Business School.

Curator of "glocal brand experiences, that create shareholder value"; Liz is a seasoned pan-African brand builder. In her 14 years in FMCG, Liz has led over 10 billion-dollar brands across Africa in global, regional and local roles. She is prides herself in business turnaround, rooted in solving meaningful consumer problems better, faster and at scale. She is currently the Executive Marketing Director for Unilever Southern Africa's Home Care division. Liz summarizes her work as "giving global brands an African passport, and whilst giving African brands a global stage".

Francesco is an innovative intrapreneur with 20 years of experience both as entrepreneur and corporate marketing leader. He has led digital and integrated marketing teams across the globe at Vodafone, Acer and JLL. Now at S&P Global ratings, Francesco leads the marketing and MarTech strategy and activation for one of most known heritage brands. Francesco read law at university and graduated with a thesis on AI applied to law practice.

Since then, Francesco has been a passionate practitioner and commentator on AI, publishing "Chronicles of Change", a newsletter on AI applied to business transformation.

Award-winning marketing, brand and communications leader with over 16 years of experience leading and developing brand and content marketing strategy, full funnel campaigns, digital activations, comms, marketing partnerships and managing multi-discipline teams for global media companies across DTC and linear platforms. In my current role I am responsible for leading and overseeing innovative General Ent marketing campaigns for Disney+ to drive content awareness, attribution and acquisition across 70+ EMEA markets. Prior to joining Disney, I was at Discovery Inc (now Warner Brothers Discovery) for just shy of 13 years in a variety of roles spanning factual and entertainment genres across streaming and linear.

Gareth is currently Chief Marketing Officer at Sotheby’s, a role he has held since January 2023. He is responsible for the global growth of the brand, marketing and content strategy, alongside client proposals and business development. He also leads the recently revamped Sotheby’s Media department focused on launching a new print magazine and growing revenue-generating relationships with global luxury brands. Before this, he was the Global Chief Marketing Officer at Farfetch and Chief Marketing Officer at eBay UK. He lives in North London. Is a Gooner. And has 19 year old twins currently studying - and away from London.

Consumer, Customer and Planet centric marketing leader. Experienced in leadership roles in Private Equity and Unilever, Philips, bringing the best of two worlds together. Proven track record of growing passionate teams and purposeful premium brands. Brings creative and executional excellence to brand crafting, coupled with award-winning campaigns.

Experienced Marketing Strategy and Operations leader with a focus on effectiveness, analytics, data science and research. Led specialist teams in both sales and marketing on strategy, business insight, marketing evaluation, performance and brand marketing. Strong team building and leadership skills.

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Managing Director Spotify Central Europe

Giles is a seasoned brand marketing executive, with over two decades of experience, who has worked with some of the world's most prestigious brands on both the client and agency sides. Currently, Giles is the VP of Brand Marketing for Bowers & Wilkins, one of the world’s most respected premium audio brands, where he is responsible for all brand and marketing output.

Marketing is job but also my passion. From brand positioning to campaign execution, I am dedicated to delivering excellence at every stage of the marketing journey with a laser focus on proving ROI. My journey has taken me through diverse industries covering both D2C and B2B, from Environmental Services to Consumer Electronics, and now Education. Putting my passion and skills to work in an area which can help others change their lives is motivating and inspiring. As a leader my goal is to foster a positive and empowering work environment where my team members feel motivated to do their best work.

Iain is Head of Marketing, Digital Marketing & Marketing Partnerships at Channel 4 and responsible for driving Channel 4’s transition to a streaming first broadcaster. As well as working up plans with digital platforms, creators and media owners, he also runs marketing across Channel 4’s Entertainment and Reality programming. Before Channel 4 Iain worked in a wide range of companies including P&G, Google, King, BT and FreeNow.

Holly is currently responsible for overseeing the brand and communications strategy at WWF, having been with the organisation for 7 years. Holly is passionate about the power of partnerships and brands to influence popular culture and drive change on the issues that our impacting our world. She has twenty years’ experience working on communications and brand strategies for organisations in the corporate, government and charity sectors. She has lived and worked all over the world including the UK, Europe, Middle East, Australia and USA.

Irina joined BACARDI a year ago as SVP Marketing Strategy & Operations and is responsible for driving strategic alignment and marketing excellence for the maker of Bacardi rum, Grey Goose vodka, Patron tequila, Bombay Sapphire gin and other globally known and loved brands. Irina's marketing craft has been honed during her 25 years career at Unilever, Barilla and Kraft Heinz. She is passionate about brands ability to interact with and impact culture.

