Andrea Thompson is Editor in Chief at UK Marie Claire, which has a combined audience of over 7 million women a month across its channels. She has overseen the brand’s journey to a digital-first brand over the past two years and was recently named by We are the City as one of the UKs top 100 trailblazers for her work highlighting the impact of Covid on gender equality.

Andrea has worked as a journalist for a range of publications over her 20 year career including The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Daily Mail, Channel 4, Glamour and Grazia. At Marie Claire Andrea is passionate about telling the stories of those often marginalised by the mainstream media and oversaw a feature about rape in the Congo that won the title an Amnesty Media Award.

She also champions women's empowerment, sustainability and diversity and regularly chairs events around these themes. She sits on the committee of the British Society of Magazine Editors where she looks after diversity and Inclusion and regularly mentors young women from under represented communities trying to break into the media industry.

Liz Moseley is Managing Director of Good Housekeeping and the Good Housekeeping Institute. Born and bred in marketing, Liz has over 25 years’ experience leading customer strategy and business growth on brands including ELLE, The Telegraph and The Times. Most recently she was part of the launch team of Tortoise Media, where she was editor and partner for five years before joining Hearst UK in September 2023.

With over 20 years of expertise in events and brand marketing, Rubie brings a proven track record of driving impactful strategies and leading high-performing teams. Currently serving as the Marketing Director, International at The Channel Company, Rubie manages marketing for conferences and events across EMEA and APAC, as well as overseeing media subscriptions and memberships. Her career reflects a deep commitment to delivering exceptional results in dynamic, global markets while fostering growth and innovation.

Natalia Gamero del Castillo is a forward thinking manager with more than 20 years of experience leading media companies and digital transformation. In her current role as Managing Director Condé Nast Europe (since January 2021) she is overseeing the European market which includes teams in the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain reaching 100 million consumers every month.

Gamero del Castillo has held a number of senior positions at Condé Nast during her nearly 20 years with the company, including CEO of Condé Nast Spain. In this role, she led the company through its digital transformation, devising and implementing new systems and processes and boosting editorial innovation that led to impressive audience reach and quality.

Prior to joining Condé Nast, Gamero del Castillo held various editorial roles, such as editor at El Cultural de El Mundo, the prestigious supplement for El Mundo national newspaper. She also worked for VIA DIGITAL, one of the first TV platforms in Spain.

Gamero del Castillo received her Bachelor Degree in Law from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and her PDG (General Management Program) from IESE Business School.

Max is immensely proud to be leading Stylus as Managing Director and Chief Product Officer, building on the legacy from his father Marc Worth, founder of Stylus. Max has been exposed to the trends industry for as long as he can remember, fostering his belief in the ability to make sense of the forces shaping culture, business and design. Stylus’s clients are some of the biggest and best businesses in the world and how they use our product and resources is something Max finds genuinely inspiring. Max and the Stylus team are passionate about helping brands and agencies anticipate and shape the consumer realities of tomorrow.

Max joined Stylus in 2019 as Director of Strategic Growth before taking the lead of Stylus's Product function, focusing on driving customer-led innovation across all of our offerings. He had worked in product innovation for a number of years, turning real customer and market insight into new products in digital and physical spaces alike. Max started his career at Deloitte Digital, where he worked with major public sector organisations, as well as FTSE 100 businesses across the media, energy and financial industries. He has also worked with blue-chip consumer businesses focusing on innovation strategy to help them achieve customer-led growth, giving him a unique grounding as to what Stylus clients need to succeed.

Sadaff Rangrez is the Founding Editor of Friday, a conscious lifestyle magazine for Muslim women in the UK.

An accomplished art director with over two decades of experience, she has worked on lifestyle, B2B, and customer publications across both independents and nationals. Motivated by a vision for elevating print media and amplifying the voices of visionary Muslim women, she conceived the concept years ago and continues to refine it with every iteration. Informed by global events, her work is a thoughtful response to redefining both outward and inward representation of this niche audience.

Esther is the senior editor of Women's Running magazine and co-host of the Women's Running podcast. With passions for equality, diversity, empowering women, fitness, and for publishing, she clearly found her dream job at Anthem Publishing. Over the past 6 years, she has won the PPA independent publisher award for Editor of the Year twice, and the podcast has recently scooped its fourth Best Podcast of the Year award.

Joel Griffiths is the VP of Magazines & Editorial Operations at Future plc, where he leads a broad portfolio encompassing key weekly magazine brands, bookazines, editorial operations, as well as cross-functional teams focused on subscriptions, newstrade, licensing, production and supply chain distribution.

Prior to his current role, Joel has over 20 years of experience in the publishing and media industry, holding senior leadership roles in both commercial and operational areas, working with a diverse set of leading Independent Publishing and Media businesses.

