Our Leadership

Jae Goodman is Founder and CEO of Superconnector Studios, a Management Consultancy, Brand Entertainment Producer, and Talent-Led-Consumer-Product Accelerator.

Prior to Superconnector Studios, Jae was Founder of Observatory, one of Fast Company’s “World’s Most Innovative Companies” in 2020, 2021 and 2022; initially formed in 2006 when Goodman joined Creative Artists Agency as first-ever Chief Creative Officer and Co-Head of CAA Marketing.

Goodman has earned four Cannes Lions Grand Prix in four different categories (Film, Cyber, PR, Entertainment), thirty-three Cannes Lions in total, seventeen Webby awards, four Emmys from twelve Emmy nominations, and four Gold Effies including the coveted David vs. Goliath.

Jae is also responsible for the first and second brand films ever accepted to the Sundance Film Festival, 2018 YouTube Ad of the Year “That Rewrites the Rules” and AdWeek Media Plan of the Year 2020. Goodman has been named to Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business 1000, AdWeek’s Creative 100, Ad Age’s Creativity 50, Campaign’s 40 over 40, and PR Week’s Hot List. Goodman is a two-time Cannes Lions Jury President, and is currently serving a three year term as Board Chair of Effie Worldwide.

Karina Wilsher is Partner and Global CEO of Anomaly – a difficult to define, but exciting to work at ’new model’ company – with offices in New York, LA, London, Amsterdam, Toronto, and Shanghai. She was the Global COO, having previously been CEO of the network’s flagship office in New York, delivering, consecutively, the four best years in Anomaly history.

Anomaly was named as ’Agency of the Year’ in January 2017, recognition that was driven by continued growth; a diversity of powerful work; thought leadership that drove the company and the industry forward across multicultural, data and production; and a continuing commitment to intellectual property.

The agency’s blue chip client roster includes Beats, Budweiser, Campbell’s, Converse, Diageo, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Google, Hershey’s, Kohl’s, MLB, New York Life, Panera Bread, Sally Hansen, Sonos and YouTube. Equally interesting is Anomaly’s IP portfolio, which includes an Emmy-winning cooking show featuring Eric Ripert, called Avec Eric; EOS, the #1 lip balm in the U.S.; and hmbldt, a premium medicinal cannabis line, which was named by TIME as one of the Top 25 Inventions of 2016.

Prior to Anomaly, Karina was Partner and Managing Director of Fallon London, and successfully grew the agency from creative startup to a Top Ten agency. Under her leadership the agency doubled its revenue, and was awarded Campaign’s UK Agency of the Year in 2006 and 2007. Fallon went on to become the most creatively awarded agency in the world (Gunn Report 2008), with creative highlights including a Cannes Grand Prix, a rare D&AD Black Pencil for Cadbury ’Gorilla’, Cannes Gold for Skoda ’Cake’ which was one of ITV’s Ads of the Decade, and global recognition for the agency’s Sony Bravia campaign.

In London, Karina has played a key role in the UK industry, including being a member of Women in Advertising and Communications London (WACL) and the industry body’s Client Services Committee at the Institute of Practitioners of Advertising (IPA). In the U.S., she is a Founder of ’Straight Up’, set up to encourage and develop more female leaders in the industry.

Jack Bamberger is the GM of Agency Business – US at TikTok.

Prior to TikTok, Jack was the Global Chief Revenue Officer at Captify and the Chief Commercial Officer at Amobee.  He also served as SVP, Global Partnerships at Verizon Media / Oath and led the Global Agency Development Team, Global Accounts Team, Global Trading and Investment Team, and the Global Solutions Team.  Jack’s teams drove Verizon Media / Oath’s strategic initiatives with global marketers, and global agency holding companies and their agencies with the purpose of creating innovative technology, content and media partnerships across Oath’s portfolio of brands and platforms.  He also led Verizon Media / Oath’s industry relationships with the Ad Council, IAB, Effie Worldwide, AAF, 4A’s and NATPE.

