Natasha Chetiyawardana is a C-Suite challenger and champion of women, diversity and creativity in business. She co-founded Bow & Arrow, Venture Consultancy with Ben Slater in 2009 (now part of Accenture Interactive). They created Bow & Arrow to bring together the strategic rigour of a management consultancy, the commercial robustness of venture investors and the creative impact of a design agency. Natasha is known as a creative leader that pulls together commerciality, true customer resonance, and cutting-edge creative application. She believes designers can help businesses be more real and ambitious to deliver true positive social and sustainable change and new types of value to the world. As a catalyst that naturally makes ideas happen and always has an eye on the future, she is an infectious and intuitive leader of culture. She was previously UK 'Designer of the Year', with work exhibited internationally and the creator of the first innovation syllabus at Pratt Institute, NYC. She regularly mentors young creatives, judges design awards, speaks on panels and recently spoke about the importance of diversity and creativity at Web Summit. She has also had a side hustle for the last 15 years, helping her ‘Innovator of the Year’ brother create and launch award-winning bars and restaurants globally, including launching new products and content like MasterClass.

Mira Malhotra is a graphic designer, visual artist and illustrator. She runs an independent graphic design practice, Studio Kohl, in Mumbai, India. Her personal practice tends more towards image-making. Her interests lie in all that is encompassed by D.I.Y. culture: low-brow art, pop surrealism, self published zines, indie music, politics, activism, etc. and more particularly gender and mental health. Her visual style is colourful, humorous, bold and witty, with a visceral use of line and movement. She is a co-founding member of Kadak Collective, an ever-expanding group of south asian, women-identifying graphic storytellers.

Howard has led digital transformation and design programs for both large global organizations and startups throughout his 20+ year career. He is a designer and artist who is deeply passionate about how technology can change the world. In 2020 he founded ExperienceFutures.org, based on the idea that AI and Machine Learning can help create more equitable online experiences. The organization has partnered with brands such as IBM and Estee Lauder to help launch new approaches to design that aim to create a more empowered digital future. Howard was previously Senior Vice President in MetLife’s Global Brand and Marketing group and was responsible for customer experience design - a global function that included brand design, UX, digital marketing, sponsorship, and marketing technology.

A Scottish lass through and through, Chloé counts Fortnum & Mason, Diageo, Unilever and Callaly amongst her varied client list as Creative Director at DesignBridge London where she’s been for over 10 years. Chloé’s passion for the big idea, beautifully crafted shines through in her work and she has won many international awards including Pentawards, D&AD Pencils, New York Festivals, Design week awards, FAB Awards and DBA Design Effectiveness. Chloé is regularly invited to join international creative industry awards juries and you’ll often find her giving talks or joining panel discussions at design events across the UK. With 13 years experience in packaging & branding and one of the few female Creative Directors in the industry, she is passionate about driving greater gender diversity and likes to give back to others by playing active role in nurturing young design talent within DesignBridge as well as outside work, being a mentor on various programmes championing diversity of all kinds.

As Interbrand London's Executive Creative Director Sue is responsible for driving the creative passion, energy and excellence being delivered through the London business. With over 25 years’ experience working with global clients, across all sectors and channels, Sue believes, as creative thinkers, we have a responsibility to play many roles in order to create successful thriving global brands. Creative provocateur, business entrepreneur, consumer advocate, ambassador of ideas & craft and brand guardian, each role playing an important part in delivering on-going, relevant insight, value and opportunities for the consumer to connect with the brand in ways never thought of before. Since Joining Interbrand Sue has developed the creative disciplines and standards of the Interbrand business works closely with brands spanning all channels. As the role of brand and design changes in businesses today the experience of working across corporate and consumer brands in every channel has enabled Sue to build brands that don’t just grow the brand, but build greater more connected experiences with consumers across channels and across the globe. Sue is a strong advocate for Creative Awards to inspire the industry and celebrate great work. And having the opportunity to be part of such a great team of jury members on this year’s Drum awards is a genuine pleasure.

