Arjoon Bose leads international growth ideas and creative at General Mills through differential brand building playbooks and modern marketing approaches to drive cultural relevance and business impact for their full portfolio of loved food brands such as Haagen-Dazs, Old El Paso, Nature Valley and Betty Crocker across the regions of Europe& Australia and Asia, Middle East & Latin America. Previous to this, he was the Europe & Australia Head of Brand Experience and prior to that, Business Unit & Marketing Head for Haagen-Dazs and Nature Valley for UK & Northern Europe delivering market & category leading growth and creating award-winning campaigns. He has over 18 years’ experience working in marketing leadership & innovation roles around the globe at L’Oreal and General Mills and is passionate about remarkable modern magical marketing on purpose-led brands leveraging cultural forces. He was a jury member of the Global Effie Awards for the last 3 years and a former judge for The Marketing Society Awards 2022-23, The Drum Marketing Awards in 2021, and chair of judges for The Drum Social Media Awards in 2020 as well as multiple-award winner across The Drum Awards for his work at General Mills.

As Global CMO & SVP for Shell Global Mobility business, Carol responsible for Shell’s Mobility products, services, campaigns, digital solutions and analytics, E-mobility and low carbon fuels, and importantly elevating customer experiences for 30 million+ customer daily across 46,000 retail sites over 80 countries. This makes Shell the number one Mobility retailers in the world. Carol also hold the position as Chairman of board Shell Brands international, and non executive director of Shell Downstream JV in Turkey. Her vision is to delight the customers, grow brand and develop innovative mobility solutions to drive sustainable growth TODAY & TOMORROW. Carol has had rich global career, worked and lived in China, Canada, USA, Singapore and UK. And have led very sizable global multi culture organization. Before joining Shell, Carol enjoyed 20 years of a successful international career at P&G marketing where she led four billion dollar brands and high performance teams across 4 global business units. Carol is an ambassador for gender equality, striving for a more balanced future where women have the same opportunities and influence as their male colleagues. I am also passionate about building, developing and empowering people to reach their full potential!”

Pete Markey is Chief Marketing Officer for Boots where he is responsible for brand and marketing for the UK and ROI. Pete is also the Exec Sponsor for Marketing for Change and the Boots Pride BRG network as well as co-Exec sponsor for the Boots/Macmillan partnership. Pete has previously held senior leadership roles at TSB, Aviva, the Post Office, RSA and MORE TH>N with his early career at One.Tel, the AA and British Gas. He has experience of working across a range of disciplines including marketing, sales, digital, data & analytics, customer experience, operations and strategy. Pete has been awarded four prestigious Marketer of the Year awards and is a Fellow of the Marketing Society and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Pete is very active in the marketing industry and is Vice President at ISBA. He has regularly featured in the “Hall of Fame” in the Campaign Power 100 and the Marketing Week Top 100 most effective marketing leaders. Pete has been recognized for his extensive work on diversity and inclusion winning both the Diversity Ally award at the European Diversity Awards in 2019 and the Corporate Ally award at the Rainbow Honors Awards in 2022. Pete is also a mentor for The Marketing Academy and Solent University.

Andy leads M&S Food’s Marketing Strategy and Consumer Insight, and is responsible for making sure the voice of the customer informs both their business strategy, and marketing execution. A passion for food has seen him work for both manufacturers and retailers, across all aspects of the marketing mix, from brand creation to trade driving; and campaign management to big data.

His approach to marketing is rooted in his background in psychology, and he’s convinced that for marketing to be truly effective, it must be grounded in a genuine understanding of people, of how they live their lives, and the role that brands can play.

Sunny Bhurji is Sky’s Marketing Director responsible for all things Sky TV. He has recently launched one of the most innovative and award-winning products in Sky’s history, Sky Glass, which became the biggest ever brand and product launch in the UK and created a new category in the market. He also inherently understands the power of the relationship between agency and client from his tenure running the 130-strong internal agency at Sky. Prior to that, Sunny headed up the Sky Sports and Sky Cinema marketing across customer and trading channels. Sunny started his career agency side but quickly found a passion for consumer marketing and spent 8 years within FMCG, responsible for the shopper and trade marketing for Mars and AB InBev.

Having spent 15 years in various local and global roles at Unilever, Murray joined Tesco as part of their turnaround in 2016. Since then he has led the Own Brand teams, helped spin up the in house venture team and now looks after Marketing Communication.

Kate was appointed Global VP of Consumer Revenue at Condé Nast in 2019, where she oversees consumer marketing for Condé Nast’s leading brands such as Vogue and GQ, in over 30 markets around the world.