A recognized leader in the media industry, Jack brings 20+ years of digital and traditional media experience from holding senior leadership roles on both the media/technology owner and agency side of the business.  Jack joined AOL, now Verizon Media, in November 2012 from MEC, division of WPP/GroupM, where he was President, Digital for North America, responsible for the agency’s offerings across digital, social, search, mobile and emerging platforms.  Before that, he was at Dentsu as Chief Consumer Engagement Officer, where he established the agency’s US digital and social media practice. Prior to joining WPP and Dentsu, Jack held senior leadership roles at appssavvy, Katalyst, Meredith Corporation, Bertelsmann and Time Warner.

Jack currently serves on the Board of Directors of Effie Worldwide and the AAF, and previously on the Board of the Ad Council, the IAB Digital Video Center of Excellence and NATPE. Additionally, Jack is a founding member of the IAB Digital Content NewFronts and has been a jury member for both the Effie Worldwide’s North American Media Awards and the IAB MIXX Awards. He also serves as Vice President of the Board of Trustees at the New York Theatre Workshop.

Jack graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a degree in Journalism. He and his partner, Bradley, are the proud fathers of their nine-year-old son, Lucas, and are based in New York City.

Bharat N. Anand is the Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and the Senior Associate Dean and faculty chair of HBX, the school’s digital learning initiative that he helped create.

Professor Anand is an expert in digital strategy and corporate strategy. He created Harvard Business School’s first executive program on digital strategies for media companies. He has written over fifty articles and case studies, many in the top journals in economics, strategy, and marketing. His research and case writing has received various awards, and his work has been profiled in numerous media outlets. He has served as faculty head for the required strategy course in the MBA program, and currently serves as faculty chair of various other executive programs at the school.

Professor Anand received his B.A. in economics from Harvard College magna cum laude, and his PhD in economics from Princeton University. He is a recipient of the Greenhill Award for outstanding contributions to Harvard Business School. He has advised leading organizations and entrepreneurs worldwide, across different sectors and geographies. He is a renowned teacher, and a two-time winner of the “best teacher award” at Harvard Business School.

His book, The Content Trap: A Strategist’s Guide to Digital Change, was published by Penguin Random House in October 2016. It was named as one of Fast Company’s top ten business books of 2016, and Bloomberg’s “Best Books of 2017”.

Andrea Brimmer is the chief marketing and public relations officer of Ally Financial, an innovative financial services company known for its disruptive brand and relentless focus on its customers.

Brimmer joined Ally at the dawn of the financial crisis, when the company faced intense challenges – transitioning from its roots as a captive auto finance company, while also launching the first-ever online-only deposits franchise, Ally Bank.

She spearheaded the creation of the Ally brand, developing everything from the brand pillars and cultural framework to the value proposition and delivery in the marketplace. Under her direction, Ally emerged with a strong reputation as a “different” kind of financial services company, dedicated to solving customer pain points that traditional institutions ignored.

Since 2009, Ally has grown and diversified, adding corporate finance, online brokerage and wealth management, home mortgage and insurance products to its legacy portfolio of auto loans and banking.

Brimmer was named chief marketing officer in 2015. In 2016, she launched the company’s first unified brand campaign, “Do It Right”, highlighting Ally’s unique focus on doing the right thing for customers. The campaign not only aligned the full scope of the company’s product offerings under one mantra, it also reflected the company’s internal culture and core values. “Do It Right” became a point of pride for Ally and resulted in the highest consumer brand sentiment and awareness in company history.

Prior to joining Ally in 2006, Brimmer spent 20 years on the agency side in Detroit, where she led the Chevrolet account and launched the iconic American Revolution campaign.

She earned her bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University, where she also played varsity collegiate soccer for four years.

Honors & Accolades

Brimmer is widely recognized as one of the country’s most innovative and effective marketing leaders.

