Kieran Flanagan is the Chief Marketing Officer at Zapier and one of the most influential voices in B2B marketing. A former software engineer turned marketing leader, he spent nearly a decade at HubSpot building its international marketing engine - growing the Dublin office from 12 to 1,000+ employees. Today he co-hosts the 'Marketing Against the Grain' podcast with HubSpot CMO Kipp Bodnar, publishes 'The AI Marketing Generalist' newsletter on Substack, and invests as a Sequoia Scout. He is widely credited with pioneering the B2B creator approach to marketing and is an outspoken champion of AI-driven marketing transformation.
Basit Abbassi is a Karachi-based marketing and growth leader with 13+ years of experience scaling startups and brands across Pakistan. Known for his bootstrapping ethos and hands-on brand-building, he has contributed to ventures that were acquired by the likes of Careem and the Malak Group. Currently serving as Chief Marketing Officer at Snapp! Box, a Tehran-based logistics platform, he brings a rare blend of service-sector grit and digital strategy to every role.