Hiten Bhatt is the Head of Design at RAPP, leading a team of 20 multi-disciplined experts in design. During his 20 year career, he’s worked on integrated projects for some of the world’s most prestigious brands, including American Express, British Airways, Mercedes-Benz, Montblanc, IBM, Ralph Lauren and Virgin Media. He’s a prominent judge on the UK design jury circuit and created the Design for Good Award for The Drum Design Awards 2019. He’s also collected over 40 design awards, with D&AD pencils, Cannes shortlists and Gold DMAs among them. As well as getting excited about beautifully crafted design, he’s passionate about greater representation in the creative industry. It’s why he co-authored a Campaign article on the subject with his brothers and now continues the discussion within the wider business community – including mentoring for the DMA, The One Club and The Dots. A 2019 highlight was his collaboration with The DMA Creative Committee and The Campaign for Great British Creativity. This led to the creation of a design initiative called ‘Command Shift Design’, which aims to disrupt our conventional understanding of strategic design thinking.

Shiloh is a creative-turned-business leader with more than a decade of experience building strategic advertising campaigns and unique digital experiences for industry innovators like VMLY&R and Method. He approaches brand-building through a creative lens, and understands the impact that differentiated strategy, compelling messaging, and visual expression can have on all facets of a business. Previously, Shiloh spearheaded growth for a diverse slate of technology, retail, fashion, and CPG brands. At Winc, he drives the growth of the company's culturally-relevant brands; a considered balance of rich brand development, innovative experience, and ROI-driven marketing. He is always searching for new avenues for storytelling, consumer engagement, and immersion. Shiloh is a Webby judge and honoree, a Telly Awards judge, a One Show Merit award winner, and has had his work featured on Adweek, Communication Arts, and The Dieline. BFA in Communications Design from Pratt Institute.

Pali is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of branding and digital agency TEMPLO, which focuses on creativity for change. Founded in 2013, TEMPLO was set up as an experiment to see if design could be pushed into new territories to make real political & social change. Since then the studio’s work has helped arrest war criminals, been a part of the controversial 2015 UN Gaza Conflict inquiry and has produced groundbreaking work exposing Sri Lanka's war crimes. TEMPLO collaborates with ambitious clients including the United Nations, the Climate Change Committee, Migrant Help, Amnesty International and the Mayor of London. TEMPLO's work has been featured in Wired Magazine, Design Museum's 'Hope to Nope' exhibition & Channel 4 News.

Charlene completed the Watford Advertising Course in 2009, where she partnered with her long suffering copywriter, Dan Morris. Having started their career at BBH, they then made the jump to Droga5 London in 2016 where they are now creative directors. They've been working together for over 12 years. Their experience across a breadth of brands, most notably for St John Ambulance, Axe, Barclaycard and Paramount, has had their work recognised at every major award show.

Fani is a multidisciplinary senior graphic designer, specialised in publishing, branding and campaign, working across the many platforms of art and fashion today. She took part in two full rebrands, whilst working in house at Kenzo then Burberry, collaborating with talents from all disciplines to create inspiring narratives. Rooted in editorial design, Fani's work is fuelled by an ongoing engagement with contemporary culture and art, live performance and new technologies.

Sophie Maxwell leads Pearlfisher Futures, Pearlfisher's Insight and Innovation offer, across its four studios around the world. During her career, she has helped to shape the futures of both challenger & iconic brands including Samsung, Allianz, Vodafone, Unilever, Waitrose, Jo Malone and the Soho House group. She has shared her insight on what cultural shifts will mean for brands on global stages including TEDx, London Design Week, Food Matters, Marketing and Cosmoprof, and has written for Luxury Society, Huff Post, Branding Mag, PSFK, The Sunday Telegraph, Monocle and Elle.

