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Ade ShannonCEO

Ade is an award-winning film and TV producer. His titles include BAFTA-nominated The Vanishing (Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan), POMS (Diane Keaton, Jacki Weaver) and Six Minutes to Midnight (Judi Dench, Eddie Izzard, Jim Broadbent).

He is a member of the British Screen Forum.

Rick CurtisCCO

Rick is a strategic consultant who has spent the last twenty-five years leading engagements for global blue-chip organisations. As the senior strategist in several market-leading agencies, he has overseen insight-driven strategies for brands like Lexus, Dyson, Unilever, Liverpool Football Club and ASICS

Rick is an experienced expert in digital transformation, customer insight, experience design and content marketing.

Claire Smith MD

Claire was formerly the VP of Strategy for Liverpool Football Club. Her background in data and insight drove her vision for the Club’s corporate strategy. She also managed the LFC investment portfolio and their digital transformation programme.

Janet Snedden Head of Data & Insights

Janet is a member of the Data IQ 100 which lists the UK’s most influential data practitioners. In 2019, she was also recognised as one of the top Twenty in Data & Technology in the UK by Women in Data.

Janet is a data strategist and insight evangelist and her experience places her at the forefront of customer engagement strategy and innovation having worked with brands like Diageo, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group, Jaguar Landrover and Emirates. 

Con Gornell Head of Partnerships

Con headed up marketing for the film division for EMEA markets at Warner Bros. for twenty years and was responsible for the release of some of the most successful films and franchises in movie history including the Harry Potter series, the Dark Knight trilogy and The Matrix.

Con's passion for film led to him overseeing the studio relationship with the Kubrick family and Kubrick archives.