Meet our Advisors

We have worked hard to collaborate with experts who we know will bring sound advice, practical guidance, and additional knowledge to our community.

Each of our Advisors has a specific range of knowledge, experience, and skills to share to ensure we provide a robust mix of expertise. From creative operations, digital transformation, and AI to cultural insights, commercial creativity and in-house creative leadership, we have it covered.

Gareth Chilton

FOUNDER, MANMACHINE
Gareth Chilton is the founder of ManMachine, a consultancy helping in-house creative and marketing teams transform how work gets done. With more than 25 years at the intersection of marketing, technology and operations, he specialises in CreativeOps, MarketingOps, MarTech and AI, bringing together people, process, platforms and partners to build better operation models.

Uri Baruchin

STRATEGY & BRAND CONSULTANT AND CREATIVE STRATEGY TRAINER
Uri Baruchin is a brand and creative strategy expert who works with leading brands and creative agencies.

Rhona Glazebrook

CO-FOUNDER of J&R COLLECTIVE
J&R Collective work with creative leaders and their teams to build the commercial skills and confidence they need to prove their value and take their business to the next level.

Sam Pearce

EXECUTIVE COACH & DIRECTOR
Sam is an Executive Coach for the Creative Industries. He works to bring clarity, creative thinking and commitment to exceptional leaders.

Traci Dunne

FOUNDER, TRANSFORM-RENEW-SUSTAIN (TRS) LTD.
Traci is the Founder of an ESG Advisory business born to bridge the gap between corporate ESG commitments and marketing operations to deliver operational excellence + commercial success.

Melanie Ryan

FOUNDER OF WALK THE FLOOR
Melanie is the founder of Walk The Floor, a consultancy dedicated to helping brands build, scale, and optimise their in-house operating models, processes and teams.

Abbey Bamford

JOURNALIST AND CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
As a journalist, Abbey gained a deep and broad understanding of the media landscape and a vast industry network, and is now a creative communications consultant.

Kevin Frank

INDEPENDENT CREATIVE LEADER
Kevin Frank is an independent creative leader. Most recently, he was Executive Creative Director of LinkedIn, where his team was named Advertising Age In-House Agency of the Year and he was named to Campaign’s 40 over 40 list.

Lucy Hobbs

NEURODIVERSITY CONSULTANT & SPEAKER | FOUNDER, THE FUTURE IS ND
Lucy Hobbs is an AuDHD neurodiversity consultant, speaker and former advertising creative with nearly 30 years’ experience in the creative industries. Founder of The Future is ND, she specialises in cognitive diversity, workplace culture and inclusive leadership, taking a bespoke, research-informed approach to helping organisations navigate the complexity of different minds working together.

Jeff Cobb

FOUNDER, COBB COLLECTIVE
Recognising the need for comprehensive and independent services to support brands to efficiently manage and procure production and associated IP and usage rights, Jeff moved into consultancy after several senior agency and client-side positions.

Mali Okoi-Obuli

FOUNDER, OURHOUSE
Mali Okoi-Obuli is a Producer by trade and has been working in the media, advertising, and branded content space for almost 20 years.

Marty Davies (She/They)

FOUNDER, SMARTY PANTS CONSULTANCY
Marty Davies is an award-winning creative strategist, campaigner, writer, advertising industry thought-leader and changemaker. She sits at the intersection between LGBTQIA+ culture, history, rights, the creative industries, and the attention economy.

Roy Murphy

CO-FOUNDER, G3NR8
Roy Murphy is co-founder of G3NR8, the AI & Web3 creative consultancy. He helps large organisations with AI strategy, insight, development, and employee engagement.

Gillian Davis

FOUNDER & MD, OVERTIME LEADER
Published author, advisor, and speaker on progressive leadership practices, Gillian specialises in leadership transformation in the modern workplace and has worked with Design Leadership Teams at companies like Spotify, Typeform, and WeTransfer.

Janet Markwick

FOUNDER of MARKWICK CONSULTING, CO-FOUNDER of J&R COLLECTIVE AND NED CREATIVE UK
Janet is a transformation specialist who operates at the high-impact intersection of creativity and commerce. Her entire 30+year career has been defined by maximizing the value of creative output.

Michael Storey

Mentor/Leadership Coach
Ex-Head of Creative and Branding at Ocado, Michael built a creative digital studio capable of extraordinary things and acted as “the heart of the brand” for one of the UK’s best-loved brands.

Cato Hunt

JOINT MANAGING DIRECTOR, SPACE DOCTOR
Cato has spent her career helping clients grow their brands through a deep understanding of changing cultural meaning.

Tabitha Winter

CREATIVE OPERATIONS AND AI CONSULTANT
Tabitha is the founder of Chofski Consulting, training and advising in-house creative and marketing teams on the right way to implement AI within creative operations. With 25+ years of experience, she helps people do their day job supported by AI intelligence rather than having to learn 'how to AI'. Her goal is to reduce the daily grind that stops people doing the work they're best at.

Lee Bofkin

Co-Founder and CEO, Global Street Art
Dr. Lee Bofkin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Global Street Art, Europe’s largest hand-painted advertising and mural painting organisation, which creates incredible murals for brands, developers and community initiatives. Global Street Art, today, has offices in London, Paris, Madrid and Brussels.

Jesse Krinsky

FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL OF IN FOCUS CONSULTING
Jesse is the Founder and Principal of In Focus Consulting, where he equips in-house creative leaders with the frameworks, business fluency, and organizational tools to shift their teams from order-takers to strategic partners.

Daniel Torres

PORTFOLIO CFO
Daniel is a hands-on commercial CFO with international experience dedicated to building high performing finance functions that are commercially relevant, strategic, and integral to the business. Provides a unique skill set across strategy, leadership, financial control, consulting, legal, tax, M&A and business development.

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