Kate is an enterprising, and commercial marketer with over 17 years experience in leading marketing teams within media and publishing organizations. She started her career in marketing at BBC Worldwide back in 2005, driving subscriptions across multiple BBC products. Since then, Kate has taken on marketing roles for brands including Coral, The Times, The Wall Street Journal, and more recently at The Sun, where she held the role of GM and CMO for three years. In this post, Kate received a commendation from Scotland Yard for her contribution to counter terrorism.

Kate is a member of the Marketing Group of Great Britain. She is hugely passionate about journalism, travel and photography, and has a four year old son, Charlie.

Olga Puzanova is the Head of Consumer Marketing at Spotify. She is responsible for driving brand love and representing Spotify’s value proposition in the eyes of the consumer, supporting monthly active users growth through culturally-relevant storytelling and by delivering campaigns that are fun, innovative and groundbreaking. Olga has always been passionate about the entertainment industry, and having grown up in Ukraine and educated in Poland, she relocated to LA, landing a sought-after position as Marketing Manager at Paramount Pictures. After Paramount, Olga spent seven years at PlayStation where she led marketing for the network services and launched Spotify on PlayStation Network. Olga has now been at Spotify for 5 years.

Born in Edinburgh and having travelled extensively, Stuart has over 20 years of expertise in creating and leading Global Integrated Marketing for world-class brands. With the combined experience from both Senior agency and Client roles, all his focus at adidas is on empowering teams to create exceptional, digitally led brand engagement for the 160m members that have downloaded the adidas sport apps.

Since 2016, Rob has lead a fantastic group of people, responsible for the UK marketing division of Mercedes-Benz Cars, as well as the Europe-wide content creation team. Rob also looks after Mercedes-Benz World in Weybridge, Surrey. He's Honorary President of the UK Mercedes-Benz Club, and a Trustee at Brooklands Musuem.

Ulrich Klenke, born in 1971, has been Chief Brand Officer at Deutsche Telekom since April 1, 2020. In this role, he is responsible for the national and international brand management of Europe's leading telecommunications group. Ulrich Klenke is a recognized marketing communication expert and has more than 20 years of experience in this field. Ulrich Klenke is married and has a daughter. After completing his degree in business administration, he began his professional career at Mercedes-Benz in 1995. After several positions within the DaimlerChrysler group, he worked in the corporation’s German sales organization at the start of the 2000s where his tasks included brand and product communication for the Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge brands. Ulrich Klenke then moved to become Managing Director at the DDB advertising agency in Berlin. In 2007, he took up the role as Head of Marketing at Deutsche Bahn AG and, in 2015, became CEO of the Ogilvy Germany advertising agency. Following this role, he worked as a business consultant for the Board of Management at Volkswagen AG for two years. His achievements there included the launch of the ID. electromobility brand in 28 European countries.

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Daniel is a global marketer, known for pushing the creative boundaries to engage audiences and drive business growth. He’s been responsible for transforming direction, strategy, and execution for some of the world's leading sports properties and brands. Daniel joined Virgin Racing Formula E in 2019, founded by Sir Richard Branson, and has led the team’s brand growth and digital transformation. An expert in digital engagement, youth culture, brand marketing, and communications. Daniel has cultivated fandom for brands on an international scale, combining storytelling with innovative execution. Prior to joining Virgin Racing, Daniel worked for major sports and entertainment brands, including Red Bull where he was responsible for building the local face of a global brand. Devising innovative strategies across sport, culture, music, product, gaming and media to reach new audiences and increase brand relevancy with Gen Z. Prior to joining Red Bull, Daniel worked for luxury retail giant Harrods, responsible for generating new marketing routes with brands and maintaining the store’s position as a market leading retail destination. Daniel has also worked for the International Surfing Association and the English Premier League, collaborating with broadcasters, teams, athletes, sponsors, and media to drive awareness, viewership and subscription in key markets across APAC, Africa and America.

Paul is responsible for leading the Nando’s brand internationally. Nando’s is the first and only high-street retail brand to have grown from Africa and trading successfully on multiple continents. This unique and inspiring heritage comes to life not only in delicious food, but also in restaurant design, its award-winning made-in-Africa visual identity, EVP and the brand purpose. This purpose work is deeply and permanently bringing a social impact and sustainability agenda to life across the company supply chain, recruitment, community activities, design procurement and communication. Paul is a passionate believer that great brands are built from the inside-out and has led successful organisation-wide culture processes across multiple territories including North America, EMEA, South East Asia and Australasia. Nando’s has grown to become the leading fast-casual restaurant and hot sauce brand in several of those regions.