Ishita Mehta is Head of Marketing Planning, Strategy & Operations at HelloFresh, where she leads the global marketing operating model across 17 countries. She also serves as Chief of Staff to the International CMO at HelloFresh. Prior to HelloFresh, Ishita was Chief of Staff to the Chief Business Officer at Myntra (Flipkart Group), where she held leadership roles across business and HR. Her experience across high-growth e-commerce and global consumer brands gives her a unique lens into evolving customer behaviour, the operational demands of modern marketing, and the role of brand strategy in driving transformation. A passionate advocate for women in leadership and community-driven growth, Ishita is a member of the Forbes Business Council and serves on the advisory board of the CMO Council.

Ivo joined Too Good To Go as Chief Marketing Officer in June 2022, looking after the company's international efforts across Brand, Marketing, Creative, Communications and Public Affairs. Ivo has over 20 years experience in various Brand, Marketing and PR roles, both agency-side and in-house for consumer brands including Philips and Huawei. Ivo has a particular interest in purpose-driven brands and their ability to drive positive change.

Iwo Zakowski is a seasoned marketing professional with 20 years of experience starting his career at Danone in 2006, Iwo rose through the ranks to Marketing Director spending 10 years at the company. The creativity and strategic thinking significantly enhanced Danone's brand presence and market share. In 2016, Iwo transitioned to Burger King, where he spent 7 years in marketing roles, including Marketing Director for Central Europe and General Manager for Sweden & Denmark and Head of Global Brand Marketing. He has created coveted and creative campaigns, such as the "Moldy Whopper - that was globally the most awarded campaign in 2021 and earned both a Grand Prix in Cannes and Black Pencil in D&AD. Most recently, Iwo joined Supercell as Global Head of Marketing Live Games in 2023, bringing a wealth of experience and creative approach to the gaming industry that is the number 1 medium for younger audiences.. His ability to use creativity to drive business results has been a consistent theme throughout their impressive career.

Author, board advisor, industry speaker and marketing specialist with expansive knowledge of growing global businesses. A driven and highly proficient marketing leader with experience across the full marketing mix who has worked on some of the biggest global brands - Google, Huawei, Microsoft, Entain, Tesco, BA, Boohoo just to name a few.

20 years in Marketing building both local & global brands in FMCG (Dove, Lynx, Rexona) & Fashion Retail (Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister)

With over 14 years’ experience in data, innovation and brand marketing in the technology and consumer goods space, Leïla joined L’Oréal in 2021 as Consumer Engagement & Innovation Director. In this role, she leads L’Oréal UK & Ireland’s Digital team, implementing strategies across the creator economy, consumer data and innovation to build digital edge for the company. Prior to L’Oréal, Leïla worked at Unilever, where she played a pivotal role in crafting digital strategy for the homecare business as Head of Digital Strategy UK&I and later on as Global Head of Direct-to-Consumer, re-thinking what the future of sustainable-first, commodity goods could look like. She also spent 6 years at eBay, in roles stretching from brand incubation to strategic marketing and product, igniting the eBay brand as one of the most relevant shopping destinations. Leïla has also spent time working within digitally native scale-ups and eCommerce consultancies. Outside of work, Leïla can be found as a guest lecturer, practicing yoga alongside collecting records and sharing her passion for food and craftmanship.

Kerttu Inkeroinen is currently Marketing and E-commerce Director of Lucky Saint, UK’s n1 dedicated alcohol free beer. She has 18 years of experience spanning household-name brands of Kimberly-Clark (Kleenex, Andres and Huggies), The Coca-Cola Company and Union Hand-Roasted Coffee. She was selected as one of Marketing Week’s Top 100 most Effective Marketeers in 2023 and Lucky Saint was awarded ‘Brand of the Year’ by Marketing Society in 2023.

With his whole career in the FMCG sector, James joined pladis as Marketing Director for McVitie's two years ago followed roles at organisations such as Mars, Danone and Unilever. James is passionate about the power of marketing and innovation to drive profitable brand growth and is now applying his experience to a brand portfolio including Jaffa Cakes.

With over 15 years experience in Travel & Hospitality, Katie currently leads the EMEA Consumer Marketing team responsible for the marketing of Marriott Bonvoy, Marriott Internationals portfolio of over 30 hotel brands, including marketing partnerships, content marketing, outbound communications and paid media strategy.

