Liz Wynn is Chief Supporter Officer of The Guardian, responsible for global marketing & reader revenues, leveraging the Guardian’s unique Supporter funded model. Open to All, Funded by many. Beholden to no-one.

Prior to joining The Guardian, Liz has over 20 years' experience in strategy & general management - driving business transformation and subscription revenue growth, and leading a broad range of marketing, product and commercial functions at Sky, EE & Orange.

Liz lives in London and is mother to two young children. She has a love of the mountains, running & cycling. She’s Vice Chair of the Royal Society for Public Health.

Katie Palisoul is POLITICO’s General Manager for the U.K., where she leads the company’s strategic growth and implementation of cross-market initiatives. Working closely with POLITICO’s Executive Team in Europe and the United States, she plays a central role in driving company-wide revenue ambitions and advancing the brand’s presence in the U.K. Based in London, Palisoul helps guide the evolution of the POLITICO Pro platform - from the development of new products and features to positioning it as a vital resource for policy professionals and corporate partners. She also helps oversee POLITICO’s commercial team in the U.K., working to align the organisation’s commercial goals with its broader editorial and strategic vision. Her role includes representing POLITICO at key industry events, building strategic partnerships, and deepening the brand’s engagement with its core audiences. With two decades of experience in the media industry, Palisoul began her career in business information, contributing to respected titles including FX Week, WatersTechnology, and Risk.net. She has since led global sales teams in New York, London and Hong Kong, overseeing P&Ls and driving brand development for a range of subscription-based services. 

Andrew Palmer is Executive Editor, helping to oversee The Economist’s B2B strategy and products. He also writes the Bartleby column on the workplace, and hosts “Boss Class”, our limited-season podcast on management. Andrew joined The Economist as management correspondent in February 2007 and has served as Britain editor, business-affairs editor, head of the data team, Americas editor, finance editor and banking correspondent.

Ann Poe is the SVP, Digital Consumer Revenue at Advance Local which represents the North American news brands of NJ.com, AL.com, Cleveland.com, OregonLive.com and several others.

The Digital Consumer Revenue team manages digital subscription acquisition and retention, consumer research, data, user experience and customer optimization.

Ann is also a former President of the INMA North American Board and remains on the Board.

Before joining Advance Local in 2018, Ann was the Vice President of Audience at Cox Media Group.

Sarah Marshall is VP of Audience Strategy at Condé Nast, home to brands including Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, WIRED, Architectural Digest.

The Audience Strategy team supports the brand teams by providing strategy, insights and best practices in SEO, social strategy, audio growth, video creative optimisation and audience analytics.

The team works globally and has members in 11 markets (US, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, India, Japan, Taiwan, Mexico and the Middle East).

Sarah is also an advisory board member of Quanta, a Pulitzer-winning science and maths non-profit supported by the Simons Foundation.

Before joining Condé Nast in 2017, she was an audience development editor for The Wall Street Journal.

Leah Green is head of Guardian Studios, where she runs the brand new division tasked with creating the next generation of Guardian video content working across YouTube, audio and social platforms. 

Leah started her career at the Guardian, where she worked as a producer, senior producer and commissioner of video and audio output until 2022. She then moved to Channel 4 where she was a commissioning executive across their news and current affairs output, with a particular focus on youth-skewing content from the Untold strand. After leaving Channel 4, she worked as a development executive and senior producer on TV documentaries such as Swiped, the School that Banned Smartphones, before returning to the Guardian in early 2026 to head up Guardian Studios. 

Guardian Studios represents a key evolution of the news brand’s multi-year transformation programme turning Guardian journalism into compelling new visual formats, reaching new audiences and fostering on-screen talent.

Photo by Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

Sam Hall is Managing Director of Ascend Media and a senior digital media executive with more than a decade of experience leading transformation, growth and innovation. Previously, he spent over ten years as Chief Digital Officer at GlobalData, helping shape the company’s digital strategy, product development, audience growth and commercial evolution. At Ascend Media, Sam is leading a period of exponential growth across its portfolio of digital publishing brands, building high-value UHNWI audiences, data-led solutions and distinctive editorial propositions. He brings deep expertise in digital publishing, data, product and monetisation, with a strong track record of building and scaling modern media businesses in a new AI-enabled age.

Carly's SEO career started at the Daily Mail over 15 years ago, working with editors to integrate SEO best practices into newsrooms workflows. Carly spent 3 years in Canada, working across the Postmedia brands before dipping her toes into the agency world at digital marketing company Reshift Media in Toronto.

On returning to the UK Carly led audience development at City AM before moving to The Sun to join the team in London and oversee the expansion of the-sun.com SEO department in NY. She is co-chair of the AOP Audience Development steering group and after 6.5 years at News UK she returned to where it all started, first as Global Head of SEO and now as Director of SEO and editorial ecommerce at Daily Mail.

Zak is Advertising Product Director at Wiley, leading the strategy, development, and performance of the company's advertising product portfolio within the Audience Solutions function. Prior to this, he led Wiley's global advertising delivery team, delivering a major ad server migration and the integration of ADvendio as the company's new order management system. His background also spans financial and data product roles before moving into advertising. He has a keen interest in the intersection of ad tech, compliance, and revenue growth for publishers.

Anna Sbuttoni was appointed Deputy Head of Digital in 2024, a key leadership role helping shape and deliver the digital strategy for The Times and The Sunday Times. This includes improving reader experience across web, apps, newsletters, and social media, working closely with editorial and audience teams.

Since joining the titles, Anna has held two other roles; Deputy Head of Audience Development, where she co-lead a 30-strong audience team to drive engagement across news and features. She was also Digital Director of The Sunday Times Style, where she led digital strategy for the brand.

Anna has over 20 years of experience in the digital publishing industry.

Oskar has worked in creative and performance marketing since finishing journalism at university. He is currently Head of Creative Distribution at Bonnier News. His strong side is daring to be bold and failing fast while at it.