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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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