Hall of fame

Zoe Scaman Founder at Bodacious, Chief Strategy Officer at 77X. Inducted 2025

Zoe Scaman is a pioneering strategist with an uncanny ability to spot patterns at society's edge before they reach the mainstream.

Simon Gill BIMA President and EVP at MRM//McCann. Inducted 2024

Having spent more than 20 years at the forefront of digital marketing, Simon was an award-winning creative professional with a PhD in Multimedia.

Amy Kean Creative sociologist, strategist, poet and bestselling author. Inducted 2023

Amy Kean believes that life would be much better if we all gave ourselves permission to be weirder. She entered ad land nearly 20 years ago, and has been a pain in the arse ever since.

Jack Constantine Chief Digital Officer at Lush. Inducted 2023

Within Lush, Jack is perhaps best known as the man behind all things digital - including websites, apps and an in-shop till system. But he's also the inventor of many of our best selling and iconic products.

Mary Keane-Dawson Business Leader, Coach & Mentor. Inducted 2022

Mary's unique career spans 35 years of female leadership experience in publishing, advertising and creative agencies, as well as martech, influencer, social platforms and performance media.

Steven Bartlett Businessman, Entrepreneur and Television Personality. Inducted 2022

Steven Bartlett is a speaker, investor, author, content creator and the host of one of Europe's biggest podcasts, 'The Diary of a CEO'.

Anne Boden CEO Starling Bank. Inducted 2020

Anne Boden founded Starling in 2014 after a distinguished, 30-year career at some of the world's best-known financial heavyweights, among them Allied Irish Banks, Royal Bank of Scotland and ABN AMRO.

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE Social entrepreneur and computer scientist. Inducted 2020

Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon is a keynote speaker, presenter and co-founder of Stemettes, the award-winning social enterprise inspiring the next generation of females into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) roles.

Dame Carolyn McCall DBE CEO ITV. Inducted 2019

Dame Carolyn McCall DBE became ITV's first female Chief Executive in January 2018, where she outlined a new vision - 'More than TV' - designed to build upon ITV's unique and winning combination of creativity and commercial strength.

Sherry Coutu Serial Entrepreneur, Investor & Advisor. Inducted 2019

Sherry Coutu is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor who serves on the boards of companies, charities, and universities.

Professor Sue Black OBE Computer Scientist, Academic and Social Entrepreneur. Inducted 2018

Sue Black is Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist in the Department of Computer Science at Durham University

Saul Klein Co-Founder LocalGlobe. Inducted 2018

Saul is serial entrepreneur with two decades of experience building and exiting companies in the US, Israel and Europe. He has a passion for working with seed and early stage businesses.

Dame Stephanie Shirley Technology Pioneer, Businesswoman and Philanthropist. Inducted 2017

Dame Stephanie Shirley is a successful IT entrepreneur turned ardent philanthropist.

Kathryn Parsons CEO Decoded. Inducted 2017

Kathryn Parsons MBE is a British tech entrepreneur. She is the co-founder and co-CEO of Decoded, a London-based tech startup which aims to increase digital literacy.

Riccardo Zaconi Co-Founder and Chairman, King. Inducted 2017

Founder of King Digital Entertainment and Midasplayer.com, Riccardo Zacconi is a businessperson who has been the head of 5 different companies.

Sir Martin Sorrell Founder and former CEO of WPP. Inducted 2017

Sir Martin Sorrell is the entrepreneurial founder and former CEO of WPP. He is one of the most respected global industry leaders whose views on business and the world economy are widely sought.

Jamal Edwards MBE Founder of SBTV. Inducted 2016

Since 2006, Edwards has grown his youth broadcasting channel, SBTV, from the inner confines of his bedroom into a renowned brand with global reach.

Andrew Fisher OBE CEO Shazam. Inducted 2015

Andrew joined Shazam in 2005 as CEO and in the last ten years he has transformed the company from a small music start up with global ambitions to a $1 billion advertising giant.

Justin Cooke Digital Expert and Entrepreneur. Inducted 2015

Justin Cooke is a digital expert and entrepreneur. He founded global digital media agency Fortune Cookie, which he sold to WPP in 2012, and is digital advisor to the government, the British Museum and Age UK.

Kate Burns Internet Advertising Pioneer. Inducted 2015

Kate is one of the best known Internet advertising pioneers in Europe. After early success at Alta Vista and DoubleClick Kate was Google's first employee outside the U.S.

Baroness Joanna Shields OBE UK Minister for Internet Safety and Security. Inducted 2013

Baroness Shields has been responsible for leading the UK's digital economy strategy, which included a number of successful initiatives such as the Future 50, Tech Nation, the Digital Business Academy, and more.

Luke Taylor Chief Executive of DigitasLBi. Inducted 2013

Prior to taking up this role as global chief executive of DigitasLBi, Luke Taylor was chief executive of LBi, leading strategic transformations to ensure that the agency thrived in the rapidly evolving digital ecosystem.