As Chief Marketing Officer, Sequoia Capital for India & SEA, Gayatri leads the firm’s marketing mandate and also work closely with Sequoia’s portfolio companies to help them scale and create legendary brands from the region. Prior to joining Sequoia, Gayatri led Marketing and also served as President, Consumer Strategy & Innovation for Star India (now a part of Disney), where she led a series of high impact marketing moves, including the network’s launch of Star Sports, Hotstar and the "Nayi Soch" brand plan on Star Plus, which aimed to drive women’s empowerment. Before Star India, Gayatri was the CMO for General Mills where she launched and scaled the Pillsbury brand in India. She started her marketing career with Procter & Gamble. Gayatri is a highly recognised brand builder and has an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

My path to Creative Director started in Lisbon, Portugal, and has taken me to many places since, including Vancouver; London, England; and Toronto. It all started in 2011, when I landed my first job at a book publisher designing educational flash games for textbook CDROMs. Since then, I've been developing my career as a creative director, working for Unit9, Nexus, and now Jam3, designing interactive storytelling projects in AR, web and experiential tech for clients such as Google, Samsung, Amazon, Estee Lauder, Pepsi, TikTok, and Netflix. In between I headed the digital department at Warner Bros. Records (UK), where I focused on content strategy, creative direction, and driving digital storytelling and innovation for artists campaigns such as Muse, Liam Gallagher, and Dua Lipa; After work I volunteer my time and give back to the community and industry by being involved in multiple mentorship programs in Portugal, UK, and Canada. I also provide pro-bono services to nonprofits such as Help Heal Humanity, A Woman’s Worth, and One Cause a Day and have developed my personal project ReMIND Academy, a community-based learning program that stimulates critical thinking and creativity in young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. I hold a BA in Communication Design, an MA in New Media, and a Diploma in Digital Design, and a TEFL certificate.

Susanna Foppoli is a designer with experience spanning from branding and visual identity to print and digital design for cultural, commercial and corporate clients. Informed by her background in philosophy, Susanna’s approach is research driven, conceptual and strategic. Now running her own independent design practice, Susanna previously worked for a number of respected design studios in London including Pentagram, Browns, Studio Frith, Construct and Wolff Olins. Susanna has worked for clients such as National Portrait Gallery, Collezione Maramotti, Fondazione Fedrigoni Fabriano, Mary Duggan Architects, Phaidon Press, Laurence King Publishing, Sadler’s Wells and Walter Knoll.

Noni is a Creative who is passionate about getting under the skin of what makes people tick, exploring cultural shifts and using those insights to help brands better understand themselves and the world around them. Her experience spans a broad range of sectors and she loves unpicking a new challenge. Graduating from Kingston’s Graphic Design course, she frequently enjoys flexing between different roles and has 5 years of experience in graphic design, brand strategy and art direction. She is the Creative Strategist at the London-based studio Lovers, a supergroup uniquely built to help brands inspire people. She supports Alex Ostrowski, Creative Director and Founder, steering the creative direction on their projects, making sure the work is right and the work is amazing

I am obsessed with the role creativity plays in our lives, constantly exploring how it can help people and brands live better, be a force for positivity, and create brands that people don’t just want, but need. Currently Global Executive Creative Director for Wolff Olins I constantly push the standards our team aspire to, and help brands like Uber, Huawei, Alibaba and Google to deliver better realities by driving a new approach: brand AS experience. I am also a female, dyslexic, from a working class background — a rare breed in creative leadership — and I actively coach and mentor people from diverse backgrounds to thrive in our industry.

Helen is the Executive Design Director of ustwo Europe where she supports a talented team of product and service designers to create work that not only resonates with audiences, but helps move businesses and organisations forward. She has always believed that diverse teams are stronger teams and throughout her career has been involved in lecturing and mentoring new talent within digital design as well as championing diversity within the creative industries.