Jess McGeorge-Stevens is the Global Brands Marketing Director for Europe, leading four of the world’s most iconic and valuable beer brands: Corona, Budweiser, Stella Artois & Bud Light. She is a highly experienced and awarded commercial marketer, with a varied career across brand, revenue management and finance, allowing her to bring a unique perspective on growth and & consumer-centricity to brand marketing. Under her leadership, the brands and teams have earned been recognized with multiple industry awards for innovation, creativity and & trade execution as well as leading significant growth for the business.

A Chartered Marketeer with over 15 years in retail marketing, Jo became LidlGB's Marketing Director in September 2023, where she now oversees all brand touchpoints from strategy to execution and evaluation. Jo loves bringing a brands personality to life, whether that is through effective ads to songs such as 'Lidl bit more' and Lidl's 'Ode to Bakery' x N-Trance.

John-William started out in an agency looking after brand tracking and creative effectiveness across a wide variety of clients. He then made the move to a client side role, joining Sky. Over the last 8+ years he has worked across a variety of Sky's products and services focusing on Brand performance, setting up Sky's current measurement framework and building a best practice approach to creative and campaign evaluation, helping Sky's marketing teams get to better brand and campaign outcomes.

Currently leading the Media and Consumer Experience agenda for Mondelēz UK&I with a major focus on enterprise-level digital transformation in data, retail media and AI. Ex media agency.

It is the collection of stories told by you, but mostly about you, that form your brand over time. Shaping these stories into a clear narrative requires exploration, imagination, direction and dedication. Connecting our teams, players and games through this work is why I love what we do.

As Global Head of Marketing for Škoda Auto, she is responsible for leading the marketing strategy and communications for an automotive brand present in over 100 countries and about to celebrate 130 years since inception. This native South African, has 25 years of experience in international marketing, having spent the past 9 within the Volkswagen Group. She was included in the 2024 Forbes Entrepreneurial CMO 50 list.

With almost 18 years’ experience in brand building, marketing and advertising within the retail and FMCG space, Karen joined Superdrug in 2018 as Senior Marketing Manager for Brand, Social Media and Global Own Brand & Exclusives. In this role, she leads Superdrug’s Brand Marketing teams in strategizing and implementing consumer-centric campaigns and activities that drive brand love offline and online, ultimately leading to commercial success. Prior to Superdrug, Karen worked with AS Watsons in Asia, where she was the driving force behind the brand’s award-winning campaigns within the Health and Beauty industry. She also spent 8 years with the Publicis Groupe in the Philippines where she led brand strategy and account management for the country’s leading FMCG brands.

Melhem Najm is the regional CMO at Stellantis, overseeing brand marketing, digital, E-commerce and AI implementation across the company's marketing function for 15 brands in 84 countries. A multi award-winning marcomms specialist, Melhem has over 20 years of global and regional strategic marketing and media experience, and over a decade within the automotive industry. Prior to joining Stellantis, he held senior brand and agency roles in the Middle East, Africa and Eastern Europe.

VP Marketing and international brand leader with extensive experience across Europe, North America, and Asia. Proven expertise in brand transformation, omnichannel growth, and digital marketing within luxury and lifestyle industries, holding senior roles at Swarovski, Geox, Safilo and L’Oréal. Successfully spearheaded major brand repositioning, product launches, and strategic collaborations across diverse markets. Currently leading Swarovski’s global Brand and Digital Marketing strategy.

Mitin is the Head of Global Brand and Marketing at Babyshop, a leading baby and kids omni channel retailer across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Known for his creative ingenuity and results-driven approach, his campaigns have earned recognition at Cannes Lions, D&AD, and Dubai Lynx. Named by Forbes as a top marketing professional in the Middle East, Mitin has served on multiple judging panels across MENA, the UK, and the US.

Lizzie currently heads up marketing for the UK and Ireland, mainland Europe and Canada at the fintech business Square. Prior to this she has held senior marketing positions at LADbible Group, Verizon and Yahoo. Lizzie is passionate about developing others, and is also a qualified life coach.

Louise has over 25 year’s experience working in the hospitality industry, spending the majority of her career leading marketing for multi-format restaurant concepts on a global and regional basis. Before joining Subway as VP International Marketing, EMEA she served as Regional Vice President for Papa John’s. Prior to this Louise was Commercial Director for Greene King, the UK’s Leading pub retailer and brewer.

