Content & Commerce

Ray is the Head of Content at MADE.com where he leads all global content, from the brand's social channels to product copy, marketing emails and advertising campaigns. He previously worked at We Are Social where he oversaw social-first campaigns for the creative agency's premium clients, including Audi, Breitling and HSBC UK. He has a background in journalism and has worked for titles including Dezeen, Men's Health and PORT Magazine. In his spare time, he campaigns against online hate speech for UK charity Glitch! and is the lead author of an advertising industry white paper titled 'Braving the Backlash'.

Rachael is Head of eCommerce for Seedlip - the world's first Non-Alcoholic Spirit. She oversees commercial digital strategy & online marketing activity across the global eCommerce channels for the brand, which solves the dilemma of 'what to drink when you're not drinking’. Rachael began her career in Copywriting & before joining Seedlip worked in digital roles for retail brands that include 31Dover and Harvey Nichols.

Fran Pearce is Head of Marketing at Smith & Sinclair and has been with the brand for just over a year, joining just before their re brand and re-launch, looking after all of their marketing strategy in the brands quest to make adult more fun. Fran loves nothing more than the challenge of building a brand in the UK, by thinking creatively about how to disrupt and keep S&S front of mind.

Previous to this she was Global Brand Manager at Superdry which is a world away from confectionery and alcohol innovation but still required a customer centric approach to everything she did.

Grace Bryan has been working within the events world for 10 years, currently Grace heads up the Events & Brand Partnerships at one of the most innovative & upcoming confectionary & Experiance companies, Smith & Sinclair. Over the years she has worked within venue finding, hospitality consultancy, venue management, new product development & creative production working with clients ranging from Bombay Sapphire, Topshop & Live Nation.

Nick has honed his skills in Digital Marketing, Advertising and Ecommerce over a diverse career, with some of the UK’s leading agencies and the world’s best known brands. He has consulted for HSBC, Deutsche Bank, B&Q, RackSpace and many others. He has worked as Head of Digital and Ecommerce for Avon and Claire’s Accessories. He also delivered the online video launch for the London2012 Olympic brand.

Nick is now leading a Marketing and Ecommerce team at Ellisons, a B2B Wholesaler in the Beauty industry, delivering extraordinary year on year Ecommerce growth. He is passionate about delivering exceptional user experience and making a positive impact in everything he does.

Serena has focused her career on working with premium and luxury brands to achieve & sustain rapid growth, managing eCommerce and content strategies according to the different markets.

In her current role as Head of eCommerce at Temperley London, Serena oversees the global digital and eCommerce strategy for the brand, with a focus on website trading, onsite content, email and digital marketing.

Previously, Serena has been a Global eCommerce Manager for Aquascutum for 3 years, where she focused on sales growth internationally and in the Asian market and managed the eCommerce re-platforming project from M1 to M2.

Rachael is the Founder and Creative Director of the luxury British children's clothing brand, Britannical, which specialises in tailored outerwear and handcrafts all of its pieces in the heart of London. Rachael comes from several generations of London tailor and built Britannical to be a modern heritage brand, with a focus on export and multilingual e-commerce.

Nick is an Entrepreneur, Apparel Sesigner and Consultant, with a bias towards eCommerce, creative and content. He is best known as the founder of urban cycling brand Vulpine, one of the most talked about British apparel startups of recent years, due to it's innovative product, inclusive brand and an explosion of creative marketing.

In 2018 he created FRAHM, making super tough, stylish yet technical jackets for men. He wanted to create a kinder men's brand, more open to talking about men's mental health. FRAHM is "In Aid Of" mental health charity Mind. Purely an online brand, it sells most of it's stock in advance.

Nick started racing bikes aged 13 and now slowly potters around Somerset with or without small children in tow."

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Samanah Duran is a British fashion designer and entrepreneur most recently named Forbes 30 under 30 most influential in retail and eCommerce. Her fierce emphasis on inspiring each individual to embrace their identity and to take pride in their individuality is perfectly presented in her vision for an innovative clothing line with Critics Clothing, which was revolutionised through the crafting of indulgent streetwear with the power to evoke self-expression.

Building on that inspiration as an extension of Critics Clothing, Samanah has now successfully launched BEYOUROWN and BEYOUROWN MAN a digital media & news company dedicated to inspire and champion entrepreneurs on a mission to lead.

John is the Senior Director at ASDA Technology, responsible for Digital Strategy, Product Development and Delivery on for ASDA Groceries online and George.com.John graduated from the Executive MBA at Manchester Business School in 2004. Since then John has held a number of Technology and Business roles, including CIO at Card Factory as well as Programme Director at HBOS delivering Retail Transformation Programmes.

Anders has been working with digital transformation within the fashion industry for over 15 years. Everything from mainstream products to high luxury. He has been involved with companies like Gucci, Tesla, Google, Disney and Warner bros to help build agile strategies that fits the very dynamic world that we are living in today. Anders today based in Denmark where he is Head of Strategic Gamification for the luxury fashion brand, Gucci under Kering Group.