PMW 100

Powerlist 2023

The search for the most influential people in performance marketing

Welcome to the PMW 100 Powerlist 

Words: Robin Langford

Design: Lucy Shelley, Jide Eguakun and Robin Langford

The PMW 100 Powerlist names the top 100 performance marketing professionals that have made the biggest positive changes for the industry over the past year – as nominated by their peers.

The type of qualities considered for inclusion in the PMW 100 Powerlist were:

  • Innovation that drove the marketing industry forward;
  • Thought leadership that changed mindsets;
  • Achieving world-class results for brands or clients that set a gold standard for the industry; and
  • Overcoming obstacles to defy expectations. 

This list is made up of people who work in the UK performance marketing industry, but there can be an international element to their role, as long as a significant portion of their work involves the UK market.

Over 250 people were put forward for the list this year and it was a monumental task choosing the final 100. The PMW editorial team assembled a panel of external judges from senior roles working at an industry level. Their feedback was crucial to help determine the finished list and we thank each of them for their support:

  • Townsend Feehan: Chief Executive Officer, IAB Europe
  • Scott Guthrie: Director General, Influencer Marketing Trade Body
  • Paul Stringer: Managing Editor Research and Advisory, WARC
  • Jane Ostler: EVP, Global Thought Leadership, Kantar
  • Ed Gemmell: Group Corporate Affairs Director, Kantar

The list is intended to be a celebration of the vast and diverse talent that exists in the performance marketing industry, either at a dashboard level driving leads, clicks and sales, at a strategic level leading teams to success or at an industry-wide level changing minds and best practice. 

If you feel we have missed out including some key industry luminaries, let us know below and register your interest for the PMW 100 Powerlist 2024, launching next Spring. 

Many congratulations to our successful nominees. Read on for the results as they are published over the next seven days.

PMW 100 Powerlist

1-20

Oliver Shayer

Omni-Media Director

Boots

Anne Coghlan

COO and Founder

Scope3

Arjan Dijk

SVP and CMO

Booking.com

Ana Afán Ruiz

Head of E-Commerce GB

Coca-Cola

Avinash Kaushik

Chief Strategy Officer

Croud

Peter Field

Independent Marketing and Advertising Professional

Jane Stiller

Chief Marketing Officer

ITV

Matt Brittin

President, EMEA

Google

Kate Cox

Chief Marketing Officer

Brightbid

Steven Bartlett

Co-founder

Flight Story

Rachel Aldighieri

Managing Director

DMA

Azlan Raj

Chief Marketing Officer, UK&I

dentsu

Les Binet

Head of Effectiveness

adam&eveDBB

Alison Thorburn

Digital Accelerator, BT Media

BT

Jon Mew

CEO

IAB

Stephen Allan

Executive Chair

Brainlabs

Mudit Jaju

Global Commerce Media Lead

Publicis

Marisa Thomas

Chief Marketing Officer

Good-Loop

Sam Holt

Managing Director

Performics UK

Caroline Harrison

Head of Digital Marketing

HSBC

21-40

Nicole Kivel

Managing Director for Northern Europe

Criteo

Chris Combemale

CEO

DMA

Chloe Wong

PPC Manager

easyJet and easyJet Holidays

Rob Pierre

Co-founder and Chairman

Jellyfish

Collette Munnely

Solutions Engineer

Microsoft Advertising

Jon Evans

Chief Customer Officer

System1

Michelle Patrick

EMEA Chief Media Solutions Officer

EssenceMediacom

Philip Acton

UK Country MD

Adform

Surinder Phuller

Senior Director Marketing EMEA and APAC

Hilton

Duarte Garrido

Global Head of Social and Omnichannel

Standard Chartered Bank

Tash Whitmey

Loyalty and Membership Director

Tesco

Justin Taylor

UK MD

Teads

Joseph McKenna

Executive Director, Digital

mSix&Partners

Phil Christer

UK MD

Amazon Ads

Rita Harnett

Global Head of DTC and Social Commerce

Wavemaker

Liam Wade

Director of Performance

Impression

Townsend Feehan

CEO

IAB Europe

Gustav Westman

CEO

BrightBid

Paul Kasamias

Chief Performance Officer

Performics UK @ Starcom

Alice Anson

Digital Media Director (Onsite and Offsite)

