OUR SPONSORS
AGENCY MANIA SOLUTIONS
Agency Mania Solutions (AMS) is a Seattle-based company dedicated to revolutionizing the way global brands manage their agency relationships. As the industry leader in customizable Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions, we understand the complexities of modern marketing landscapes and offer tailored software that evolves alongside your business needs. Our unmatched client/agency experience sets us apart, providing insights and best practices gleaned from years of experience on both sides of the relationship.
ABINTUS CONSULTING
Abintus Consulting is a boutique global media consultancy, headquartered in London (UK) and operates across 60+ markets worldwide.
We help mid-sized and emerging global advertisers build stronger agency relationships and better media outcomes through media transformation.
Abintus Consulting was founded in 2018 by Philippe Dominois (former Ebiquity executive) and Tatjana Slykova (former Publicis Groupe executive).
We are a team of experienced media and finance professionals, supported by our in-house media consultants, data analysts and software engineers.
Our Key Services to Advertisers:
- Media Auditing Services
- Agency Pitch Management / Support
- PRF/PRIP Scheme Management
- Media Performance Tracking
- Media Management Training
THE APERTO PARTNERSHIP
The Aperto Partnership is a leading independent, expert media advisor, run by Scott Moorhead and Andrew Mortimer. Aperto’s purpose is to drive positive change to help advertisers get the very best from their media investment and their agencies. The business provides specialist expertise in building effective media operating models for clients, and in media agency search and selection. The Aperto Partnership is an ISBA partner, launch supporter of the IPA and ISBA Pitch Positive Pledge, and is widely recognised as the market leader in building sustainable media agency relationships and commercial models. Recent clients include Sky, Barclays, L’Oréal, the BBC, Direct Line Group, Pets at Home, TUI Group, British Heart Foundation, MoneySuperMarket and Virgin.
APR
Advertising Production Resources (APR) is a Woman-Owned & Women-Led content creation optimization consultancy that oversees over $1 Billion in annual production spend and agency fees for approximately 80 advertisers around the globe. With hands-on production experience in TV, Print, OOH, Digital Videos, Web, Mobile, Social, and Experiential, our 150+ team members work with advertisers and their creative resources to establish best practices & locate efficiencies in their content creation ecosystems.
Claire RANDALL CONSULTING (CRC)
Claire Randall Consulting (CRC) is a global, strategic production management consultancy helping brands optimise spend across advertising, events and experiential.
Since 1996 we’ve been offering clients Global expertise combined with in-depth local knowledge, facilitating impartial consultancy, collaboration and communication between the numerous partners involved in the production process. Set up by industry expert and entrepreneur Claire Randall and headquartered in London, England, CRC is now a world-leading consultancy with more than 46 consultants across North America, Europe, Middle East and APAC. Proud to be a Women-Owned business with a female leadership team, CRC’s client teams also benefit from CRC’s training programmes and workshops led by CRC industry experts.
DECIDEWARE
adm indicia
As a next-generation brand activation agency, adm Indicia’s purpose is to simplify our clients’ below-the-line marketing, build sustainable ROI and engage their customers across the path to purchase. We work with global brands including Unilever, Nestlé, L’Oréal and LEGO to create and activate meaningful brand experiences that deliver impact in-store and online. Everything we do is optimised through leading strategic capability and actioned through executional excellence.
ECI MEDIA MANAGEMENT
ECI Media Management’s modern, forensic, and fact-based approach to media performance consultancy harnesses the power of world-class talent, proprietary technology and innovative benchmarking capabilities to help advertisers drive higher media value and media-led impact on business performance. Our key capabilities include media performance audit and tracking, pitch management, and KPI-setting and evaluation.
Financial Progression
In 2009, Financial Progression became the first ICAEW registered firm of Chartered Accountants to specialise only in marketing contract compliance – it’s all we did then and do now.
