Prolific North can now reveal more industry speakers set to appear at the hugely popular Growth to Gold: scaling & selling your agency event.
Hosted at headline partner KPMG‘s Leeds office on 13 November, Growth to Gold is aimed at agency leaders at ambitious digital/ tech companies looking for insights on how to scale their businesses, potential acquisitions, or simply want to understand more about the path to a potential investment.
Mark Mallinder, CEO at Ride Shotgun; Emma Banks, CEO at ramarketing; and Fergus Bailie, CEO at The Bailie Group were all recently announced as speakers at the event.
Expect to hear from Alex Craven, CEO at The Data City and Chloe Hawking, CEO at KINESSO UK&I, who will both be joining a panel discussion with Emma Banks from ramarketing on the day, delving into their thoughts, insights and scars with the audience where there will be ample opportunity for Q&A.
Alex Craven, CEO at The Data City, has been at the forefront of digital innovation since founding a digital agency in 1999 and exiting in 2018. Now, as co-founder and CEO of The Data City, he continues to drive change, using machine learning to map the global economy for both the government and the private sector. Under Craven’s leadership, The Data City is revolutionising industrial classification, liberating businesses from outdated systems like SIC codes.
An active figure in the tech community, he regularly speaks at industry events, judges innovation awards, and provides advisory services as a non-executive director. As a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, he is also committed to raising awareness around neurodiversity and supporting entrepreneurship in underrepresented communities.
Chloe Hawking is CEO of UK & Ireland and president EMEA of KINESSO, IPG Mediabrands’ tech-driven performance marketing agency. As one of the largest digital agencies in the EMEA region, employing over 1,400 people, Hawking’s role is focused on ensuring KINESSO’s services are fit and future proofed to match clients’ existing and emerging needs, and that the KINESSO team is thriving.
Before her current role, she led Reprise in the UK & Ireland for two years and was tasked with driving business growth, capability, and reputation in the market. Prior to that, she was chief operating officer at PHD and deputy managing director EMEA at Omnicom’s Programmatic Division – Accuen. Her career has provided her with wide-ranging experience in leading digital marketing capabilities for clients and agencies at a local, regional, and global level.
With plenty of more speakers and sessions to be revealed soon, make sure you book your tickets before they go here!
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