• A member of the Board of Directors of the Ad Council, which helps the advertising industry maximize its passion for social good.
• Honored at the Campaign US 2020 Female Frontier Awards for ‘Breaking Brand Barriers.’ The awards recognize female marketing mavericks who push their brands to the next level.
• The Internationalist included Brimmer on their list of the “20 Inspiring Marketers of the First 20 Years of the 21st Century” (2020).
• Named a MediaPost All-Star in Marketing for pushing the business to new levels of excellence through outstanding achievements and thought leadership (2020).
• Debuted at number seven in the annual AdAge “Marketers of the Year” roundup for her skillful use of brand as “a weapon of mass seduction” (2019).
• Honored by her peers with the “CMO Innovation Award,” which recognizes leaders who create innovative environments that lead to break-through marketing and game-changing outcomes (2019).
• Two-time winner of the Financial Communication Society’s “Marketer of the Year” honor for providing inspiring examples of how marketing and communications can advance a financial services firm’s business objectives (2019 and 2017), the only CMO to win twice in the history of the award.
• Cited in AdAge’s esteemed list of “Women to Watch” (2018).
• Received the Michigan State University College of Communications Arts and Sciences’ Outstanding Alumni Award (2018).
• Named a “Communicator of the Year” by ANA Business Marketing New York, which deemed her “The Disruptor” (2018).
• Designated as an “All Star of Marketing” by Automotive News (2016).
• Selected for the “100 Leading Women” list by Automotive News (2015).
• Included in the Forbes list of “50 Most Influential CMOs” (2015 and 2014).

Passion Points

As a top female executive, Brimmer believes in supporting the career growth and development of women both inside and outside of Ally.

She regularly mentors junior colleagues, as well as college students from various universities. She also participates in the Forbes CMO University Alumni Series, which brings successful marketing professionals to college campuses around the country to cultivate the next generation of marketing talent.

In her work with emerging professionals, Brimmer speaks honestly about the role of bravery in her career, particularly the role of bravery in taking risks that lead to personal and professional rewards.

Selman Careaga is president of the global Coca-Cola TM category. A 20-year veteran of the Coca-Cola system, Careaga has served in various marketing, operations and leadership roles in Mexico, Brazil and Atlanta. Within his current role, he is responsible to lead strategy, innovation pipeline and creative approach for the company flagship brand, including P&L responsibility for the Coca-Cola TM category.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Led sparkling portfolio in North America during the pandemic, reaching a record Nielsen retail sales for bottler delivered brands.
• Led marketing turnaround of Brazil portfolio reaching historical record NARTD value share and establishing new culture and agile ways of working.
• While in Mexico business unit, Coca-Cola was recognized as the top digital marketing company for 2 consecutive years by the IAB (interactive advertising bureau). Managed to deliver profitable growth after a complex sugar tax environment in 2014-2015.
• Member of the board for enrola-dos.com, a Latinamerican work mgmt & productivity app. Prior member of the board for Juanfutbol (sports digital platform) and the Museo de Memoria y Tolerancia in Mexico city.
• Former professor of global marketing at Tecnologico de Monterrey.

Claudine is enjoying a career leading the delivery of incrementally profitable large scale global integrated marketing campaigns and new product launches for Fortune 50 companies during periods of intense change.

Her functional leadership experience spans profitable portfolio investment of $1B+ marketing budgets, new product GTM, loyalty program development, brand strategy in crisis, and leading digital transformation of marketing and product engagement functions across diverse marketplaces and regions. Her most recent accomplishments include creating America’s top ranked Super Bowl ad for Amazon two years in a row and successfully launching Alexa in 7 countries and languages as Global GM and North American CCO of Amazon Integrated Marketing.

She has also held the top strategy role at global media and creative agencies such as Publicis Media, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Goodby Silverstein & Partners, leading global brands through category disruption and turnarounds including Lenovo, Microsoft, JP Morgan Chase, General Mills, Proctor and Gamble, the Coca Cola Company, Visa, Comcast, Samsung, General Motors, MillerCoors, Frito Lay, and Wendy’s.

Claudine started her career in publishing at Bantam Doubleday Dell where she helped develop commercially successful book series for young adults, translating her knack for youth culture into a strategy role at an ad agency that specialized in marketing to young people which was written about in Malcolm Gladwell’s tome The Tipping Point.

