Rob is the principal provider of operational, strategic and tactical counsel for solutions for better digital advertising infrastructure and opportunities for revenue growth to some of the worlds largest companies.  Rob publishes a regular monthly column for Marketing Land and his thought leadership has been featured in AdAge, AdWeek, Mediapost, AdExchanger, Business Insider and MyersBizNet.While at The 614 Group, Rob has led strategic engagements for clients such as Condé Nast, Interpublic / Mediabrands, IBM Watson, TAG, and Panasonic and has worked to recruit a world class board of advisors and a team of consultants who properly represent the brand and make customer satisfaction a core value.He has extensive experience in digital media and is a distinguished leader in the Ad Tech industry.  Among his many accomplishments, Rob has served as Board Member and Executive Advisor to the IAB on International Affairs, as the CFO/COO and President of the global advertising network CPXi.

Seun leads Matterkind UK and Ireland, IPG (Interpublic Group) Mediabrands’ addressable activation agency.  In his role, Seun focuses on enhancing and expanding the agency’s capabilities across new channels. Along with his leadership team, Seun is supercharging Matterkind’s strategic data and product offering on behalf of fellow IPG Mediabrands agencies – Initiative, UM and Reprise – as well as its global roster of clients including Amazon, American Express and Johnson & Johnson. Seun came to Mediabrands from Mindshare UK, where he was Digital Integration and Operations Director, heading up both the programmatic and affiliate teams. He was also responsible for driving digital integration across the wider digital department, across all clients in the agency.   Previous to his time at Mindshare, Odeneye started his career as an intern at AdLink Internet Media before moving to Microsoft, where he worked for 10 years across various parts of their portfolio, eventually becoming the Head of Microsoft Performance Network & Mobile Strategy Lead in the UK.   Outside of work, Seun loves spending time with his wife and two beautiful children, who keep him very busy. For his sins he supports Arsenal and loves watching boxing. 

Rob is the principal provider of operational, strategic and tactical counsel for solutions for better digital advertising infrastructure and opportunities for revenue growth to some of the worlds largest companies.  Rob publishes a regular monthly column for Marketing Land and his thought leadership has been featured in AdAge, AdWeek, Mediapost, AdExchanger, Business Insider and MyersBizNet.While at The 614 Group, Rob has led strategic engagements for clients such as Condé Nast, Interpublic / Mediabrands, IBM Watson, TAG, and Panasonic and has worked to recruit a world class board of advisors and a team of consultants who properly represent the brand and make customer satisfaction a core value.He has extensive experience in digital media and is a distinguished leader in the Ad Tech industry.  Among his many accomplishments, Rob has served as Board Member and Executive Advisor to the IAB on International Affairs, as the CFO/COO and President of the global advertising network CPXi.

Danny Bugler is the Senior Legal Counsel for TikTok.

Experienced business leader and strategist with a demonstrated history of launching and growing new business’ across international markets. Specialism in influencer/creator marketing with a focus on growth strategy, business development and operations.

Nilam Atodaria is the Global Product Director for GroupM.

Suzy Ley is EMEA Marketing Lead at Zefr, helping drive brand awareness and deliver a go-to market strategy within the EMEA markets. As part of her role, Suzy focuses on educating partnering brands on how to maintain safety and suitability on powerful walled garden platforms, while highlighting the importance of industry standards such as those set out by GARM. Suzy is based in London and in her latest role was leading the marketing strategy for the digital marketing company, Sojern.

Ellie Edwards-Scott is Co-Founder of The Advisory Collective, a digital consultancy working with businesses, supporting their successful launch and growth strategies as well as digital acceleration projects. Ellie has over 20 years’ experience in the advertising and media industry, the last 15 of which have been within digital. Ellie started consulting in 2015, first working with Dentsu Aegis on the integration of Amnet into the wider media planning and buying arm Amplifi and then with companies such as Adform, BMB Agency, Goodstuff Communications, Ligatus and Turk Telekom. A champion for inclusivity, Ellie has sat on the AdTECH London advisory board and is Co-Founder of Digital Leading Ladies which was created as an informal and inclusive group in 2018 and currently comprises 250+ of the most senior and entrepreneurial women in the digital advertising industry. The group aims to open doors for females within the industry, providing speakers for events and contributors to industry opinion pieces. She is currently launching a group for Black women in Media – aiming to increase visibility and opportunities within the sector.In 2018 Ellie was appointed Non-Executive Director of Look Ahead Housing & Care Ltd, a position that enables her to take her digital knowledge and understanding into the care and support sector. She is also a trustee for Digilearning a charity that teaches digital skills to young adults from diverse socio-economic backgrounds.