Nectar360

41-60

Cat Daniel

Growth Marketing Director

Monzo Bank

Oli Saunders

Global Head of Addressable Solutions

Wavemaker

Inderpaul Rai

Head of Acquisition and Performance Marketing

UFurnish

Charles Ruyant

Managing Director

Thyga

Dale Fisher

Head of Global Display and Paid Social Growth Marketing

Superbet

Chloe Hawking

CEO

Reprise

Phil Duffield

VP UK

The Trade Desk

Emil Bielski

MD, UK, EMEA, APAC

Croud

Martin Kelly

EMEA and APAC CEO

Kepler

Tom Ridges

CEO and Founder

Herdify

Katy Howell

CEO

Immediate Future

Nick Mason

Co-founder

Turtl

Steve Brown

Founder

Moonpull

Amanda Morrissey

CEO

iProspect

Paul Bainsfair

Director General

IPA

Stephen Riad

VP, Global Mid-market and SMB Sales

Reddit

Rhys Cater

Managing Director

Precis Digital

Farhad Divecha

Founder

Accuracast

Sara Holt

Group Marketing Director, UK and Europe

Merlin

Elton Ollerhead

Director

ASOS Media Group

61-80

Daniel Pirchio

CEO and Founder

Onetag

Louis Venter

CEO and Founder

MediaVision

Nick Reid

Managing Director, EMEA

DoubleVerify

Mallory Simmonds

President, EMEA

Kepler

Neil Jones

Head of Performance Media

Boots UK

Robin Ward

Head of Sales, Europe

LTK

Emma Lacey

SVP, EMEA

Zefr

Tom Kendall

Head of Digital Marketing

IBM EMEA

Matt Nash

Managing Director

Scibids

Michelle Urwin

VP Marketing

Skai

Greg Levine

Chief Operations and Growth Officer

Vitality

Fintan Gillespie

Director, UK Large Client Solutions

Snap Inc.

Jeremy Yang

Mo Moubayed

Co-founders

Veridooh

Jane Ostler

VP, Global Thought Leadership

Kantar

Charles Cadbury

CEO

Say It Now

Adam Walker

Global Digital Marketing Lead

Dufry Group

Helen Southgate

Chief Global Officer

Acceleration Partners

Chris Bishop

E-commerce and Digital Director

Nobody's Child

Rob Jackson

Founder

WYK Digital

Rakhee Jogia

MD International

Rakuten Advertising

81-100

Esme Rice

Global Influencer Practice Lead

Mindshare

Scott Guthrie

Director General

Influencer Marketing Trade Body

Hugh Stevens

Managing Director, UK

LiveRamp

Sarah Salter

Global Head of Applied Innovation

Wavemaker

Leonardo Reyes Acosta

VP Product Innovation

EssencemediacomX

Jamie Barnard

CEO

Compliant

Cat Anderson

Head of International Marketing

Sprout Social

Anil Malhotra

CMO

Bango

Gareth Turner

CEO and Founder

Big Black Door

Johnny Longden

Digital Experience Director

Journey Futher

Katrina Broster

Marketing Performance and Technology Director

The Financial Times

Jim Hawker

Co-founder

Threepipe

Fernando Angulo

Senior Market Research Manager

Semrush

Elaine Wan

Head of Affiliates and Partnerships

Sophie Van der Veken

Affiliates, Partnerships and Influencers Manager

Tails.com

Kudzai Mubaiwa

Head of Performance

Performics @ Spark Foundry

Stephen Carrol

Fintech Vertical Manager

TikTok

Becky Owen

CMO

Billion Dollar Boy

James Hilton

Founder and Chairman

M&C Saatchi Performance

Joshna Rughani

CEO

Artfinder

Seb Bardin

Global Head of E-Commerce Marketing for Cleanipedia,

Unilever

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