Kate MacKenzie is TikTok’s European Head of B2B Marketing, responsible for leveraging marketing communications, events, education and industry relations to build the TikTok For Business brand in the region. Prior to joining TikTok, Kate worked across B2C and B2B marketing for major entertainment brands and high growth startups, including 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures Entertainment and the viral Hooked app.

An FMCG Global Marketing Director with 20 years experience growing market-leading consumer brands and portfolios, and driving transformation via growth strategies, marketing capability development and now Brand equity leadership. I have always loved the blend of art & science inherent in Marketing, and have a deep curiosity for human behaviour. Over my career, I have applied my passion to numerous well-loved brands (including Müller, Tassimo, L’OR, Philadelphia, Oreo), categories (yogurt, coffee, chocolate, biscuits, cheese), markets (UK, Nordics, France, Spain) and market business models (Retail, Out of Home, D2C, licensing). Today I am leading the Brand Strategy for the UK’s favourite dairy brand - Müller, as well as driving forward Marketing Excellence within the organisation, following the recent turnaround of the brand after many years of decline.

With over 20 years experience in Fashion & Apparel omni channel retailing, Nicky is an enthusiastic Marketing Expert who is passionate about delivering integrated, innovative and impactful 360 marketing propositions & campaigns that are not only Brand & Customer focused but commercially driven & data led. Nicky is currently the UK Head of Marketing for one of the world's biggest lingerie brands where she is responsible for all areas of brand and marketing.

Results-driven marketing professional with 20 years of experience in the food & beverage and tech industries across local, regional, and global roles. Skilled in strategy development, brand communication, media, activation, and innovation. Passionate about building customer-centric brands through cross-functional collaboration, with a strong focus on driving growth and delivering impactful results. Currently looking after marketing in South Europe and Australia for Just Eat Takeaway.

As a key member of the regional leadership team Peter oversees marketing efforts across EMEA for Twilio, the leading customer engagement platform.

With more than 25 years of marketing experience, Peter has played a pivotal role in the success of numerous brands in the software and digital media industries. His portfolio includes Twilio, Adobe DX, Marketo, Microsoft Surface, Xbox, MSN, and Microsoft’s developer and platform solutions.

Since joining Samsung Electronics in 2018, Michael has been part of the leadership team who have overseen SEUK’s D2C growth trajectory from an initial 3% Share of Business to 15% in 2024. Aligning Digital & Customer Marketing strategies with overall Ecommerce best practice has allowed SEUK to maximise highly converting traffic to Samsung.com, Closed User Group sites and Samsung’s Mobile Shop App. Michael & the SEUK D2C team are now striving to continue this growth and achieve their ambition of 20% SoB in the next few years.

Nicole is the interim Group Head of Marketing for HSBC. Nicole is focused on delivering customer value, experience driven marketing and innovation to support the revenue growth priorities of HSBC’s global businesses. Prior to HSBC, she held the Executive Marketing roles of Chief Marketing Officer for Tangerine Bank, Global Enterprise Head & Vice President of Digital Marketing & Sales at Scotiabank and for global technology companies including SAP and LinkedIn.

An active philanthropist, she is a Board of Director (NED) for Outward Bound International, the Co-Chair for Kids Help Phone Innovators Accelerator and the Founder & Executive Director of The Maddie Project, a youth mental health not-for-profit.

Long background as Vice President Marketing & Digital from LEGO, Arla and Carlsberg. Furthermore, works as board member, investor and strategic marketing consultant for primarily marketing tech & sustainability scale-ups.

Monde Twala, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Paramount Africa and Lead at BET International, is a prominent figure in the African media and entertainment sector with over two decades of experience. In his role, he drives the growth and development of influential brands like MTV, MTV Base, BET Africa, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central across the continent. As the leader of BET International, Twala promotes black culture and diverse voices in the UK, France, and Africa. His career spans various content genres, from sports to documentaries and reality formats, contributing to iconic shows like the MTV Africa Music Awards.

Twala is also known for his commitment to youth development and mentorship, embodying inclusive leadership values. He upholds the African adage "Umuntu nguMuntu ngaBantu," emphasizing community and collective growth. Holding a WBS Map Advanced Management Degree from Wits Business School, he serves as Chairman of the Broadcast Research Council of South Africa and is a Paramount Leadership Studio program alumnus. Twala is also a graduate of the 2024 GIBS Leadership Forum.

