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Goral Ajmera and the art of the second look
From pencil commercials to cricket collectibles, the Mumbai creative director finds stories in familiar objects. At her independent agency, Brave, the next idea has to earn its own shape.
Andrea Diquez and the business of a good laugh
A theatre-loving Venezuelan found her way into advertising and stayed for the people. Now GUT’s global CEO, Andrea Diquez is taking a familiar conviction into a much larger network: creative work needs room to be brave, and a reason to exist.
Gail Heimann and the business of being interesting
A chocolate Statue of Liberty. A Colonel Sanders visible by satellite. Gail Heimann built a career on ideas people could talk about - then took that sensibility into the chief executive’s office at Weber Shandwick.
Eduardo Maruri and the Art of Starting Again
He built an agency with his father, took a detour through politics and football, and led Grey across two continents. Back in family ownership, Eduardo Maruri is finding fresh stories in a grain of rice, a Galápagos tortoise and a cup of coffee.
The Agency That Put a Number on Courage
GUT began with a second mortgage, a one-year no-poaching rule and a stubborn word: bravery. Eight years later, that word has become a 12-office operating system for making brands harder to ignore.
The Grain of Rice That Gave Maruri Its Name Back
An Ecuadorian agency sold itself to a global network, bought itself back, then hid vacations and laptops on individual grains of rice. The odd little promotion explains the whole business.
Kenny Mitchell
Kenny Mitchell is the senior vice president and chief marketing officer of the Levi's brand at Levi Strauss & Co., where he steers global marketing for one of the world's most recognizable denim labels. Before joining Levi's in 2023, he built and scaled the marketing organization at Snap Inc. and held senior roles at McDonald's U.S., Gatorade and NASCAR. Over a 20-plus year career he has collected multiple Cannes Lions, two Emmy nominations, and a long list of industry honors, and he sits on the board of e.l.f. Beauty.
Rob Kent
Rob Kent is Head of Marketing (CMO) at Vuori, the Carlsbad, California performance-apparel brand valued at around $5.5 billion. A Cannes Grand Prix-winning brand and creative leader with roughly two decades in the business, he spent a decade running Nike's global brand marketing work at the agency R/GA before crossing over to lead marketing for one of the fastest-growing names in activewear. His career runs from British editorial publishing through blue-chip tech clients to some of Nike's most talked-about brand work.
Jonathan Johnsongriffin
Jonathan Johnsongriffin is VP of Global Brand & Creative at Google, where he leads the Global Brand Studio's creative strategy. A veteran of Nike's most iconic campaigns - including 'You Can't Stop Us' and 'Just Do It Crazy Dreams' - he spent nearly five years shaping Nike's global brand narrative before joining Google in January 2023. Co-founder of the Serena Williams Design Crew program, jury member at Cannes Lions 2023 and 2024, and board trustee at Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Johnsongriffin blends industrial design roots with cultural storytelling at the intersection of sport, technology, and purpose.
Stacy Martinet
Stacy Martinet is Adobe's Chief Communications Officer and VP of Marketing Strategy & Communications, overseeing a 200+ person team that handles all stakeholder communications, marketing strategy, events, social media, and corporate social responsibility. A former CMO of Mashable and decade-long veteran of The New York Times digital transition, she bridges the worlds of journalism, media strategy, and enterprise technology with a distinctive voice on AI fluency, creative leadership, and modern brand building.