Kerstin Köder is Senior Vice President Marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa at SAP. During her leadership, SAP was named the most valuable brand in Germany by BrandZ™ for the fourth time in a row and also successfully defended its position as the most valuable brand in Europe.​
Before that, she was heading the marketing of freenet Group - better known for brands such as mobilcom-debitel, Gravis, klarmobil. Since 2016, additionally the B2C business freenet TV of Media Broadcast, the largest German service provider for video and audio broadcasting. She has over 20 years of experience in various management functions in marketing, CRM, sales, customer care as well as in product and offer management in retail, telecommunications and TV.

Becky’s career has spanned multiple sectors including Financial Services, Media and Publishing and Retail. She joined HSBC from Boots where she was Head of Digital Experience. Her career has focussed on understanding customers and using technology to meet their needs. She is an award winning marketer, recognised in both the Marketing Week Top 100 most effective marketers in 2022 and in Campaigns “Power 100” marketers. She is currently the Chief Marketing Officer for HSBC UK accountable for both Retail and Corporate marketing.

Hannah has spent over 15 years working in media and advertising and is currently the Chief Marketing Officer, Gumtree UK. Bringing to life Gumtree’s 20+ year heritage in the circular economy with a particular lens on youth audiences, Hannah is focused on advocating the circular economy, and highlighting for the next generation the interplay of sustainability and personal finance.

Nic has joined the LEGO Group as SVP and Head of Agency. Her ambition is to make The LEGO Agency one of the world’s leading agencies, recognized in its own right for it’s creative leadership. Nic has a global advertising career spanning 25 years leading award winning agencies. Prior to joining the LEGO Group, Nic was CEO of Catorce DDB, a global agency headquartered in Barcelona to service the SEAT and Cupra brands globally. Before joining Catorce, Nic was the CEO of McCann World Group Australia leading a national team and integrated offering across 4 office locations. Prior to McCann, Nicole was the CEO of DDB Sydney. A highly awarded integrated creative agency recognized for its creative excellence and innovation on Volkswagen, McDonald’s and Sydney Opera House. Nic is highly regarded by the industry for her integrity, very collaborative style and the strong relationships that she builds both internally and externally. She is a passionate advocate for diversity and has Board experience for industry and charity organizations. Many of you know Nic and she is married to her soul mate Claire. They have a young daughter Ruby who goes to the LEGO International School. They seek out adventures and make decisions where the family can learn and grow together.

Lisa is an experienced marketing leader who loves managing high performing teams and helming brands during periods of hypergrowth, most notably at Deliveroo & Ocado. Over the last two years, Lisa has been responsible for the single largest change in marketing strategy across the 20 year history of Ocado, in moving from direct marketing focus to brand-led growth. In her previous role at Deliveroo, Lisa worked in multiple roles including leading PR & Comms across Europe, developing Deliveroo’s global brand vision and founding the global market research function.

I lead marketing, sales, digital commerce and innovation for Heineken worldwide, having held marketing and general management leadership roles at Diageo, Avon and Unilever, including living in the US, Singapore, Canada, now dividing most of my time between Amsterdam and London. Married for over 30 years I have two adult daughters but, sadly, no longer have cats.

Before joining E.ON Scott built his career in integrated brand, marketing and PR agencies helping businesses earn connections with consumers to protect and improve their reputation through engaging storytelling and creative strategies. In recent years he has been at the heart of E.ON’s paid, earned and owned marketing and sponsorship activities helping to build its transformation into a sustainable organisation truly focused on its customers and renewable energy. This has been during a period of unprecedented change in a sector that has, and continues to face, the highest levels of public, media and political scrutiny as it address challenges affecting people’s daily lives and big global issues such as air pollution and the climate crisis. Scott is currently Head of Brand & Marketing for E.ON UK.

Toby joined TUI UK & Ireland from Tesco as Brand and Content Director in November 2018. His role was extended to encompass a global remit in September 2020. In his position as Global Brand and Content Director, Toby is responsible for the core brand disciplines of strategy, architecture and identity as well as the development of advertising communications for all markets. And from a UK perspective he is responsible for media planning, social media and the development of content for all customer touchpoints. He also leads the Diversity, Inclusion and Equality employee network and sits as a sponsor on the UK D&I steering group.

Garreth leads UK Marketing for Indeed, building the marketplace for both jobseekers and employers. He has held senior marketing roles in a range of consumer and B2B sectors and is passionate about Indeed's mission to help all people get jobs.