John is Managing Director of APEX Content Ventures at Publicis Media where he is charged with providing innovative funding solutions for producers and distributors around the world. Since 2017, APEX has provided funding to broadcasters for hundreds of Prime-Time TV programmes in Europe and USA. He was previously Founder and Managing Director of Apollo20, an all3media company, specialising in funding content production and distribution.​Over the last 20 years, whilst at North One Television, another all3media company, he produced hundreds of hours of Branded Content. He has launched and managed Branded Linear TV Channels, notably for Audi, he was the first commercial content partner at YouTube and threw 16 people out of an airplane for a Live TV Commercial for Honda.

Deep experience in the ad industry, publishing and mediatech. Focus on ethical advertising and tech.

Suzy joined Edelman in November 2020 bringing two decades of global integrated comms experience to the Brand division. Working on a portfolio of clients, over the past year Suzy has led the COP26 campaign for National Grid making consumers aware of National Grid's pivotal role in helping Great Britain to achieve Net Zero. A fully integrated campaign, activations have included turning 10 Downing Street green, partnering with MPs and TV presenter Helen Skelton to launch the Voices for a Greener Future Schools Competition to identify the hopes and fears that the next generation have on climate change and launching an AI speech at COP26 itself to give consumers an opportunity to sit at the COP26 table and have their messages heard by decision makers. Suzy also sits across our Samsung Mobile business and is currently delivering the next phase of the award-winning Wildlife Watch campaign partnering with our Creative and Digital teams to take the Watch to streets across Europe giving wide access to the amazing work being done to protect the wildlife in South Africa. In the past year Suzy has also led campaigns for P&O Ferries and Starbucks as well as working closely with the Corporate and Healthcare teams on growth opportunities across a number of key clients. With a passion for retail and a dedication to delivering work that matters, Suzy takes a people first approach when it comes to executing award winning campaigns for her clients. She works tirelessly with leaders across Edelman to collaborate on briefs producing work that is earned first in thinking and delivery.

Lauren Tiley is Senior Director, Strategic Client Partnerships at DoubleVerify, responsible for consulting with global brands to integrate DoubleVerify solutions within media and marketing services. As one of DV’s most tenured international team members, Lauren has over 6 years of experience managing brand and agency business at the company. Prior to joining DoubleVerify, Lauren was a global Marketing Director at American Express, where she launched and marketed several innovative digital partnerships to grow commerce and share of wallet amongst Cardmembers. Lauren has extensive experience in all forms of paid media, having grown her career in television planning and buying at Wunderman and MEC (now Wavemaker), and transitioned to Mashable.com where she was the first Global Director of Advertising just at the start of the “new wave” of social media.

Leonel Silva is the Global Brand & Media Senior Manager for Vodafone.

Editor at New Digital Age, the publication for the digital media and marketing industry. Partner at Bluestripe Group, a diversified media business offering communications, content and media products for the media, advertising and technology industries.I've worked in the digital media industry for over twenty years, with roles spanning journalism, branded content and PR. Founded and ran the award-winning Drum Studios, the branded content arm of The Drum, before joining Digiday to launch its creative content agency Custom in Europe.Previous to the Drum, I spent two years as Associate Director at content, community and communications agency Bite.Before this, I was a journalist for 16 years, working at titles including IT Week and ZDNet, ending up as Editor of New Media Age where I spent 12 years in total.I've appeared regularly on television, radio and in the national press as an expert on digital media, from BBC’s Newsnight to Channel 4 news and the national press.Previously sat on the board of trade body BIMA (British Interactive Media Association) and acted as a member of the IAB Content Council.

My history of success comprises over 25 years in print and digital advertising covering corporate strategy, product management, business planning, stakeholder relationship management, and ad-technology and platforms for and with blue-chip, globally respected companies.

Anthony Crocker is the Head of Campaign Innovation for The Telegraph.

Award-winning global marketer with 20+ years of experience spanning creative, media, research, and strategy functions from both agency and client perspectives. Expert in shaping multifunctional teams to harvest growth with a focus on fusing communications and commerce with technology and data. Adept at reshaping and leading client-agency teams to address changing media and retail landscape using insight, investment and innovation. Nationally ranked cyclist bringing performance team building into the office. Advocate for talent development and coaching within teams to achieve goals. Passionate about identifying marketplace trends and opportunities and translating them into positive growth platforms for top global brands including Mars, American Express, Visa, Pernod Ricard, P&G & McDonald’s.

