Eileen Kiernan is the Global CEO of Mediabrands, and is responsible for the vision, strategy, and performance of the global IPG network and its 13,000 employees across 130 countries.

With more than 25 years of experience spanning brand stewardship, integrated marketing, creative strategy, business development and team leadership, Eileen brings a rich blend of purpose-driven creativity, innate curiosity, and diversity of thought to her role. Under her leadership, UM was named Campaign’s Global Media Agency of the Year in 2021 and Adweek’s U.S. Media Agency of the Year in 2020. Eileen sits on the Board of the AEF, the ANA’s Educational Foundation. Originally from Ireland, Eileen holds degrees from University College Dublin and Pace University. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, Denis, daughter, Grace, and their many four-legged friends.

Dimitri is Global CEO of Initiative. Prior to this role, Dimitri was Global CEO of Reprise, Mediabrands’ specialist agency dedicated to delivering integrated solutions in digital marketing and e-commerce. As Global CEO of Reprise, Dimitri was responsible for helping to grow Reprise across the agency’s global network, as well as cultivating partnerships and driving the IPG open architecture platform between Reprise and Mediabrands’ full-service media agencies, UM and Initiative. Dimitri has a background in data analytics, extensive experience in managing creative agencies and a passion for strategy. He is originally from Belgium and holds degrees from the University of Antwerp and the Xavier Institute of Management in India.

As Global Chief Executive Officer, Andrea is responsible for UM’s global vision, strategy, direction and operations, overseeing global management for UM’s clients, including American Express, Honda, Johnson & Johnson, Levi Strauss & Co., Nestlé and Sony. She joined IPG Mediabrands in 2009 and most recently served as the Global President of THRIVE, the network’s dedicated to Nestlé unit.

Throughout her career, Andrea has been a leader in the development of media culture innovation and as a result, the agencies under her leadership have been awarded more than 40 Lions at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, as well as in hundreds of other internationally recognized industry events. Outside of work, Andrea enjoys spending time with her family, including her three children.

John Moore is the Global CEO of Mediahub, responsible for crafting the agency’s vision and spearheading business development across all of Mediahub’s offices worldwide. He has built an international operation that focuses on putting creativity at the core of every media solution and helping brands challenge the media conventions of their categories. Under John’s leadership, Mediahub has landed some of the most prominent brands in the world as clients, including Netflix, Twitch, Pinterest, Chipotle, Royal Caribbean, Morgan Stanley E*TRADE, and Fox Entertainment + Sports, and has been named Adweek’s Media Agency of the Year and Ad Age’s Media Agency of the Year.

John has spent 25 years of his career at Mediahub, starting as a Media Director in 1997. Earlier, he held roles at Havas and Rossin Greenberg Seronick. John is a graduate of the university of South Carolina and resides in the greater Boston area.

Lynn is Global CMO of Mediabrands and is responsible for defining, aligning and activating Mediabrands marketing strategy and activities around the world. Most recently, Lynn served as U.S. CEO of Mediabrands agency UM, charged with building UM’s culture and capabilities across the U.S. As CEO, she repositioned UM US as the “Futureproof” agency, leading to several new business wins and a vibrant, highly connected agency culture. Under Lynn, UM U.S. was named Adweek’s U.S. Media Agency of the Year and frequently landed on AdAge’s Best Places to Work list. Lynn has been recognized by Strive and She Runs It for her commitment to accelerating career opportunities for women and under-represented groups within the agency and industry. She was named Adweek’s Executive of the Year in 2019, Campaign’s Agency Head of the Year in 2020 and a She Runs It Woman of the Year in 2021. Lynn also sits on the board of the Ad Council, American Advertising Federation, MAKERS and POTTOW. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, she lives in New York with her husband and two children.

Jarrod is the Global CEO of Reprise. Jarrod brings his AI and analytics expertise to accelerate the depth and power of Reprise’s precision digital and e-commerce solutions. Prior to this role, Jarrod was Global Chief Operating Officer of Initiative, overseeing the Operations and Innovation team. Over the last five years at Initiative, Jarrod turned his passion for data and insights into a competitive advantage for the award-winning global agency. He has been a champion of building new service models for clients across core data functions of digital reporting, analytics, and optimization. Jarrod’s career at Mediabrands began in 2013 where he started a specialist analytics unit in Australia, later moving to New York, becoming Global President of Mediabrands Insights before joining Initiative.

Laura is Global President of Orion, responsible for establishing and communicating the organization’s vision, mission and overall direction. Prior to her current position, Laura held a dual role as the Global President of OPEN, the agency’s innovative addressable offering, and Orion’s Global Client Officer. Laura’s acumen, ability to problem solve, and commitment to delivering value for clients helped drive consecutive years of revenue growth and increased profitability at the agency. A graduate of Fordham University with a B.S. in Business Administration, Laura lives in Connecticut with her family.