Ian Maybank leads Specsavers Connections Planning, Media, and Insights responsible for delivering an integrated communications plan and an end to end best-in-class customer experience with consumer insight at its heart. Prior to Specsavers he was responsible Connections Planning across Europe for PepsiCo Beverages and Snacks. In this played a critical role in the growth of Pepsi Max and was integral to the turnaround of Walkers Crisps and digital transformation of snacks marketing. He’s also held senior positions across both creative and media in leading agencies including Grey London, RKCR/YR, and Dentsu Aegis Network working on a range of global consumer brands.

Linde is a marketing and communications leader with 20 years of experience. She's currently the CMO for Germany at eBay, and previously worked in various sales, marketing and communications leadership roles at Google and N26.

Ulrich Klenke, born in 1971, has been Chief Brand Officer at Deutsche Telekom since April 1, 2020. In this role, he is responsible for the national and international brand management of Europe's leading telecommunications group. Ulrich Klenke is a recognized marketing communication expert and has more than 20 years of experience in this field. Ulrich Klenke is married and has a daughter. After completing his degree in business administration, he began his professional career at Mercedes-Benz in 1995. After several positions within the DaimlerChrysler group, he worked in the corporation’s German sales organization at the start of the 2000s where his tasks included brand and product communication for the Chrysler, Jeep, and Dodge brands. Ulrich Klenke then moved to become Managing Director at the DDB advertising agency in Berlin. In 2007, he took up the role as Head of Marketing at Deutsche Bahn AG and, in 2015, became CEO of the Ogilvy Germany advertising agency. Following this role, he worked as a business consultant for the Board of Management at Volkswagen AG for two years. His achievements there included the launch of the ID. electromobility brand in 28 European countries.

A Global Executive with 20+ years’ experience in complex FMCG environments, known for identifying and delivering on growth opportunities for businesses, categories and brands. A strategic and innovative Managing Executive who successfully blends business acuity with marketing prowess, consumer insights and advanced analytics expertise. Deep knowledge of key global markets across the US, LatAm, Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Middle East, covering developed, developing and emerging markets. Currently leading the broader Marketing agenda for some of the most successful Snacks brands in the world and in Africa.

Jo's formative years were spent agency side creating award-winning campaigns for great companies such as McDonald's, Virgin Interactive and Halifax. More recently, she has been the lead marketer for Burger King and Le Pain Quotidien as well as working with brands such as Mondelez and PepsiCo at Big Green Door. Currently, Jo is the Managing Director for Papa Johns International overseeing 50+ markets.

Genia is an experienced marketing and communications leader responsible for developing and implementing new marketing and growth strategies and coaching and leading marketing team by example.

Aslihan is leading Northern Europe at Meta and brings a global marketing and communications perspective, offering over 20 years’ experience working with blue-chip companies and start-ups. Aslihan has held CMO roles at Aslanoba Capital and Tazedirekt.com, as well as held various marketing roles in Google's EMEA HQ, Ann Arbor and Istanbul offices before joining Meta. She is also a volunteer therapist in support of low-cost counselling services.

Experienced Chief Marketing Officer, NED and start-up advisor with a demonstrated history of building loved, trusted, consumer and B2B brands. I've built start-ups from scratch to large scale, I've pivoted business overnight to $5m+ ARR within 12 months, run M&A processes, been through multiple funding rounds and I'm obsessed with driving business outcomes. I thrive “leading and doing” in high-growth environments where I build happy teams, because happy teams deliver.

David is an innovative and award-winning marketeer within financial services. Currently Marketing Director at Aviva UK, where he has led the introduction of new marketing centres of excellence to transform ways of working, capability and culture. Prior to Aviva, David was Head of Retail Marketing and Digital Design at Clydesdale Bank / Virgin Money, where he was instrumental in the rebrand of the combined organisation. David’s proudest achievement was his pivotal role in the development, launch and growth of the B digital bank and customer experience at Clydesdale Bank which revolutionised the organisation and paved the way for the successful acquisition of Virgin Money.

Seasoned CMO with over 12 years experience working with leading B2C startups in APAC such as Lazada, RedMart, Pomelo Fashion and now in MENA with Eyewa transforming the way shop eyewear in the region.