Passionate & driven marketing leader with broad brand & marketing comms experience across leading & iconic brands including McDonald's, Sky, BT, EE, Virgin Atlantic & most recently, Premier Inn.

Na’ama started her marketing career as a brand manager in Procter & Gamble, where she was responsible for managing some of B2C’s most loved brands, like H&S, Always and Gillette. After spending over 7 years in leadership positions in consumer goods, she transitioned to tech with a vision to shake up and bring some spark into B2B marketing. She is now the CMO at Mondu, a leading European B2B Fintech specializing in Pay Later solutions.

Karen Owen is the Chief Marketing Officer for LIPTON Teas & Infusions, home to the some of the most loved tea brands in the world including Lipton, Pukka and PG Tips to name a few. Karen is a distinguished marketing professional with extensive experience in leading major global brands to new heights. A FMCG veteran, her career, spans some of the most recognized names in the industry. She started her career at Procter & Gamble in sales leading the UK & Irish Sales organisation in Healthcare before moving to marketing in Beauty. She grew Max Factor brand globally to beyond one billion dollars. She then moved to Coty leading brand building and innovation for the mass beauty brand portfolio, first across Asia and then globally. She then transitioned from beauty to beverages, joining Diageo, where she drove transformation across the Luxury brand portfolio before moving to her current role at LIPTON Teas & Infusions.

I recently joined reMarkable as Chief Marketing & Sales Officer, an exceptional company and fast growing brand. We make paper tablets and experiences to help you focus, think better, unleash creativity, and become more productive. I have 20+years experience driving business and brand growth through effective strategy, smart innovation, and award-winning marketing.

Marketing leader with over 12 years of experience in Local, Regional and Global roles across Foods, Beverages, Personal Care and Homecare across blue-chip FMCG companies including Kellanova/Kellogg's, Unilever and P&G. Experience in Core & Masterbrand, launching a new brand, packaging and product design and innovation, ATL and BTL comms development, shopper marketing, digital & eCommerce and gifting, with increasing levels of responsibility and team leadership.

Per Christiansen is Senior Vice President, Marketing EMEA at KAYAK for the travel brands KAYAK, momondo, Cheapflights, SWOODOO, and Checkfelix. He is Sustainability Lead at KAYAK representing KAYAK in the Booking Holding Sustainability SteerCo, and have been spearheading sustainability initiatives across travel within the past many years. He regularly contributes thought leadership to marketing events and award juries and has recently been awarded Marketer of the Year 2016 in Denmark, Top5 CMO in Denmark 2020, and Best Marketing Director in travel in Sweden 2019 a title that he was nominated for again in 2020, 2022, and 2023. He is a member of the M List 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and has received high recognition for the campaigns 'momondo - The World Piece', 'momondo – The DNA Journey’, and ‘KAYAK – Think This’.

Preeti is a marketing leader with a wealth of experience driving business growth through demand generation, brand building, and digital marketing. She's passionate about developing creative strategies that make a real impact and enjoys leading teams to success. When she's not focused on business, Preeti loves spending time with her young family, diving into a good book (her latest read is Nexus), and mentoring others.

Rich Atkinson-Toal is the Vice President of Global Brand and Marketing Communications for American Express Global Business Travel, based in the UK. Rich is responsible for the Amex GBT global brand strategy, advertising, and management. Rich also leads the team responsible for marketing communications activity across our core travel solutions, professional services, technology products, multi-segment clients and partners. Rich has over 15 years of experience in marketing leadership, leading large global teams across brand, media, communications, and digital functions. Prior to Amex GBT, Rich worked at Barclays where he held various large transformation marketing and brand roles. Alongside professional experience, Rich holds several charity trustee and Non-Exec Director roles in the UK supporting talent growth and marketing industry excellence.

Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer and Head of Group Function Marketing & Corporate Relations (since June 10, 2019). Prior to joining Ericsson, Stella Medlicott was Chief Marketing Officer at Red Bee Media, which was acquired by Ericsson in May 2014. She has over 25 years of marketing experience in major IT, telecoms and media companies including two years at Technicolor as VP Marketing and ten years at Siemens Communications as Global VP Marketing.

+ 15 Years experience working on CPG global brand in local and global roles developing and building brands. Consumer obsessed and passionate creativity to drive consumer and business solutions.