Since then, we have conducted audits for household name brands in 40 countries across all marketing agency disciplines (creative, media, events, PR, CRM, print and POS, sales promotion, field sales etc.) and have been part of ISBA’s ‘Partner Programme’ since its inception in 2020.
Our audit approach is both thorough and fair. Robust audit credentials, contract specific testing plans and the desire to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of client – agency relationships mean that our audit reports are considered the most comprehensive and progressive available.
Financial Progression is the first choice for advertisers who want to understand what’s really going on at their agencies and use that insight to manage them effectively.
HAVAS MARKET
Havas Market are the full-service global commerce proposition of Havas Media Network, spanning across 27 countries. Our team of over +200 eCommerce consultants and +600 retail media experts, deliver connected commerce experiences that drive incremental sales across marketplaces, direct-to-consumer channels, social commerce, and digital ‘drive-to-store’. Leveraging our broader Havas Media Network expertise, we optimize the entire path to purchase to create meaningful shopping experiences and achieve best-in-class service for our clients.
HAVAS
ID COMMS
Media is one of the largest investments that brands make. As this complex industry continues to evolve, it’s hard for even the most experienced brand leaders to know what’s actually working and what needs tweaking. Without a plan, brands risk losing money and falling behind their competition. Our evidence-based consulting gives brands a framework to remove waste and optimise the value of their media investments. Our clients are able to make more intelligent media decisions so they can trust that their investments will grow their brands.
INSPIRED THINKING GROUP (itg)
ITG is the leading Halo content partner to businesses around the world. It eliminates marketing complexity and delivers engaging content at speed and scale to drive business growth and reduce marketing costs. Clients include Heineken, Microsoft, Samsung, Haleon, KFC and more. ITG employs over 2,000 people throughout its global offices and its Storyteq platform is recognized by Gartner as a global Leader.
IDX
IDX, formerly Investis Digital, is a leading digital communications and data solutions business that helps companies waste less and grow more. With a distinct blend of content, media and technology expertise, combined with a 24/7 service model, IDX protects its clients’ digital assets and brand reputations 365 days a year. IDX is composed of a dedicated team of 600+ digital experts, product engineers, analysts and creatives, plus over 1000 vetted freelance specialists, located across eight global offices.
LOCARIA
Locaria is a pioneering global multilingual content adaptation agency. We specialise in supporting inhouse marketing activation, e-commerce content delivery, media agencies and creative production houses.
We build linguistics and creative adaptation solutions to scale content and campaigns across cultures, carefully balancing efficiency, effectiveness, creativity and quality.
We leverage specialist talent to ensure content is optimised to marketing objectives and platform requirements, while implementing the latest AI & technology solutions to provide scalability, cost efficiency and improved time to delivery.
MEDIASENSE
mediasense is a global, independent advisor that brings the clarity, connection, and confidence modern marketers need to fuel growth. We help brands eliminate waste and maximise the impact of their most significant investments at scale.
Through Unified Marketing Intelligence, we elevate how clients operate, how agencies deliver, how platforms perform, and how the wider ecosystem connects. We partner with CMOs and marketing leaders to design smarter operating models, build accountable agency and platform partnerships, and implement the governance, measurement, and intelligence required to drive performance.
Our independence means we act solely in the interests of our clients – never vendors, platforms, or agencies. This objectivity, combined with access to deep marketing performance data and benchmarks, gives marketers the confidence to make decisions that are not only efficient but also transformative. From C-suite strategy and investment planning to KPI-setting and auditing, mediasense delivers an end-to-end advisory model that connects insight with action.
As marketing grows more complex, we provide the connective tissue that allows organisations to simplify, systematise, and scale. With a future built on continuous optimisation, mediasense ensures marketing is not just measured – but understood, governed, and translated into business growth.
MMC
Contract Compliance Auditing has become a regular practice for many brands driven by the ever-increasing complexity of the advertising landscape. Media Marketing Compliance (MMC) is an independent leader in delivering financial contract compliance audit services and guidance to advertisers, supporting both national and international brands.
