Contributors

Chris Carey

CEO • Media Insight Consulting

Chris is an entrepreneur, strategist, and data expert. He founded FastForward in 2015 and is founder and CEO of boutique research company, Media Insight Consulting, specialising in Consumer Surveys and Big Data Analytics, with a focus on the music industry. Clients include Spotify, Sony Music, The O2, and BMG Music. He previously worked as Global...

Coris Leachman

Business Director and Partner

With over 15 years of industry expertise – working primarily across FMCG brands and names such as Lindt Chocolate, BBC, Jacobs Creek, and Chivas Regal – Coris Leachman now helps to lead and run Impero, an independently owned creative agency started in 2009. Impero is an agency with ambitious growth plans and a solid offering,...

Carmen Crespo Lopez

Content & PR Executive

Carmen is Content & PR Executive at Adestra. She is passionate about email and content marketing, and she is always eager to learn more about the digital space.

Claire Barnes

Content & PR Manager

Claire is Content & PR Manager at Adestra. With 10 years’ experience in content writing, she is passionate about delivering clear communications and exploring innovation in the digital sphere.    

Christopher Gee

Managing Director

I believe that every client has a container.  A virtual wall that sets the limits of timescale, budget, reach or other resources. It’s our job to work within this container and push against the walls delivering as much as we can, at the highest quality, so that the container grows. We must be respectful of...

Courtney Wylie

VP Product & Marketing

As VP of Product & Marketing, Courtney’s role combines analysis of client insight into user experience of the platform; defining and understanding new tech and products to be developed; initiating and responding to client feedback and product refinement; leading on every stage of marketing innovation for the product and the business, and overseeing design and...

Conner Josey

Head of Digital Production (Delivery) • BT

Conner Josey is a senior digital leader with experience in large blue chip organisations as well as agency/consultancy side in building and delivering against a digital transformation agenda in. Having recently joined BT as Head of Digital Production (Delivery), he has taken on the digital delivery accountability for Business & Public Sector parts of the...

Chieu Cao

Co-founder & CMO • Perkbox

Before co-founding Perkbox, the UK’s leading employee and customer engagement platform, Chieu established himself as a tech marketing force to be reckon with, leading marketing initiative for some of the world’s greatest tech brands including Microsoft, Amazon and Yahoo. A consultant turned CMO, Chieu’s repertoire spans across both B2C and B2B, from SEO to social...

Carl Hallam

Head of SEO & Content • eHarmony

As Head of SEO & Content, Carl is responsible for SEO, Content and Social media strategy and activation across UK and Ireland. Having recently played a big role in eHarmony’s ‘love captured’ campaign, Carl will share some of the key learnings that have impacted their social and content strategy.

Celia Pearman

Runs Making Friends • Ella’s Kitchen

Celia Pearman has been leading the communications team at Ella’s Kitchen since March 2013, where she is an advocate of Ella’s Kitchen’s mantra: Start with your consumer to understand their world and what’s important to them, so you can build up your strategy and the channel choice stems from there.  Guided by this and her...

Cat Botibol

Owner and Creative Chief • pd3

Cat is Creative Chief and Owner of Pd3, a creative agency that uses content and experiential marketing to help brands grow culturally and commercially. Over the last 12 years she has created award winning digital content for brands such as O2, Sony Playstation, Ray-Ban, Nike, Victorinox, Dr Martens, Deezer, Save the Children and Safestore. She is...

Chris Chalmers

Senior Director - Digital Marketing, Content, Social and CRM • ASDA

Chris started his career in automotive marketing before moving into grocery retailing, joining Tesco in 2007. This move provided him with a foundation in retail eCommerce at scale. Since then he has built a specialism in digital marketing and CRM, leading key digital change programmes for Jet2.com, the low cost airline,  and most recently leading...

Chi Igboaka

Global Head of Performance Marketing • Travelex

Chi Igboaka is Head of Performance Marketing at Travelex where she works to drive digital marketing strategy across the extensive global footprint, break down data silos to optimise the online customer experience and drive growth through efficient use of existing and new marketing channels. Chi started her career in customer strategy, and since her move...