Richard Bowden is Marketing Director across No7 Beauty Company’s portfolio of brands, including No7, Soap & Glory, Liz Earle, Botanics and Sleek.

He held marketing and digital roles at Unilever and British Airways and prior to this worked Creative Agency side in the UK and Australia. He is an experienced Marketing Director, having worked across a range of disciplines including brand management, product innovation, digital, ecommerce, consumer insight, NRM. His personal highlights this year include launching No7 Menopause range and service and the multi-award winning No7 Future Renew, which has become the biggest beauty launch and franchise in the UK.

Richard is passionate about mentoring and developing talent, he is a member of Boots Diversity and Inclusion leadership group. Richard is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and currently on Marketing Academy Fellowship 2024 Cohort.

Over 20 year experience in leading consumer electronics firms from mobile to imaging to kitchen appliances to beauty tech. Currently leading the go-to-market strategies for the ambitious, innovative US firm SharkNinja as they expand rapidly across Europe, Middle East and Africa - a truly consumer focused innovation company who aim to disrupt traditional categories with world class demand generation that delivers sell-out products.

Sarah joined the Company as Chief Marketing Officer in January 2021. Sarah was Chief Growth Officer of Costa Coffee until 2020. In this role, Sarah was accountable for the Global Marketing and Growth team, which included brand, product innovation, digital, insight and key commercial categories. She has over 25 years’ experience across retail, consumer and hospitality industries, working for international market-leading brands such as Boots, Cadbury and Green & Blacks.

Rich (ACIM, BA Hons, Cert. DDM) is currently Senior Brand Manager at Vodafone Group with a Global remit of supplying strategy, assets, guidance and governance to 30+ local markets. Prior to joining Vodafone Group, Rich held Brand Management & Marketing roles at Chelsea FC, Sky and NOW TV. He has a track record of developing insight-driven repositioning strategies and visual identities across a range of Masterbrands and Sub-brands within internationally recognised organisations.

Pete is responsible for Ford’s customer-facing brand and marketing communications across Europe. A business leader, with a wealth of experience both agency and client side, across digital, retail, experiential, brand content and production. Married with three children and currently residing between London and Cologne, Pete is an avid follower of sports and a keen runner; completing six marathons and two ultra-marathons.

Rosie is the Brand Director at John Lewis. She is responsible for the John Lewis Partnership’s enterprise brand architecture, and Brand strategy, Brand Marketing, CX and Brand Propositions for John Lewis. She has overseen 4 John Lewis Christmases so far. Rosie has spent over 15 years in retail, starting her career at dunnhumby working across various insight and personalisation roles. She then spent 8 years at eBay in regional and global roles across customer insight, digital, brand and marketing roles. Rosie has 7 year old soon and 4 year old twins, a never ending renovation project in South London and a very patient husband.

Currently looking after global brand and product marketing for Specsavers across 12 International markets. Previously did marketing for variety of global brands including Orange, T-Mobile, EE, Sky and Beats by Dr.Dre

Ross Farquhar is Marketing, Innovation & Sustainability Director at Little Moons, Europe’s leading mochi ice cream brand. He has spent his career working across FMCG brands at agencies and for global brands including Cadbury, Diageo and wagamama, where he was Chief Marketing Officer.

Paul is a highly experienced marketing leader having worked both Agency and Client side, across multiple sectors and audiences. Paul’s been at Barclays for 12 years leading teams covering Brand, Advertising, Media, Perfomance and Agency Management.

Sarah is the CMO/ Head of Marketing for Amazon’s Fashion and Sports businesses in Europe. She previously led the social media strategy for Amazon Fashion, and was General Manager for Amazon’s Fire Tablet business. Sarah has 19 years experience driving growth and leading marketing across tech, retail and consumer goods sectors in the U.K., Ireland and US.

Dynamic, fast thinker with entrepreneurial and future oriented mindset, high energy and a strong dedication to create joint success stories.

10+ years leadership experience in international work environments incl. roles in industries such as apparel, luggage, watches and advertising, plus in functions such as marketing, communication, digitalization, change management, retail marketing, brand management and license management.

Focus on holistic marketing strategies and their implementation across markets, channels and target groups – incl. responsibilities for brand CI, business planning, content marketing, digital marketing, trade marketing and sponsoring & collaborations.

Strong track record on developing and empowering teams and marketing impact through successful change management, data-driven planning and delivery, and the build-up of trustful stakeholder relationships.

