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Karen Blackett Obe

Karen Blackett OBE Chief Executive Officer, MediaCom UK Karen has been in media for 20 years, currently running the largest media agency in the UK, MediaCom. In her role as CEO, Karen controls £1.2bn of media billings, manages over 1,083 people and in 2014 led the...

Ben Slater

Ben Slater CEO and Founder of Bow & Arrow, a global innovation consultancy. Bow & Arrow was started on the back of consistent feedback Ben heard from clients: that they needed a partner who could deliver both robust, commercially-led innovation strategy AND...

Penny Ferguson

Penny Ferguson Founder of The Living Leader I started The Living Leader twenty years ago after a pretty traumatic time in my life, my marriage ending and my second son dying aged 26.  Over the preceding ten years I had been involved with Leadership and Management...

Major General Arthur Denaro CBE DL

Major General Arthur Denaro CBE DL Motivational Speaker, Mentor, Adviser & Consultant Major General Arthur Denaro CBE DL, speaks with experience and great insight on how to motivate, inspire and lead others in testing times. His compassion and humour combined with...

Special Guest Speaker: Dr Simon Longstaff AO

 Dr Simon Longstaff AO Executive Director of St James Ethics Centre St James Ethics Centre is a unique centre for applied ethics, the only one of its kind globally. Working both in Australia and abroad they are an independent not-for-profit organisation that provides...

SPEAKER SERIES | JONATHAN MILDENHALL

SPEAKER SERIES | JONATHAN MILDENHALL   In a spectacular Airbnb apartment in Darling Point, AANA Members shared an intimate dinner with Jonathan Mildenhall, CMO Airbnb. We were delighted to be hosting this dinner in an Airbnb property and thank Lion and Woolworths...

LEADING IN 2015 | RENE CARAYOL

LEADING IN 2015 | RENE CARAYOL   Once again through our partnership with The Marketing Academy, on Tuesday 24 March 2015 we were thrilled to open the first of their lecture series on business leadership featuring UK Business Guru, René Carayol. One of the core...

LEADING IN 2015 | LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION

LEADING IN 2015 | LEADERSHIP & INNOVATION   Through our partnership with The Marketing Academy, AANA hosted an event with three extraordinary speakers from the UK that were here for a flying visit to lecture at The Marketing Academy Bootcamp. One of the core...