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Past Committee Members
​Committee 2024-2026
Co-Chair - Emily Harlock | CSO and Partner at Special London
Co-Chair - Martin Beverley | Founder of Ace of Hearts
Sarah Newman | APG Director
Kit Altin | CSO at The Gate London
Jo Arden | CSO at AMV BBDO
Mel Arrow | CEO at McCann London
Josh Bullmore | CSO at Publicis Group UK
Rebecca Burchnall | Chief Planning Officer at PHD
Daniel Deeks-Osburn | Head of Strategy at Mischief PR
Ayo Fagbemi | Strategy Director/Co-Founder of Explorers Club
Simon Gregory | Non-Exec Strategy Director at Meanwhile
Charlotte Mulley | Head of Strategy at MullenLowe
Tom Roach | VP Brand Strategy at Jellyfish
Matthew Waksman | Head of Strategy at Droga5
David Wilding | Strategist at WPP Media
Ben Worden | CSO at VML UK
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​Committee 2022-2023
Chair - Michael Lee | APG Chair & Chief Strategy Officer at VCCP Partnership
Sarah Newman | APG Director
Jo Arden | Treasurer & Chief Strategy Officer at Ogilvy UK
Martin Beverley | Chief Strategy Officer at adam&eveDDB
Emily Harlock | Chief Strategy Officer and Partner at Special London
Josh Bullmore | Chief Strategy Officer at Leo Burnett London
Sandie Dilger | Chief Strategy Officer at TBWA\London
Simon Gregory | Joint Chief Strategy Officer at BBH London
Vicki Holgate | Executive Strategy Director (Government Comms) at MullenLowe London
Loz Horner | Strategy Partner at Lucky Generals
Jessica Lovell | Chief Strategy Officer at Wonderhood Studios
Will Parrish | Chief Strategy Officer, UK at Initiative
Tom Roach | VP Brand Planning at Jellyfish
Committee 2020-2021
Chair - Vicki Holgate | Executive Strategy Director (Government Comms) at MullenLowe London
Sarah Newman | APG Director
Jo Arden | CSO at Publicis•Poke
Martin Beverley | CSO at adam&eveDDB
Kev Chesters | Partner/CSO at Harbour London
Raquel Chicourel | CSO at M&C Saatchi
Alaina Crystal | Global Head fo Strategy at Purpose PBC
Emily Harlock | CSO and Partner at The&Partnership
Matt Holt | CSO at Digitas
Loz Horner | Strategist at Lucky Generals
Gen Kobayashi | CSO at ENGINE UK
Michael Lee | CSO at VCCP
Sophie Lewis | CSO at M&C Saatchi
Rob Scotland | Head of Brand and Communications at Veo Technologies
Will Whalley | Head of UK Ads Platform Marketing at Google
Committee 2018-2019
Chair - Matt Tanter | CSO at Mother London
Sarah Newman | APG Director
Bogdana Butnar | Former Head of Strategy at Publicis•Poke
Kev Chesters | Partner/CSO at Harbour London
Raquel Chicourel | CSO at M&C Saatchi
Shekhar Deshpande | Head of Strategy & Global Accounts EMEA at Facebook
Nick Hirst | Head of Planning at adam&eveDDB
Vicki Holgate | Effective Creative Excellence Director at Diageo
Clare Hutchinson | Executive Strategy Director at Havas London
Michael Lee | CSP at VCCP
Sophie Lewis | CSO at VMLY&R
Ben Shaw | Head of Strategy at BBH London
Jen Smith | Founder at Craft Media
Will Whalley | Youtube Marketing Manager at Google
Sam Wise | Head of Planning at Saatchi & Saatchi
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Committee 2016-2017
Chair - Dom Boyd | Former Chief Strategy Officer at Publicis London
Sarah Newman | APG Director
Mark Bell | Former Chief Experience Officer at OLIVER
Lisa Bowcott | European Marketing Director at Trainline
Staurt Bowden | Global CSO at MEC
James Caig | Head of Strategy at True Digital
Shekhar Deshpande | Global Planning Director at J. Walter Thompson
Neal Fairfield | Director of Strategy at Sapient Razorfish
John Harrison | Managing Partner at BBH London
Clare Hutchinson | Partner & Head of Strategy at 101 London
Katie Mackay | Joint Head of Strategy at Mother
Fern Miller | International Chief Strategy & Insight Officer at DigitasLBi
Mobbie Nazir | CSO at We Are Social
Richard Shotton | Deputy Head of Evidence at Manning Gottlieb OMD
Matt Tanter | CSO at Grey
Will Whalley | Brand Planner at Google
David Wilding | Director of Planning at Twitter
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Committee 2014 - 2015
Chair - Tracey Follows | Any Day Now
Vice Chair - Dom Boyd | adam&eveDDB
Sarah Newman | APG Chair
Julia Chalfen | Leo Burnett
John Clark | Coley Porter Bell
Neal Fairfield | Razorfish
David Hackworthy | Fallon
Nick Hirst | adam&eveDDB
Craig Mawdsley | AMV BBDO
Rebecca Moody | Ogilvy & Mather
Laura Sammarco | J. Walter Thompson
Simon White | FCB Inferno
David Wilding | Twitter
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