Frederique “Freddie” Covington Corbett is chief of global brand & marketing (PFP) at UNICEF.  Prior to joining UNICEF, Freddie was the senior vice president, chief global brand strategy and integrated marketing officer at Visa. In this role, she was responsible for future-proofing Visa’s brand health and ensuring Visa continued to be one of the most valuable brands in the world. This included overseeing Visa’s global branding efforts for both businesses and consumers, physical and digital branding strategies, brand identity, and global sponsorship brand activation, among other key facets of global brand-building. Covington also led company-wide efforts to evolve Visa’s focus on corporate purpose.

Previously, Covington was the senior vice president, head of marketing and cross border for Visa in Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. In this role, Covington managed all aspects of Visa’s regional brand efforts in over 17 countries across Asia and sat on the Asia Pacific Executive Leadership team. Among many highlights in this role, Covington led the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Korea, created a Shanghai-Melbourne-New York cross border fashion platform, created a purpose-led Small Business campaign called #WhereYouShopMatters across 10 regional territories, and scaled up Visa’s ecommerce efforts with key partners and digital marketplaces.

Covington’s work and leadership has been globally recognized through numerous accolades. In 2020 and 2018, she was named on the list of Asia-Pacific’s 50 most influential Chief Marketing Officers, as chosen by the editorial team at Campaign Asia.

Prior to Visa, Covington was the International Marketing Director at Twitter for all territories outside of the United States (including Canada, South America, Africa, Russia and Asia) and was responsible for global business marketing for the platform, its partners and users. Before Twitter, Covington was the Chief Marketing Officer for Microsoft in Asia Pacific, overseeing all enterprise, small business and consumer marketing programs. Earlier in her career, Covington held several leadership roles in advertising and strategy consulting, including as a Managing Partner at Ogilvy & Mather and a global strategist at Y&R in the United States (New York and Los Angeles).

Covington holds a doctoral degree in global leadership and change from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, California, as well as a BA and MBA from La Sorbonne University (CELSA) in Paris, France. Furthermore, she is a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School for the Women and Public Policy Program.

A 20-year advertising vet with expertise in integrated marketing, communications, media planning, and creative strategy, Asmirh has held positions at several agencies. Prior to Majority, she most recently served as Group Director of Planning at Huge, where she honed her skills in consumer insights, and creative strategy. She’s also worked at BBDO Atlanta, 360i, and Moxi developing campaigns for brands like Verizon Wireless, Autotrader, L’Oréal, and Norwegian Airlines. As a strategist, she loves to uncover insights into human behaviors and creating ways to positively influence people.

In 2022, Asmirh was named to Ad Age Leading Women.

Mathilde Delhoume-Debreu is the LVMH Global Brand Officer.
 
Together with her teams, she offers a center of expertise in Media, Customer Research, Brand Image & Content. Her mission is to help each Maison of the group to drive the desirability of the Brands balancing long-term Brand-building and short-term Performance.

As Executive Vice President Global Media for Unilever, Luis oversees the second largest media budget in the world. Responsible for all Unilever global media strategy and execution, his role includes leveraging Unilever’s scale to drive innovation across the industry, and leading on strategic partnerships with the biggest global digital and overall media players.  Luis also leads the relationship with all of Unilever’s Global Media agencies.

He is a vocal champion of the need for digital transparency, and has long advocated for a cleaner, more efficient and effective digital ecosystem.

Luis has spent the majority of his career in Unilever, working across various functions with global, regional and local scope. He is truly a global citizen, having lived and worked in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Europe.  Luis now lives in New York with his wife and 2 children.

Outside Unilever he is the Global Chair of the Mobile Marketing Association and a member of the World Federation of Advertising, as well as a participant in other industry-influencing forums.

David Hohman joined Nielsen July 22, 2013 as EVP, Global Managing Director for the Agency business. David joins us from McCann Worldgroup/MRM, where he was most recently EVP, Global Performance Director. Dave brings more than 20 years of experience to Nielsen. A Six Sigma Black Belt, he has specific expertise deploying advanced analytics solutions which optimize the effectiveness and profitability of multichannel marketing initiatives. Prior to joining Nielsen, Dave lead multiple client engagements across the IPG network of agencies. His client experience spans the retail, automotive, government, technology, telecommunications, healthcare and financial services verticals.
 
