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VP Marketing Solutions, Large Customers International · LinkedIn

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“Storytelling is the whole job. That's it.”

Dawn Miley · Senior Director, EMEA Growth Marketing & UK Regional Marketing, Adobe · Ep 88

Recorded Live at Advertising Week Europe · May 2026
Season Five
22
Episodes 77-98
Milka Privodanova
EP 98
Milka Privodanova
VP Marketing Solutions, Large Customers International
LinkedIn
“Trust and credibility is the new currency in B2B.”
Creator Economy
Julie Selman
EP 97
Julie Selman
SVP Head of EMEA
Magnite
“Linear and streaming. Complementary, not replacement.”
Media & Advertising
Toby Southgate
EP 96
Toby Southgate
Global Group CEO
We Are Social
“The big idea is bigger than ever. The definition just changed.”
Brand
Soizic Sycamore
EP 95
Soizic Sycamore
Managing Director
Plan.Net Group
“Start with customer experience. Walk back to the technology.”
Customer Experience
Paul Cash, Founder and Chief Rooster at Rooster Punk
EP 94
Paul Cash
Founder and Chief Rooster
Rooster Punk
“Brand is a simplification tool. The customer is the hero.”
Brand
Alice Beecroft
EP 93
Alice Beecroft
Senior Director, Global Strategy and Partnerships
Yahoo DSP
“Two great pivots. Choice and control.”
Media & Advertising
Victoria Dyke
EP 92
Victoria Dyke
Co-Founder
Ziggy
“Build a leader. Not a counsellor.”
Demand & Growth
Tom Ollerton
EP 91
Tom Ollerton
Founder
Automated Creative
“Ignorance and grit.”
AI & Automation
Fiona Salmon
EP 90
Fiona Salmon
Managing Director
Mantis
“Block content at source. Not after the fact.”
Media & Advertising
Dragos Marica
EP 89
Dragos Marica
Associate Director, Performance Marketing
Directive
“Break things. Then keep what works.”
Demand & Growth
Dawn Miley
EP 88
Dawn Miley
Senior Director, EMEA Growth Marketing & UK Regional Marketing
Adobe
“Storytelling is the whole job. That's it.”
Demand & Growth
Minter Dial
EP 87
Minter Dial
Author, Speaker & Thought Leader
MYDIAL
“Brand is lived by your employees first. Not a logo on a thirty-second spot.”
Leadership
Martin Corke
EP 86
Martin Corke
Chief Marketing Officer
Bauer Media Outdoor
“Out-of-home is the oldest traditional medium with the brightest future.”
Media & Advertising
Jem Lloyd-Williams
EP 85
Jem Lloyd-Williams
President of Mindshare and CSO of WPP Media
Mindshare
“The answer is the easy bit. The question is where the value sits now.”
Media & Advertising
Jen Brown
EP 84
Jen Brown
Director
Engaging Interactions
“Marketing's job is to create the environment sales needs to feel confident.”
Demand & Growth
Jaki Ellenby
EP 83
Jaki Ellenby
Chief Commercial Officer
ABBA Voyage
“Every brand I've worked for has been the only one of its kind.”
Brand
Chris Elsheikhi
EP 82
Chris Elsheikhi
VP Demand Generation
Usercentrics
“Consent is now a performance metric. Trust is the new marketing.”
Demand & Growth
Bryan Barletta
EP 81
Bryan Barletta
Founder & Partner
Sounds Profitable
“Every brand is a media business. Most of them haven't realised yet.”
Media & Advertising
Ben Smith
EP 80
Ben Smith
Marketing Director
Reachdesk
“Pipeline happens when you interrupt the pattern.”
Demand & Growth
Andrew McCormick
EP 79
Andrew McCormick
former Chief Growth Officer
dentsu X
“Three pillars of a successful agency: talent, process, and reputation.”
Media & Advertising
Paul Anderson
EP 78
Paul Anderson
Global Founding Partner & Executive Creative Director
Gravity Global
“A brand is the idea you own”
Brand
Jason Warnes
EP 77
Jason Warnes
Marketing Advisor and Investor
Independent
“The capability question”
Brand
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“Just because we can does not mean we should.”