Susan joined Dun & Bradstreet in January 2022 and leads the International Marketing and Communications Team. In this role Susan is responsible for developing and executing our marketing and communications strategy across International, which incorporates Europe, India, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as the company’s global Worldwide Network. This includes brand, public relations, crisis management, social media, demand generation, website development and product marketing. A long-time marketer with experience across tech and finance sectors, Susan joined from multinational professional services firm TMF Group, where she was Global Chief Marketing Officer with responsibility across 85 countries and 120 offices for the full suite of marketing capabilities.

Vicky joined Popeyes Louisiana Chicken in 2021 as Marketing Director, responsible for launching the global brand into the UK, 50 years since its US debut with +4,000 restaurants globally. Since then they’ve opened 80+ restaurants, with the global top performing site now in London. The brand was recently dubbed the ‘Hype Monster’ by Eater, International newcomer of the year by MCA & recently shortlisted for Growth Strategy of the Year by The British Business Awards. She is responsible for building and leading a brand with the vision to become 'The most loved QSR brand in the UK'.

Prior to that she's worked in finance and marketing roles within FMCG (Kraft Heinz) and hospitality (PizzaExpress & Franca Manca), spending a majority of her career leading and growing marketing functions in scaling businesses.

Stuart Wells is the CMO and an Executive Board Member of Elisa, a leading Nordic telecoms and software business serving 100 markets globally. Before joining Elisa in April 2025, Stuart spent 8 years at adidas leading the Brand Marketing for the outdoor business unit and as VP Marketing for adidas Digital Sports. His previous experience includes marketing leadership roles at Nokia in Finland and the USA, having started his career with McCann-Erickson (Bacardi) and Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO (Snickers) in London. Outside of work he enjoys spending time with his family, cycling up hills and snowboarding down them.

Shyam Sunder is a strategic brand builder who has leveraged creativity and innovation to build brands across sectors and regions. His high levels of passion, integrity and hunger to break conventions has resulted in businesses gain market and mind share and work, celebrated in the industry. He is a juror, speaker and tutor at leading marketing & advertising events and institutes always seeking to learn and share knowledge. After spending several years in consumer marketing (B2C) across banking, retail and hospitality sectors, he moved to the the travel tech (B2B) space leading the branding and marketing of one of the worlds largest travel distribution platforms- TBO.COM

Commercially-led marketing leader with a strong track record for building brands and delivering successful customer, product & channel strategies, notably in food & drink, retail and hospitality. Having led brand turnarounds and disruptive growth strategies for both multi-national and challenger brands from Subway and Booja-Booja to Whitbread and now Papa Johns, Simon is passionate about the creative process and the ability for astute brands to tap into sharp insight to deliver epic campaigns and incredible results. Which is exactly the current challenge at Papa Johns - relaunching the brand to drive reappraisal and drive a business turnaround.

Tatiana-Vivienne Jouanneau is a skilled Global profit brand-builder, an expert who has worked for over 80 International markets and lived in 20 countries and a believer in building the brand with “head, heart and hands”. She has over 20 years’ experience of building Billion Dollar brands across the Globe with an exceptional marketing pedigree coming from Procter & Gamble, the Berkshire Hathaway and Logitech. Tatiana transfers her knowledge across the industry as a key thought leader with multiple publications influencing Global marketing agenda. The winner of 7 Cannes Awards for an exceptional brand building and “Global Woman to Watch”, CMO Council Board Advisor for Europe, active member of International Advertising Association Swiss Chapter and mentor to females in International Olympics Committee, Tatiana-Vivienne has been one of the most awarded marketers in her field since 2009.

Yann Le Bozec joined Crocs as Marketing Director in January 2020 for the EMEA region before extending his scope to LATAM, India and Global Distributor Marketing Lead. Yann has been instrumental in developing award-winning campaigns and steering the brand towards building collaborations that resonate with the consumers in the region. After serving in the role of Marketing VP for Crocs ROW region and Hey Dude International, Yann is now Crocs Vice President – Head of International Marketing, where he leads the International (non-US) Marketing team.

Yann has 15 years of experience in the marketing industry. Prior to joining Crocs Inc., Yann worked at Calvin Klein where he built the newly created EMEA Product Marketing department. Yann lead the Marketing & Communications teams at Tommy Hilfiger for the MEA Distributor business. He has also held positions at Chalhoub Group in Dubai, LVMH’s Le Bon Marché and Saint Laurent in Paris. Yann studied at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and obtained a Master of Science in Management from EDHEC Business School (France).