Eve set up creative multidisciplinary agency The Digital Fairy in 2012 at 24, the agency has grown from a team of one at a desk in Dalston to a full service creative agency made up of 23 Gen-Z and Millennial fairies with expertise across design, content and strategy. Under Eve’s vision and direction, The Digi Fairy has become an established name amongst fashion and beauty brands, famous for innovation and creative communication, and importantly, that Fairy Sparkle. As I-d Magazine put it… clients will “Fall under the Fairy Spell”. With design clients including Bleach London, Free Periods, Lil Miquela, Topicals Skincare and Nike, the Digital Fairy has earned a reputation as leaders in the youth market

Rosanna is the co-founder of The Place Bureau, a strategic design studio that re-imagines new frontiers for places around the world. Drawing expertise from urban research, cultural design, foresight and spatial storytelling to define places alive with character and commerce. Previously Head of Strategy for multi-national media & design groups, and a Futurist for The Future Laboratory she is described as ‘the scriptwriter for place’, her expertise lies in envisioning concepts and bringing together a rare mix design teams, curators, artists and makers to turn ideas into reality. Partnering with city makers, master planners, cultural & travel destinations, The Place Bureau has the pleasure of working alongside Bjark Ingels Group, Snaefellsness Iceland, Prior & Partners, Asif Khan, Google, Jump Studios/Populous, West 8, Lend Lease & Central St Martins.

Alex is an award-winning Creative Director collaborating with some of the most progressive digital companies and brands in the world. Working at the cutting-edge of XR, Alex applies his multidisciplinary background to a diverse range of projects including, XR experiences, campaigns, installations, products, Apps and games. Alex has led some of Nexus’ most pioneering interactive projects, including the BBC’s first ever AR App ‘Civilisations’, A BAFTA nominated collaboration with CERN creating a mixed reality journey through the birth and evolution of the universe. He was pivotal in transforming The Dallas Cowboys’ stadium into a hyper-accurate, location-specific AR experience viewable from any seat. More recently, he brought history back to life in the grounds of Changdeok Palace, Seoul, a first-of-its-kind character driven AR guided tour. Alex has received industry accolades from Cannes Lions, The One Show, The Webbys, amongst others. He currently creatively oversees and guides the Interactive Arts department at Nexus

Srija is a Global Marketing Director in Dole Sunshine Company. With over 27+ years of experience, Srija has experience in both advertising and marketing across India, Singapore and Dubai. Her last stint was heading Publicis Worldwide in India and prior to that, she has worked in companies like Lowe, Marico Industries and JWT. Her fundamental approach to work is to immerse herself into the brand and look specifically for the key challenges that face the brand. And then help partner the teams to identify potential solutions that could address these brand challenges, creatively and effectively. In her free time, she loves travelling ( well in those days when Covid wasn’t there – sigh!) and binging on content. She is married with an 18 year old son, and is not looking forward to being an empty nester soon.

Kim is the co-founder of DVTK, a digital direction studio based between London and Paris. The studio advises and creates virtual worlds for the digital space. Its approach to interactive design is rooted in forward-thinking strategy, in order to create experiences for a diverse range of clients, from fashion and luxury houses (KENZO, Dior, Nike, Christian Louboutin) to cultural institutions (Serpentine Galleries, Barbican, ZKM) or tech companies (Apple, Google, Farfetch). The studio works across various types of digital projects, from 3D websites to interactive installations or AR/VR apps, all rooted in a forward-thinking design approach

Daljit has worked with ANNA since its inception to distinguish its brand in the new world of challenger banks and admin apps by bringing a design-led approach to its business, product development and marketing. A prolific creative director and business strategist, Daljit founded Digit, a digital design agency in 1996: bought by WPP in 2005 and went on to establish Conran Singh, with Sir Terence Conran, and creative consultancy The Happiness Company. Prior to joining ANNA Daljit spent 2 years as design strategy lead EMEA at FJORD (part of Accenture interactive) He has designed global strategies for Audi, HSBC, Microsoft, and Vodafone, co-curated an exhibition at The V&A Museum, launched his own sausage brand, won a D&AD Black Pencil, 2 BAFTA’s and appeared in the FT’s “Top 50 Creative Minds” twice

