Judges
Chair Of Judges
Rakesh Patel
Head of Sales, Spotify
Rak joined Spotify at the back end of 2017 as the new UK Head of Sales. Having been in the digital arena for over fourteen years, he has worked closely with both the media and creative agency worlds. Before joining Spotify, he was responsible for the display advertising revenue ambitions at Auto Trader and prior to that spent seven years in management positions at Microsoft. As the father of four children, when he's not at work, he finds himself at the mercy of his kids...
Meet The Judges
Chris DuncanMD, Platform Partnerships, News UK
Chris Duncan is the MD of Platform Partnerships for News UK, with a 20 year career in newspaper and magazine publishing...
Clare JonikContent Marketing Director, Future Fusion
With a background in music making its no surprise i've a passion for all things creative. Landing in the world of Content...
David AmodioDeputy Head of Digital and Innovation, Channel 4
David is responsible for Channel 4's digital business and innovation strategy. He is responsible for delivering revenue...
Duncan ChaterEuropean Head of Sales, Bloomberg Media
Duncan Chater is the European Head of Sales for Bloomberg Media. He joined the company in February 2020, and is responsible...
Emily BrewerHead of Publishing, Teads
Emily is the Head of Publishing at Teads and responsible for a large team that manages the relationships and wellbeing of the...
Emma CranstonHead of Display Activation, Manning Gottlieb OMD
Emma Cranston has been in the media industry for over 15 years. She started off at Carat and moved to Manning Gottlieb OMD in...
Grant FellerManaging Editor, GF Media
Grant Feller is a consultant to FTSE-250 companies, CEOs and senior executives on their brand marketing, content creation...
Imogen ClementsFounder, MANOR Magazine
Looking back, MANOR, the regional print title I launched in 2015, was the obvious culmination of a pretty organic...
Jon O'Donnell
Jon has held multiple senior positions in the publishing industry most recently as Managing Director of ESI Media Commercial. He...
Matt HillGroup Digital Strategy Director at Hearst UK and Editor-in-Chief at Digital Spy
Group Digital Strategy Director at Hearst UK, overseeing editorial data and SEO best practice, e-commerce and...
Melissa ChapmanChief Content and Brand Officer, Jungle Creations
Melissa Chapman is Chief Content and Brand Officer at Jungle Creations, overseeing the company's content and brand...
Mimi TurnerFounder, Mimi Turner Associates
Mimi Turner is Founder of brand strategy consultancy Mimi Turner Associates. She spends her time trying to work out what a...
Myles DobsonBranded Content Strategist, News UK
Myles Dobson is Branded Content Strategist at News UK, covering their full portfolio of heritage brands – The...
Sam TomlinsonPartner, PwC
Sam leads PwC's multi-award-winning Marketing Assurance team. Our services cover customer data analytics, marketing...
Simon ReedCommercial Director
Simon has been a media practitioner for 20 years having split his career between agencies and media owners. He has experience...
Stephanie MarksManaging Director, Havas
With 20 years in the industry spent focussing on clients and their challenges. Steph has learnt her trade at some fantastic...
Tilly McAuliffeFounder and Director
Think is a UK media group specialising in producing multichannel content for membership organisations, charities, brands...