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Arianna Huffington

founder and chief executive officer, Thrive Global

Andrew Au

regional managing director, Asia Pacific, Eight Inc

Kathryn Jacob OBE

chief executive officer, Pearl & Dean

Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones MBE

founder, The Black Farmer

Kate Howe

executive director, MSQ Partners

Derek Stewart

chief strategy officer, Stein IAS

Valerie Graves

Public Speaker, Author, Creative Consultant

Andy Main

global chief executive officer, Ogilvy

Hayley Woodward

head of global marketing, Rubik’s Brand Ltd

Rob Pierre

chief executive officer, Jellyfish Group

Neil Foster

vice president – creative consultancy EMEA & APAC, Guinness World Records

Julia Kraft

marketing services manager, WFA

Phil Hakim

managing director, Flipside Group

William Travis

founder, Elevation Barn

Sue Unerman

chief transformation officer, Mediacom

Claude Silver

chief heart officer, VaynerMedia

Andy Peddar

chief executive officer, Deazy

Shameka M. Brown

chief executive officer, The Only One There, chief executive officer & certified executive coach, The Only One There®

Jonny Sawyer

general manager, APAC, Brandwatch

Gordon Young

co-founder and editor-in-chief, The Drum

Sonoo Singh

consultant, The Drum

John McCarthy

senior reporter, The Drum

Susan Guerrero

chief operations officer, Stein IAS

Lucinda Peniston-Baines

owner & managing partner, The Observatory International

Karl Loudon

former managing partner, Mubaloo

Thomas Heilskov

director, global head of digital marketing & The Barn, in-house creative & media agency, Arla Foods

Tehmeena Latif

head of sales, The Drum

Johan Nordenström

co-managing partner, Kaplan

Rob Evans

co-founder, The App Business

Julie Langley

partner, Results International

Lisa Kalyuzhny

senior director, advertising solutions, EMEA, PubMatic

Russ Findlay

chief marketing officer, Hiscox

Diane Young

chief executive officer & co-founder, The Drum

Pat Law

founder, GOODSTUPH

Albany Woo

head of analytics, APAC, Initiative

Alice Salisbury

co-founder, InklingCC

Shayne Madamba

chief digital officer, Havas

Leila Fataar

founder, Platform 13

Charlie Mckittrick

C.S.O. & Partner, Mother

Caireen Wackett

chief executive officer, Portas

Derek Walker

founder, brown and browner

Chris Camacho

chief performance officer, EMEA, Mindshare

Katy Howell

chief executive officer, immediate future

Neil Christie

director of growth markets, Wieden + Kennedy

Thas Naseemuddeen

chief executive officer, Omelet

Becky McKinlay

head of marketing communications, client solutions, The Economist Group

Lucy Jameson

founder, Uncommon

Bennett D. Bennett

principal, Aerialist

Jessica Tamsedge

managing director, McCann London

Wayne Hemingway MBE

British designer and co-founder, Hemingway Design

Donna Sharp

managing director, Medialink

Gareth Mercer

founding partner, Pablo London

Dave LaFond

co-chief executive officer and co-founder, No Fixed Address

Nick Laffan

GM Creative Solutions, Shell

Trewin Restorick

founder & chief executive officer, Hubbub UK

Richard Kanolik

programmatic leads, Vodafone

VJ Anand

executive creative director, VaynerMedia

Cameron Clarke

head of content, The Drum

Tom Stancliffe

co-founder, Tribe Performance Nutrition

Michael Komasinski

president, Merkle EMEA

Adrienne Ingoldt

senior vice president, chief brand and Experience Officer, Jack in the Box

Ken Hein

US editor, The Drum

Rob Foster

senior consultant, The Observatory International

Bob Du

managing director, Jellyfish Singapore

Helen Mcguire

chief executive officer, Diversely.io

Rebecca Stewart

trends editor, The Drum

Peter Reid

chief executive, MSQ

Ari Weiss

chief creative officer, DDB Worldwide

Prashant Kumar

founder, Entropia

Imogen Watson

journalist, The Drum

Eunice Tan

founder, TSLA & JUNK Asia

Justin Billingsley

global chief marketing officer, Publicis Groupe

Tammy Dunkley

senior brand creative manager, Sheetz Inc.