Ritesh Gupta is the founder of Useful School, the world’s first pay-what-you-can online design school for people of color.Ritesh specializes in product design, product management, branding, typography, and growth analytics. Ritesh has collaborated or worked for companies including Wieden+Kennedy, Mother Design, 2 Shark Tank companies, Sagmeister & Walsh, R/GA and Cooper Hewitt.Ritesh’s work has been featured in Adweek, AIGA Eye on Design, It’s Nice That, Wallpaper, Print Mag, Brand New, The Dieline, and more.Ritesh is also a volunteer for Where Are The Black Designers? and the Senior Director of New Product Ventures at Gannett/USA Today

Jolene Delisle is the founder & creative director of the branding and creative agency The Working Assembly. Her work has been recognized by the Type Directors Club, Print, D&AD, The One Show, Fast Company, Business Insider, and in 2021 she was named into Forbes Next 1000 entrepreneurs. After being born into homelessness and driven by the experiences during her formative years, Jolene has committed her professional life to work with women, values-led organizations, and clients she can positively impact. She is passionate about bridging the gender equity and diversity gap in creativity and tech and launched TWA labs (https://theworkingassembly.com/labs) in 2019 to invest in female entrepreneurs and founders of color. As a long-time resident of New York City, she created Local Works (https://theworkingassembly.com/local-works) to support independent retail business owners in 2020.

Before joining Accenture Interactive in 2017 as the Chief Creative Officer for LATAM, Eco Moliterno led creative departments of multiple major organizations in Brazil for almost 20 years – including Wunderman, Y&R and agency Africa. Over the course of his diverse, multi-decade career, Eco has received numerous accolades. He was the first digital creative in the country to be elected “Creative Professional of the Year” in 2013 and was named by the GQ Magazine in 2015 as one of Brazil’s “20 Most Influential Advertising Professionals” and one of the “15 Most Influential Brazilians on the Internet”. He was also dubbed one of the “Most Innovative Marketing Professionals” in 2016 as well as one of the “Most Admired Advertising Professionals” in 2018. And in 2020 he was named by WIRED Magazine as one of the “50 Names That Are Expanding Creativity in Brazil”. Eco was awarded and part of the jury of the most important international advertising awards and has also been a keynote speaker at some global events such as Cannes Festival, SXSW, WorldWebForum, DMEXCO, El Ojo, DigitalDay and NEXT, amongst others.

Shabnam Shiwan is Creative Director at Osborne Shiwan in Tāmaki Makaurau, New Zealand. Born in Lautoka, Fiji, she grew up by the Pacific Ocean, near tropical rainforests and beautiful marine reefs. Being Indian, her family carried with them traditions of a place journeyed from generations ago, no longer home, but forever in their hearts. These connections to people and place continue to influence her work today. Shabnam champions ethics, sustainability and social good, helping shape Osborne Shiwan’s innovation and strategy so that it resonates with positive mindfulness to a global audience. As Creative Director at Alt Group and Saatchi & Saatchi Design Worldwide, Shabnam has created memorable work for clients such as New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, Fisher & Paykel, Spark NZ, ASB Bank and KPMG. Her work has been recognised in the Red Dot, Clio, Best, Good Design and Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards, as well as ADC, AIGA, One Show, TDC and AGDA. Her work has been published in Graphis, I.D. and Page. Shabnam has been a judge for the AXIS and Best Awards, Young Guns and AGDA. She is a participant in the Womentor program, a global mentorship for women in design. She has also mentored for Third Eye Collective, a professional community for South Asian creatives. Osborne Shiwan curates TDC Auckland, an exhibition of the world’s best typography from the Type Directors Club. Recent Osborne Shiwan projects include tourism brand Love Taupō, industry-leading fashion label Karen Walker, luxury brand Godavari Diamonds and iconic indigenous dance theatre group, Atamira Dance Company.

James has helped grow meaningful teams of people solving ambiguous problems for a whole host of exciting brands. Currently working in-house at Pinterest as the Global Creative Director he helps ensure the creative team are fueled with the inspiration they need and are focussed on problems where lateral thinking makes the biggest impact. Alongside that he runs a quarterly meet-up of design leaders (First Things First) that brings together bright minds using design to design change.