Elaine joined Three Ireland as Head of Sales in 2008 becoming Chief Commercial Officer in 2013 before taking on the combined UK and Ireland role in March 2020. At Three UK, Elaine, spearheads all of the business’s consumer commercial activities and using the UK’s largest spectrum portfolio to deliver a great customer experience. Her role includes devising and managing Three’s propositions and products portfolio, managing the retail footprint, overseeing ecommerce and all digital and brand activities along with the management of our partnership with Chelsea FC. A graduate of business and computing from Limerick IT, Elaine started her career with Esat Digifone and then moved to Digicel in the Caribbean where she was part of the management team that set up the Digicel business in markets including St Lucia, Barbados, Jamaica and others. In 2006 Elaine returned to Ireland and took up the role of Head of ICT with Eircom where she spent two years setting up its ICT division before joining Three in 2008. Elaine is a Board member of Three UK, Three Ireland and CK Delta, which are all owned by multi-national conglomerate, CK Hutchison Holdings.

Currently leading Nutritional Health (VMS) category for Bayer Consumer Health. Vast experience in running global and regional businesses and portfolio of brands in CPG categories with particular focus on health and beauty care, new babies (P&G) and food (Kellogg's). Established business, new entries and geo whitespace expansions. Build winning portfolio and disruptive innovation organically and through M&As. Build diverse globally spread teams. Start up mentoring.

I recently joined Sotheby's as CMO - the auction house founded in 1744, and now selling everything from Lucian Freud masterpieces to Michael Jordan game-worn sneakers and Hermes Birkin bags. Prior to this I was CMO at Farfetch - the luxury fashion marketplace where I ran the global marketing team. I have held leadership roles at eBay, Compare the Market and worked across retail, telco and FS. I live in North London. Am a Gooner. As thankfully are my 18 year old twins - Lily and Joseph.

Becky is known for her strategic thinking, creative vision, and collaborative leadership style. She has a passion for putting effective creativity at the core of all content and is looking to drive Reckitts impact by combining brand superiority with carefully selected brand fights. Content that ultimately will grow the categories and change behaviour. She does this in close partnership with the lead creative agencies of which she is the global lead.

I started my career in the world of advertising in London. Joined Nike and spent 22 years first in different communication roles then shifted in marketing roles for various geographies around the world (Japan, Latina America, Asia Pacific, North America). Moved back from Oregon USA to Italy as CMO of Maserati where I’ve spent the last 3,5 years looking after the launches of brand new products and the rebirth of the brand.

Bringing 20 years of expertise in global marketing to her role as Chief Marketing & Experience Officer at Canada Goose, Penny is known for her ability to marry creative intuition with a commercial focus to drive brands forward. Having worked across a wide range of industries including luxury, fashion, consumer electronics and FMCG, Penny has successfully developed 360 degree campaigns that deliver compelling brand and business results. Previously, she served in progressively senior marketing roles at companies including Mulberry, Clarks and Philips Electronics. Outside of work, Penny loves taking Swiss road trips in the campervan with her family.

Listed under the Forbes 30 Under 30 (Europe) list for Marketing, Hamza is the CMO of DUNKIN Switzerland and the founder of AnW Studios who is creating some major waves not just for DUNKIN DONUTS but Swiss donut consumption in general because of his forte in contextual and digital advertising. He has worked with some of the biggest brands and celebrities in the past such as Akon, Ian Rush, Manchester United Football Club, B.Howard and the Jackson family to name a few.

Rachel is Brand & Marketing Director at Starling Bank, where she has been building the brand from the ground up over the last six years. She is passionate about customer experience, brand purpose and values, ensuring the bank is doing the right thing for customers and teams. Growing the Starling brand and having the opportunity to change the world of banking for the better has been a highlight of Rachel’s career, as well as launching Starling Kite - a product that teaches children how to manage their money from an early age.

over 20 years in marketing roles across the drinks industry from alcoholic drinks to soft drinks. Currently CMO for innocent drinks.

I am leading International Brand and Marketing at ALDI Nord. From brand building to the right marketing tech stack - me and my team are putting the customer in the front and center at everything we do at ALDI. My career has led me here from marketing executive roles in Gaming (EA) and Sports/Fashion (NIKE). I love good storytelling and try to proof it in my own podcast (www.youdrinkyoulearn.com). In my free time I like to box as it gets me out of my comfort zone.

Brand building and operational marketing, in service of Ubisoft's inspiring creative teams and passionate players.

Filipa Allen is Global Marketing Manager for two drinks brands, Reyka Vodka & Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum at William Grant & Sons. Filipa is responsible for brand positioning, visual identity, media & communications strategy and innovation across both brands. She has also worked on the Hendrick's and Glenfiddich brands, specialising in global brand positioning, communications & digital brand building. Her previous experience includes other household brands including McDonald's, Paddy Power & Deliveroo.

