Meet The Judges

The industry experts reviewing this year’s BIMA Awards

BIMA Awards Judges

The BIMA Awards are the UK’s longest standing and most prestigious digital and tech awards. We are looking for work in the British digital sector that is truly pushing the limits of what is possible, making a difference in business, culture and society.

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Meet our BIMA Awards judges for 2022:

Reema Gainley, Founder and Executive Coach, Lead from Within Ltd

Frederico Roberto, Creative Director, Publicis Poke

Laura Simpson, Managing Client Partner - Client Success, Reprise Digital/Stickyeyes

Dan Willis, Head of Client Growth, Cold Banana

Gareth Edwards, Director of Digital, AAB Consulting

Nadine Clarke, Product Experience Partner, Tangent

Iain Scott, CEO/Founder, Base Creative

Neil Cooper, Executive Creative Director, Critical Mass

Ben Tyson, CEO & Partner, Born Social

Joanne Reid , Delivery Director, Graphite Digital

Toby Bull, Head of Digital, Emperor

Robin Bonn, Founder, Co:definery

Aleksandra (Ola) Podgorska, Lead UX Designer, Somo Global

Martin Jordan, Director of Innovation, Equator

George Bull, Creative Director, Foolproof

Zoe Kelleher, Club Executive, AND Digital

Akhil Morjaria, Experience Strategy Director, TPXimpact

Sabrina Chevannes, Founder/MD, Complex Creative

Richard Spencer, Creative Director/Founder, A Thousand Monkeys

Kinga Kusak, Marketing Manager, Copy House

Richard Coope, Founder, Brightful

Remy Brooks, Head of Strategy, Future Platforms

Emma Gardner, Co Founder, Born Equal Consults | Not Your Monolith | With Not For

Julian Cross, Executive Creative Director - Experience Design, Digitas

Amy Hopper, Account Director, Reflect Digital

Tom Thorne, CEO & Founder, Candyspace

Alex Hryniewicz, Director of Content, Little Dot studios Network

Leigh Dobson, Client Services Partner, The Leith Agency

Ben Knight, Executive Creative Director, Havas CX Helia

Esther Duran, Chief Design Officer, Zone

Philip Osei-Hwere, Managing Director, Eagle London Agency

Daisy Domenghini, Head of Client Partnerships, Vayner Media

Matt Webb, Group Head of Digital / CTO, LAB Group

Kathryn Strachan, Managing Director and Owner, Copy House

Jono Owens, Creative Director, Havas CX

Leonie Moreton, Managing Director, Coffee & TV

Andy McLane, Creative Director, Anything is Possible

Patti Alderman, AVP, Digital Experience, Zone Digital

Paul Vallois, Managing Director, Nimbletank

Ingrid Olmesdahl, Global Director of Alliances, Ogilvy

Sam Hurley, Co-founder/CSO, NOVOS

Liz Citron, Bounce Back coach, Citron

Phil Wilce, Creative Director, EPAM

Kathryn Wharton, Marketing Manager, Monstarlab

James Allsopp, Creative Technology Director, PRELOADED

Essi Nurminen, Head of Strategy, Born Social

Lauren Dyer, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Dimension

Paul Stephen, Chief Growth Officer, Remarkable Group

Jamie Manfield, Digital Design Director, 2LK

Naana Orléans-Amissah, Head of Creative & Brand Strategy, Media Monks

Nathaniel Hulley, Technical Production Director, Bernadette

Caroline Canty, Founder & Director, Craft Coaching

Chris Tingley, CTO, Conjure

Emily Shaw, Managing Director, Tribe Digital Agency

Chris Jones, Managing Director, Space & Time

Tariq Mohammed, Founder & Director, 360 OM

Hina Elton, Experience Design Director – Insight & Data Chapter Lead, Foolproof

Antony Mayfield, CEO, Brilliant Noise

Corinne Daldorph, Creative, MediaMonks

