Speakers
Darius is the product lead on Commerce in Canada, recently moved from MiQ's home base in London. He has over six years of experience in the digital advertising industry, working across multiple product and solutions roles. Darius has brought forth his expertise across different markets, including EMEA and Canada, supporting...show more
Speaking on: A New Era of Data-Driven Sales: Capturing the holistic consumer beyond purchase behaviour (MiQ Upfront)
Nuno Bamberg is a business builder, brand strategist, and creative force—shaping how some of
Canada’s most iconic and global brands connect with people. As SVP of Brand & Marketing at
Sleep Country Canada, he leads with a bold vision: to make sleep a top priority in people’s lives
and turn...show more
Speaking on: CMO Interview
Lucy Baumgartner is a senior executive with global, regional, and local experience spanning New York, London, and Toronto. She currently leads Omnicom Media Group Canada’s connected commerce and retail media solutions, where she oversees strategy, innovation, and capability development for advertisers and media partners. Known for her ability to build...show more
Speaking on: The Growth Aisle: How Loblaw and Partners Are Redefining Retail Media in Canada (The Trade Desk Upfront)
Mr. Bianco has served as Chief Executive Officer of Kruger Products since March 9, 2018.
Prior to that, he had an accomplished and highly successful career with Kraft Foods, with
senior experience across finance, sales, marketing, and general management. He served
as President of Kraft’s U.S. Beverage division, based in...show more
Speaking on: The C-Suite sell: How big marketing bets get greenlit
Sara is a passionate leader in the Canadian market research space, with over 15 years of experience dedicated to advancing corporate reputation and brand health. Currently serving as the President Harris Canada, Sara is recognized as a distinguished expert in leveraging insights to foster stakeholder engagement and drive strategic outcomes.
Throughout...show more
Speaking on: Beyond the buzzwords: What Gen Z and Gen Alpha are really thinking
Brian Clayton is a marketing and commercial strategist with over 20 years of cross-border leadership experience spanning Canada and the U.S. As Vice President of Marketing and Sales Strategy at Kimberly-Clark Canada, Brian is the driving force behind the growth and performance of powerhouse brands like Cottonelle, U by Kotex,...show more
Speaking on: Finding Canada in a global brand: How marketers make it work
Lindsay is a talented Marketing Executive based in Toronto. With over 16 years of experience in the industry, she has developed a reputation for being a purpose-driven leader, who prioritizes a customer-focused, people-first culture and is known for her creative thought leadership and collaboration. Her passion for the customer has...show more
Speaking on: Legacy at a crossroads: The unignorable risk of losing out on the next gen
Laura Cutsey is the Vice President of Marketing and Partnerships at the Coca-Cola Company. With over 27 years of professional experience at Coca-Cola she is known for her ability to develop actionable strategies that create authentic connections with consumers to build long term brand love and loyalty. She has experience...show more
Speaking on: Finding Canada in a global brand: How marketers make it work
JJ Dobrovolski is the Senior Director of Business Development at The Trade Desk Canada, where he oversees strategic partnerships with key clients to help deliver insightful and impactful advertising solutions. With expertise spanning high-growth startups and Fortune 500 companies, JJ drives results across diverse industries including advertising, technology, consumer packaged...show more
Speaking on: The Growth Aisle: How Loblaw and Partners Are Redefining Retail Media in Canada (The Trade Desk Upfront)
Chinyere is a nationally recognized business and social impact leader known for advancing innovation
and organizational effectiveness across a wide variety of challenging operating environments. She is the
executive Head of RBC Origins, leading RBC’s enterprise Indigenous markets strategy, Indigenous
Banking business and associated Climate and Sustainability and Impact initiatives...show more
Speaking on: How RBC is advancing Reconciliation within its marketing strategy
With over two decades of experience in media strategy and planning, Christina Falconer is Group Account Director at Spark Foundry Canada. She brings a wealth of expertise across diverse sectors including CPG, automotive, pharma, retail, banking and pro-bono, with a strong track record of building trusted client relationships and delivering...show more
Speaking on: A New Era of Data-Driven Sales: Capturing the holistic consumer beyond purchase behaviour (MiQ Upfront)
Greg Gerber is the Director of Sales at Loblaw Advance, the retail media network of Loblaw Companies Limited. With over 17 years of experience in the Canadian media industry, he has held both leadership and partnership roles within leading platforms and publishers across retail media, social media and programmatic advertising....show more
Speaking on: The Growth Aisle: How Loblaw and Partners Are Redefining Retail Media in Canada (The Trade Desk Upfront)
Speaking on: Finding Canada in a global brand: How marketers make it work
Mark is a marketing and communications expert who straddles both disciplines with a laser focus on the nuances of who, what and why. He has a passion for strategic storytelling and drives results by articulating organizational purpose in new, unique and impactful ways.