Richard Exon

founder, Joint

Edward Bell

general manager, brand, insights and marketing communications, Cathay Pacific Airways

Ben Rudman

executive director, MSQ

Charlotte McEleny

deputy and Asia Pacific editor, The Drum

Julian Barrans

business director, Asia, TrinityP3

Alex Woodford

vice president, client partner, APAC, Essence

Steve Axe

group chief marketing officer, Nomad Foods

Sharon Whale

UK group chief executive officer, Oliver Agency

Bruce Daisley

ex-Twitter VP, author of The Joy of Work

Shawn Lim

reporter, APAC, The Drum

Michelle St Jacques

chief marketing officer, Molson Coors

Peter Czapp

director, The Wow Company

Marla Kaplowitz

president & chief executive officer, 4A's

Debra Aho Williamson

eMarketer principal analyst, Insider Intelligence

Daniel Hagmeijer

managing director, Wunderman Thompson Indonesia

Scott McKenzie

global head, Nielsen Intelligence Unit

Neil Barrie

chief executive officer, TwentyFirstCenturyBrand

Stephen Lepitak

outgoing executive editor, The Drum

Craig Mapleston

regional director, VCCP APAC

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13 August 2018

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31 July 2018

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Brands at the FIFA World Cup: the iconic and the controversial

27 July 2018

The World Cup in data: who were the real winners and losers?

24 July 2018

Ads We Like: Nike dares China to become a football superpower

19 July 2018

TV Ad Spend Weekly

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18 July 2018

Nike claims World Cup marketing crown despite not being an official sponsor

16 July 2018

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16 July 2018

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13 July 2018

Why event TV is still a ratings winner

13 July 2018

How JWT silenced World Cup chatter with the broken bodies of domestic violence victims

13 July 2018

Three rebrands stores as Three (crying lion emojis) to mark England's World Cup exit

12 July 2018

Meme culture has stepped up a gear this World Cup, but brands should still tread with caution

12 July 2018

The Players’ Tribune on its viral formula and critics: ‘we’re not here to polish reputations’

11 July 2018

World Cup: brands are convinced football IS coming home to England

11 July 2018

Coca-Cola takes over Piccadilly Circus to buoy England World Cup fans

11 July 2018

The next frontier for tech giants: unleashing sports broadcasting potential

11 July 2018

Marks & Spencer

How Gareth Southgate’s lucky waistcoat has given M&S a World Cup boost

11 July 2018

Why brands will spend £500k a spot during England's historic World Cup semi on ITV

10 July 2018

Spanish LGBT community brings ‘hidden flag’ to Russia to celebrate Pride

09 July 2018

William Hill cut from #ItsComingHome hashtag on Twitter amid concerns ads reach kids

09 July 2018

Almost 20m tune in to England quarter-final win

08 July 2018

Advertisers should target female audience for the Fifa World Cup, says Nielsen

07 July 2018

British Airways writes a ticket home for 'Football' in advance of World Cup quarter final

06 July 2018

KFC South Africa pokes fun of Neymar’s infamous diving with epic roll to get chicken

06 July 2018

Winning the World Cup (as an advertiser)

06 July 2018

The Drum Network

Waistcoats are definitely coming home, with a little help from Croud and Moss Bros

06 July 2018

The Drum Network

ROX team up with Yard for 90 amazing World Cup minutes

06 July 2018

TV Ad Spend Weekly

TV Ad Spend Weekly: Geico and Sprint look for 'un golazo' with World Cup creative

05 July 2018

Of the official World Cup sponsors, Visa’s Ibrahimovich play runs best in the UK

05 July 2018

For marketers, The World Cup is free shot into understanding the Hispanic market's many layers

02 July 2018