Ambassadors

J Allard.

Microsoft

J Allard is responsible for leading Microsoft’s first and highly successful foray into video gaming with Xbox, and…

Julia Barfield MBE RIBA

Marks Barfield Architects

Julia Barfield studied at the Architectural Association and spent her year out in South America, working in the…

Paul Bennett

IDEO

Paul Bennett joined IDEO, a world leader in human-centred and design-led innovation, in 2001. Clients include Procter &…

Satjiv S. Chahil

Hewlett Packard

Satjiv Chahil leads HP’s Personal Systems Group global marketing efforts including the customer experience programme, marketing communications, executive…

Charles Chao

Sina.com

Charles Chao has served as a director and Chief Executive Officer of SINA Corporation since May 2006. Prior…

David Chipperfield CBE

David Chipperfield Architects

David Chipperfield CBE established his practice in 1984, and today it has over 150 staff at its main…

Chris Clarke

Nitro Group

Chris Clarke was born in Melbourne, Australia. At the age of 23 he founded Pure Creative, which quickly…

Nicholas Coleridge

Condé Nast International

Having started as a trainee newspaper reporter in Falmouth, Cornwall, Nicholas Coleridge contributed a dozen articles to Harpers…

Jatin Das

Artist

Jatin Das was born in Mayurbhanj, Orissa, India. He has held over 55 one-man exhibitions in India and…

Tom Dixon

Design Research Ltd

Born in Tunisia, Tom Dixon moved to England in 1963. Educated in London he dropped out of Chelsea…

Andy Duncan

Channel 4

Andy Duncan worked at Unilever for 17 years in a variety of senior general management and marketing positions.…

Ian Findlay

Ariadne Capital

Ian Findlay was Business Development Director of Reed Business Publishing Group before joining Emap in 1992.

He spent…

Lucian Grainge

Universal Music Group

Lucian Grainge has been in music all his working life. He started PolyGram Music Publishing in the UK…

Laurence Green

Fallon London

Laurence began his advertising career at AMV BBDO and later spent five years at Lowe, where he ran…

Tim Hincks

Endemol UK

Tim Hincks is responsible for Endemol UK’s programmes, content and its production brands – Initial, Cheetah Television, Zeppotron…

Spencer Hyman

Media and Internet Entrepreneur

Spencer Hyman has over 20 years’ experience in the media and high-tech industry with positions including: Chief Operating…

Boko Inyundo

Linklaters LLP & the Africa Centre

Boko Inyundo started his career in advertising in 1998 with Ogilvy & Mather (Kenya) and in 2000 joined…

Julie Meyer

Ariadne Capital

Julie Meyer is one of the leading champions for entrepreneurship in Europe. With over 20 years investment and…

Peter Molyneux OBE

Lionhead Studios

Peter Molyneux is one of the best-known names in the international world of computer games. During his 18-year…

Tony Orsten

twofour54

Tony Orsten is an Academy Award winning television director, channel executive and talent development expert with more than…

Prof Phil Redmond CBE

Chair of National Museums Liverpool

Phil Redmond is best known for creating three of Britain’s longest running drama programmes, Grange Hill (30 years);…

Jocelyn Stevenson

TT Animation

Jocelyn Stevenson has worked in children’s television for over 30 years, basing her career on the conviction that…

Nancy Tellem

CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group

Nancy Tellem is responsible for entertainment operations at the CBS Television Network, America’s most watched network, and the…

Lorna Tilbian

Numis Corporation Plc

Lorna Tilbian has worked as a Media Analyst in the City of London for nearly 25 years, at…

Dame Gail Rebuck, CBE

The Random House Group

Random House Group is one of the largest general book publishers in the UK with subsidiary companies in…

Patrick McKenna

Ingenious Media

Ingenious Media is one of the UK’s leading media investment and advisory companies.  The group operates solely in…