Dave developed his leadership skills while serving on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps, while completing his undergraduate degree in Marketing & Finance. He completed a Masters Degree in Statistics after separating from the Marines. Outside of work, Dave enjoys a variety interests including travel, language and cooking. Dave is married to Jennifer Hohman, has two sons; Tristen and Stewart, as well as a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Maxwell.

In 2017, Michael Houston became only the fifth Worldwide Chief Executive Officer of Grey Group in the company’s 102-year history. Since joining the agency in 2007, Michael has held several management roles including Global President, Chief Operating Officer, and CEO of Grey North America.

During Michael’s leadership of North America, Grey experienced its most successful era, adding over $2 billion of new client marketing investment and leading iconic, award-winning campaigns that culminated in numerous industry accolades such as Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies,” Adweek’s“Global Agency of the Year” (twice), Advertising Age’s “Agency of the Year,” and Campaign’s “Global Network of the Year.” Additionally, Cannes Lions Festival named Grey “Agency of the Year” based on the quality and quantity of Lions received.

Michael has worked in almost every aspect of the advertising business, including accounts, strategy, business development, and corporate communications and has led accounts across a number of client industries, including CPG, airlines, automotive, entertainment and financial services. In addition to founding a brand consultancy in the 1990s, he’s held leadership positions at Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners, Landor Associates, and Young & Rubicam, among others.

Michael has held numerous industry board positions, including Ad Council and 4As, and currently serves as a board member of Concern Worldwide, a global humanitarian group dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering through emergency relief, education and development programs in the world’s poorest countries.

A graduate of the University of Kansas, where he studied advertising and marketing at the William Allen White School of Journalism, Michael was named to the prestigious Crain’s New York Business “40 under 40” list in 2012 and the American Association of Advertising Agencies list of “100 People Who Make Advertising Great” in 2017.

In her role as Group President – Global Practices, Dentsu Group Inc., Lin builds the core capabilities and long-term competitiveness of dentsu. She leads and brings together the key practice areas through dentsu’s agency brands. Lin also further advances dentsu’s industry- leading knowledge and transformational capabilities, nurturing highly specialized talent, establishing a full range of solutions and a roadmap for internal and external partnerships to achieve our vision to be at the forefront of people-centered transformations that shape society.
 
Jean Lin’s career spans thirty years, having started as an account executive at Ogilvy Taiwan. She joined Isobar in 2004 following the acquisition of wwwins Consulting, a digital consulting firm she founded in Greater China, eventually becoming Global CEO of Isobar in 2014. Since 2019, Lin held several senior executive positions at dentsu international including Global CEO CX and commerce, and Global CEO Creative. She became an Executive Officer of Dentsu Group Inc. in 2021 to develop the group’s business solution and accelerator for sustainability, Dentsu Good. Lin most recently served a member of dentsu Group Executive Management Team and as Chief Culture Officer, Dentsu Group Inc., helping to foster a culture that empowers teaming, innovation and sustainable growth.
 
Jean Lin is known for her keen interest in celebrating the progress of modern creativity, serving as Jury President for the Cannes Lions Cyber Jury in 2015 and Digital Craft in 2018, and again this year of 2023 as Jury President for Sustainable Development Goals. She also served as Jury President for the inaugural D&AD e-Commerce jury and Black Pencil in 2021, Jury President for Mobile/ Digital Craft Jury in Spikes Asia 2022, and Grand Jury of Gerety Awards.

Marcel Marcondes is AB InBev’s Chief Marketing Officer. Appointed in April 2022, Marcondes has been with the company since 2005, most recently as Global President, Beyond Beer Co. From 2017 to 2021, Marcondes was the Chief Marketing Officer at Anheuser-Busch, where he led the marketing strategy for a broad portfolio of some of the world’s largest beer brands.  

Marcondes sits on the Board of the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and is a member of the Cannes Lions CMO Growth Council. He also sits on Adweek’s Diversity & Inclusion Council and leads Anheuser-Busch’s partnerships with AIMM’s #SeeHer and #SeeAll to promote multicultural marketing.  

Before joining AB InBev, Marcondes spent seven years in brand management at Unilever. He is a Brazilian citizen and holds master’s degree in business administration from the Business School São Paulo.

