Chief Marketing Officer at Telstra

Brent Smart is CMO of Telstra, where he leads marketing for Australia’s largest telco and second most valuable brand, with a team of over 250 marketers. He is driving a creative transformation of the brand, forming the innovative new agency model +61.

‍Co-Founder + Creative at ABEL

‍Co-Founder and Creative of ABEL, which she founded in 2019 after years at the big agencies. ABEL represents a new commercial creative offering for brands, meaning they can work directly with creatives - all the creativity, none of the chaos.

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Executive General Manager, Strategy & Research at Tourism Australia

Rob has played a critical role in shaping the organisation’s response to the 2019/20 Black Summer Bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic, guiding Tourism Australia through unprecedented challenges. With over 15 years of prior experience in the advertising industry, Rob was instrumental in developing internationally recognised campaigns. His expertise lies in blending strategic insight with creative execution to elevate Australia’s global tourism profile.

Global Agency CEO

For nearly 25 years, Nick worked on some of the world’s most iconic brands in the US, UK, New Zealand and Australia, and at agencies who operate at the business end of creativity. His passion for commercial creativity and his entrepreneurial mind helped launch some of the most innovative and transformative work to come out of the Australian market in the last two decades.