People of Marketing Creators & Guests

Xenia Muntean is the CEO & co-founder of Planable, a content review and marketing collaboration platform.

Dave Smith is a storyteller, brand strategist, and relationship cultivator.

Lachlan Williams is the Head of Strategy at R/GA London.

Mostafa Elbermawy is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and the founder of NoGood.

Jonathan Lewis-Jones is a Global Commerce Director at Publicis Media.

Itay Rahat is an associate VP and head of product marketing technology at Warner Music

Ksenia Barton is a communications strategist at the LEGO Group.

Bethany Cantor is the Head of Content & Brand Marketing at Teachable.

Mikey Dowling is the director of communications at Obsidian Entertainment.

Oliver Yonchev is a managing director at Social Chain.

Amir Jirbandey is a growth lead at Papercup.

Abigail Cruz is the head of social beauty at THG.

Heather Green is a senior director, social media thought leadership at W2O Group.

Elena Bersadschi is the Global growth marketing manager at Deliveroo.

Stuart Stobbs is the Chief Creative Officer at McCann1886.

Neal Schaffer is a leading authority on helping businesses through their digital transformation of sales and marketing through consulting, training, and helping companies develop and execute on social media marketing strategy, influencer marketing, and social selling initiatives. President of the social media agency PDCA Social, Neal also teaches digital media to executives at Rutgers University, the Irish Management Institute (Ireland), and the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland). Fluent in Japanese and Mandarin Chinese, Neal is a popular keynote speaker and has been invited to speak about digital media on four continents in more than a dozen countries. He is also the author of 4 books on social media, including Maximize Your Social (Wiley) and the recently published The Age of Influence (HarperCollins Leadership), on educating the market on the why and how every business should leverage the potential of influencer marketing. Neal resides in Irvine, California but also frequently travels to Japan. Check out his Maximize Your Social Influence podcast for weekly inspiration.

Kevin Young is an award-winning journalist and head of the audience at The Economist.

Elijah Toh is an entrepreneur.

Kenny Gold is a director of social media in North America at Grey Group.