Heiko is an experienced Chief Marketing Officer and executive leader with focus on sustainable growth through strong brand building in a digital & omnichannel environment. Currently Heiko is leading the country marketing and digital marketing for the IKEA brand in Germany to deliver a 360° consumer experience along the entire consumer journey. He has a […]
Jury Category: Best of Europe Round 2
Kyrsten Halley
Kyrsten is Marketing Director for Aldi, the UK’s most loved supermarket, responsible for the Aldi brand, strategy and campaigns as well as key partnerships such as Team GB (and Kevin The Carrot of course) Kyrsten is also Non-Exec Director at the British Horseracing Authority helping to lead the commercial, marketing and brand agenda. She is […]
Jussi Lindholm
CEO, Vepsäläinen 18 years in marketing industry in leading agencies before current role as a CEO & CCO in design retailer Vepsäläinen. During his agency career Jussi has worked with major global and local brands. Nowadays I can say that I’m CEO with strong marketing background and presumably only very few CEO’s have been awarded […]
Roy Gardner
European Vice President Brand Marketing – adidas Combining a passion for sport and a passion for marketing is the simple ‘big’ idea that has lead me to spend most of my career connected to sport principally at adidas as well as Reebok, Helly Hansen and an ‘entertaining’ period at Leeds United. This followed starting my […]
Jure Bohinc
Marketing Director at A1 Slovenia Jure Bohinc is responsible for strategic brand management, product marketing, and user base management. He joined the company 20 years ago as an intern in corporate communications and later took over the leadership of the department. Subsequently, he engaged in product marketing and later also in brand management. He believes […]
Dimitri Herber
Dimitri Herber is currently the Head of Media & Digital Marketing at Warsteiner Group, bringing over 12 years of experience from companies like IKEA, Bahlsen, and Mindshare. Before joining Warsteiner, he led the media and digital marketing team at Bahlsen as the Global Media & Digital Lead, overseeing external communications for brands such as PiCK […]
Elena Plakhova
20 years of experience in corporate and marketing communications, reputation management, GR, and HR brand. She has effectively worked in these areas in the Continuum group of companies, Corum Group and Starlight Media. Since 2020, Elena has been managing the reputation of Nova Post and the group of companies as a whole. She manages the company’s […]
Elín Helga Sveinbjörnsdóttir
Elín Helga Sveinbjörnsdóttir is the Managing Director of the advertising agency Hvita husid (The White House) and has worked in the advertising sector for 24 years. She has an education in psychology and has a passion for human behavior and research into consumer behavior. Elín has an extensive background in consulting and strategic brand management. […]
Mette Hørdum
Mette Hørdum is CEO and partner of the Danish creative agency PONG. PONG has in only four years raised as one of Denmark’s most successful and best creative agencies, by challenging the traditional ways of collaborating with clients, and working in a more agile and flexible setup. Before PONG, Mette has a +20 years long […]
Anna Podskarbi
Media expert and leader with passion. Awarded the title of AD Wo/Man 2023 by “Press” magazine in the Media Agencies category. I started my career at Initiative, where I rose through the ranks from assistant to manager while working for Unilever. Then I moved to PHD, where I built the agency’s largest client team from […]