Fiona Salmon · Managing Director, Mantis · Ep 90

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Recorded Live at Advertising Week New York · October 2025
Season Four
26
Episodes 48-76
Gareth Cummings
EP 76
Gareth Cummings
CEO
eDesk
“The pre-sales dividend”
Leadership
Maor Sadra
EP 74
Maor Sadra
CEO & Co-Founder
INCRMNTAL
“The measurement problem”
Measurement & ROI
Yondjé Choi Cornez
EP 71
Yondjé Choi Cornez
Head of Partner Marketing Pixel B2B
Google
“Let your partners speak for you”
Partnerships & Ecosystems
Stephanie Dittmer Rogers
EP 70
Stephanie Dittmer Rogers
EVP of Marketing
San Francisco 49ers
“Fandom is identity”
Brand
Charles Simon
EP 69
Charles Simon
Vice President of Private Advertising Standards
RTB House
“Privacy as brand protection”
Data & Identity
Kevin Hein
EP 68
Kevin Hein
Chief Growth Officer
GIPHY
“The party analogy for messaging”
Brand
Christie Sclater
EP 67
Christie Sclater
SVP of Global Marketing
Clinique
“Simplicity is the hardest work”
Brand
Portrait of Adam Clyne, founder and CEO of Coolr
EP 66
Adam Clyne
Founder & CEO
Coolr
“Big agency brains, publisher speed”
Creator Economy
Jay Prasad
EP 65
Jay Prasad
CEO
Relo Metrics
“From stopwatches and VHS tapes to second-by-second AI”
Measurement & ROI
Dennis Buchheim
EP 64
Dennis Buchheim
Global Head of GTM for Adtech/Martech, Communications, Media & Entertainment
Snowflake
“Data and AI as the foundation of everything”
Data & Identity
Greg Licciardi
EP 63
Greg Licciardi
VP Sponsorships & Partner Programs
ANA
“The Wendy's epiphany”
Brand
Dennis Claus
EP 62
Dennis Claus
Strategy Lead EMEA
Apply Digital
“Personalisation versus personal”
Customer Experience
Kimberly Hairston-Hicks
EP 61
Kimberly Hairston-Hicks
CMO
Gold Bond
“Listen, learn, lead”
Brand
Darren D’Altorio
EP 60
Darren D’Altorio
SVP of Paid Media
Wpromote
“Technology changes fast, humans don't”
Media & Advertising
Tony Marlow
EP 59
Tony Marlow
Chief Marketing Officer
LG Ad Solutions
“A to B does not equal B to C”
Media & Advertising
Lindsay Boyajian Hagan
EP 58
Lindsay Boyajian Hagan
Vice President Marketing and Co-Head Revenue
Conductor
“AI engines are suffocating for content”
Media & Advertising
Johanna Wahlroos
EP 57
Johanna Wahlroos
VP of Marketing, Global Strategy and Planning
DoubleVerify
“The Finnish modesty crash course”
Brand
Aarti Bhaskaran
EP 56
Aarti Bhaskaran
Global Head of Research and Insights
Snap
“On the role of insights”
Data & Identity
Shannon Shae Montoya
EP 55
Shannon Shae Montoya
Vice President, Head of Global B2B Marketing, Sponsorships & Events
Yahoo!
“A team of live storytellers”
Brand
Oli Bealby
EP 54
Oli Bealby
Co-Founder
Stereo Creative
“Big ideas and great design shouldn't be separated”
Brand
Mindie Kaplan
EP 53
Mindie Kaplan
VP Innovation
MediaMint
“You can create a one-person movement”
Leadership
Ashley Bassman
EP 52
Ashley Bassman
Program Director, Product Marketing, Data & AI
IBM WatsonX
“The biggest mistake is over-promising on AI”
AI & Automation
John Piccone
EP 51
John Piccone
Regional VP Americas
Adform
“Where there's mystery, there's margin”
Media & Advertising
Kerel Cooper
EP 50
Kerel Cooper
CMO
GumGum
“Digital advertising is creepy”
Media & Advertising
Martin Kihn
EP 49
Martin Kihn
SVP, Strategy
Salesforce Marketing Cloud
“The hype cycle is real”
AI & Automation
Ruslan Tovbulatov
EP 48
Ruslan Tovbulatov
CMO
Gloat
“Brand is the ultimate moat”
AI & Automation
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“Attention is in deficit. Listening is the skill.”

