Confirmed speakers
Mairead Connolly
Agency Development Lead, Reddit
Mairéad is an Agency Development Lead at Reddit, and has spent most of her career specializing in intentional social strategy either at Pinterest or in media agencies. Driven by a fascination with human behaviour and the art of translating insights into meaningful brand impact.
Michel van Krimpen
Customer Solutions Engineer, Converge
Michel is a tracking expert with 20+ years of experience, responsible for Customer Success at Converge, assisting e-commerce brands in optimising their tracking and analytics to gain the best insights into what is driving their growth.
Fox
Fractional Marketing Director, St Eval, & COO, Artichoke
From senior roles at Pukka Herbs and Unilever, Fox’s career has spanned entrepreneurship, acquisition, and global brand-building. Since 2024, he’s been COO at Artichoke and Fractional Marketing Director at St Eval, which posted 30%+ growth in 2025. He specialises in scaling brands with creativity, rigour and limited resource.
Jaye Cowle
Launch CEO & Founder
Our Founder Jaye is driven by an ethos that happy people do great work. This philosophy has guided her in building a high-performing team that thrives on well-being, growth, and excellence.
Amy Budd
Client Services Director, Launch
Amy has over 25 years of experience in marketing and client services. Before joining Launch, she managed partnerships with major brands, ensuring their success and satisfaction. At Launch, Amy is dedicated to building strong relationships and achieving client happiness.
Danny Ireland
Head of Performance Media, Launch
Danny has 10+ years experience helping brands drive growth from their performance media. After a significant time working for Google, he joined Launch and oversees the planning, build, and execution of client’s paid strategies, globally, to help our clients reach their “north star” objectives.
Joe Johnston
Head of Experimentation, Launch
Joe’s has 10+ years experience of boosting businesses through insights and experimentation. His superpower is establishing and scaling experimentation programs to deliver marketing goals.
Ian Lewis
Head of Data and Analytics, Launch
With over a decade of digital marketing experience under his belt, Ian oversees Launch’s Data powerhouse. He specialises in data-driven decision-making, custom tracking, optimising media spend, and driving measurable results for clients. His experience spans a wide variety of sectors, from Icelandair to Battersea Cats & Dogs home.
Elliot Smith
Account Director, Launch
With 12 years of performance media experience, Elliot began his career at a full-service agency with a focus on the travel and e-commerce sectors. At Launch he leads account teams to drive success across multiple platforms, sharing his passion for both the technical and strategic side of paid media along the way.
Darcy Cooke
Senior Measurement Analyst, Launch
Darcy has 3.5 years of experience in marketing. Before joining Launch, Darcy was studying for her Masters at Cardiff University. At Launch, Darcy manages data, analytics, and ad ops for several clients to help them achieve their performance marketing objectives.
Harry Dunn
Paid Media Manager, Launch
Harry has 6 years of experience in digital marketing and paid media. Before joining Launch, he worked at a full-service digital marketing agency, managing campaigns across industries. At Launch, Harry manages paid media strategies for a diverse range of clients from large fashion retailers to holiday parks, driving impactful results and working as an extension of the clients team.
Rhianna Williams
Paid Media Manager, Launch
Rhianna has 4.5 years of experience in performance marketing, working across Google, Microsoft, Meta, Snapchat & LinkedIn. Before joining Launch, she gained expertise managing accounts at a media planning & buying agency. At Launch, Rhianna leads and supports on both B2B and B2C client accounts across industries such as travel, home accessories and fashion, delivering tailored strategies and measurable results.
Charlie Gordon
Paid Media Director, Launch
Charlie brings 15 years of experience in digital marketing, including time spent in New Zealand’s tourism sector. At Launch, she oversees strategy and execution for paid media campaigns, delivering strong results for clients.
Alice-Rae Pringle
Paid Social Media Manager, Launch
Alice-Rae brings 5 years of experience in social media marketing, focusing primarily in Meta in addition to Pinterest and Tik Tok. Before joining Launch, she worked in a social-first role for a graphic design agency, focusing on public sector work and travel clients. At Launch, Alice-Rae is responsible for managing paid social campaigns and delivering measurable results for clients as well as encouraging clients to run creative tests.
Sophie Williams
Paid Social Account Director, Launch
Sophie brings over a decade of experience in performance marketing, specialising in paid social and cross-channel growth. She leads paid social strategy for some of Launch’s most complex accounts, partnering closely with clients and teams to turn insight, creativity and data into work that drives both short-term performance and long-term brand growth. Sophie is particularly passionate about thoughtful experimentation, clear storytelling, and building campaigns that stand the test of time.