With over 20 years of experience and audits conducted across more than 110 countries, we deliver financial transparency, recover value, and strengthen trust between advertisers and their partners. Our audits not only unlock measurable returns but also streamline processes and improve governance across the marketing ecosystem. Our expertise spans best practices in managing agency inventory media, digital data ownership, and emerging marketing categories including events and experiential, social and influencer marketing, and retail media.
As Founders and Senior Partners, we are dedicated to delivering outstanding service and remain personally engaged throughout every audit, committed to delivering exceptional quality and insight. Our new Compli360 platform brings marketing contract management into real-time, providing multi-market visibility and enhancing control, while enabling timely corrective action within the budget cycle.
MMC joined HW Fisher, part of the Sumer Group, a top 15 accountancy practice in October 2025.
MSQ
MSQ is a global marketing and technology services group helping businesses build commercial momentum. It’s one of the world’s fastest-growing organizations of its kind, offering flexibility, choice and transparency to clients.
With around 1,900 people working across 24 global offices, MSQ’s agencies incorporate 26PMX, Big Spaceship, Elmwood, Freemavens, Miri Growth, MSQ DX, Smarts, Stein, The Forge, The Gate and Walk-In Media. These are underpinned by dedicated specialist capabilities that super-charge the wider group, such as M3 Labs (global creative production), MSQ Data, MSQ Sport + Entertainment and MSQ/Sustain.
MSQ delivers growth for businesses like Diageo, VodafoneThree, Mars, The AA, Juniper Networks, Zalando and Akzo Nobel. Fusing the right mix of capabilities to unlock momentum, all led by a single, senior partner who orchestrates agile, flexible resources around a brand’s needs, underpinned with AI.
Unique to an international, independent group of its scale and reach, a significant portion of the MSQ’s team are shareholders in the group.
M3 LABS
We’re M3 Labs, a global creative production company that helps brands create and scale marketing assets, distributing and personalising content in real time to the highest creative standards.
Our unique tech-led operating system recouples data, creative, production and media so brands can Make, Manage & Measure their content more effectively and create deeper connections with their customers.
Through seven global hubs and creator capabilities in 130+ markets, we’ve provided award-winning services for the likes of Diageo, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Hitachi, Capital Group, Asics, Cancer Research UK and The Football Association.
Sustainability is integral to everything we do. This means we can generate cultural benefits, as well as providing costs savings to clients. We’re a certified B Corp and a member of AdGreen’s Advisory Board.
Oliver
Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands.
OLIVER partners with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting; simplifying the complexities of modern marketing and giving brands back control. Its work has been shown to drive business growth, earn fame and give brands a more meaningful role in people’s lives.
This year, OLIVER added to its record of success at the Campaign Agency of the Year Global Awards, as Campaign’s Global Customer Engagement Agency of the Year (Silver), Global In-House Agency of the Year for Unilever’s U-Studio (Bronze), and Global Digital Innovation Agency of the Year (Bronze). It was also named AdGreen’s #1 Superuser for its ongoing work in sustainable production – a testament to OLIVER’s commitment to reducing environmental impact and supporting clients’ decarbonisation efforts.
pROCTIMISE
Marketing procurement; optimised.
We make things: simple | effective | enjoyable
For over 20 years, Ross, Gordi and the team worked with high performing procurement teams – now though Proctimise, we put those skills to even better use. With deep industry experience, we specialise in enhancing your marketing procurement capabilities; to improve the effectiveness & efficiency of your marketing. Since no company is the same, we tailor our approach to meet your specific needs. You can expect; expertise, support & delivery on everything from Organisational Design to Pitch Management. And we do it for companies of any shape or size because…
Every company, big or small, deserves better procurement.
Prose on Pixels
A global content at scale network built to address the marketing challenges of today.
With our unique AI powered Audience-First production model, we Create, Scale and Personalise content to captivate audiences and achieve desired brand and business outcomes.
