Contributors

Erik Luhr

Head of Data & Insight • iProspect

Erik works as Head of Data & Insight at iProspect, where he is primarily responsible for analytics. Together with his team he supports large organisations in terms of analytics, conversion, optimisation, data visualisation and tools. iProspect are global leaders in performance marketing. Erik has worked for over six years at iProspect and during this time...

John Barham

Head of Paid Media

John brings to the ROAST team a wide knowledge of all things Paid, how these channels best work together, and how advertisers can maximise their success in these areas. His digital career began nearly 10 years ago as a PPC Account Executive working across clients such as British Gas, John Lewis, Swiftcover, and the BBC....

Gavin Laugenie

Digital Strategist

Gavin Laugenie is a veteran in the email marketing industry. After a stint in New York to setup dotmailer’s customer success division, Gavin has joined the companies thought leadership team and is a keen blogger and speaker. He has worked closely with organisations in both the B2B and B2C sectors such as EDF Energy, British Cycling,...

Lyle McCalmont

CEO • Leighton

After working his way up from the bottom rungs of the business, Lyle McCalmont is the CEO of tech business Leighton; the digital transformation company. Leighton manage, design, develop, test and deliver incredible, user-friendly digital solutions. They put customers at the heart of everything they do to deliver award winning digital experiences.

Kath Pay

CEO & Founder • Holistic Email Marketing

With over 18 years email marketing experience Kath Pay lives and breathes email marketing. Regarded as an industry thought leader, she is one of the World’s Top 50 Email Marketing Influencers (Vocus, 2014) and is recognised as one of the UK’s leading Email Marketers and heads up training for Econsultancy on Personalisation and Email Marketing.

Rich Coggin

Creative Partner • Spinnaker London

Rich has been in the advertising industry for the last 24 years and has worked with some top notch agencies and clients and won a host of awards along the way. He’s Creative Partner at Spinnaker London where he leads the charge in what they call ‘The Art of Conversation’ for digital, social & content marketing....

Jonathan Lewis

Head of Digital and Partnership Innovation • Channel 4

Jonathan is responsible for driving Channel 4’s industry leading commercial innovation and digital revenue growth through its award-winning data strategy and integrated marketing partnerships. He oversaw Channel 4 becoming the first European broadcaster to launch programmatic buying on its TV on-demand platform, All 4; the launch of the Premium Video Ad Xchange (PVX) enabling advertisers...

Jeremy Waite

Chief Customer Officer • IBM iX

Jeremy Connell-Waite is Chief Customer Officer for IBM iX. Jeremy travels around the world talking to executives about consumer trends, digital transformation, AI and the future of cloud computing. He is also an IBM ambassador who helps companies combat climate change through the use of technology. He has been voted the most influential person on...

Robert Simons

Group Head of CRM • Treatwell

Robert is the Group Head of CRM at Treatwell, the leading online booking platform for hair and beauty in Europe. At Treatwell, he has overseen their CRM Programme grow from one market into ten countries. Prior to Treatwell, Robert was in various marketing & CRM roles at PayPal in the UK and Australia.

James White

eCommerce Consultant • Nosto

James found a passion for ecommerce while working as a digital marketing consultant, focusing primarily on ads and email marketing strategy. This exposed him to the jungle that is the ecommerce ecosystem where he discovered Nosto…the easiest way to deliver personalised content onsite, via email and ads. He continues to guide online retailers through that...

James Downes

Director • Pancentric Digital

James  has been working in the Digital industry since 1995 in a variety of roles including CTO, Sales and FD. With establishing Pancentric in 2003, he wanted to bring his clients into the digital world through a better understanding of the values of the new economic model. As an evangelist of the design thinking process,...

Fanny Dolo-Kersale

Head of Paid Media • Travelex

Fanny is head of Paid Media at Travelex where she works to drive customer acquisition strategies across the extensive global footprint and she drives growth through the complete restructure of the PPC approach and the launch of new channels. She successfully reshaped the agency structure and resources needed to centralize globally the management of paid...

Robin Bade

Regional Director Europe and Founding Partner • Mirum

Robin Bade is an entrepreneur fueled by the era of digitalization. From digital business transformation to, tactical activations to large site redesigns, he’s had the opportunity to help businesses in the personal electronics, automotive industry and beyond succeed in this new environment. In 2015, he established Mirum, a new global agency. It brought together a set...

Billy Hamilton-Stent

Client Strategy Director

Billy Hamilton Stent is a founder of Octopus Group with 20 years’ experience in the fields of research, marketing and communications.  As Client Strategy Director for the business he is responsible for strategic input to client planning, developing customer / audience insights and generating creative marketing campaigns that drive sales. Billy has worked with numerous...