AJ was born in New Zealand and her first roles were agency-side in media planning and buying at TV3 and DDB Needham, Organic media London. AJ transitioned to client-side and started her 7-year stint in Telecoms as a Global Marketing Manager, where she rebranded BTWireless across Europe, including Cellnet, to O2. As Brand Experience and Sponsorship Manager, AJ rebranded the Millennium Dome to The O2, renewed the England RFU deal, moved Arsenal to the Emirates Stadium and partnered with Live Nation to create the O2 Wireless Festival. In 2008 AJ transitioned to broadcast rights holder LOCOG and became the Head of Marketing for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Highlights included developing marketing campaigns and assets for Mascots, Games Makers/Volunteering, Ticketing and Lining the Streets for the Torch Relay. And finally, AJ joined the Co-op 8 years ago to refresh and rebuild the 187-year-old brand as Marketing and Engagement Director. In 2018, AJ launched Co-op Festival Stores, including at Glastonbury, and is in the process of launching Co-op Live, the UK's largest dedicated Entertainment Arena, electrifying the Co-op’s Membership proposition.

Natasha is an award winning senior marketing leader with 20+ year experience in leading and growing iconic brands including Kiehl’s, Innocent, Benefit Cosmetics, Grey Goose vodka and Bombay Sapphire gin. Driven by the power of people, brands and creativity.

Liz heads up Marketing for TÜV SÜD. Setting up the organizational structure, processes, content, tools and communication platforms for a now 160 strong marketing team across 40 countries. She's an expert in how to hit the sweet spot between global and local content and campaigns. Her latest obsession is everything AI.

Started off working in agencies for many years and moved client side through a fear of becoming that old guy in the agency. Currently look after all things brand at Greggs. My views are always my own, however random.

As the Chief Marketing Officer at Bang & Olufsen, Kamel Ouadi is responsible for the Global Marketing and Digital division, creating and accelerating the company’s marketing strategy and brand recognition across the world. Kamel is building upon Bang & Olufsen’s magnificent heritage to create a leading House of Luxury with a lasting legacy for the future. Incorporating his expertise in marketing, branding, digital and innovation, Kamel is focused on driving the company vision by building marketing programs and thought leadership to promote Bang & Olufsen’s exceptional product innovation and brand purpose driven initiatives. Kamel has extensive experience as a luxury leader in leading companies such as Louis Vuitton, L’Oréal and Christie’s. He was also the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of NOWNESS, the leading digital luxury and lifestyle storytelling platform, a new LVMH brand created from scratch under his leadership.

Paul is Global Marketing Director for Baileys at Diageo, where he works with markets all over the world to deliver the continued success of the world’s most loved spirits brand. Prior to Diageo, Paul held a number of role at Vodafone Ireland including; Head of Consumer Brand and Head of Digital. He also spent time as a Strategic Planner at In The Company of Huskies, and at Google where he partnered with clients such as L’Oreal and Estee Lauder Companies.

Brand Equity Builder. Brand Experience-, Digital- and MarCom Transformation Architect. DE&I Advocate

Per Christiansen is Senior Vice President, Marketing EMEA & APAC at KAYAK for the travel brands KAYAK, momondo, Cheapflights, SWOODOO, Checkfelix, and Hotelscombined. He is Sustainability Lead at KAYAK, is 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. 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' and 'momondo – The DNA Journey’.

With over 15 years of experience in Brand Management, Marketing Communications and sponsorship activation, Simon Kamsky currently leads the marketing team for Etihad Airways, national airline of the UAE. Simon is responsible for brand strategy, brand communications including large-scale global brand campaigns, media strategy and sponsorship activations across the Middle East, UK, Europe and Indian subcontinent.

Nora has spent over 15 years in marketing and advertising within personal care and beauty industries. Having worked on both creative agency and brand side, Nora has in-depth knowledge of both worlds and therefore her experience and expertise are widely appreciated among the industry. Known for creative and disruptive thinking and being outspoken, Nora is often seen in panels and talks where she shares her passion for Gen Z marketing, metaverse and web3 and building indie brands.

Leading Marketing for Uber for Business, Victoria is responsible for regional Brand, acquisition & demand and existing customer growth.A self confessed 'generalist by design', Victoria has spent the last 15 years in both B2B and B2C roles for Brands such as Uber, Booking.com, Virgin Media and Rakuten. She believes her diversity of experience gives her a unique perspective, enabling her to drive consistent, long term growth. Through the judging process Victoria will be looking for data and insight driven work that lead to quantifiable results.