From 2020 Joel served as the Managing Director of Marketforce, where he helped develop a print centre of excellence with a growing remit across Future PLC’s magazine business and Distribution partner to a host of Independent Publishing and Media businesses.

Alongside his current role in the strategic governance of Future’s B2C Magazine business, he is also a member of the Executive Leadership Team of Future’s B2C division.

Jo has over 16 years’ experience as a marketing professional and is innovative and strategic. Highly motivated and results-driven with a proven record in change management and building successful teams that deliver sales and contribution targets using a range of direct and digital marketing techniques, in both consumer and B2C publishing environments.

Previously Head of Subscriptions - Lead Generation & Acquisition at Bauer and Head of Subscription Marketing at TSL Education.

Sophie Griffiths joined Travel Trade Gazette in March 2010 as a news reporter before working her way up to the position of editor in January 2017. She is also the founder of TTG LGBT - a network for LGBT people and allies within the travel industry - which  champions diversity within the sector.

Sophie was named Editor of the Year at the PPA Independent Publisher Awards in 2018, 2019 and 2022. In January 2022 Sophie was named TTG’s first Chief Purpose Officer, helping TTG in its mission to drive a smarter, better, fairer travel industry. Sophie returned from a year’s maternity leave in September 2024

Steve is a senior executive with 20 years’ experience in cross-platform media, leading and developing digital and print businesses.

He joined Bauer in 2020, as Managing Director their UK’s Sport & Women’s Specialist Portfolio, from TI Media/Future Publishing where he worked as Managing Director of Country Life and Cycling Weekly over the past four years.

Prior to that he founded content marketing company High Line, working with clients such as Time Inc UK and Archant.

Mandy is Director, Magazines at BBC Studios. She is responsible for Top Gear magazine and Topgear.com as well as the strategic partnership with Immediate Media for the stable of BBC branded magazines. This is Mandy’s second stint with the commercial arm of the BBC having previously been the MD of Galleon (Dovetail). She has worked in roles across the publishing industry for her entire career.

Russell Blackman is a dynamic and accomplished leader in the commercial and social enterprise space. As Managing Director of Big Issue, a leading B-Corp and social enterprise, Russell has spent over nine years steering the organisation to unprecedented success.

With a career spanning more than two decades, Russell has excelled in brand building, digital media, and publishing, driving long-term growth and delivering meaningful societal impact.

His tenure at Dennis Publishing, where he served as Publishing Director, saw him managing and expanding a diverse portfolio of lifestyle and entertainment brands.

Russell is known for his inclusive and collaborative leadership style, inspiring teams and stakeholders alike to deliver exceptional results. A strong advocate for businesses as forces for good, Russell's passion lies in leveraging commercial strategies to create genuine value exchanges and positive societal impact. His work exemplifies the transformative power of business in driving positive change, making him a truly inspiring figure within the industry.

Seema has over 20 years of subscription marketing experience, within consumer publishing, including roles at Hearst and Immediate. Currently, as Head of Marketing at the Chelsea Magazine Company, Seema is responsible for developing full funnel subscription strategies and leading a team to execute end-to-end marketing campaigns across both print and digital platforms.

Luise has over 25 years’ of subscription marketing experience in both B2C and B2B publishing, including roles at What on Earth! Magazine, Future, Dennis and RBI.

Luise is results driven, solution focused and customer centric, with a proven track record for delivery and impact on results through direct & digital marketing and customer support management.

Helen is an events professional with over 27 years of expertise, who heads up Haymarket's event division working both in the UK and across a Global portfolio of events.

Working across all of Haymarket's market leading brands her team delivers over 72 best in class events; Awards, Conferences and Forums.

The division also delivers managed event solutions managing and growing the event portfolios for some of the world's leading professional associations, including: The Chartered Institute of Personnel Development with the CIPD People Management Awards, The Press Awards and the Regional Press Awards for the News Media Association.

Haymarket Events put cutting edge content, business matching opportunities and outstanding experiences at the heart of all our products.

Ashley Stewart Noble is an award-winning editor whose experience spans print, digital, music and television. In his 30-year career at major media companies, he has brought fresh thinking to content strategy, editorial direction and digital transformation.

Mike Sewell is managing director of CPL One, a content marketing agency creating digital and print magazines and other content for a broad range of clients.

Mike trained as a journalist on the East Anglian Daily Times before working for a corporate communications agency, where he edited a number of award-winning company newspapers and magazines.

After joining Cambridge-based CPL, he led a management buyout before going on to combine forces with Century One to create CPL One in 2022.

He leads of team of 70 people, including video, print and data journalists, graphic designers, media sales experts, web developers and digital marketers. CPL One’s business purpose is simple: to help people belong.