Jen Brown · Director, Engaging Interactions · Ep 84

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Recorded Live at Advertising Week Europe · May 2025
Season Three
15
Episodes 31-46
Gordon Glenister
EP 46
Gordon Glenister
Author, Speaker, Podcast Host, Founder
Membership World
“Don't chase the influence, chase the passion”
Creator Economy
Paul Wright
EP 45
Paul Wright
Head of EMEA
Uber Advertising
“Simple data beats volume”
Media & Advertising
Ben Putley
EP 44
Ben Putley
CEO and Co-Founder
Alkimi
“Fees of 1.5% versus an industry average of 20%”
Media & Advertising
Clare Turner
EP 42
Clare Turner
Chief Commercial Officer
Pearl & Dean
“24 seconds of attention in a 1.3-second world”
Media & Advertising
Owen Griffiths
EP 41
Owen Griffiths
Commercial Revenue Director
The Sun
“140 sub-channels, nine platforms, one data layer”
Media & Advertising
Justin Reid
EP 40
Justin Reid
Senior Director of Global Partnerships Solutions
Tripadvisor
“Pet food meets travel planning”
Partnerships & Ecosystems
Joseph Worswick
EP 39
Joseph Worswick
VP EMEA and Global Head of Sustainability
OpenX
“OpenX did it because it was the right thing”
Media & Advertising
Lina Tonk
EP 38
Lina Tonk
Chief Marketing Officer
Recurly
“Marketing should own the full pipeline”
Product & PLG
Cat Botibol
EP 37
Cat Botibol
Business Development Director
Secret Cinema
“80% of people want to be awestruck”
Brand
Cat Hartland
EP 36
Cat Hartland
UK Growth Lead
SBS
“Giving indie agencies a fair advantage”
Media & Advertising
Ben Woollams
EP 35
Ben Woollams
CEO and Founder
TrueRights
“Six out of ten digital campaigns breach talent usage rights”
Creator Economy
Virginie Chesnais
EP 34
Virginie Chesnais
Chief Marketing Officer
Happydemics
“Stop measuring what's easy, start measuring what matters”
Measurement & ROI
Marc Webbon
EP 33
Marc Webbon
Co-Founder and CEO
Wonderhatch
“The best content feels like the brand made it”
Brand
Helen Keelan
EP 32
Helen Keelan
Senior Sales Director
LG Ad Solutions
“200 million TVs, one home screen”
Media & Advertising
James Grant
EP 31
James Grant
SVP and Head of Advanced TV
Equativ
“Reading an audience profile in 300 milliseconds”
Media & Advertising
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“How would the world be worse off if your company didn't exist?”

Minter Dial · Author, Speaker & Thought Leader, MYDIAL · Ep 87

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Recorded Live at Advertising Week New York · October 2024
Season Two
12
Episodes 20-43
Elizabeth Kiehner
EP 43
Elizabeth Kiehner
Chief Growth Officer
Nortal
“The company that digitised a nation”
Demand & Growth
Aisling Conlon
EP 30
Aisling Conlon
International Trade Director
UK Advertising
“The champagne bottle of UK Advertising”
Partnerships & Ecosystems
Dana Kalfas Bodine
EP 29
Dana Kalfas Bodine
VP of Marketing
Trustpilot
“Trust has ROI”
Customer Experience
Damon Reeve
EP 28
Damon Reeve
CEO
Ozone
“Purpose-built beats generic”
Media & Advertising
Simon Green
EP 27
Simon Green
Founder and CEO
Edit Cloud
“Technology is only part of the solution”
Media & Advertising
Lotte Jones
EP 26
Lotte Jones
Chief Commercial Officer
The News Movement
“Don't assume any prior knowledge”
Media & Advertising
Henry Skelsey
EP 25
Henry Skelsey
VP of Product Marketing
Songtradr
“The most heard sound in human history”
Brand
Timo Weis
EP 24
Timo Weis
Global Head of Growth
Infosys
“Different pots on the stove”
Demand & Growth
Andrew Grosso
EP 23
Andrew Grosso
Co-Founder and CPO
Pickaxe
“What, so what, now what”
Data & Identity
Lori Goode
EP 22
Lori Goode
CMO
Index Exchange
“Measure the meeting rooms”
Media & Advertising
Linn Frost
EP 21
Linn Frost
Co-CEO
Social Element
“Be social, not on social”
Creator Economy
Michael McNerney
EP 20
Michael McNerney
Publisher
Martech Record
“The last relationship-based channel”
Partnerships & Ecosystems

“Trust is fundamental. Every transaction is built on it.”

