Contributors

Saima Alibhai

Practice Manager - Professional Services • Bronto

Saima has over 10 years of experience in the marketing technology industry, working alongside clients internationally in the UK, EMEA and LATAM. As Practice Manager – Professional Services at Bronto, Saima helps leading brands, including Vivienne Westwood, notonthehighstreet.com, Björn Borg and Joseph Joseph, optimise their commerce marketing strategy. She is also a member of the DMA...

Sam Bourke

Marketing Director • The Restaurant Group

Sam is responsible for  Marketing & PR across The Restaurant Group plc, which operates over 400 restaurants. Our principal brands are Frankie & Benny’s, Chiquito, Coast to Coast, Garfunkel’s, Home Counties Pub Restaurants and Brunning & Price. They also operate a Concessions division which trades at over 50 outlets in UK airports.

Sally Anderson

Account Director

Sally has over 12 years’ digital marketing experience taking a leading role in client relationship building at Code to create insight-led solutions that really deliver against objectives. She has particular expertise in the charity sector helping organisations to develop effective digital fundraising, campaigning and supporter engagement solutions. She has an in-depth knowledge of how to...

Samir El-Alami

Founder & CEO • SocialWe

Samir has been working with startups for 8 years to date. Having managed all aspects of marketing, branding, & product, he has held senior leadership positions at several successful international startups. His eclectic experience has covered FinTech (CMO, Kreditech), Dating (Marketing Director, Lovestruck), Social (Performance Marketing, Badoo), & he has worked as a consultant with...

Savannah Sachs

UK Managing Director • BirchBox

As Managing Director of Birchbox UK, Savannah is responsible for overall business strategy, long-term vision, and ongoing operations. She leads a local team across all business functions, including Brand Partnerships, ecommerce, Content, Marketing, and Operations. In the last 12 months, Birchbox UK has celebrated 125% year on year growth, making it the fastest growing market...

Steve Watling

Head of SEO and Social Media • Vitality UK

Steve is Head of SEO and Social Media at Vitality UK, with several years of digital experience across retail, recruitment and financial services his broad skills span SEO, content management, email marketing, web analytics and beyond.

Saul Lopes

Customer Insights, CRM & Loyalty Manager • Virgin Holidays

Saul has a strong background in travel, having worked for NetJets, Claridge’s Hotel and Virgin. With over 8 years’ experience in Product Development, Analytics, Customer Relationship Management and Loyalty, he leads Virgin Holidays’ efforts to become a truly data-driven innovator in the CRM & Loyalty Space.

Simon Baker

Head of Branded Content • ITN Productions

Simon joined ITN Productions in 2010 to launch its branded content offering and has gone on to win over 35 awards including Gold Cannes Lions and D&AD pencils. His mix of creative, tech, production and media skills, plus a focus on spotting future trends, has led to be a pioneer of creative video campaigns in...

Sarah Gaffney

Senior Marketing Manager • UBM

Sarah is a Senior Marketing Manager at UBM working on acquisition strategies for industry-leading trade events including the Sleep Hotel Design event, KBB Birmingham (Kitchens, Bedrooms & Bathrooms) and k&b design London.  She has over seven years’ experience in marketing, specialising in the events and publishing sectors.

Sean McKee

Head of Ecommerce and Customer Services • Schuh

Sean McKee is an experienced retailer who joined Schuh in 1996 and progressed through a range of retail roles including store, regional and divisional management. A long-time advocate of integrating the bricks and clicks in the pursuit of an optimum, single customer experience, he took up his current role in 2010 and restructured the Ecommerce department...

Sarah McManus

Head of Ecommerce and Customer Services • Schuh

Steven Taylor

Marketing Director • Transform Cosmetic Surgery Group

Steven is Marketing Director at Transform Cosmetic Surgery Group, the UK’s leading and most experienced provider of cosmetic surgery.

Sadie Arnold

Email Marketing Manager

Sadie Arnold joined the Genie family in 2013 as Email Marketing Manager. With several years in the online marketing industry under her belt, working for big brands such as The AA and multi-award winning games studio Jagex, she bought her love of email and tea to Genie to drive their email strategy into the next...

Steve Henderson

Head of Deliverability • Emarsys

Steve manages the Emarsys global deliverability team, is Vice Chair of the UK DMA Email Council, and chairs the Council’s Legal and Deliverability hub. With the DMA, Steve co-authored the Email Metrics and Email Deliverability guides. With a background of over 15 years in software development, he has spent the last decade specialising in email...