Heiko is a German designer based in Stockholm, specialising in product design and motion. He has experience creating innovative, entertaining and meaningful design-led experiences, working with many international agencies and global brands — Google, Microsoft Skype, Spotify, Nike, PlayStation, BMW and many more. His work is primarily digital and interactive, but he is passionate about design in every medium. He has worked in Germany, UK and US and is now a Senior Design Manager at Spotify in Stockholm, leading a Product area to re-imagine the consumer-facing mobile experience.

Resh Sidhu is a multi-award-winning Global Director of Arcadia Creative Studio at Snapchat, based in New York. For over two decades Resh has dedicated herself to not only perfecting her own craft but cultivating an inspiring, inclusive, and forward-looking atmosphere wherever she works. Resh leads the world class augmented reality business and manages a global team of AR pioneers. Prior to Arcadia, Resh served as the Chief Creative Officer for Barbarian where she oversaw all creative vision and led global accounts across a variety of clients including Nike, Samsung, American Express and Fenty Beauty. Within a year of Resh’s leadership, the agency underwent a complete transformation resulting in its most awarded year in history. Previously she served as Group Creative Director at AKQA across London and New York. She led her diverse team with thought and innovation to architect, design & deliver iconic experiences across a variety of global clients including Nike, L’Oréal, Volvo, Xbox and Nissan. Prior to AKQA, she served at Oscar-winning visual effects studio Framestore where, as Creative Director she led a series of groundbreaking VR experiences, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them VR experience for Warner Bros. Google and J.K. Rowling which received critical acclaim and industry recognition. Resh has risen to take her place as a motivational and inspirational figure for a new generation of creatives. From appearances at TEDx and the 3% conference to articles in Adage, The Drum, and Fast Co; she inspires audiences and readers on the advantages of embracing both diverse talent and emerging technology. Resh was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Arts London, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the field of digital, film, animation, and advertising. Most recently, she was named as Campaigns 40/40 industry leader and one of Adweek’s Creative 100, which honors the most inspiring talents of 2021. A fitting accolade for a tireless individual who has been the vanguard of Augmented & Virtual Reality, Social-First creativity, and now human-first organizations.

Emily Woollett is a thinker, doer and out-and-out optimist who loves nothing more than helping individuals, organisations and brands transform and grow. After graduating from Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design in 2002, Emily gained extensive experience in brand strategy, art direction and design working for leading brand agencies in London. In 2007 she made the move down under to join the team at Paper Stone Scissors where she is Creative Director. With over 18 years of experience working in the design industry within the UK, Australia and China, she has helped create engaging brand stories and creative campaigns for iconic brands such as Uniqlo, McKinsey & Company, Peter Alexander, Herman Miller and Nike. Emily is passionate about supporting the next generation of inspiring creatives. She is a big believer in sharing knowledge and has been actively involved in the design community as a mentor, guest speaker, awards judge and workshop facilitator.

Cam started SharpEnd in 2014 as the world’s first IoT agency with a mission to transform the real world into a connected platform via experience-led innovation in-store, on-product and at-home. SharpEnd proudly supports a wide range of the world’s most ambitious brands across fashion, beauty, drinks and fmcg in more than 50 countries (and counting). Inspired by their own programmes that were delivering huge amounts of data from across the world, SharpEnd then launched a proprietary SaaS solution for brands wanting to connect their packaging and retail channels across a wide range of technologies. This platform, called io.tt, now handles billions of touchpoints every day in over 100 countries. In 2021 SharpEnd launched CornerShop - a retail store of the future in the heart of Shoreditch with partners Capgemini and The Drum. Designed to be a ‘real world creds’, CornerShop allows brands to get hands on (or off) with all the technologies that are expected to shape the now, near and next of retail experience. He is a regular speaker, writer and podcast guest exploring how to build brands in a connected world and has spoken on many of the world’s biggest stages including Cannes, the Festival of Marketing, LuxePack, Ad:Week, DMA, Cosmetics Business Live, Mobile World Congress and the IoT World Forum