Judges
Chair Of Judges
Nick joined Publicis Worldwide in 2014 as founding partner and CEO of digital agency Poke. He was promoted to the additional role of CEO of Publicis London, and further promoted to CEO, Publicis Worldwide UK in 2018. Last year he brought together Publicis Worldwide UK’s four businesses; Publicis London; Poke; Arc & August to become one integrated agency named Publicis•Poke, bringing technology and creativity together to focus on brand communications, brand experiences and ...
Meet The Judges
Aaron BrooksCo-Founder, Vamp
Aaron Brooks is the Co-Founder of global influencer marketing and content platform, Vamp. The platform connects clients like A...
Alastair ColeFounder & Performance Coach, Uplift
Alastair founded Uplift in 2020 to build sustainable performance in organisations through human and machine collaboration. He is a...
Ali DavisIndustry Lead, Telco & Media, IBM
Ali has spent 25 years delivering business growth in the telecommunications, media & entertainment industry. For the last 4...
Ben MalbonMarketing Director, Google
Ben is a Marketing Director at Google in London where he oversees Google's Brand and leads Google's Brand Studio team in E...
Kate BowerEVP Managing Director & Global Head of Product, Publicis Media/Spark Foundry
Kate has a diverse background spent leading strategic thinking & innovation across both a variety of cultures (living/working in E...
James BrownHead of EMEA, Rubicon Project
Drawing upon his 20+ years of experience in the digital advertising industry, James is Managing Director, EMEA for Rubicon...
Rocio CarvajalCo-founder, Maker
Rocio has more than 14 years of experience in eCommerce and digital marketing. She is an expert in web design, user experience...
Jessica ChapplowHead of Digital Transformation, MediaCom
Selected as one of MediaWeek’s 30 Under 30 2018, and nominated for Women in IT’s Young Leader of the Year award (2019),...
Daniel de SybelCTO , Fenestra
A Computer Science graduate, Dan started his marketing technologies career in 2002 at AOL's Advertising.com where he built...
Dean CorneyTechnology Lead, The Pull Agency
Dean has owned and managed agencies for over 18 years. In this time, he has worked on a range of technology projects for compa...
Ed CouchmanGeneral Manager, Snap Inc
Ed Couchman is the General Manager of Snap in the UK. Leading the camera company's largest European sales office, Ed works...
Emma OlohanMarketing and Event Specialist, United Events Global
VP PUBLIC RELATIONS, PWN GLOBAL Emma splits her time between her native Dublin, Ireland and Lagos, on the western Alga...
Callum FitzhardingeAssociate Creative Director, MediaMonks
Acclaimed creative with 13+ years advertising experience in Amsterdam, New York, Singapore and Melbourne. Currently at the...
Brian FitzpatrickGeneral Manager, Europe, IPONWEB
Brian Fitzpatrick has been involved in the evolution of digital media since 1995. With roles at Mediacom London, European MD f...
Sophia HaynesDirector of Campaigns, IAB UK
Sophia joined the IAB in 2011, initially leading marketing, PR and communications. In her current role as Director of Camp...
Ishan GhoshCEO & Partner, Barrett and Welsh Inc.
As CEO and Partner at Barrett and Welsh, Ishan leads a team of Idea Generators. Ideas that help build our client's busines...
James WestlakeGlobal Head of Product Innovation, Tag
James leads product innovation at Tag, the global creative production company. He combines a background in advertising and dig...
Jamie JeffersonChief Creative Officer and Co-Founder, Equator
Along with John and Garry, Jamie is one of the owners and founders of Equator. As Chief Creative Officer she has overall respo...
Zara KerwoodCreative Technologist, George P. Johnson UK
Zara started her career at Outlook and Dimensions festivals, before moving to a digitally focused role at Eskimo where she wor...
Mark HallidayChief Digital and Data Officer, Manning Gottlieb OMD
Mark has been working across Omnicom Media Group for 13 years and is now in his second stint at Manning Gottlieb OMD. Mark started...
Mark SyalChief Product Officer, EMEA, Essence
As Chief Product Officer at Essence EMEA, Mark is responsible for working with clients to design the ideal media product to ac...
Aaron MatthewsCreative Director & Founder, Creative Fix
Aaron is the Creative Director and Founder of Creative Fix, the digital audio advertising agency. Creative Fix creates audio a...
Niall WilsonHead of M&KE, M&C Saatchi
Niall has spent over 15 years in the advertising industry, using creative tech and content to keep ideas active in-between pea...
Guy O'brienFounder, Encore Digital Media
20+ years in media across multiple disciplines, shapes, sizes and flavours. Always curious, always learning and a cham...
Paul KingHead of Marketing Technology, Ogilvy
25+ years of working within challenging and complex data & technology environments with the sole aim of delivering customer focuse...
Paul DolanCEO and Principal Consultant, Camena
Paul has worked in ad technology and digital media for 20+ years. He led Varick as CEO through a period of transition from trading...
Rene PerkinsCEO
Rene Perkins is a serial entrepreneur dedicated to using technology for the good of society and the environment. She holds a MSc i...
Robin BonnFounder, Co:definery
Robin is the Founder of Co:definery, a management consultancy for agencies. He helps CEOs adapt to the changing market - repos...
Sarah SalterHead of Innovation, Wavemaker
Sarah leads Wavemakers innovation division, Sarah’s role is to help the agency’s clients work with startups and early stag...
Alessandro SciortinoCreative Director Italy, MRM
Alessandro is the Creative Director of MRM Italy and McCann Rome. He began his career as a copywriter and, in 20 years of adve...
Ross SleightChief Strategy Officer, Somo
Ross Sleight, Chief Strategy Officer, Somo Ross is a digital strategist. He's fascinated by the relationship between t...
Antoine UghettoCo-founder & Head of Innovation, makemepulse
After graduating from the famous French school of Gobelins, Antoine worked in various Parisian agencies before launching makem...
Patrick WallCreative Technology Director, DOOH.com
Patrick Wall is the Creative Technology Director and Co-Founder of DOOH.com, an award-winning creative production studio speci...