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Laura Burch Founder and managing partner, Work & Class Laura Peters Associate Director of External Relations, Alzheimer's Society Lauren Winter Global MD Consumer Culture, Fleishman Hillard Lawrence Francis Manging Director, Premier Lawrence Rosenberg Senior Account Manager, Spreckley Leila Ager Group Managing Director, Burson Lija Kresowaty Head of External Communications, Reach Lisa Lee Executive Director of Brand, Campaigns and Communications, WWF Louie St Claire Founder, Delphi Lucy Somers Deputy Director of Digital, PLMR Lucy McGettigan Partner, The Romans Lucy Hutchinson Head of Consumer PR, Ogilvy Lucy Hart Executive strategy director, The Romans Luke Robinson Director of Communications, Cancer Research UK Mandy Sharp Founder & CEO, Tin Man Mary Harding De Pol Co CEO, Tangerine Communications Matt Drage Global Communication & Marketing Director, Ingka Centres Matt Brown Managing Director, W Communications Max Puller Business Strategy and Communications Director, Computacenter Michael White Head of PR and Communications, Six Nations Rugby Michael Dowell ECD, MSL UK Naomi Jones CA Director Mars Wrigley UK and Ireland, Mars Natalie Allen Senior Account Director, Battenhall Nicky Eaton Senior Director, Head of Communications and Editorial, EMEA, Christie's Oli Bradley Managing Director, Words + Pixels Paul Fincham Group Head, Communications, Corporate Affairs & Marketing, LSEG Paul Lucas Partner, Fanclub Priya Brahmbhatt-Patel Executive Director Communications and Engagement, Ofgem Rachael Sansom CEO UK & Europe Havas Red, Havas Red Rachel Carr Director of Communications, Department of Health and Social Care Rachel Gilley CEO, Clarity Global Ranjeet Kaile Director of Communications, Stakeholder Engagement, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust Rebecca Holmes Creative Strategy Director, Cirkle Richard Agnew Communications and Insights Director, Jaguar Landrover Richard Wray EVP - External Communications & Brand, Rolls-Royce PLC Rob Foyle Head of Communications, Vivo Energy Samantha Ndebele Account Director, Burson Sam Corry Managing Director, Taylor Herring Sam Brown Head of PR, 72Point Sarah Warman Director of Communications, BrewDog Sara Vogt Deputy Director, Corporate Communications, Ministry of Justice Sarita Shah Strategic Communications, Weber Shandwick Selena Callas Senior Managing Director, Teneo Sharon Sawers Chief Communications Officer, Metropolitan Police Sharon Hanley Head of Comms, Radio 2, 6 Music and Pop Music TV, BBC Shelley Cukier Account Director, Broadcast Revolution Sneha Patel Senior Vice President, Blackstone Stuart Williamson Chief corporate affairs officer, The Jockey Club Sujit Jasani Communications & Marketing Lead, UEFA EURO 2028 UK & Ireland - The Football Association Susie Dullard co-founder and director, Woosah Suzy Socker Managing Director, Edelman Svetlana Sanbe PR Leader Europe, Gensler Syeda Hasnain Head of Communications, Merck Healthcare Tara Berry Head of PR & Communications, giffgaff Tom Wadsworth Head of Communications, UKI, Siemens Mobility Victoria Biggs SVP, Global Communications, Creator & Social, 160over90, an Endeavor Company