Rob is the principal provider of operational, strategic and tactical counsel for solutions for better digital advertising infrastructure and opportunities for revenue growth to some of the worlds largest companies.  Rob publishes a regular monthly column for Marketing Land and his thought leadership has been featured in AdAge, AdWeek, Mediapost, AdExchanger, Business Insider and MyersBizNet.While at The 614 Group, Rob has led strategic engagements for clients such as Condé Nast, Interpublic / Mediabrands, IBM Watson, TAG, and Panasonic and has worked to recruit a world class board of advisors and a team of consultants who properly represent the brand and make customer satisfaction a core value.He has extensive experience in digital media and is a distinguished leader in the Ad Tech industry.  Among his many accomplishments, Rob has served as Board Member and Executive Advisor to the IAB on International Affairs, as the CFO/COO and President of the global advertising network CPXi.

Alex Thomas is the Senior Brand Safety & Quality Manager, UK & EMEA for GroupM.

Award-winning global marketer with 20+ years of experience spanning creative, media, research, and strategy functions from both agency and client perspectives. Expert in shaping multifunctional teams to harvest growth with a focus on fusing communications and commerce with technology and data. Adept at reshaping and leading client-agency teams to address changing media and retail landscape using insight, investment and innovation. Nationally ranked cyclist bringing performance team building into the office. Advocate for talent development and coaching within teams to achieve goals. Passionate about identifying marketplace trends and opportunities and translating them into positive growth platforms for top global brands including Mars, American Express, Visa, Pernod Ricard, P&G & McDonald’s.

Osita joined Thomson Reuters in July 2016, as a Programmatic Sales Support Executive, and has since transitioned to lead, as a Programmatic Specialist. In this role, Osita is commercial, operational, technical, and strategic operability of the programmatic unit across both regions. 

Osita started his career in conference marketing putting together marketing materials for delegates before moving onto Gumtree to spearhead a new initiative to introduce recruitment advertising packages to brands, recruitment agencies and SME’s outside of the Greater London area. 

It was in this role where he gained his first insights into digital and has since wanted to be at forefront of innovative technologies within media. After some time at Gumtree, Osita went on to work with RTB enabled mobile technology startups before joining Reuters. 

I am passionate about the power of ideas and the impact on our imagination and adaptability. 

Ad verification expert, helping brands and media agencies to solve digital advertising quality challenges.

I founded The Digital Voice in 2012 and the company is an award winning B2B PR agency specialising in delivering PR and more for Adtech and Martech disruptors and challengers. We deliver digital communications, PR, content creation, press distribution, thought leadership, event MCing, awards writing, B2B marketing, SEO management, social media management and event experiences - all with boundless energy.I have expert knowledge in PR, communications and event content creation for adtech and martech companies. In my role as Founder and Managing Director of The Digital Voice, I manage a team of 14 brilliant minds, that delivers PR, communications, social media and showcase experiences for long-term clients impact.com, Just Premium, White Bullet, Hybrid Theory, Brand Metrics, Adverty, Cavai, Adnami, Lumen Research, Verasity, Optable, Audience Store & tmwi.I started my career in digital advertising at Dennis Publishing 26 years ago and I have been at the heart of the changing digital media landscape ever since. I have held major commercial roles both agency and media side including Associated News, 614 Group, The Mirror Group, Dennis Publishing, IAB, Nexus Business Media and UPC Media.Known as 'The Voice', I am a regular industry commentator and speaker and I was nominated for the Greatest Individual Contribution Award at the New Media Age Awards 2010. In 2016, I was voted top 5 Digital Trading Leaders 2016 at The Drum Digital Trading Awards. Most recently, I was nominated for Global Ad Tech Personality at The Wires 2020 and SheHasNoLimits Community Maker 2020 award. In 2021, I was awarded IAA 21 women in 2021 plus was included in the 40OverForty list for 2021.I am the co-founder of Digital Leading Ladies which is currently comprised of 250+ of the most senior and entrepreneurial women in the digital advertising industry. Digital Leading Lads and Ladies was then set up in 2019 and has 290+ of the finest minds in UK ad tech who share information, expertise and connections with other media veterans. In 2022, I joined the Bloom UK leadership team as Head of PR. and I am a supporter of TWIPN and The Digital Voice is proud to partner with this growing network.Finally, I am also proud to be co-founder of SPILL - Sober Party Industry Lads and Ladies which was set up for people who work in the digital ad industry who've said no to alcohol or wish to be a mindful drinker. SPILL is for anyone who is sober curious and wants to be part of an industry group which supports that.