We deliver production with a performance mindset – resulting in harder working content, reduced waste, and stronger ROI.
REDMILL
Redmill is a specialist media data management company, working with some of the world’s biggest advertisers. We’re obsessed with data quality and understand the value that comes from access to clean, harmonised global media data – a single source of media data truth. Quite simply, greater media data visibility produces better media investment control and decisions.
RIGHTSPEND
CMOs are under more pressure than ever to make every marketing collar count. Without RightSpend, it’s a shot in the dark. You don’t know where to deploy your budget, you don’t know where to focus negotiations with your agencies, and you don’t know where wastage is happening. RightSpend gives you the insight to ensure your agencies are paid fairly and, at the same time, you’re maximising your deliverables. Get your projects underway quickly, without being slowed down by negotiations or pricing queries. RightSpend streamlines the process.
SPRING Production
At SPRING Production, we have one mission above all others – to unlock your marketing potential. Brands and businesses operate in an ‘always on’ age where marketing needs to stretch further, strike harder and scale faster. The requirements are diverse and the demands ever changing. We do one very simple thing for our clients; we make it work. We work with marketing procurement, brand marketing and production teams to streamline processes, reduce inefficiencies and deliver time and costs savings from the start.
Socially Powerful
We are a global social media and influencer marketing agency powered by technology.
Socially Powerful, founded in 2017, stood as pioneers of the influencer marketing industry.
Today, we are an award-winning agency with offices in the UK, US and Europe.
Embodying a social-first ethos, we simplify the complexities of social media platforms, influencer marketing, paid social and advertising with technology and performance at our core to find solutions to brand problems.
Recognising that brand success goes beyond surface-level metrics, our social agency prioritises connections to culture, marketing performance with guaranteed results.
Socially Powerful, where attention meets guaranteed impact!
Capability Overview:
Strategy & planning
Social-first creative ideation
Large scale influencer campaigns
Agile trend-led content
Seeding & gifting at scale
Paid social & agile boosting
Influencer event production
Affiliate marketing
Measurement & optimization
STUDIOSPACE
The agency search process can be slow and costly. StudioSpace is here to change that.
Our on-demand agency marketplace systemises competition, choice and compliance for large corporates.
We supply over 400 independent, world-class agencies — each selected and vetted for their expertise in creative, marketing, digital and innovation.
With over 78 capabilities and spanning across 40 industries, our platform gets you 3 competitive agency proposals for your project in under 5 days.
StudioSpace is your one-stop agency procurement platform.
vanyermedia
VaynerMedia is a global integrated creative and media agency, built for today’s consumers. As the Modern Agency of Record, it understands the nuances of today’s attention landscape, empowering brands to win attention, drive relevance, and deliver business results. Founded in 2009 by Gary Vaynerchuk, the independently owned agency operates in 15 offices worldwide, including Amsterdam, Bangkok, Chicago, New Delhi, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York, Tokyo, Toronto, Singapore, and Sydney. VaynerMedia is part of the VaynerX family of companies.
WALK-IN MEDIA
We’re Walk-In Media, a modern full-service media agency exclusively focused on delivering data-driven outcomes for our clients.
We exist to challenge the status quo. Through transparent trading and industry-leading client service, we deliver on the outcomes that matter to our clients, whilst also showing the industry that there is a better, more effective way of doing business.
Using our Zero Based Media approach, we work with fast-growth clients seeking grown-up advice, such as Burger King, Vitality and The Dorchester Collection.
WELLCOM
We are wellcom – a creative content shop and integrated production agency where creative, strategy, technology and production work in perfect sync to deliver advertising that is effective, engaging and measurable across all channels and mediums at scale.
With all disciplines working together, our approach ensures seamless collaboration from start to finish, solving complex challenges efficiently by breaking down silos and avoiding any roadblocks along the way.
We believe that transparency, honesty and open communication are the foundation to build meaningful long term relationships both with our internal teams and client partners.