Matthew Brittin President, EMEA Business & Operations, Google. Inducted 2013

Matt heads up Google's business and operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa - helping consumers and businesses make the most of the digital opportunity.

Nigel Vaz CEO, Publicis Sapient. Inducted 2013

Nigel is CEO of Publicis Sapient (SapientRazorfish, Sapient Consulting), he is also a member of the Publicis Groupe Executive Committee and leads Global Business Transformation for the Groupe.

Ajaz Ahmed CEO AKQA. Inducted 2012

Ajaz Ahmed was only 21 when he dropped out of college to start AKQA in 1994. Today, over two decades later, he is still at the helm of the agency, which works with clients like Nike, Rolls Royce, Google and Starbucks.

Alan Rusbridger Editor of the Guardian. Inducted 2012

Alan Rusbridger became editor of the Guardian in 1995. He helped to launch the earliest version of what would become the online news website guardian.co.uk, and has been named editor of the year three times.

Andrew Walmsley Co-founder i-level. Inducted 2012

Andrew co-founded i-level, the UK's most successful online media agency, building it to £100m turnover before exiting in 2008.

Andy Hobsbawm Entrepreneur, writer and musician. Inducted 2012

Andrew Hobsbawm is an entrepreneur, writer and musician. He co-founded Online Magic, which was acquired by Omnicom in 1997.

Brent Hoberman Co-founder Lastminute.com. Inducted 2012

Brent Shawzin Hoberman CBE is a British entrepreneur. Together with Martha Lane Fox, he founded Lastminute.com in 1998.

Catriona Campbell Founder of EY-Seren. Inducted 2012

Catriona Campbell is a behavioural psychologist who specialised in human computer interaction. She designed and built the first internet bank, developed the first interface for Skype and the Red Button for Sky.

Helen Milner OBE Chief Executive of the Good Things Foundation. Inducted 2012

Helen Louise Milner OBE is the Chief Executive of the Good Things Foundation (formerly Tinder Foundation), a digital inclusion and social inclusion charity based in the UK.

Mark Cridge Charity and business leader. Inducted 2012

Mark has had a diverse 20-year career in digital encompassing stints as COO at BERG, and as a senior advisor at Blue State Digital, the team responsible for the digital strategy used in President Obama's electoral campaigns.

Martha Lane-Fox CBE Co-founder Lastminute.com. Inducted 2012

Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, CBE is a British businesswoman, philanthropist and public servant. She is founder and executive chair of Doteveryone.org.uk, an independent think tank and charity championing responsible technology for a fairer future.

Nick Hynes CEO, Somo Global. Inducted 2012

Nick was CEO and Founder of The Search Works, Europe's largest search marketing company to President, CEO, Founder of Overture Europe, a paid search industry sold to Yahoo for $1.63 billion in 2003.

Nicolas Roope Designer, creative technologist and entrepreneur. Inducted 2012

Nicolas is a London based cross-disciplinary creative entrepreneur behind influential and acclaimed companies Poke, Hulger, Plumen, Antirom and the Lovie Awards.

Phil Jones Advisor, Mentor, Connecter. Inducted 2012

Phil Jones is founder of the infamous Podge Lunch, which has expanded from design and digital into the sports and music industries.

Pete Cashmore Founder and CEO, Mashable. Inducted 2012

Pete Cashmore is the founder and CEO of Mashable, the leading source of news, information & resources for the Connected Generation.

Rory Sutherland Vice Chairman, Ogilvy UK. Inducted 2012

Rory joined Ogilvy & Mather in 1988, as a junior copywriter, working on Microsoft's account in its pre-Windows days. He was among the first in the traditional ad world to see the potential of the internet.

Sir Jonathan Ive Chief Design Officer Apple. Inducted 2012

Jonathan Ive is Apple's chief design officer, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Jony is responsible for all design at Apple, including the look and feel of Apple hardware, user interface, packaging, major architectural projects, new ideas and future initiatives.

Stephen Fry Actor, author, and television presenter. Inducted 2012

Stephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and all round national treasure.

Tom Roope Creative Director. Inducted 2012

A founder of the enormously influential 90s interactive collective Antirom, today Roope is the creative director at The Rumpus Room, working with the likes of Bon Jovi, Nike and Coca-Cola and honoured by D&AD, Cannes Lions and Designs of the Year.

Warren East Chief Executive Officer, Rolls-Royce. Inducted 2012

Warren is an engineer and joined ARM Holdings plc in 1994 where he served as CEO from 2001 until 2013. He has a deep understanding of technology and has proven strategic and leadership skills in a global business.

Wayne Arnold Co-Founder, MullenLowe Profero. Inducted 2012

Having co-founded Profero with his brother in 1998, Wayne is regarded as one of the industry's most respected and experienced practitioners.