Founder and CEO of White Bullet Solutions Limited, winner of UK Intellectual Property Office award in technology and innovation. White Bullet detects and demonetises piracy. White Bullet offers the IPI Index, an AI-based IP risk assessment tool for websites, with applications to guide Internet intermediaries, rights holders and the placement of online advertising. IP and digital media lawyer. Owner of Lexteq Limited Digital Media Consulting.

Following 16 years working in media on both agency and broadcaster side Allie moved into the Anti-Piracy world. Now leading the Sky Group function across Advertising and Payment Strategy Allie applies her media knowledge to drive down advertising and payment monetization by pirates. This involves working with vendors, payment providers and law enforcement authorities to identify areas of concern, disable revenue streams and drive lasting change across the industry.

Lauren has over 16 years of digital experience focused on developing and co-developing digital strategy for brands across advertising, media and marketing; wrapped up by strong broad expertise in data, analytics and technology.  

Lauren has worked with 100+ brands across a variety of industries, in strategic planning, activation and innovation in the digital vertical. 

Lauren regularly contributes thought-leadership opinion in the digital media industry, with a passion for digital transformation, emerging technology and the application of ML/AI. 

Lauren is also passionate about diversity, equality and equity.  Lauren is a regular speaker on topics focused on driving meaningful change in the advertising industry, and is a member of Media For All, a board advisor for Mediatel’s future of media and a board advisor for noturning back.

On a mission to help Gen Z to shape their future.-We know this is best done with brands, as brands shape countries and culture like many only wished they could.-We enable agencies and brands to crowdsource qualitative and quantitative feedback, ideas and insights from our global Gen Z community within 72 hours.Trusted by Amazon Prime Video, eBay, Gymshark, PepsiCo, Sky and more.Join our Gen Z community and be paid for every insight you provide.Our community are based in over 111 countries including the UK, US, EMEA and beyond.

Experienced Programmatic Lead skilled in DoubleClick, Amazon Marketing Services (AMS) and Adobe Advertising Cloud. Strong professional with a Bachelor’s Degree focused in Philosophy from Univeristy of Nottingham.

Leigh Freund is President & CEO of the NAI, a non-profit organization that is the leading self-regulatory association dedicated to responsible data collection and its use for digital advertising. Leigh leads the organization’s growth and helps set the agenda and strategic priorities. Leigh joined the NAI in 2015 after an eleven-year career at AOL Inc., where she served as vice president & chief counsel for global public policy. Leigh brings more than a decade of substantive expertise in privacy, advertising, and public policy in the digital sector to her work at the NAI. She has first-hand knowledge of the tremendous contributions third parties have made in the digital advertising space and she is a passionate believer in strong self-regulation. During her time at AOL, Leigh led the company’s public policy efforts and was a leading voice on global digital and technology policy. Prior to that role, Leigh headed up the AOL advertising legal team and worked with AOL’s privacy team to promote and develop responsible use and collection of data, and ensure compliance with the industry’s self-regulatory programs. Before joining AOL in 2004, Leigh worked at K&L Gates and on Capitol Hill with Rep. Fred Upton from her home state of Michigan. Leigh holds an undergraduate degree in political science from Kalamazoo College and a J.D. from Georgetown University. She is an active participant in several industry organizations devoted to compliance with key regulatory initiatives and principles.

Mattia Fosci is the Founder and CEO of ID Ward.

Rob is the principal provider of operational, strategic and tactical counsel for solutions for better digital advertising infrastructure and opportunities for revenue growth to some of the worlds largest companies.  Rob publishes a regular monthly column for Marketing Land and his thought leadership has been featured in AdAge, AdWeek, Mediapost, AdExchanger, Business Insider and MyersBizNet.While at The 614 Group, Rob has led strategic engagements for clients such as Condé Nast, Interpublic / Mediabrands, IBM Watson, TAG, and Panasonic and has worked to recruit a world class board of advisors and a team of consultants who properly represent the brand and make customer satisfaction a core value.He has extensive experience in digital media and is a distinguished leader in the Ad Tech industry.  Among his many accomplishments, Rob has served as Board Member and Executive Advisor to the IAB on International Affairs, as the CFO/COO and President of the global advertising network CPXi.