Founder and Creative Director
In 2009 Michael founded award winning agency Impero as an innovative, risk taking, digital and creative agency. Originally from New Zealand he created his first online start up as a teenager; New Zealand’s largest online dining guide ‘Menus’ and later Australasia’s most visited movie publication ‘Flicks’ , both of which were acquired before Michael set up Impero....
Co-Founder & CEO • Laundrapp
Ed Relf is an award winning digital entrepreneur and self-confessed ‘digital disruptor’ with over 15 years’ experience scaling some of the world’s most successful disruptive digital start-ups. Having built a successful career through his metric driven marketing approach and lean start up philosophy to tech innovation, Ed now focuses his time on his latest venture...
Strategic Partner • Blackbook London
Ian has worked with global brands and agencies to help them succeed and innovate in the digital space. Ian has a strong track record of moving digital thinking and strategy to the top of a company’s agenda, helping them achieve creative and strategic recognition in the process.
Head of Marketing • Red Hot Penny
A vastly experienced marketer, Russ initially built his career across a variety of client-side side B2B roles. He has previously been a Comms Manager at Fujitsu, Data wrangler for Microsoft, Events Co-ordinator at Dell, Online Manager for Symantec, and Marketing Manager at Atos and as such Russ knows a whole lot about a whole range...
Chief Marketing Officer • TrustedHousesitters
Tech entrepreneur Stephens sold her first start-up Local Daily Deals to MoneySupermarket, before setting up a mobile marketing platform, which was bought by SmartFocus in a cash and shares deal worth more than 10x revenue. Now CMO at TrustedHousesitters, the world’s largest house- and pet-sitting site, she is accelerating its presence in the US, Canada...
Director Of Marketing • Brentford FC
Kurt has 15 years+ experience as a leader in the sports industry. Originally from New Zealand, his time spans Rugby League, Rugby Union, public sector sport and Football. A commercially driven individual, he’s a strategic marketer and creative problem-solver who combines insight and method to diagnose issues and implement practical business solutions. After a five...
Head of Media and Online Relations
Dan is the Head of Media and Online Relations at global digital marketing agency, Search Laboratory. His team is responsible for building lasting relationships with key journalists, bloggers and industry influencers, and pitching them engaging stories for clients, such as Viking, OVO Energy, and giffgaff, as part of their SEO strategies. Dan combines creative content...
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...
Head of Digital Fundraising • Oxfam
Matt Jerwood has a vast experience of digital business, via national commercial radio, global magazines and online travel; from social media start-ups to large-scale enterprises. His portfolio includes such roles as Director of Business Development at WAYN.com, Head of Mobile at Dennis Publishing, (titles including Maxim, Auto Express, The Week), and Head of Multi Channels...
Customer Success Manager
Suzy has over six years digital marketing experience, now specialising in email. Suzy is dedicated to helping clients achieve their marketing goals and empowering clients to realise the full potential of the Adestra platform and their wider marketing technology ecosystem.
Co-founder • Mixcloud
Nikhil is Cofounder of online radio platform Mixcloud. Over the past 8 years he has helped lead the growth of the company from a couple of guys in a warehouse in Wembley to the world’s biggest community of DJs and radio talent, reaching over 17 million people a month. Prior to Mixcloud, Nikhil was a...
CMO - eCommerce M&A Consultant • TIME Inc.
Michel is a digital and e-commerce pioneer. He started as head of new media at Sony Music in the early 90’s, and has since filled several senior executive positions with international B2C and B2B multichannel companies (including Bertelsmann, Manutan, Quelle, Conrad Electronics, Camaïeu). Michel relocated to the UK to join Marks & Spencer to develop...
CEO • Koru Kids
Rachel is the founder and CEO of Koru Kids, a fast-growing tech startup helping parents in London share their nannies. Before starting Koru Kids, Rachel was CEO of www.DrThom.com, the world’s largest online doctor service, which she grew to 1.3m patients in 3 countries. She has also been the Managing Director of a chain of IVF...
Founder • CharlieHR
Rob O’Donovan, founded ‘start-up studio’ The Eleven at age 17, alongside his best friend from school. From then on, his love affair with creating companies grew, turning the business into a small network of marketing agencies that empowered brands to make sense of a new, digitally savvy and ultra-demanding generation of consumers. The same team...
CEO • so-sure
Investor turned entrepreneur, Dylan was in strategy consulting and private equity before he left his job to rethink insurance for the consumers’ benefit. Frustrated by the insurance sector’s focus on profits rather than consumer needs, Dylan launched so-sure to disrupt the stagnant insurance industry. so-sure’s model takes insurance back to its 17th century roots to...
