To Be Announced
Matt Cooper – Director – LBB Online
Matt Cooper began his career in the advertising business in 1988. Working his way up from the post room at Saatchi & Saatchi, he went on to join post production powerhouse the Mill, in the early stages of its business Cooper developed the revolutionary archiving and asset management tool, Beam TV. However, a pivotal career stage as MD of The Gunn Report saw the beginnings of his latest innovative venture, Little Black Book. Over the past ten years Little Black Book (AKA lbbonline.com) has grown from the humble guide about worldwide advertising hubs, to an editorially-led global news platform and creative industry fame factory. Hailed ‘THE communications business for the communications world’, LBB aims to celebrate creativity and grow fame for its members through bespoke tools and offerings. Now backed by some of the industry’s biggest names.
Arjoon Bose – International Marketing & Business Leader – General Mills
Jeremy Stern – CEO & Founder – PromoVeritas
After an influential career as a senior marketer with Kraft, Coca-Cola, BT and Tesco, Jeremy Stern became a successful entrepreneur when he set up PromoVeritas as the independent promotional verification service with the aim of protecting brand owners from disasters and reputational damage.
Prior to setting up PromoVeritas, Jeremy was European Promotions Director at Coca-Cola where he was responsible for the company’s overall promotional strategy in Northern Europe and the coordination of Coca-Cola’s plans for the Euro’s, the Olympics and internet projects such as Coke Auction.
Jeremy’s other senior positions have included European Marketing Director for Sega Europe, Head of Affinity Marketing at BT, Marketing Manager at Tesco, and Group Brand Manager at Kraft (where he was responsible for the launch of Kenco).
Jeremy is a former Vice President of the Promotional Marketing Council of Europe and served as a board member on the CAP Committee of the Advertising Standards Authority (the governing body of the UK advertising industry) and a board member of AIME, the trade association for the Interactive Media industry.
Jenny Biggam – the7stars
Harry Kerr – Head of Digital Partnerships and Distribution – Premier League
To Be Announced
Catherine McGarry – Shopper Marketing Controller – AG Barr
To Be Announced
Rob Pothier – Senior Marketing Manager – Pepsi/Doritos
Rankin – Founder – RANKIN CREATIVE
Rankin is a British photographer, publisher, and film director. Alongside being head of the eponymous agency RANKIN, which hosts an 80+ strong team that puts strategy, creative and production all under one roof.
Through RANKIN, he is best known for work that is on the cultural cusp and leading future trends: producing rule-breaking campaigns for brands such as Rolls Royce, Unilever, L’Oreal and Samsonite; creating wide reaching projects for charities including Women’s Aid and Macmillan; and shooting music videos for the likes of Miley Cyrus, Rita Ora and Kelis.
As a photographer Rankin’s portfolio ranges from portraiture to documentary. He has shot The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Kate Moss, Kendall Jenner and The Queen to name only a few. As a publisher, Rankin co-founded the seminal magazine Dazed & Confused with Jefferson Hack in 1991, and has since published the likes of AnOther and AnOther Man, alongside over 40 books and the biannual fashion and culture print and digital platform, Hunger.
His photography has been published everywhere from his own publications to Elle, Vogue, Esquire, GQ, Rolling Stone, and Wonderland, and exhibited in galleries globally, including MoMA, New York, and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Mat O’Brien – Executive Creative Director – Three Mobile
Linda Miller – Head of Global Sponsorship & Events – Lloyd’s
Since starting out as a WPP Group account exec, Linda’s two decades as a marketer have spanned agency, start up and financial services roles. As Head of Global Sponsorship and Events at Lloyd’s, she leads collaborations with brand partners across the arts, science and community worlds and leads an annual programme of over 200 events worldwide.