Julie Selman · SVP Head of EMEA, Magnite · Ep 97

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Recorded Live at Advertising Week Europe · May 2024
Season One
18
Episodes 1-19
Simon Morris
EP 19
Simon Morris
VP of International Marketing
Adobe
“The golden age of creativity”
AI & Automation
Kirsty Fraser
EP 18
Kirsty Fraser
Senior Director of International and Lifecycle Marketing
Movable Ink
“Humans buy from humans”
Customer Experience
David Keene
EP 17
David Keene
European CMO
Wipro
“Beyond personas to buying groups”
Data & Identity
Jonathan Beeston
EP 16
Jonathan Beeston
Product Marketing Director
Salesforce
“Segments in seconds”
Product & PLG
Maria Shcheglakova
EP 15
Maria Shcheglakova
Marketing Director EMEA
PubMatic
“Storytelling is the secret sauce”
Media & Advertising
John Watton
EP 14
John Watton
Fractional CMO and Advisor
Independent
“The golden age is now”
AI & Automation
Vitaly Pecherskiy
EP 13
Vitaly Pecherskiy
CEO and Co-Founder
StackAdapt
“Never go dark”
Media & Advertising
Jennifer Berry
EP 12
Jennifer Berry
CEO
Digitas UK
“All roads lead to humans”
Leadership
Azlan Raj
EP 11
Azlan Raj
CMO
Dentsu EMEA
“Feel before you see.”
Leadership
Mark Debenham
EP 10
Mark Debenham
VP of Growth Marketing and Marketing Operations
Adverity
“The marketing pretzel”
Data & Identity
Christopher Hogg
EP 9
Christopher Hogg
Chief Revenue Officer
Lotame
“Ungate everything”
Data & Identity
Giulia Zecchini
EP 7
Giulia Zecchini
Commercial Partnerships Strategy Director
ESL FACEIT Group
“Authenticity or nothing”
Partnerships & Ecosystems
Shafqat Islam
EP 6
Shafqat Islam
CMO
Optimizely
“If we stopped marketing, nothing would change”
Product & PLG
Mary Cirincione
EP 5
Mary Cirincione
Vice President
Propeller Group
“Reporter at heart, PR by trade”
Brand
David Shing
EP 4
David Shing
Digital Prophet
Independent
“Performance, story, feel”
Brand
Marilyn Mead
EP 3
Marilyn Mead
CMO
Winmo
“Ruthlessly simplify the complex”
Demand & Growth
John Karl
EP 2
John Karl
Head of Client Development and Growth
Catalyst
“SEO is not dead. It never was.”
Demand & Growth
Portrait of James Slezak, co-founder and CEO of Swayable
EP 1
James Slezak
CEO
Swayable
“Measuring what matters”
Measurement & ROI
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“Humans buy from humans.”

Kirsty Fraser · Senior Director of International and Lifecycle Marketing, Movable Ink · Ep 18

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Off-Schedule Recordings
Specials
5
Episodes 8-75
Andrew Bialecki
EP 75
Andrew Bialecki
Co-CEO and Co-Founder
Klaviyo
“On bootstrapping to a billion”
Leadership
Leon Harlow
EP 73
Leon Harlow
Group Commercial Director
YMU
“Community over reach”
Creator Economy
Mitali Israni
EP 72
Mitali Israni
Senior Director of Marketing
Pantheon
“Marketing as a revenue engine”
Demand & Growth
Salomé Imedashvili
EP 47
Salomé Imedashvili
Director of GSI and Strategic Partnerships
Salesforce
“Partner leads convert at 8 to 10 times the rate”
Partnerships & Ecosystems
Steve Reny and Jennifer Griffin Smith
EP 8
Steve Reny and Jennifer Griffin Smith
CEO / Chief Market Officer
Acquia
“Chief Market Officer, not Marketing Officer”
Product & PLG
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“Every brand is a media business.”

Bryan Barletta · Founder & Partner, Sounds Profitable · Ep 81

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