Speakers

Dr. Gareth Menton is Head of Product for Retail Media at Carwow, where he is building the next generation of media and data solutions for automotive brands. With a background in senior roles at Just Eat Takeaway.com, he brings a platform mindset to commerce media, one that looks beyond onsite real estate to unlock the full value of audience, intent, and data offsite. His focus is on bridging brand and performance in ways that deliver impact for both advertisers and consumers.

Jay joined ITV 4 years ago to drive the rollout of Planet V, ITV’s own programmatic platform, and more recently, drive all aspects of digital revenue growth and NPD under AdLabs, ITV’s home of innovation. Notable recent innovations include Retail Match, ITV’s partnership with Tesco and Boots, alongside a host soon to be announced commerce innovations. Prior to ITV, Jay held numerous ad-tech roles, most notably at Videology, where he led Brand Solutions, after starting his career with an 18-year stint at MediaCom. Jay also sits on the leadership committee of Media For All. Now with more than 1000 members, MEFA was established to help recruit, retain, and develop Black, Asian, and ethnic minority talent in the UK media industry. 

Jessica has spent 15 years in a range of commercial sales and marketing roles across magazines, consumer goods and retail. She started her career as an analyst at the Walt Disney Company before moving into consumer goods, setting up the shopper marketing function for Perrigo consumer healthcare, followed by 18 months as a national account manager. After her time with Perrigo, Jess moved to Tesco Media (dunnhumby), which enabled her to work across the wide spectrum of categories, including Fresh, Grocery, Nestle, and business development. She spent 7 great years building and innovating retail media solutions for her clients. This experience, and her MBA from UCL School of Management, enabled her to springboard into her new role as Director of Media & Loyalty at Stonegate Group (Slug & Lettuce, Be at One, Walkabout, and 4000 community pubs). Her responsibilities include building a retail-style media and loyalty network through the newly launched MiXR app and media platform. On top of the ‘day job’ in marketing strategy, Jess is passionate about advancing gender equality and DEI initiatives to ensure she creates a more inclusive culture anywhere she goes. 

A dynamic marketing leader with over 15 years of experience spanning B2B and B2C markets, Dean has previously held roles in advertising, loyalty, CRM, trade planning, media planning and customer strategy.

Dean’s career started in advertising, working at McCann Erickson across their global B2B client portfolio. Now at Co-op, Dean has spent more than a decade driving the performance of Co-op’s grocery and life services businesses in a variety of customer & commercial functions.

As Head of Co-op Media Network, Dean is responsible for growing Co-op’s convenience-focused media business.

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