With over 30 years of marketing experience on both client and agency sides, Iain has worked across multiple sectors including Automotive, IT, Communications, Retail, FMCG and Financial Services. 

As Managing Director of McCann-Erickson, he oversaw the Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Procter and Gamble accounts before opening his own Digital Marketing Agency in 2002.

Iain moved client-side in 2011 after selling his business, taking on a series of senior leadership roles at Virgin Money before joining Thomas Cook Money as Chief Marketing Officer. 

Latterly he was Group Marketing Director for the advice and investments mutual, Wesleyan, before taking on his current role as Marketing Director for Vida Homeloans, a private equity owned business providing specialist mortgage services.

Irene leads a team that defines global marketing strategy, positions and messages the company’s portfolio, and executes through the functions of analyst relations, thought leadership, and sales enablement for Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH), a US-based technology consulting firm with a $19 billion in revenue.

Earlier at Cognizant, she co-led the Accelerator, responsible for incubating many of Cognizant’s digital practices, such as Internet of Things and Conversational AI. Prior to Cognizant, Irene served as Director of Product Marketing for Cisco’s Internet of Things Group, where she defined and executed Cisco’s go-to-market strategy. Previously, Irene oversaw the launch of several models for Cisco Telepresence and facilitated the integration of the Tandberg acquisition. 

Irene co-founded start-ups, iPlanet (sold to Sun Microsystems) and WUF Networks (sold to Yahoo!). She was an early hire at Perfigo, acquired by Cisco.

She holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard University, a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Georgetown University and a Certificate in Sustainable Business Management from the University of Cambridge.

Anthony has helped cybersecurity companies differentiate, grow and build reputations through storytelling for nearly 20 years. He has also been a national news journalist, built and sold communications consultancies and co-founded enterprise social data analytics company, Social360.