Vineet Mehra is a true global citizen and business leader.   Born in India and raised in Canada, he has led diverse teams across Asia, Europe, North America, and South America at some of the world’s most respected brand building companies including P&G, General Mills, Novartis, and J&J.

He has driven businesses and brands to growth in categories as diverse as Skin Care, Hair Care, Cosmetics, Food, Consumer Health, and Baby Care, while living in some of the world’s most innovative and creative cities including Toronto, New York, Singapore, Bombay and Geneva.  His consistent track record of building iconic brands and driving marketing organization transformational initiatives has led him to become a frequent speaker and panelist on the topic of re-shaping marketing organizations, balancing the art and science of marketing, and building the modern, data-driven, precision marketing organization needed to win today.  

Vineet has been an invited Judge & Speaker at Cannes, Chair of the Jury for the M&M Global Media Awards, an invited Speaker at the ANA’s Social and Digital Conference, and a multiple time Global Effie’s Finalist Judge.  Most recently, Vineet was recognized as one of the 100 most Influential Marketing Leaders in the world by the Internationalist.

Vineet is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Chime.  Prior to joining Chime, Vineet most recently served as the Chief Growth, Product and Customer Experience Officer at Good Eggs and Global CMO & Chief Customer Officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance.  Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Ancestry.com, the world’s largest consumer genomics company, uniquely capable of providing consumers with a better sense of their identity, a deeper and empowering understanding of who they are, how they connect to society today, and how they and their families have been shaped by human history over time. 

In his role, Vineet focused on transforming his organization into a “Modern Marketing Machine” by blending the deep cultural purpose of the Ancestry brand with data science to drive precision marketing at scale, resulting in the building of a truly global and culturally iconic brand.   As Chief Marketing Officer, Vineet had responsibility for worldwide marketing, member services, marketing technology, consumer insights, PR, and the international markets.  Prior to this role, Vineet was with J&J Consumer holding the roles of Global President for J&J’s flagship $3Billion USD Baby Care business unit, and Global President – Marketing Services where he oversaw more than $2Billion USD of J&J’s media spend around the world.

Outside of work, Vineet sits on the Board Members of Directors for America Needs You – New Jersey (ANY-NJ), a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting for the economic mobility of ambitious, low-income, first generation college students by providing intensive career development, mentorship, and professional networks to enable students to realize their full academic and career potential. He and his family of 3 are also avid and intrepid travelers that can often be found scouring the planet in search of some of the world’s most delicious places to eat.

Ann began her marketing career at Citibank Diners Club working on new product development, and then in 1994 moved to Kraft to learn the business of consumer packaged foods marketing. She worked for 11 years on several brands including Kraft Mac ‘N Cheese, Kraft Singles, Taco Bell, Minute Rice, Stove Top Stuffing, Velveeta and DiGiorno. 

In 2005, Ann joined PepsiCo, and started in Frito-Lay’s Convenience Foods Division where she was responsible for leading marketing, new product innovation, consumer insights and strategy and for all Quaker branded snacking. 

In 2009, Ann was named Frito-Lay North America Chief Marketing Officer and led a commercial marketing team responsible for the growth agenda at Frito-Lay, including Portfolio Brand Strategy, Brand Marketing, Advertising, Customer/Shopper Marketing, Insights, Demand Analysis, Innovation and Marketing Services. She led a team that woke up every day focused on achieving her challenge to lead the company’s growth agenda. By perfecting the Art of Disruptive Marketing and the Science of Demand Analytics, Frito- Lay marketing not only won numerous industry awards, but was also the primary growth driver helping Frito- Lay consistently rank #1 or #2 in food growth in North America. 

In 2014, Ann was named president, Global Snacks Group and PepsiCo Global Insights, responsible for driving accelerated growth across PepsiCo’s global snacks category, as well transforming the PepsiCo insights capability to drive demand driven foresights and predictive analytics to drive marketing and commercial decisions. 

