Anelia Mircheva has over 25 years of extensive experience in marketing, advertising and communications. Since 2017, she has held the position of Senior Marketing Manager at Visa in Bulgaria. Prior to this role, she led marketing teams at First Investment Bank, Overgas, and Access Finance for over a decade, where she played a pivotal role […]
Jury Category: Best of Europe Round 1
Ségolène de Marsac

Ségolène has a proven entrepreneurial track record in leadership, developing action-orientated creative strategies that deliver both turnaround and growth. A people first attitude, she creates value through high impact teams who excel and thrive. Consumer driven, she is passionate about driving the sustainability agenda as a critical priority for healthcare and the next generation. Segolene […]
Michele Frigerio

Marketing director with 20 years of consolidated expertise in leading global brands across FMCG (L’Oreal), telecommunications (Vodafone), and direct-to-consumer food luxury (Nespresso). Deep knowledge in brand strategy, portfolio management, strategy with a strong commitment to brand elevation, product innovation, digital and omni-channel customer experiences, P&L management, and leadership. Currently, as a Marketing Director at Nespresso […]
Kostas Verveniotis
Hi I am Kostas. My current role is the Head of Strategy in one of the biggest advertising and communication agencies in Greece, the Newtons Laboratory. The last 20 years I have worked for numerous clients and projects for all kind of sectors. Local brands, global brands. Small brands big brands. Every project had its […]
Janko Hočevar
Janko Hočevar is the founder and director of the research and strategic planning company Aragon and has 30 years of experience in strategic brand development, translating business strategies into brand strategies, and creating new business opportunities. After graduating in sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Ljubljana, he began his professional career in the […]
Beatrice Pettinelli
Beatrice is a Creative Director in dentsu Italy with a background as surprising as a plot twist. Starting as a Strategist in 2010, after 6 years she decided to join the AKQA creative team becoming a copywriter on projects between Italy and the whole European network. At Ogilvy Italy, she crafted award-winning campaigns for fashion […]
Bairbre McGlade
Bairbre has recently joined TBWA\Ireland as a Creative Director. Prior to that she worked as a Creative Director with BBDO Dublin and as Creative Lead and Art Director with Boys + Girls in Dublin for over 12 years. She has won many local and international creative and effectiveness awards for a wide range of clients. […]
Maria Herranz
Maria has broad experience in marketing and advertising managing integrated communication for some of the most important service and FMCG companies. Specialist in brand building and in partnering with clients to develop plans and campaigns with an integrated-media agnostic vision that help them achieve their marketing objectives. “I really love the strategic part of my […]
Eimear Fitzmaurice
Eimear is an award winning strategy leader with over 13 years’ experience. Passionate about creating collaborative environments in which clients and agencies can solve business problems together through creativity, she brings powerful cultural and consumer insight to inspire effective ideas. In recent years, Eimear has been reimagining how creative and brand strategies can bring about […]
Inker-Maaria Ketonen
Inker-Maaria is both a Creative Director and a multiple-award-winning wizard of modern marketing with a copywriter and comms consultant background. Her extensive experience in communication, social media, influencer marketing, PR and advertising ensures that she always finds the right path to the hearts and minds of target audiences. She is ambitious and possesses a skill to […]