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Lynsey Sweales

Founding Partner

Lynsey is an internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, author, facilitator and consultant specialising in leadership, digital transformation and commerce. With over two decades of experience, she has empowered organisations across diverse sectors—including CPG, FMCG, tech, and luxury brands—through her expertise in digital transformation and leadership.
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Colin Smith

Founding Partner

Colin Smith is a dynamic L&D professional with a specialism in Leadership and Digital. He has over 25 years of experience in digital business, having held senior leadership roles at LinkedIn, Yahoo, and AOL before transitioning to digital transformation and leadership development consulting. Over the past 12 years, he has designed and facilitated global programmes for top companies like Google, Shiseido, Colgate Palmolive, and Walmart.
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Chris Hewitt

Expert Consultant & Facilitator

Chris is a highly experienced training lead with over 15 years of expertise in designing and delivering development programmes across financial and professional skills. He has worked with global clients spanning banking, asset management, and commercial sectors—ranging from senior executives to operational teams.
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Katie Roden

Expert Consultant & Facilitator

Katie has over 30 years of experience in leadership roles across diverse industries, specializing in leadership, business transformation, brand strategy, and communications, with a focus on digital transformation and corporate culture.
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Neil Perkin

Expert Consultant & Facilitator

Neil is a renowned writer, keynote speaker, and founder of Only Dead Fish, a digital consultancy specialising in applying digital and emerging technologies for business optimization. He is the author of best-selling books ‘Building The Agile Business,’ ‘Agile Transformation,’ and ‘Agile Marketing,’ which guide leaders in achieving organisational agility. Neil has run global digital leadership programs, consulted with multinational businesses on transformation, and is a frequent keynote speaker on digital transformation, agile strategy, and leadership.
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Niall McKinney

Expert Consultant & Facilitator

With two decades of groundbreaking work in digital, data, and ecommerce, Niall McKinney is a global expert in fostering digital and ecommerce excellence.
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Amale Galbhouni

Expert Consultant & Coach

Amale is an executive coach and team effectiveness expert with over ten years of experience, accredited by ICF and certified in LEGO Serious Play. She is the founder of an experiential team effectiveness studio and has worked with brands like Visa, Levi’s, Ralph Lauren, UBS, Mercedes, Mondelez, More Than, and T-Mobile.
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Andrew Thomas

Expert Consultant & Facilitator

Andrew is a seasoned commercial marketer and strategic advisor with over 30 years of experience, specialising in digital transformation. He began his career at BMP DDB in London after serving as a captain in the Army and later worked extensively at McCann-Erickson. Andrew played a pivotal role at ECI Ventures-backed Bounty Group, enhancing its digital presence leading to its sale to Kaboose. Currently, he is a digital transformation coach, a growth expert on the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Programme, and a trainer for The Google Digital Academy. He holds a PGDip in Executive Coaching and Leadership Mentoring, and is a Fellow of both the Institute of Leadership and Management and the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
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Giorgia Gamba Quilliam

Learning and Design Consultant

Giorgia is an award-winning learning and development professional with over 15 years of experience, specialising in equality, diversity, inclusion, and people management development. She has led the design of a digital equality, diversity, and inclusion program for CIPD in partnership with the NHS, which is being implemented nationwide.
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Anwobo Amihere

Expert Consultant & Facilitator

Anwobo is a seasoned facilitator specialising in paid media, data, privacy, automation, and digital transformation. He has delivered both in-person and virtual courses globally for Jellyfish, working with renowned companies like LG, Samsung, Ford, Accenture, Adidas, and Just Eat.
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Elizabeth Taylor

Expert Consultant & Facilitator

Elizabeth brings over 20 years of experience in digital marketing and communications across APAC and Europe, offering strategic marketing audits, consultancy, and training to clients.
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Kenji Gjovig

Expert Consultant & Facilitator

A functional expert in eCommerce, digital marketing, merchandising, retail media, and product content, I have extensive corporate experience, having held senior executive roles in large retail and consumer technology companies including Walmart, Albertsons Companies, Corsair, and Rite Aid since 2011. 
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Daniel Solomons

Expert Consultant & Facilitator

Daniel helps leadership teams unlock growth. He has spent the past 12 years working with senior executives from more than 450 companies, helping them to develop the vision, mindset and skill-set needed to propel their people and businesses forward.
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Louise Au

Expert Consultant & Facilitator

Louise Au has over 20 years of experience in digital marketing, training, and management consulting, and is currently the COO of NDN Group, a leading digital transformation company in Hong Kong and China. She is also the founder of Axis Business Consulting, which focuses on agency mergers and acquisitions, and Mercury Digital Marketing, which specialises in marketing strategies and training.
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Eddie Chan

Expert Consultant & Facilitator

Eddie is a seasoned eCommerce and Digital Marketing executive with over two decades of experience in driving digital transformation across APAC markets. He excels in developing seamless customer journeys, optimising online business, and creating omnichannel strategies for major brands like Cathay Pacific, Marriott, Sasa, Walmart, and DFI Retail Group. Eddie also serves as a part-time lecturer for postgraduate programs at HKU in Greater China and frequently speaks at international conferences.
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