In November, 2015 Ann joined SC Johnson, as its first ever Global Chief Marketing Officer. She is responsible for driving growth across multiple categories in household and personal care, including Ziploc, Glade, Mrs. Myers, Caldrea, Raid, Off, Windex, Scrubbing Bubbles, Pledge, and Kiwi. As part of one of the only family owned companies in this space, she is committed to the Johnson Family’s mission and purpose of making life better for future generations. Ann is an accomplished storyteller and motivational teacher and inspires everyone she leads to “Transform Tomorrow Today.”  In March 2019, Ann was named SC Johnson’s Chief Commercial Officer.

In late 2019, Ann joined Pernod Ricard as CEO, North America.

Ann was born in Kolkata, India, and is very active with the Indian community in Dallas, currently serving as honorary chair of Chetna, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping South Asian women overcome domestic violence. 

Ann is based in Dallas, Texas, and travels globally to stay close to the markets and consumers she serves. Her husband Dipu, works for Symphony EYC as Vice President, Product Management, CPG. Both of them are also very busy raising 14-year-old twins. They are passionate about their friends and both love to travel, entertain, and cook. 

Stephanie Redish Hofmann is currently a Managing Director, Global Client Partner at Google where she leads a portfolio of global category partnerships across Automotive, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPGs), and Food, Restaurant & Beverage (FBR) and Consumer Technology (CE). She works with a team of digital marketers and category experts to support customers’ ambitions in digital marketing transformation.

In prior roles at Google, Steph led global partnerships with the world’s largest agency holding companies, including Publicis, WPP, and IPG, in addition to industry relations partnerships with the ecosystem’s top ad trade associations: ANA, IAB, and 4As, to name a few. Ultimately, Steph aims to help brands bridge online and offline marketing to achieve and exceed business growth and profitability goals.

As a Board Member at 1-800-FLOWERS.com and at Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), Steph’s equally committed to helping CMOs across the advertising spectrum optimize today’s digital transformations to achieve their marketing and business goals. In addition, Steph is an Advisory Board Member for Girls with Impact and the Governor’s New York State Council on Women and Girls. In both these roles, Steph is passionate about preparing and mentoring the next generation of women leaders who have a desire to make a difference. In 2022, Steph was named one of the top 50 Women Leaders in NY by “Women We Admire,” for her professional accomplishments and efforts raising the voices of women and girls.

Steph is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University and received a Master’s in Communications from Seton Hall University. She lives in Jersey City with her husband and two children.

Carla Serrano is Publicis Groupe’s Chief Strategy Officer and the CEO at Publicis New York.  Prior to being named CEO, Carla served as the Chief Strategy Officer of Publicis New York. In her current role, she draws on her background in strategy and leadership to incorporate strategic thinking in all aspects of agency operations.

Carla started her advertising career at Chiat/Day Toronto at a time when account planning was an emerging discipline in North America. She cut her teeth in the business working on iconic brands like Apple and Nissan.

Throughout her career, Carla has worked in strategically led creative networks for global brands like Coca-­Cola, Samsung, Absolut, and Kraft. She has held many leadership roles that meld strategic leadership with business management, from President of Berlin Cameron United, CSO of TBWA/Chiat/Day, to CEO of Naked Communications.

Passionate about integrated and seamless strategic innovation, Carla is committed to helping clients and brands thrive in this ever-­changing marketing landscape.

Harjot Singh is an award-winning advertising executive with a proven, global track record. Unwavering in his belief that creativity is the world’s most powerful resource, Harjot is most drawn to people shaped by their interest in constant discovery, learning and open mindedness.

For over 25 years, Harjot has held senior, management roles in North America, Asia, and Europe, working with some of the most well-known creative agencies in the world, and advising many of the world’s most successful brands and corporations across every category and sector; from packaged good, to banking, cars, retail, telco, beauty, fashion, and the public sector. Colleagues and clients consistently credit him with bringing clarity and inspiration from the complex, putting human needs at the heart of any marketing response, and delivering measurable impact.

Harjot is currently Global Chief Strategy Officer for McCann Worldgroup, a global advertising agency network with offices in 120 countries.

