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Meet The Judges

BIMA 100 2025

Recognising the UK's most influential people in digital & tech.

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BIMA 100 Judges:

Every year, we celebrate 100 of the people who are leading the digital and tech industry right now.

Meet our judges for BIMA 100 2025:

Dave Dunlop, Chief Design Officer, ELSE

Charlene Charity, Head of Integrated Strategy, Digitas

Kerry Howell, Managing Partner, Bernadette from VCCP

Iain Preston, Founder, Different Not Less

Firuze French, Experience Strategy Lead, HugoMRM

Matt Sutherland, Head of Technology, True Digital

Mridula Ujjwal, Director - People Transformation, Axelerant

David Chandler, Joint Managing Director, Great State

Sophie Harris, Business Development and Marketing Director, Proctor + Stevenson

Samuel Yau, Principal UX, AND Digital

Rakhee Paul, Head of Client Services, AND Digital

Chris Hall, Head of Digital: Client Services, DPRG

Lea Bellion, Project Manager, Cognizant Moment (formerly Zone Digital)

Sam Spira, UK Agency Lead, Appinio

Morgan Kainth, Director of Strategy, Europe, Valtech

Andy Sexton, Executive Creative Director, 2LK

Jinny Mitchell-Kent, Joint Managing Director, Great State

Mark Kitney, Head of Design, AKQA Leap

Alex Holliman, Managing Director, Climbing Trees

Fifi Ahmed, AWS Partner Lead, Publicis Sapient

Jason Warner, Managing Director UK and EMEA, SBS

Fran Brook, Head of Growth, Ultra

Harvey Cossell, Chief Strategy Officer, We Are Social

Bilen Ainealem, VP Client Strategy, Publicis Media

Alastair McLeod, Managing Partner, TMW Unlimited

Ruth, Bucknell, VP, Experience Design, Merkle/Dentsu

Matthew Ford, CEO/CTO, Bit Zesty

Greet Jans, Joint MD, Future Platforms

David Avis, Head of Client Services, AND Digital

Rebecca Crook, CEO, MMT

Gareth Sully, Head of Experience Design, MSQ/MMT

Rishna Patel, Senior Account Director, true Digital

Alex Ringhofer, Strategic Client Lead, AND Digital

Rachel Smith, Managing Director, SQLI UK & ME

Adam Holloway, Chief Creative Officer, Emperor

Emma Williams, Head of Talent, Space and Time

Oliver Morrison, CEO, Filter

Nicola Robertson, Head of Business Unit, Equator

Dominic Glenn, Managing Partner, Ingenuity+

Adrienn Major, Founder, POD LDN LTD

Gareth Collins, CEO & Brand Comms, Lucky Beard

Polly Lygoe, Managing Director, Reading Room

Josh Wilkins, Global Digital Strategy & Transformation, Coca Cola Europacific Partners

Rachael Sutherland, Director of Design and Accessibility Lead, manifesto

Guillaume Buat-Menard, Head of Digital Transformation, Flipside Group

Sahara Baig, Head of Delivery, Candyspace

Ben Perkins, Founder & MD, Subvert Studio

Malin Hanås, Creative Director, Monks

Duncan Thomsen, Creative Director, 012 Agency

Maia Honan, Managing Partner, Modern Citizens

Steve Knight, CEO, UIC Digital Ltd

Paul Crump, Co-founder & Creative Director, Fellow Studio &

Lauren Archer Etherington, Founder and Brand Marketing & PR Consultant, Archer&

Leigh Gammons, CEO, Tangent

Iva Johan, Chief Strategy Officer, Bernadette

Miles Zilesnick, Head of Marketing, Creative Mentor Network

Julie Parys, Creative Director, Arts Interactive

Ollie Storey, Managing Director, Cold Banana

Harpreet Bushell, Partner & Chief Growth Officer, Else

Baydr Yadallee, Director of Client Services, CreateFuture

Hayley Brace, Marketing Director, Pixeled Eggs

Callum Donnelly, Partner, Owen

Hannah-Natalie Hosanee, Managing Director, Consume Comms

Jordan Kay, Head of Innovation & Growth, Connect Three

George Saunders, Head of Digital, Bordeaux & Burgundy

Hannah Buitekant, MD, Digital, Mail Metro Media

Charlie Lycett-Smith, COO, Organic

Chris Bantock, Founder, The Agency Adventure

Charlotte Collier, Operations Director, Finally Agency

Scott Ewings, CEO, Raven

Gwenno Brown, Digital Experience Strategy Director, Merkle

Mark Ralphs, Head of Strategy, Digitas Health

Claire Hutchings, Founder, Chime Agency

Oliver Kibblewhite, Founder, The 5Gs

Cherice Whewell, Global Executive Producer, Monks

Chris Lewis, Chief Client Partner, CACI Digital Experience

David Wain-Heapy, Co-founder, Prodigi

Joanne Reid, Managing Partner, Cactus

Sam Gale, Co-Founder & Talent Director, Raven

Caroline Goodwin, Chief Operating Officer, Tangent Marketing Services

Jonathan Strutt, CRM Lead, Accenture

Claire, McDermott, Head of Delivery, Studio 24

Hugh James, Chief Growth Officer, manifesto

Steve Gale, SVP, CTI Digital

Rachel Falconer, Head of Digital Arts Computing, Goldsmiths

John Readman, Founder and CEO, ASK BOSCO

Julia Arenson, Head of Creative Operations, Specsavers

Ranzie Anthony, Founder / CEO, Athlon

Lauren Hine, Chief for Marketing and Alliances, AND Digital

Louis Perkins, People & HR Lead, Seed

James Hobbs, Head of Technology, aer studios

Natasha Acquisto, Head of Innovation and Partnerships, Mail Metro Media

Mark Panay, Director, OPENFORMAT

Fiona Brandt, People Partner, Comprend

Matt Roberts, Senior UX Designer, Sightsavers

Amanda Forman, Associate Director, Strategy, HugoMRM / Hugo & Cat

Lucy Doubleday, Managing Partner, We Are Social

Steven Johnson, Director & Founder, Furthermore

Tessa McCaffrey, Head of People Experience, Emperor

Raymond Manookian, Head of AI Experience Design (UK&I), Cognizant

Anu Ramani, Managing Director, Isoline Communications Ltd

Ian Barlow, Global Head of Marketing and Advertising Services, Cognizant Moment