As Director of Marketing, Wendy Duggan is responsible for delivering the global marketing strategy for Primark. Celebrating ten years at Primark this year, Wendy has worked her way through various positions starting in a European PR role and overseeing new market entries with a career highlight of launching the brand into the USA in September 2015. A strategic comms professional, Wendy has worked across internal and fashion communications strategies for the business most notably building global press showrooms and in market marketing capability, embedding an influencer portfolio, and introducing celebrity collaborations. Wendy was promoted to the newly created Marketing Director position in January 2021 with a team of 100+ across marketing operations, marketing communications, creative and visual merchandising. Prior to Primark, Wendy spent 10 years working in various marketing retail roles in Dublin. Wendy holds a first-class honours degree in Business Studies from Dublin City University with a specialism in Marketing.

With over 20 years of experience driving leading transformation for growth across functions such as finance, procurement, and marketing for some of the world’s most iconic companies, I am not just driving global Marketing Transformation at The Coca-Cola Company, I’m a catalyst, a leader, and passionate about driving meaningful outcomes that create competitive edge, and, a culture that feels both safe and ambitious; on the way, and day-to-day. I have worked on joint-ventures with the commercial functions for Finance and led Procurement strategy driving both efficiency and impact across Europe and globally for Marketing Agencies, Production, Media and Services categories. In my role at Coke, I led workstreams that overhaul our ways of working in product innovation as well as shaped the strategy for how we implement AI in the future of our Marketing function both in B2B and B2C ensuring the best marketers in the world are equipped with superior products and enabled by edge technology to create the best experiences for our consumers.

A purpose-led C suite marketing leader with extensive experience from global DTC brands in the consumer sector, with focus on sports, fashion and outdoor industries. Previously at adidas, Vans, H&M Move and The North Face.

Valentina Nuñes is Head of Brand Engagement and Marketing at British Red Cross, one of the largest humanitarian charities in the world. Valentina specialises in creative marketing campaigns for cause led brands, such as ‘Here for Humanity’, which is a multi award winning British Red Cross brand campaign and the recent celebration of British Red Cross x Jaguar Land Rover Defender’s 70 year partnership. Valentina has more than 16 years experience in marketing and advertising, pushing boundaries through creative innovation and compelling storytelling.

Vishal is a Digital Marketing Director at Franklin Templeton Investments, leading social and digital strategies across EMEA. With over 15 years of experience, he has shaped marketing transformations for global brands, leveraging data-driven insights and innovative technologies to deliver impactful results.

Senior Marketing Manager with broad experience across marketing communications, strategy and analysis. Zain is currently driving digital strategy and marketing campaign delivery at Virgin Media O2. Over the years, he has led initiatives that have turned data and creativity into commercial growth, through shaping brand development and boosting performance-marketing. He is especially interested in how insight and technology can power meaningful, effective marketing. His experience spans telecoms, luxury retail, FMCG and the automotive sector, giving him a wide lens on what drives impact.

Stephanie leads the Marketing, Partnerships and PR departments at schuh.

Stephanie has 20 years of distributed commerce and multi-channel consumer marketing experience gained in-house and agency side across fashion, fin-tech, Retail, FMCG, Utilities and Entertainment.

Cristina Loaiza is the Head of Food Marketing at global restaurant chain Nando’s, responsible for leading product strategy, innovation and communication across Restaurant and Grocery channels in the UK&I. Before joining Nando’s, Cristina worked across Retail, FMCG and Television in various marketing roles for Sainsbury’s, Graze, UKTV and Freesat (BBC & ITV owned.) Cristina is also the Founder of the FUTURES Network, a community group that supports hundreds of women in the marketing industry to reach leadership positions, and celebrates its 10th year anniversary this year.

Ailsa is Head of Marketing and Partnerships at Octopus Energy Group, the global energy and technology company driving the affordable, green energy system of the future. She’s been with Octopus Energy since the early start up days, overseeing Octopus marketing and partnerships. Now, she leads the charge on strategic partnerships, working with some of the world’s most recognisable brands and bringing together cross-functional teams from across the Octopus Energy Group, to drive customer growth and speed up the decarbonisation of homes in the UK and around the world. Before joining Octopus, Ailsa held senior roles in travel, media, and the charity sector.