Cohort 1 brought together marketing leaders from ZOE, AG1, VEED, Essity, Cezanne HR, Ledgy, S&P Global Ratings, ComplyAdvantage, Verisk and Paysecure.

Pia Villa
VP Growth EU, AG1
Pia builds and scales growth across Europe, drawing on years of senior marketing leadership at Noom, graze, innocent drinks..

Sara Gordon
Growth & Positioning Expert
Sara advises startups on brand, growth, and positioning, and coaches their founders on getting the message just right.

Una McGuinness
Fractional CMO, UFM Talent
Una has led marketing for over 20 years across the global executive search and staffing world, from the UK and Spain.

Lisa Vecchio
Senior Marketing Director, VEED
Lisa builds integrated marketing and global campaign strategy, refined across Aircall, Hootsuite, Expedia, and Wiley.

Maya Moufarek
Fractional CMO & Board Member
Maya advises tech startups as a fractional CXO, after scaling Pharmacy2U to a PE exit as founding CMO and a NED role.

Valma Wenzl
VP of Marketing, Ledgy
Valma builds and scales marketing for B2B SaaS through hypergrowth, after roles at MoonPay, Ravelin, and Yoyo Wallet.

Jessica Rhodes
Global Marketing Director, Paysecure
Jessica drives global marketing across fintech and complex tech, after Head of Marketing roles at BR-DGE and networx.

Tate Gibson
VP Marketing, Genio
Tate leads marketing for UK EdTech, after leading growth at Peak and senior marketing roles at AccessPay and Comm100.

Stephen Taylor
Fractional CMO & Marketing Advisor
Stephen has held senior CMO roles across global consumer brands including HMD (Nokia), PayPal, Samsung, and Gillette.

Kimberley Derudder
Global Head of Marketing Campaigns, ComplyAdvantage
Kim orchestrates campaigns that connect brand, demand, and revenue, after growth and content marketing roles at Xara.

Sarah Cameron
Head of Content & PR, ComplyAdvantage
Sarah leads content and PR, after rising from copywriter to head of function, drawing on agency and publishing roots.

MJ Smith
CMO, CoLab Software
MJ leads marketing for engineering and hardware teams, after demand-gen at Refine Labs and leadership roles at Halma.

Anders Lindstrom
CMO, Cezanne HR
Anders leads marketing and sits on the board, after marketing leadership at Magnit, Sygnature, Siemens, and Experian.

Iulia Balan
VP International Marketing, Verisk
Iulia leads international marketing for data analytics, after 13 years at State Street, where she built its ABM team.

Catherine Tsai
VP Digital Marketing & Strategy, Verisk
Catherine leads digital marketing and strategy, drawing on senior roles at Wiley, Thomson Reuters, and GLG worldwide.

Gael De Talhouet
VP Brand Building, Essity
Gael builds global consumer brands, after a decade at Reckitt leading Veet, Dettol, and Finish, and his start at P&G.

Virginia (Gins) Ford-Young
CMO, S&P Global Ratings
Virginia has spent over 15 years at S&P Global, founding product marketing and building it into a real growth engine.

Sophie Jenkins
CMO, Paris Society
Sophie builds premium and luxury brands, after leading marketing at Beauty Pie and roles at Estée Lauder, from Dubai.

