Neal Davies Chairman – TBWA\Ireland Neal—a member of the Academy of the Marketing Hall of Fame-has spent 30-plus years as a client, an agency leader, and as an industry figure on both sides of the Atlantic. He won the Grand Effie in North America in 2003 and has served as jury chair for many national, […]
Duarte Roquette Chief Strategy, Growth and Innovation Officer – BAR Ogilvy Strategist, surfer, chicken raiser, woodworker, photographer, house dancer and sometimes musician. Inspiration mostly comes from his tiny farm, and his children call him the Chicken Raiser Strategist. He studied management, photography, and coding during the days of the ZX Spectrum. He began his career […]
Susanne Plümecke European COO – INNOCEAN Europe Susanne Plümecke is European COO of INNOCEAN, overseeing the brands Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis. With over 25 years of experience in the marketing and advertising industry, she has held leadership roles at renowned agencies such as DDB, Scholz & Friends, and MediaMonks, where she led major automotive accounts […]
Benjamin Curtis Global Vice President, Rexona – Unilever Ben Curtis is the Global Brand Vice President for Rexona/Sure, overseeing the strategic direction, innovation pipeline, and global marketing for the world’s leading deodorant brand. With extensive experience across Unilever’s portfolio, including several years in senior roles on Magnum Ice Cream, Ben brings deep expertise in brand […]
Darren Hawkins Head of Effectiveness, Europe & UK – McCann Worldgroup Darren began his planning career with JWT working on Shell Europe, Warner Lambert and TNT International Express before founding his own digital agency, where he led the likes of Kellogg’s and Coco-Cola into the first digital revolution. Prior to joining McCann Darren’s career spanned […]
Mette Kjaer Client Director – Kantar Denmark Mette is an experienced marketing strategist leading the Creative Practice in Denmark with a deep commitment to elevating creative effectiveness for the local and global clients across a wide range of categories. She has more than 30 years experience helping brands unlock the full potential of their communications […]
Berkant Avci Chief Strategy Officer – Medina Turgul DDB Berkant Avcı is the Chief Strategy Officer at Medina Turgul DDB and an award-winning brand strategist whose work has been recognized multiple times at Cannes Lions, Effie, and other leading industry stages. With a career spanning top network agencies, he blends strategic thinking with creative impact. […]
Laurentiu Semeniuc Head of Strategy – Saatchi & Saatchi Romania I started my journey in advertising more than 20 years ago as a junior strategic planner. Since then I had the chance to work for a lot of local and multinational brands in almost all categories: FMCG (packaged food, snacks & confectionery, household products, personal […]
Boris Nihom CEO – dentsu Benelux Boris is CEO for Dentsu in the Benelux. He leads the entire dentsu network across Creative, Media, and CXM (under the name Merkle, a dentsu company). Until 2025, he was Co-CEO of Dentsu Creative Amsterdam and Head of Product at Dentsu Creative EMEA. Boris has over 15 years of […]
Ecem Erdem Global Creative Thought Leadership Manager – Kantar With a background in Social Psychology, Ecem has always been passionate about understanding the truth behind the human behaviour and attitudes. She currently works as the Global Creative Thought Leadership Manager at Kantar, leveraging her passion for research and data-driven insights and to help shape global […]
