Katherine serves as the Chief Marketing Officer for KFC Canada. In her role, she oversees all omnichannel marketing planning, communications, corporate reputation and innovation development for the Canadian business unit and is responsible for brand health and profitable revenue growth.

Katherine kick started her career in Ireland, working for Procter &...show more

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At Metrolinx, Sharyn Byrne-Nearing and her team are leading a complete brand and digital transformation and design thinking led product innovation. Her goal is to build vibrant, beloved and inclusive brands that resonate with consumers and deliver on Metrolinx’s vision of becoming a world class transit system for the Greater...show more

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Steven Cull is a senior product management professional with over 20 years of experience in the wireless and telecom industry. As the head of mobile product management, services and strategy, at Samsung Canada, Cull is responsible for leading cross-functional teams across various lines of business - including technology, sales, marketing,...show more

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Leslie Golts is the GM and CMO for the Unilever Canada Beauty & Wellness Group. She is responsible for driving profitable growth and brand success across Hair, Skincare, Vitamins & Enhanced hydration categories.

Golts is a highly awarded marketing executive with...show more

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Uri is the Managing Director for Amazon Ads Canada. He joined Amazon in 2015 as one of the Canadian division’s early employees. Uri is based in Toronto and is responsible leading a multi-functional organization that enables advertisers to meet audiences where they shop, read, listen and watch. Prior to joining...show more

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Robin Hassan is a strategic and innovative leader with a passion for building engaged teams, brands with purpose, and driving commercial growth. She has a consistent record of establishing centres of excellence and upskilling teams to create best in class consumer centric programs powered by data.

Currently, Robin is heading up...show more

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Over the last two decades, Hughes has developed an innovative approach to behaviour-led strategic planning that has seen him working for agencies, start-ups, political campaigns, global brands and being the recipient of multiple national marketing awards.

As chief strategy officer and head of client success at Toronto-based advertising agency, Humanity, Hughes...show more

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Christine Kalvenes, SVP, global head of innovation and marketing, McCain Foods

Christine Kalvenes is global head of marketing and innovation for McCain Foods, where she recently launched the "Regen Fries" campaign to raise awareness of the company’s sustainability commitments toward regenerative farming. 

In her role, Kalvenes is responsible for the marketing and...show more

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PHILIPPE KLEIM is Vice-President, National Revenue at Corus Entertainment; Canada's leading pure play
media and content company, where he oversees multi-platform sales for brands such as STACKTV,
Global, Food network, HGTV, Adult Swim, Disney Channel, YTV and many more.  Prior to Corus he
worked in various sales, business development and...show more

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Knowles thrives on delivering best-in-class research solutions that address the say/do gap in consumer behaviour. She sees herself as an extension of her client’s team and continually delivers inspiring research that helps business leaders make critical decisions. 

As part of the leadership team at Research Strategy Group, Knowles heads up the...show more

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With a strong track record of developing innovative marketing strategies, Litzinger is leading Sephora Canada's marketing efforts to enhance its market presence and customer engagement. An international award-winning brand builder and marketer with more than 20 years’ experience, she is known and recognized for her consumer insight led strategies and...show more

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Devon MacDonald has extensive experience in the media, technology, and creative industries and uses his background to help clients and teams achieve their ambition. 

MacDonald has run companies and teams within some of the leading organizations across Canada. Prior to joining Cairns Oneil, he was the CEO at Mindshare Canada, a...show more

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Lisa Mazurkewich is a strategic marketing professional with leadership experience building iconic brands and delivering outstanding performance. Mazurkewich is passionate about coupling consumer understanding with strategic, creative and digital capabilities to deliver integrated campaigns and new product innovation. Her brand history includes Ulta Beauty, Starbucks, Bacardi, TJX, Fire & Flower...show more

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Tracy Nesdoly is an accomplished communications professional who currently holds the role of VP, marketing communications at Rakuten Kobo, a pioneering global digital bookseller with a mission to make reading lives better for all.

She is responsible for international communications and branding initiatives aimed at making reading lives better...show more

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Alex Panousis is an executive leader with over 20 years of expertise in media, digital technology, commerce and communications. She is known for driving growth by leading organizations through complex changes and helping brands and companies transform their businesses.

Panousis has led teams as CEO of Publicis Media, Havas, Dentsu Media...show more

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Bobby Sahni is a veteran and thought-leader in the multicultural marketing and advertising industry. He was previously the head of multicultural marketing at Rogers Communications and has been a pioneer in developing, executing and managing diversity and multicultural marketing initiatives for a number of best-in-class organizations. Sahni is co-founder and...show more

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Known as a creative disruptor and strategic storyteller, Jess’ thirteen-year career with PepsiCo has taken a non-traditional approach to successfully grow some of Frito Lay’s and Quaker’s most iconic brands. Her passion for integrating purpose
in every fabric of her work, has led to championing breakthrough marketing campaigns and helping...show more

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Sean Stanleigh is Head of Globe Content Studio, the content-marketing division of The Globe and Mail, a national media and technology company. His team blends audience data with journalistic intuition and experience to craft great storytelling on behalf of brands, positioning them as thought leaders with influential audiences across multiple platforms.  Sean has held...show more

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As an insights-driven leader, Toperczer is focused on helping marketers and CEOs make fact-based decisions that drive their business forward and maximize their ROI. Toperczer's career has encompassed a 360 view of the marketing world – including agency, brand, not-for-profit, social enterprise and consumer insights. She has built capabilities across...show more

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Christopher is the current Head of Sales for Twitch Canada.  Christopher has been at the
forefront of the video evolution in Canada helping partners navigate moving from broadcast
to a video everywhere strategy. He specializes in helping brands connect with their "next"
customer across and brings a wealth of experience...show more

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