Jonathan Kelly, Experience Director, Candyspace

Cecilia (Chily) de la Viesca, Joint Managing Director, Passion Digital

Matthew Clark, Head of XD Studio, Deloitte Digital

Grace Johnston, Strategist Salesforce Innovation Center, Salesforce

Dave Dunlop, Chief Design Officer & Partner, Else

Trisha Brandon, Content Consultant, Strategist

Anthony Collett, Director of Innovation, Enfuse Group

Chris Cavey, Business Head, TCS Design at Studio, Tata Consultancy Services

Becky Colley, Lead Product Designer, Bupa UK

Nathan Lomax, Co-Founder, Quickfire Digital

James Bearne, Executive Creative Director, UNRVLD

Fiona Gray, Marketing Director, Equator

Jim Head, Operations Director and Co-Founder, Reason

Oliver Kibblewhite, Founder, The5Gs Ltd.

Joanna Harrod, Head of Marketing, Dog Digital

Iain Beaumont, Director, VUMO Digital Ltd

Steve Harrington, Executive Director, Agency Development, Space & Time

Clare Hart, SVP, Managing Director, Critical Mass

Charles Sladdin, Founder & Creative Director, Purple Banana

Dickon Langdon, Executive Creative Director, Six Agency

Jaye Cowle, Managing Director, Launch

Russell Hall, Co-Founder of LXR | CPTO

Tom Downing, Technical Director, Freestyle

Guillaume Buat-Menard, Director of Digital Transformation, Flipside

Greet Jans, Head of Experience, Future Platforms

Ran Berger, Founder & CEO, Flat Rock Technology

James Compton, Digital Creative Director | Motion Expert, Anopia Digital

Joe Webber, Director Of Engineering, The Organic Agency

Samuele Armondi, Managing Director, Thought Quarter

Yasmin Borain, Chief Experience Officer, Tribal Worldwide

Geoff Tinegate, Head of IT Infrastructure, The Gym Group

Steve Johnson, Founder & Managing Partner, Furthermore

Charlie Symonds, CEO, Alirity

Alan KIttle, Executive Creative Director, Summer Friday

Victoria Buchanan, Chief Creative Officer, Tribal Worldwide London

William Humphrey, Creative Director, Sugar Creative

Ben Scoggins, CEO, Organic

Matt Conner, Chief Growth Officer, Paragon DCX

Hannah Hosanee, Managing Director, Consume Comms

Dan Bradshaw, Design Director, Epam

Jamie Riddell, CEO, Escaping Gravity Ltd.

Julia Hitchman, Head of Brand & Agency Partnerships, Good-Loop

James Wilkinson, Marketing Director, CTI Digital

Christian Edwards, CEO, Tommy

Kenneth Moore, Creative Director, We Are Social

Samantha Rickwood, Senior Copywriter, Creative Lead, Indicia Worldwide

Matthew Haysom, Associate Creative Director, Wolff Olins

Rob Drake, CEO, Brave Spark

Sagina Shabaya, Head of Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging, EMEA, OLIVER

Tom Hall, Agency Owner, Contented Brothers

Sam Booth, CEO, Just After Midnight

Rachel Hatton, Chief Strategy Officer, OLIVER

Graeme Noble, Chief Creative Officer, TMW Unlimited

Daniel Bowers, Chief Strategy OfficeR, TMW Unlimited

Kirstie Buchanan, Growth and Partnership Director, CTI Group

Ben Gross, Creative Director, Electric Circus

Mike Octigan, Co-Founder, Gecko Agency

John Paul Toher, Head of Digital, Workhouse Agency

Clair Heaviside, Co-Founder/Creative Director, Serotonin

Simon Gill, VP, Global Director of Sustainability, McCann Worldgroup

Adam McNichol, Co-Founder / Non-Exec Director, Well Good & Parallax

Lindsay Ratcliffe, Chief Product Officer, Europe, Kin + Carta

David Dekker, Technology Strategy Director, Wunderman Thompson

Darryl Sparey, Co-founder, Hard Numbers

Samantha Smith, MD, April Six

Damian Proctor, Chief Strategy Officer, Beep!

Katie Street, MD & Founder , Street Agency