Chris leads the strategic practice for GroupM in Ireland covering Mindshare, Essence Mediacom and Wavemaker. Chris began his career at AFA O’Meara (a full service agency) and has over 15 years of experience in creative, full-service, and media agencies. Chris also sits on the Adnet Zero council, fronting media’s response to reducing emissions in the […]
Jury position: Chief Strategy Officer
Brian McCarter
Brian first joined Ogilvy’s Planning department in London in 1992, returning twenty years later as Chief Strategy Officer for EMEA. In the intervening years he worked at BBH London and as a brand strategy Consultant in London, New York and Los Angeles. In his current role Brian is responsible for developing and implementing Ogilvy’s proprietary […]
Stefan Chiritescu
23 years of brand strategy, marketing research & consumer research, communication strategy, digital strategy, business development. Over 70 prizes at EFFIE AWARDS (including GRAND EFFIE, Euro Effie, Global Effie), Internetics, Golden Drum for clients as: KFC, Vodafone, Mastercard, Rom, Orkla Food, Pepsi, Dacia, Lay’s, Romtelecom, Petrom, Ursus, Timisoreana, Mountain Dew, Pate Sadu, Salveaza Vieti, React, […]
Elias Betinakis
Elias Betinakis, Chief Strategy Officer at GroupM Sweden, oversees Strategy, Analytics, and Insights. GroupM with Wavemaker, Mindshare and EssenceMediacom is the leading Brand and Marketing Investment group in Sweden, managing, optimizing, and analyzing one-sixth of all Swedish media spend. Elias focuses on helping GroupM clients and agencies become more customer-centric and utilize data more effectively. […]