Over more than 25 years at RBC, Mark...show more
Speaking on: How RBC is advancing Reconciliation within its marketing strategy
Susan Irving, Chief Marketing Officer of Kruger Products, brings more than two decades of senior marketing leadership experience with global brands including Warner Lambert, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo. She has a proven track record in brand strategy, advertising, P&L management, and digital marketing. A recognized industry leader, Susan has received numerous...show more
Speaking on: The C-Suite sell: How big marketing bets get greenlit
President and Founder of Environics Analytics, Jan Kestle, has been a leader in data
and analytics for over five decades. An expert in using statistics and mathematics to
solve social and business challenges, she has worked with hundreds of organizations in
all sectors to support their data-driven decision-making. Jan is a member...show more
Speaking on: How to align strategy, execution and measurement (VIP breakfast hosted by Environics)
Speaking on: How RBC is advancing Reconciliation within its marketing strategy
Rachel MacAdam is the Vice President of Marketing at Skip, where she leads a talented team of marketers responsible for brand strategy, creative, customer engagement, digital media, partnerships and full-funnel marketing campaigns for Canada’s homegrown convenience delivery network.
Since joining in 2023, Rachel has made significant contributions to Skip’s growth...show more
Speaking on: From struggle to strength: How Skip got to the good part
Leslie is the VP of Marketing for Molson Coors Canada. In her current role, she oversees brand
marketing in Canada and is responsible for brand health, revenue and share. In addition, she leads the
Brand Experience & Partnerships Portfolio, overseeing all partnership negotiations and deals in Canada
from NHL team...show more
Speaking on: The C-Suite sell: How big marketing bets get greenlit
Jennifer Meehan
Executive Vice President Brand Marketing, Edelman Canada & Global COO, Longevity Lab
Edelman
Jennifer Meehan is a dynamic marketing leader, known for bold ideas, cultural intuition, strategic vision and
Speaking on: From overlooked to unstoppable: Unlocking the spending power of the 55-plus demo
Brian Neumann currently leads creativity and brands at Kraft Heinz Canada as the Head of Brand Communications. His career mantra of “doing cool sh*t that people notice and drive business” has led to incredible work at companies such as Unilever, Johnson and Johnson and Kraft Heinz.
He has numerous accolades at...show more
Speaking on: Finding Canada in a global brand: How marketers make it work
As Vice President, Marketing, Andrew is responsible for growing Labatt’s iconic portfolio of 70+ brands, and leading draftLine yyz, Labatt’s in-house creative studio.
Andrew first joined Labatt in 2007 as a GMT, and has held various roles across Labatt’s sales and marketing teams, and AB InBev’s marketing leadership team. Prior to...show more
Speaking on: An insider's look at Labatt's creative marketing playbook
Anthony Purchase is Vice President of Commercial Operations for Molson Coors
Canada, where he leads strategic planning and sales operations that strengthen the
company’s market presence in one of its most competitive regions. Over the course of
nearly 20 years with Molson Coors, Anthony has advanced through a wide range...show more
Speaking on: The C-Suite sell: How big marketing bets get greenlit
Speaking on: The C-Suite sell: How big marketing bets get greenlit
Kiran Rana is the manager of content and podcast strategy at Globe Content Studio, where she oversees a team of content strategists, podcast producers, editors and writers to offer compelling storytelling across multiple mediums for The Globe and Mail. A journalist by training, Kiran melds her background in Canadian newsrooms with...show more
Speaking on: Peel back the curtain: What audiences crave in chaotic times (Globe and Mail Upfront)
Jonelle Ricketts is Head of Marketing for IKEA Canada, a world’s leading home furnishing retailer. For nearly
50 years, Canadians have welcomed IKEA into their homes and they have been strong supporters of the
IKEA brand, product range and its vision “to create a better everyday life for the many...show more
Speaking on: CMO Interview
Rebecca Rom-Frank is the Senior Marketing Strategist at WGSN, based in New York City. As a trend forecaster, she specializes in identifying shifts in consumer attitudes, media consumption, and internet culture. Her previous experience in the media industry as a writer, editor, and creative strategist includes roles at Getty Images and...show more
Speaking on: Next year now: 2026's culture code unlocked with WGSN
