Contributors

Andrew Howe

Director Of Digital Marketing Services

Andrew Howe, better known as Howie, is Director for Mapp’s Digital Marketing Services which encompasses the programmatic display, paid search and data analytics teams. His career has required him to operate on all sides of the media business, selling on behalf of a media owner, delivering for clients as an agency and working on solutions...

Matt Kwiecinski

Managing Director

Matt Kwiecinski is Managing Director at Journey Further, leading the agency in its mission of delivering clarity at speed for the UK’s leading brands. He previously spent 18 years in the Omnicom Group, where as MD of Agency Republic and Critical Mass he helped many of the UK’s biggest businesses leverage digital innovation.

Jim Bloor

Head of Digital Strategy and Data • Penna

Jim Bloor, Head of Digital Strategy and Data at Penna, first made his way into into the marketing and communications industry was with The Guardian Newspaper within Media Sales. He spent six years there before moving on to spend a further six years with Work Group, first as a Senior Account Manager before choosing to specialise in...

Robin Skidmore

CEO

Robin is CEO of Journey Further. He previously co-founded Epiphany Search, growing the agency organically from 2-160 staff before it was acquired by Jaywing. Robin is also an angel investor and advisor to leading UK tech start-ups, including Everpress and Snaptrip.

Richard Gee

Co-Founder

Richard Gee is Co-Founder of Bristol based Rixxo. He’s known to be wildly creative, passionate, bold, and completely in his element when finding creative uses for digital technologies. He has a broad digital experience and works closely with clients around the world, from SMEs to FTSE and NASDAQ listed multinational companies creating innovative campaigns, products,...

Hema Nagar

Head of Marketing • NCP

Hema Nagar joined NCP in 2013, and is responsible for all aspects of B2B and B2C Marketing. Over the last five years, she has recruited an in house team of marketing specialists focused on the development and delivery of brand, digital and CRM strategy from in car park promotion through to digital platforms including websites...

Simon Dring

COO

Simon Dring is COO at Mention Me, the leading customer advocacy and referral platform. With years of experience in helping businesses from Farfetch to Nutmeg to Ocado to harness the exponential power of their fans, Simon can explain why turning customers into advocates is the very best overall strategy for your business growth.

Ben Austin

CEO • Absolute Digital Media

Having started his career at Natwest Head Office and driven his own website to search engine success in 2008, Ben Austin has continued to replicate his achievements by starting his own full-service digital marketing agency, Absolute Digital Media, providing the likes of Ladbrokes, 888, the National Autistic Society and the National Childbirth Trust with award-winning...

Emma Travis

Head of CRO

Emma heads up the CRO team at Leeds based search agency Epiphany. After working for one of the countries leading CRO agencies, Emma moved client-side to help Jet2.com galvanise their UX and conversion strategy. With a passion for user behaviour and consumer psychology, Emma is leading the campaign to see brands take CRO seriously as...

James Kliffen

Head of Fundraising • Médecins Sans Frontières

James Kliffen started fundraising by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, in the UK, and has helped launch fundraising for MSF in India, South Africa and Ireland. James previously coordinated appeals for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) and the British Red Cross. James is a trustee of WeSeeHope and a member of the...

Richard Fullerton

CRM & Referral Sales Lead • giffgaff

Richard leads the CRM team as well as the original (and so he likes to think, the best) giffgaff sales channel – Member-Get-Member. With marketing experience across the Telefónica group, he is now ensuring giffgaff continue to talk to, listen to and grow their member base in the uniquely giffgaff way.

Miguel Cedeno

Senior Digital Marketing Executive

Miguel is a Senior Digital Marketing Executive at Coast Digital. With over 5 years of experience in digital marketing, Miguel’s expertise lie in campaign creation and data analysis, driving highly successful results for his clients. After completing a degree in Economics in his native Mexico, Miguel moved to the UK to complete an MSc at...

Ajit Bola

Account Manager

Ajit is an Account Manager at Mapp Digital, and has been focused on helping clients in the Retail and Banking sector for over five years with CRM enhancement, lead acquisition, and email deliverability.

Brendan Patterson

Group Account Director

Brendan is a Group Account Director at Curated with over a decade’s experience in digital marketing. His career began at Google UK where he worked for 8.5 years on performance campaigns for multichannel high street brands and pure-play retailers, including Amazon and eBay, before moving to work with a range of branding FMCG clients. His...