Ian Courts is the Global CFO of Mediabrands, responsible for all areas of global finance, accounting, technology, legal & compliance, and M&A. He previously served as Global CFO of Kinesso and supported IPG’s broader data and marketing technology operations, including Acxiom and Matterkind.  In this capacity, Ian was charged with providing strategic counsel, financial leadership and the acceleration of growth opportunities.

Ian has two decades of experience at IPG, working across creative, media, data and technology. Some of his roles within Mediabrands include financial leadership of the EMEA, APAC, Latam and Canadian markets.

Prior to IPG, Ian began his career in the UK at PwC, and proceeded to take on management positions in PwC’s Australian operation, working for periods of time in both South Africa and China.

A non-Executive member of the Audit and Risk Governance Committee at Sport England, Ian is a graduate of Warwick University and an ICAEW qualified chartered accountant. An avid cricket fan and fitness enthusiast, Ian is married with three boys.

Guy is Global President of Mediabrands, and is responsible for driving overall commercial value across all Mediabrands agencies globally, as well, as leading MAGNA, our negotiation and Intelligence arm. As part of his role he will also lead all implementation of core operational transformation initiatives, delivering on our sustainability goals around the world, and overseeing all legal and IT infrastructure across the global network. Prior to this role, Guy served as CFO for Mediabrands, responsible for the financial management of Mediabrands worldwide and its operating companies, including UM, Initiative, Orion, Reprise, and Rapport. He has also had previous Mediabrands, UM and Initiative roles in his career and has lived and worked in London, Singapore and New York.

Hermon is Global Chief Culture Officer of Mediabrands and is responsible for overseeing the agency network’s global cultural efforts, which includes overseeing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) strategy and leading the agency network’s Learning & Development efforts globally. Hermon began her career at renowned agency brands including Leo Burnett, Deutsch LA, and Goodby Silverstein & Partners. She was most recently a Director at executive search firm Grace Blue, where she managed a diverse portfolio of senior leadership searches on the brand and agency sides. An Eritrean immigrant and Harvard graduate, Hermon is an accomplished leader and industry advisor who has spent her career building strong team cultures that enrich team members and drive business results. She currently sits on the Directors Council of the VCU Brandcenter, the premier graduate school for advertising and communications, and is the lead Director on Education and Pedagogy for the Council.

Jim is Global COO of Mediabrands, and is responsible for global operations, overseeing all regions outside of the US, and the development of global talent across the Mediabrands network. Previous to this role, he was the CEO of G-14 markets (MB’s largest international markets) and President, Global clients, managing some of our biggest and most-prestigious global accounts. In another life, Jim started his career at Coca-Cola and was Chief Marketing Officer at BSkyB, ITV and Barclays. Jim graduated from Wharton Business School, was a long-standing trustee of Comic Relief in the UK and now strongly supports the Ruth Strauss foundation, a charity focused on lung cancer awareness and emotional support.

Scott is the U.S. COO of Mediabrands and Chair of the Mediabrands U.S. Executive Leadership Team. He is also the Global President of Mediabrands OOH specialist agency, Rapport. Scott joined Mediabrands through UM in 2010 to lead the Fiat-Chrysler business and quickly started to build the Detroit office into one of UM’s largest and most successful global offices. Under his leadership the office has grown significantly and diversified its portfolio. Prior to joining UM, Scott worked at BBDO for 11 years, rising to the level of Chief Brand Officer. His extensive background across Brand Creative, Media and CRM agencies, gives Scott a deep understanding of the connection between Brands and their customers and how marketing drives business growth. Scott holds a B.S. in Advertising from Michigan State University, and an MBA in Marketing at Wayne State University.

As Mediabrands’ Global Chief Content Officer, Brendan is responsible for networking and consolidating Mediabrands’ suite of creative and media capabilities around the world. Brendan’s role includes overseeing the launch of a global content division as well as managing short- and long-form Original, Branded, Performance and Campaign content opportunities across Mediabrands internationally. Brendan is also Global President of TRAVERSE32, Mediabrands’ new development and production studio where he runs development, acquisitions, and distribution of original narrative and unscripted content.

Previously, Brendan spent 14 years as Founder and Head of Mediabrands’ UM Studios where he pioneered a new model of brand-funded original entertainment. His recent projects under the UM banner include the multi-award-winning IFC Films’ Dear Santa, which Gaul produced for USPS; the 2018 feature, 5B, co-directed by Academy-Award nominee Dan Krauss and Oscar winner Paul Haggis which won the Entertainment Lions Grand Prix and is now part of MOMA’s Permanent Collection, distributed by RYOT/Verizon; and OSO.

Deidre is the EVP, Managing Partner at Identity, Mediabrands’ data-led diversity & multicultural segment agency focused on driving brand growth based on these influential segments. In her role, Deidre ensures Mediabrands agencies use a Culture SMART lens when unlocking the power of culture for clients – through deep audience analytics, audience workshops, media strategy and media investment. Deidre is an award-winning advertising executive who has been at the forefront of the industry for more than 20 years. Deidre fundamentally believes that diversity, equity and inclusion for all is a true competitive advantage that drives business success.