Speakers
Leaders, Disruptors, Creators - On stage
The FIPP World Media Congress 2025 brings together the people redefining what media means today – and what it can become tomorrow. From global CEOs and product innovators to editorial leaders and bold entrepreneurs, this year’s speaker lineup spans every corner of the industry.
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Abi Spooner
Strategy Partner, Atlas
Adriana Whiteley
Director, FT Strategies
Andrea Davies
Board Adviser, Time Well Spent
Andrés Rodríguez Sanchez
President & Owner, SpainMedia
Andrew Hughes
Secretary General, PDLN
Angie Byun
Principal, AB World
Annelies Jansen
Chief Business Officer, ProRata.ai
Asghar Maqsood
Group Digital and AI Director, Terrapinn
Billy Carney
Co-founder, RocaNews
Brady Brim DeForest
Co-founder, Monk
Charlotte Rica
Performance Psychologist
Chris Duncan
CEO & Founder, Seedelta
Chris Kerwin
Executive Coach, Leadership Consultant | Partner, Nua Training
Clare Bolton
Chief Content Officer, Law Business Research (LBR)
Claudio Feijóo
Head of Entrepreneurship, Technical University of Madrid
Colin Morrison
Founder, Flashes & Flames
Cristiano Badoch
General Manager, SpainMedia
Cristina Martín Conejero
CEO, Hearst España
Daniel Borrás
Head of Editorial Content, GQ Spain
David Buttle
Founder, DJB Strategies
Eileen Le Muet
VP International, Figaro Group International Sales Director, MEDIA Figaro Group
Eliseu Barreira Junior
Head of Marketing and Digital Advertising, Products at Grupo Globo
Elleyne Aldine
CEO, Culturs Global Media
Erik van Heeswijk
CEO and Co-founder, Smartocto
Esther Kezia Thorpe
Editorial & Events Director at Flashes & Flames and MediaVoices
Faisal Abbas
Editor-in-Chief, Arab News
Fernando Yarza
President, Henneo
Gregory Cornelius
Associate Publisher, DestinAsian Media
Henry Zhang
General Manager, CNKI
Inés Lorenzo
Head of Content, Vogue España
Isobel Moure
Researcher at the AI Disclosures Project, SSRC
Jacqueline Loch
EVP Strategy and Revenue, AZURE
Jan Thoresen
CEO, Labrador CMS
Jessica Sibley
CEO, TIME
Jim Elliott
President, James G. Elliott Co., Inc
Joe Martin
Vice President, Media Licensing, HEARST Magazines
Joey Chung
Co-Founder and CEO, TNL Mediagene
Jon Reidar Hammerfjeld
Co-Founder & Head of Sales, Labrador CMS
Jonny Kaldor
Founder and CEO of Pugpig
Jordan Vita
VP Product, Storytelling, The New York Times
Jovan Protic
Managing Director at idealo internet GmbH
Juan Señor
President, Innovation Media Consulting
Justin B. Smith
Co-Founder & CEO, Semafor
Käthe Lemon
President and Co-owner, Redpoint Media Group
Katie Palisoul
UK General Manager, POLITICO
Katja Eggert
Head of Strategic Development, Immediate Media
Kerin O’Connor
CEO & Founder, Atlas
Lara Boro
CEO, The Economist
Laura Cushing
Director of Product, Immediate Media
Lettie Debenham
Senior Manager, FT Strategies
Liesbeth Nizet
Head of Future Audiences Monetization, Mediahuis
Liu Jing
Content Director, Chinese National Geography Magazine
Louise-Anne Raimbault
Publishing Director of Gala, Groupe Figaro
Lucky Gunasekara
CEo & Co-Founder, Miso.ai
Lucy Kueng
Professor, Advisor, NED and Author, Switzerland
Lulu Skantze
Publisher and Creative Director, Storytime
Maija Koski
Director, New Business & Commercial Solutions, A-lehdet, Finland
Mark Howard
Chief Operating Officer, TIME
Mark Judd
President International, CDS Global
Martin Weese
Chief Digital Officer, BurdaVerlag
Mary Langan
Executive Coach, Facilitator and Trainer; Founder, Nua Training
Maureen Hoch
Editor, HBR.org and Vice President of Digital Content, Harvard Business Publishing
Megha Garibaldi
Chief Growth Officer, The Atlantic
Mel McVeigh
Digital Consultant, PPA
Melissa Rubinson
Senior Vice President, Business Development & Partnerships, BBC Studios
Michelle Myers
Global Chief Revenue Officer, Wright's Media
Milos Stanic
Senior Strategy and Sales Manager, smartocto
Monicah Ndung’u
Chief Corporate Affairs and Partnerships Officer, Nation Media Group
Natasha Christie-Miller
Chairwoman Sifted, NED PGI VCT and Just Like Us, Advisor to The Economist Group, TED Conferences, Walking On Earth and Moonshot, UK
Nicola Murphy
Founder, The River Group
Paul Hood
Independent digital transformation consultant
Philippe van Mastrigt
Managing Director, AdvantageCS
Raul Castillo Herrero
Country Manager in Spain, Membrana Media
Rebecca Miskin
Chief Executive Officer, DC Thomson
Ricardo Fernandez de Molina Fernandez
Director de Negocio Digital B2B en Prisa Media
Ricky Sutton
Founder and Podcast Host, Future Media
Roberto Bodegas
Chairman of the Board, OJD España
Rosie Percy
Newsletter Strategy Director, Hearst
Sarah Thompson
Executive Managing Director, Glassroom
Sharon Roessen
COO, Terrapin
Sophie Vokes-Dudgeon
Chief Content Officer, HELLO! Magazine
Srinivasan Balasubramanian
Managing Director, Vikatan Group
Stefan Betzold
Chief Product Marketing Officer, Bauer Media Group
Tim Bulley
International Director, Time Out Group
Tim Hudson
Director of International, Licensing & Top Gear Magazine, Immediate
Yoshinobu Noma
President and CEO, Kodansha Ltd.
ZAIDA CALVETE NORREL
Senior Manager, Content Partnerships and Projects, Pressreader
