Judges

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  Karen Dowse

  EMEA Commercial Development

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  Karen Dowse

  Karen is SVP, EMEA Commercial Development at Mintel overseeing client services and custom projects for Mintel’s prestigious portfolio ranging from the world’s leading consumer brands through to emerging innovative new market entrants.

  Prior to joining Mintel, Karen held marketing posts within the IT industry and more recently Verdict and Corporate Intelligence.  With almost 30 years marketing and commercial experience within the B2B environment, Karen is passionate about driving customer engagement that creates mutual value and longer-term partnerships.

  She’s a (very) amateur triathlete who is desperately trying to swim, cycle and run as fast as her two daughters.

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  Claire Farrant

  Marketing Director, LIDL

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  Claire Farrant

  After completing her degree, a BSc in Food and Nutrition, Claire moved to London to start her career. For several years she worked for food suppliers whom supplied products to the Big 4. In 2003 she joined Woolworths, where she got a real taste for retail both across food and non-food, working across the Big W concepts. Claire wanted to continue in retail and after a relocation went to join Tesco to help set up the business venture, Tesco Direct. During her ten-year tenure here, she worked in several departments: Buying, trade planning and then Brand & advertising. She also led the new high profile Tesco brand transformation project alongside the property department, which rolled out to the entire Tesco store estate. After consideration, Claire then left Tesco in 2015 and sought a new adventure with Lidl as an executive consultant for the marketing department. Soon after, she was promoted to Marketing Director and has been in this position for nearly 3 years.

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  Emma Nott-Macaire

  Head of Sun & Skin Care Europe

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  Emma Nott-Macaire

  Emma’s career started with Energizer (previous owners of Wilkinson Sword, Hawaiian Tropic, Banana Boat & Wet Ones) as Marketing Assistant, when she completed a Placement Year in 2007 as part of her Business Studies University course.  After graduating, Emma returned to work across the Female Shaving portfolio and later took on responsibility of Sun Care, growing the brands successfully and more than doubling Market Share.  With more than 10 years’ experience in Marketing, with 5 years at management level, Emma is now responsible for Hawaiian Tropic, Banana Boat & Wet Ones Europe for Edgewell Personal Care, in a new role that aims to explore new opportunities for the brands and continue to grow them.  Emma’s an extremely passionate marketeer, with a natural love of the brands she works on and hopes to invigorate that passion within everyone she works with.

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  Zoe Batt

  Product Manager

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  Zoe’s role at Ella’s Kitchen, is to make friendly stuff, which in business speak means Product Manager. Ella’s Kitchen are the number 1 baby food company in the UK with a mission to improve children’s lives through developing a healthy relationship with food. Zoe is responsible for the snacking and main meal portfolio. Sitting in the marketing team, her role is about understanding how parents shop the baby aisle through reviewing insight and category data. Zoe then builds the 18-month plan of exciting new products Ella’s Kitchen are launching to the market. On a day to day basis, she is part of multiple project teams, making sure the right product is produced in line with consumer requirements and the business’ mission. She spends her time reviewing the packaging designs and writing copy for new packaging.

  Zoe finds her role really exciting as it allows her to work with every element of the business and to really understand Ella’s Kitchen’s consumers and their little ones.

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  Kevin Tewis-Allen

  Chief Marketing Officer, Printt

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  Kevin Tewis-Allen

  Kevin started his marketing life providing the winning idea (Winston the Churchill Bulldog). Shortly after, Kevin became a very successful DJ/music producer, with 170 productions to date, and has sold over 20 million records for acts such as Usher, Britney Spears, Lionel Richie, Phil Collins and Beyoncé. Kevin was awarded Producer of the Decade by Radio 1. In 2008, Kevin moved into professional services for 5 years before becoming CIM Chartered and then a Fellow in 2012. Kevin then ran a multi-million pound start up, a top 5 creative agency, was the head of music and entertainment for UNILAD (Facebook’s no.1 online video publisher in the world), was Vice President of UNiDAYS and is now CMO for Printt, the largest printing app for students. Kevin is also a marketing advisor to 10 Downing street. 

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  James Farmer

  Head of Brand and Marketing Communications, CIM

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  James Farmer

  James is Head of Marketing Communications at CIM, leading the Events, Marcomms and Creative departments. He joined CIM from Sky where he was Brand Controller across a range of their leading TV Products, driving brand strategies and delivering ATL campaigns.

  Prior to that he spent over 15 years agency-side working on a range of Entertainment and Telco clients. He’s passionate about customer-centric marketing that draws on juicy audience insights to create compelling comms.

  He has a Graphic Design degree, a strategic mind and a strong commercial focus, so enjoys working with pictures, words and numbers.