The Advertising Association promotes the role and rights of responsible advertising and its value to people, society, businesses and the economy. We represent UK advertisers, agencies, media owners and tech companies on behalf of the entire industry, acting as the connection between industry professionals and the politicians and policy-makers.

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The Advertising Association focuses on major industry and policy areas that have huge ramifications on UK advertising. This section contains our work around public health, gambling advertising, data and e-privacy, trust, the digital economy and more.

Credos is the advertising industry’s independent think tank. It produces research, evidence and reports into the impact and effectiveness of and public and political response to advertising on behalf of UK advertisers in order to enable the industry to make informed decisions.

Front Foot is our industry’s member network of over 90 businesses across UK advertising. It aims to promote the role of responsible advertising and its value to people, society and the economy through a coalition of senior leaders from advertisers, agencies and media owners.

We run a number of events throughout the year, from our annual LEAD summit to the Media Business Course and regular breakfast briefings for our members. We are also the official UK representative for the world’s biggest festival of creativity – Cannes Lions.

2024 SPEAKERS INCLUDED

Rory Sutherland

Vice Chairman, Ogilvy

Kevin Chesters

Strategist & Author

Vicky Fox

Chief Planning Officer, OMG

Demi Abiola

Investment Business Director, mSix @ Partners

Kat Bozicevich

Managing Director, MG OMD

Emma Dibben

Head of Partner Engagement, Wavemaker UK

Clare Peters

Former Client Strategy & Comms Partner, Channel 4

Simon Daglish OBE

Deputy MD of Commercial, ITV plc

Kathryn Jacob OBE

CEO, Pearl&Dean

Jessica Tamsedge

CEO, Dentsu Creative

Nick Hurrell

Chief Executive, AKA Advertising

Natalie Hollands

Client Partner for Retail & Telecoms, Clear Channel UK

Rob Hunt

Creative Partnerships Director, Immediate Media

Adam Morton

Chief Product Officer, UM UK

Sharon Lloyd Barnes

Commercial Director, Advertising Association

Scott Sinclair

Head of Performance for UKI, Google

Sarah-Jane May

Account Director, Ocean Outdoor

Luke Hand

Insight Director, Mail Metro Media

Zoe Cadman

Commercial Agency Director, Global

Darren Thompson

Director of Sales, Spotify

TESTIMONIALS FROM THE MEDIA BUSINESS COURSE 2024

“MBC 2024 has been a career highlight for me. Through hearing from some of the industry’s best and immersing myself in a real-life brief, I came away feeling inspired and confident to deliver new found knowledge in my day to day.”

“An inspiring course full to the brim of the best people in media. From motivational talks to intense team work, it’s been such an honour to spend the past week at MBC. The feeling of accomplishment and pride to work in such a creative industry has brought some much needed joy and reflection.”

“MBC 2024 was an incredible experience from start to finish! I have not only gained insightful knowledge and been inspired by the speakers and tutors, but I have also made friends for life and amazing new connections. I can’t recommend this course enough.”