Martin Harbech is Group Director at Meta, working across our entire family of apps and services. Based in London, Martin helps many of the biggest brands in the world create new opportunities and unlock business growth. He’s a well-established industry thought leader, known for drawing on his experiences working at Google, Amazon, Meta, and start-ups. He writes regularly on technology and innovation, and has been named global Top Voice by LinkedIn three years in a row.
As a Senior Director of Engineering for Reality Labs Partnerships at Meta, Ziad leads a global organization of managers and engineers who deliver deep integrations with device manufacturers and app developers. With over 14 years of experience at Meta (previously Facebook), Ziad has worked on various cutting-edge products, features, and experiences that people and businesses use and enjoy every day.
Ziad has a passion for technology and innovation, and a track record of successfully developing and implementing solutions that provide value to Meta's partners and community across all its platforms. In addition, Ziad has founded and sold their own start-up in the early 2000s, specializing in software for mobile handhelds.
Ziad holds a master's degree in behavioral economics from the London School of Economics, and is fluent in Arabic, French, and English. To date, Ziad has filed multiple U.S. patents.
Nick Pestell has been passionate about agencies throughout his entire career. During the past 11 years at Meta, Nick has partnered with the most important and influential agency clients. Focusing on some of the industry’s most important conversations, from brand safety, the future of brand-building to more recently, AI and the Metaverse.
Prior to Meta, Nick spent 10 years working in agencies, so he is well aware of the many opportunities presented to drive agency and client growth and embrace new platforms, whilst also remembering the challenges faced such as talent retention and increased competition. Nick is energized by partnering with agencies to establish how they can gain a competitive advantage for their clients through integrating with Meta business solutions. Equally, he also understands the importance of having hard conversations which help keep us all accountable and move the industry forward.
Pete is a Connection Planner at Meta, his role is to help brands create effective marketing in the mobile age using insights, he is currently running the Insight Live webinar series which over 15,000 marketers across EMEA have attended. Previously, Pete was Head of Strategy and Planning at GroupM agency Wavemaker, winning numerous industry awards including IPA Effectiveness, EFFIE and APG golds. He has been a guest marketing lecturer at the University of Oxford, and had papers published in Campaign, Marketing Week and Admap.
Eb is an accomplished advertising executive with over 20 years of experience in the industry. As VP Paid Social at Jellyfish, Eb leads a team of experts who specialize in developing and executing social media advertising strategies for clients across various industries. In addition, Eb is responsible for building and developing the strategic partnerships Jellyfish has with all the key social platforms (in particular Meta). Eb is a marketing & comms industry veteran having worked in strategy roles spanning PR, advertising and adtech. He has a deep understanding of the ever-changing landscape of social media platforms and is always on top of emerging trends and technologies. Eb is known for his visionary leadership style and ability to inspire his team to strive for excellence while at the same time nurturing an inclusive and collaborative work environment. He has a strong commitment to growing and mentoring his team and often talks about the future of work including building a team fit for the AI age.
Céline Daley is the Chief Revenue Officer at VEED, an AI-powered video creation platform. Based in London, she has scaled tech companies across San Francisco and London from early to late stages, including Brightwheel, DeepL, and Zendesk. Her expertise spans SaaS, APIs, and AI, focusing on Sales, Marketing, and Customer Experience. As an angel investor and Atomico Expert Network member, Céline advises emerging technology firms on their growth journey.
Emily Lydford is a Client Partner in the FMCG team at Meta. With 15 years of experience in the advertising & marketing sector under her belt, she has worked with brands from a broad range of verticals; from beauty and retail to entertainment and autos. She is also passionate about driving change for good in the industry – whether that’s by elevating inclusive marketing with her clients or through her work leading the Meta employer partnership with social mobility charity, the 93% Club. At the weekends she can be found chasing her toddler and dog around the parks of SouthEast London.
Olamide Olowe is a Forbes 30 under 30 inducted entrepreneur and investor.
She is the youngest black woman to raise $2m investors, having raised $15m in venture capital funding before the age of 25.
Olamide got her start as an entrepreneur in 2015 when she co-founded the beauty brand SheaGirl, in partnership with SheaMoisture, which was later acquired by Unilever in 2017.
In 2020, Olamide decided to combine her passion for creativity and love for business to launch Topicals which is currently the fastest growing Skincare company at Sephora.
She serves as the founder and CEO of Topicals and has donated over $50K to various mental health organisations.
She has received notable recognition from Harvard Business School, Google, the UCA alumni association and Forbes.
Melissa Holdbrook-Akposoe is a celebrity fashion stylist, interior designer and beauty and lifestyle entrepreneur, renowned for her classic style and luxury taste.
When she isn’t on shoots or procuring interior aesthetics, Melissa utilises her platforms and encyclopaedic brand knowledge to educate and inform her followers on any and every product and piece she currently has on rotation.
Her honesty and charming personality coupled with her killer style and eye for design are what makes her so unique and sets her apart in the styling world.
Melissa is UK Number 1 artist Stormzy’s personal stylist, and she sights dressing him for that iconic Glastonbury Headline performance in the Banksy bulletproof vest as one of her personal highlights.
She has styled other entertainment stars including Anthony Joshua, Maya Jama and David Guetta.
Melissa curates the incredibly successful page, Melissa’s Wardrobe, an online space via Instagram, where she shares her most loved items with her loyal and engaged fanbase.
She has also recently launched her dedicated lifestyle website and platform ‘It’s a Lifestyle Hun’ which covers fashion, wellness, food, interiors, travel, skincare and more.
Jane is EVP, Global Thought Leadership at Kantar. She oversees Kantar’s thought leadership on AI, brand, media and creative, and is a frequent public speaker, podcast host and media commentator. She is lead author of the Blueprint for Brand Growth, Kantar’s unified view of how brands grow, based on the analysis of billions of attitudinal and behavioural data points. Before this she was EVP for Media and Creative Solutions at Kantar, responsible for the strategy and delivery of global campaign effectiveness products, working with advertisers, media owners and agencies as clients. Previously, Jane ran digital media and creative P&Ls at Ogilvy, Mindshare and JWT and had a spell in early-stage venture capital. She led marketing client-side at Digital UK, who managed the UK’s successful switchover from analogue to digital TV. She has also been Communications Director at Digital Radio UK, and UK Managing Director for the fast-growing Media & Digital team at Kantar. Jane was also recently Chair of the Television & Radio Industry Club (TRIC), which runs the annual TRIC Awards.