Joining dunhill as Chief Brand Officer in 2022, William Oliver works across all aspects of the British Luxury men’s brand’s audience touchpoints from Marketing & PR through to events, activations and Visual Merchandising. Beginning his career as a journalist and editor with The Art Newspaper, AnOther, Nowness, The Guardian and ID, amongst others, William has subsequently held senior Brand & Marketing roles to support the growth of diverse Global luxury brands, distilling and communicating their DNA through cultural and image driving projects.

Senior leader with over 17 years experience working in marketing, ecommerce and digital for predominantly multi-channel retailers; both in the UK and internationally. Track record in driving business growth for large established brands, SMEs and start ups; building and scaling capability and teams; creating data driven, customer-centric approaches; leading, managing and mentoring people to reach their full potential. Currently leading the performance marketing and CRM teams at Dunelm.

An entrepreneur at heart, an effectual leader with the proven ability to innovate processes and products that result in exponential business growth. Talent for leading organizations through change that reinvigorate corporate culture and enable them to capitalize on new opportunities. Successful at developing and executing new digital strategies that grow revenue and create new market opportunities. Experience in multiple industries and marketplaces. Motivational team builder.

Experienced Global Marketing Director championing culture and purpose to drive brand health and commercial return, through powerful and targeted product, content and collaboration strategies. Turning insight into opportunity, driving awareness, consideration, acquisition and advocacy. A strong leader, focused on digital transformation, and building team and budget architecture to deliver growth and competitive advantage. Extensive UK, EMEA, US and APAC experience. Comprehensive and proven understanding of ESG and building brand with purpose strategies to ensure to deliver credible impact and change.

Having revitalised iconic and challenger brands globally, Simon brings a proven track record in delivering transformational growth by embedding brands in culture, instilling a positive obsession on consumer centricity, cutting edge creativity and developing top marketing talent. A naturally curious board level leader.

My biggest passion is to build strong brands and prove that it’s possible to deliver growth while doing good to society. I believe that doing good is good for business, I believe in reconnecting ourselves with the food we eat, and I truly believe in the power of brands to make it happen. That’s why for more than 15 years I've chosen Danone as my 2nd home. I started my career in 2005 in the Dairy division in Argentina where I held various roles in Sales and Marketing in Brand management across the Essential, Functional & indulgence portfolio, leading the marketing plans of iconic brands like: Activia, Actimel and Danette among others. In 2012, I moved to the Waters division in Mexico as the Head of Bonafont. The #1 preferred water brand in the country and the first one to truly commit to a cause, making an alliance with UN women and fighting against gender inequality, so future generations can live in a Mexico free of prejudice and stereotypes. In 2016, I moved to France, leading various central positions in Waters and Dairy: Beginning as Head of Global Activation, followed by Growth Innovation Director and finally as Chief of Staff of the Essential’s Dairy and Plant Based Executive VP; being a key member for the business transformation agenda for the division. Since April 2019, I’ve been leading the Essential’s Dairy Business. A € 2Bn portfolio in more than 20 countries. During this time, I've driven the Masterbrand strategy, activation plans, as well as leading the innovation agenda for key brands like Danone and Prostokvashino among others. This resulted in 18 months of consecutive growth, geographical expansion in key markets as well as moving forward our sustainability agenda for these brands.

Janet Thiong'o has over 20 years’ experience in Marketing, Research, Advertising, Product Management and Communication spanning various companies and industries across Africa.  She is the Marketing Director for Oracle in Sub Saharan Africa. She was named top 25 most influential women in marketing impacting business in 2022, East Africa. She is a Certified Professional Coach and is the Board Vice Chair of Junior Achievement Africa.

I started my career in marketing at Stella McCartney, before working a good few years agency side on clients across retail, fashion, motor, beauty and charity. I then made the move to Pret where I’ve been Head of Marketing since 2020, delivering, among other things, *that* NHS discount, launching the UK’s first coffee shop subscription and working towards repositioning the business and our role for customers after the pandemic.

I started my BrewDog journey in 2018 and have worked across many areas of the business and roles including Continuous Improvement Project Manager, Group Continuous Improvement Manager, Special Projects Director, and Brand & Marketing Director. More recently, I was appointed as CMO looking after all things Brand and Marketing.