He joined McCann in New York in 2011 to lead the General Mills and Nestle business globally. Prior to being named Global CSO of McCann in January 2021 he served as Chief Strategy Officer, McCann Worldgroup EMEA and UK, leading it to be the most creatively effective agency network for over 6 consecutive years and was named Strategist of the year in 2020 by Campaign Magazine.In January 2023, Harjot was promoted into an expanded, group wider global strategy leadership role with a remit that extends across all McCann Worldgroup brands, agencies, and regions.

Harjot has judged, chaired, advised, spoken at, and won awards at the most notable and influential industry award shows around the world. In recognition of his expertise and contribution to advancing the understanding of advertising effectiveness globally, Harjot was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising in June 2023. He is also non- executive director of a UK based economic development consultancy with worldwide operations and serves on the board of trustees of the British History of Advertising Trust, and Artangel, a UK based global public art organisation committed to celebrating the artists of today and identifying those of tomorrow.

Greg Walsh is the Global Chief Business Transformation Officer at Havas Media Network. Prior to his current role, Walsh was CEO of Havas Media Network, North America, where he worked to drive growth and bring new prospects and clients across the U.S. and Canada, while continuing to deliver on the agency’s mission of making a meaningful difference to brands, businesses, and consumers. 

Walsh has over 20 years of experience in financial, operational, and commercial leadership. His commercial mindset coupled with his ability to lead with confidence and humility has allowed him to drive top-line growth and forge solid relationships internally and with clients. Walsh joined HMN’s as Global Chief Commercial Officer in June 2019, to lead the then newly created Global Commercial Team, and added North America Chief Operating Officer responsibilities to his remit in January 2021, before being named CEO in October 2021.  

Alongside his team, he has focused on elevating the business acumen of the organization and accelerate the agency’s growth and success by re-imagining the marketing, structure, and delivery of current products and services, as well as laying out a roadmap of the future of the business. Prior to joining Havas Media Network, Greg served as Global President of Orion Worldwide, IPG’s global principle buying and bartering company; he also held regional and global CFO and COO roles at IPG. 

Khartoon Weiss is the Head of Global Agency and Accounts at TikTok. In her role, Khartoon is responsible for overseeing ByteDance’s relationships with global Agency Holding Companies, as well as designing and creating strategic partnerships with the top global Brands.

Khartoon joins ByteDance with 20 years experience building the world’s most recognizable Brands in Marketing, Media, and Tech. Prior to joining, Khartoon was the Global Head of Verticals at Spotify where she launched and oversaw global strategies and partnerships that drove exponential platform growth. Khartoon also served as Chief Marketing Officer at MDC Media Partners, and Managing Director at MediaCom North America, where she was instrumental in scaling both companies to “Agency of the Year”. Khartoon credits that success to transformative go-to-market strategies for brands like ABInBev, AMEX, eBay, and PepsiCo, among others. Khartoon cut her teeth at BBDO, Ogilvy & Mather, and Grey Worldwide, and has been recognized by AdAge’s elite “40 Under 40” and AdWeek’s “Top 50” lists.

Khartoon has an executive education from The Wharton School and a B.A. from the University of Rochester. She is a marathoner and triathlete, and lives in NYC with her husband and two rescued cats.

As CEO and Managing Director of TLGG Consulting USA, Katrin helps her clients navigate the digital age and its impact on their value chain. She advises some of the world’s leading companies on digital strategy, business model innovation and marketing and organizational transformation. Her clients include Ford Motor Company, Medtronic, BASF, Bayer, Porsche, Unilever or Nars. Since 2020 Katrin serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of the prestigious German American Chamber of Commerce in New York supporting transatlantic business activities.

Prior to joining TLGG, Katrin co-founded Lufthansa’s Innovation Hub, making her one of the first intrapreneurs of her generation in Germany and beyond. She understands global corporations from the inside out and knows what it really takes for them to succeed in a globalized, digitized, and connected world. With a proven track record of pushing boundaries, Katrin shares her humanistic and humorous perspective on corporate innovation and digital transformation, women in leadership and female empowerment as well as diversity and intercultural competence. Personable and knowledgeable, she offers key insights into how organizations of any type and industry can leverage the digital and AI age to their advantage through the power of data, human insight, organizational context, and technology.