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...

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.

Ankur Chadha

Strategy Director • Croud

Ankur heads up Croud’s strategy department, helping clients to define and deliver effective cross-channel strategies. Prior to Croud, he was at Blue 449, where he led successful digital marketing strategies for clients including Mandarin Oriental and Vision Express.

Andrew Parker

Head of SEO

Andrew is Head of SEO at Branded3, deploying creative search strategies aligned with the client’s other marketing activity to provide robust campaigns in fiercely competitive niches such as retail and insurance. Andrew’s strong skillset in data, analytics and trend-spotting in search makes him a key influence when the team are identifying changes in Google’s algorithm,...

Anand Mavani

Audience Expert

With a wealth of experience in delivering social media, content marketing and brand strategy for a number of leading brands, Anand is now the Audience Expert at Rixxo, a creative agency based in Bristol. Passionate about engagement, and educating brands on how they can drive more revenue, engagement and brand equity through simple marketing hacks,...

Alessandro De Stasio

Head Of Marketing • Gioco Digitale

Alessandro built his experience in one of the most, if not the most, competitive fields of online marketing: gaming. After a two year experience in a Digital and Creative agency, where he worked on accounts such as Jeep, Luxottica, Unilever and others, he accepted the challenge to lead the marketing department of a declining brand...

Alix Charles

PPC Specialist and Digital Marketing Consultant

Alix is a PPC Specialist and Digital Marketing Consultant at Liberty, a digital marketing agency based in Cardiff. Her role at Liberty rotates between creating and delivering bespoke PPC strategies for a number of Liberty’s biggest clients and also delivering consultancy.

Andy Cockburn

CEO & Co-founder

Andy is the CEO of Mention Me, Europe’s leading referral and retention marketing platform which he co-founded in 2013.  He’s passionate about helping brands use the power of trust to enhance their marketing – a trend which is of vital importance now more than ever. Prior to Mention Me, Andy had extensive experience of leading...

Alex Betti

Head of Digital & Content • MS Society

Passionate about innovation and always challenging the status quo through new approaches, technology and digital,  Alex has over 17-year digital and communications experience gained at a number of national and international not-for profit organisations, including Oxfam, Save the Children, Plan International, Tech Partnership and Macmillan Cancer Support. He is currently Head of Digital and Content at the MS...

Anthony Leung

Social Media Manager • Pret A Manger

Anthony is responsible for Pret a Manger’s social media presence in the UK, creating content that excites customers while encouraging an honest conversation that influences the brand’s food and innovation. With nearly 10 years experience in digital marketing, Anthony now focuses on content creation and strategy and has managed social media for brands in various...

Alex Saunders

Director of Digital Communications • GSK

Alex spent 10 years in marketing roles across GSK. His roles included working both on consumer products and on the parent brand itself. With digital becoming an increasingly critical part of a marketers armoury, Alex jumped at the chance to lead the global digital communications team in 2015. The last two years have been a...

Anna Whitehouse

Founder • Mother Pukka

Mother Pukka is a portal for news, events, reviews and honest comment for people who happen to be parents. A journalist, editor and mother in search of pukka things for her kid, founder Anna Whitehouse previously worked as the Vice Editor at Time Out Amsterdam before writing about shoes and handbags for fashion labels SuperTrash...

Andrea Grimandi

Executive Marketing Director • Unilever UK & Ireland

Andrea Grimandi is Executive Marketing Director at Unilever, with responsibility for Savoury brands such as Pot Noodle, Marmite, Knorr, Colman’s and Bovril. His main achievement in this role has been the successful Pot Noodle brand relaunch and the exciting “you can make it” campaign. Prior to joining Unilever he worked as Business Director for Out-of-home...

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Adam Warburton

Head of Product - Membership • The Co-op

Adam has worked in the mobile industry throughout his career, starting out at Telefonica O2 in their Product Design team and previously worked at Travelex for over a year as Head of Mobile, leading their efforts on all things mobile, before now moving to lead the product team at The-Coop. He is fascinated by technology...