Ahmad Gaafar is the current Chief Marketing Officer for Samsung Electronics Egypt, where he leads the Corporate Marketing, Retail, Business Development, Public Relations and Corporate Citizenship functions. Gaafar also handles driving the overall Brand strategy in the local market, managing the optimization of an annual budget to fortify providing maximum business provisions. Additionally, he leads the retail channel with +30% YoY growth rate, to boost the revenue. Gaafar has 22 years of professional experience at the world’s no.1 multinational corporates in fields such as telecommunications and electronics industries. He contributed to diverse operations in the corporates he was part of, dealing with aspects related but not limited to the strategic development, strategic business planning, acquisitions and strategic partnerships’ development amongst others. Gaafar moved to Samsung Electronics Egypt, in August 2014, where he worked on the development of operations and marketing strategies for Samsung Electronics Egypt’s Retail, Brand Shops and Organized Retailers Channels, as the Retail Marketing, Operations and Business Development Senior Manager. That led Gaafar afterwards to hold his current position as Samsung Electronics Egypt CMO, starting January 2018. Gaafar’s current position enables him to oversee 4 distinctive operations areas: Corporate Marketing, Retail, Public Relations and Corporate Citizenship. Gaafar with his team, have been working on driving the brand strategy more in the local Egyptian markets, and today Samsung hold a market share of 1st Rank. He has also led the marketing propositions, programs, and business development schemes to record $ 1 bn turnover. Additionally, supervised and controlled the localized CSR activities in the Egyptian society, in line with the company’s global strategy and the country’s Vision 2030 aimed at improving the education and living conditions of the Egyptian citizens.

Ahmad Gaafar started his career in the early 2000s, where he worked for the Customer Operations, Telesales departments in multi-national corporates such as Vodafone Egypt and CNE Multi-Choice Egypt. Gaafar held many leading positions in Vodafone Egypt broadening his expertise in areas such as brand strategies and marketing communications As of August 2009, he became the Channels’ Propositions Development Team Leader in the Commercial Department in Vodafone Egypt, which led him to hold the position of the Channel Marketing Manager starting August 2010. In September 2013, Gaafar became the Regional Lead of Vodafone Egypt where he led the processes driving the Commercial Strategy, Marketing Activities, Sales Tactics and Channel Geo-Expansion.

Worked for Procter & Gamble within Marketing for nearly 11 years, based in both the UK & Sweden managing category & media teams. Have been managing P&G's Shave Care business (primarily Gillette & Venus) for the last year & a half including the recent Gillette Labs launch in Mar'22 & the Venus x Euros campaign in Summer'22.

I am an ambitious, highly motivated marketing professional, who thrives on challenges, achieves results and has gained extensive expertise from B2B and B2C markets. I am a strong all rounded marketer having had exposure and experience in delivering all aspects of the marketing mix. My key specialties include team management, marketing communications, strategy development, brand management, affiliate marketing, digital marketing, agency/third partner management, partner engagement and event management. I am tenacious and results driven with excellent negotiation skills and the ability to adapt in a fast paced commercial environment whilst still working effectively under pressure. I am extremely organised in my work and have the ability to work well within a team or autonomously. I am articulate with strong influencing and leadership skills, excelling at communicating and building relationships whilst liaising with senior management, partners and high profile stakeholders. I am a resilient character whose ability to negotiate and identify new opportunities is proven in my aptitude to design and implement marketing campaigns working across a broad range of channels, both on and offline. My natural interpersonal skill set enables me to effectively manage people and lead a team, with a flair for inspiring individuals to realise their full potential, both on a personal level and company wide, to aid the overall success of the business. I have a BA (Hons) Marketing Management degree and seeking the opportunity to build from my work and life experiences to develop a strong business portfolio focusing on the sectors of Marketing, Sales and Events.

Global Marketing and Brand Executive with more than 2 decades experience in leadership positions with some worlds most famous and admired brands in Fashion, Luxury and Sports. Developing and leading powerful insight driven growth strategies which connect creativity, multi channel communications and commerce building advocacy and powering sales. Blessed to have lived, worked and been a part of a team all over the world, I’m forever grateful of the perspective, the experience and the friendships this brings.

20 years of Marketing experience - leading global marketing and digital functions in LEGO, Carlsberg and ARLA.

Experienced Marketing Communications Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. Skilled in Marketing Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Forecasting, Cross-functional Team Leadership, and Market Analysis. Strong marketing professional with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) focused in Economics from the University of Bath.

Louise is responsible for the narrative and strategy of the McLaren Racing brand, the creative visual identity of the team’s entire racing portfolio and delivery of its annual marketing calendar. Prior to joining McLaren, Louise was at Vodafone Group for nine years, working across its global sponsorship properties and brand experiences.