On our stage.
Across the world.
Explore the people and perspectives that shaped our 2025 edition. Select a speaker to read their story.
PAUL HOLMES
Founder & Chair
Provoke Media
Arun Sudhaman
Non-Executive Chair
ICCO
Lesijolu Eite Eric-Nwabuzor
Executive Director
The Comms Avenue
Mary Njoki
Founder & CEO
Glass House PR
LORENZO BRUFANI
Founder & CEO
Competence
Girish Balachandran
Founder & Managing Director
ON PURPOSE
Stacey Mtika
Founder & Lead Consultant
Tide Media Consultancy
Lars Voedisch
Founder
PRecious Communications
Thabisile Phumo
Executive Vice President
Sibanye Stillwater.
Bashir Mraish
Founder
BMC
Lovelyn Okafor
Country Head for Nigeria
Newmark Group Limited.
Santher MbaCham
Managing Director
ImageNation PR Agency
Dr. Yetty Ogunnubi
CEO
YD Company
Dr. Onur Varol
Assistant Professor
Sabancı University
Emma Wenani
Chief Director
Global Media Alliance Group
Saint-Francis Tohlang
Global Senior Director of Communications
Mars Cocoa Enterprise
Kateryna Doroshevska
Founder and CEO
BECOME PR
Anna Ceesay
Founder and CEO
Fabella Communications
Mabel Adeteye
Head of Brands & Marketing Communications
Wema Bank
Oliver Mathenge
Editorial, Digital & Production Consultant
Oxygéne Marketing & Communication Ltd
Regine le Roux
Founder
Reputation Matters
Rod Cartwright
Principal
Rod Cartwright Consulting
Filipe Manuel Pereira
Managing Director
CARMA
Katja Fašink
CEO
Key7 Communications & Cyber and PRCA Slovenia Chair
Bianca de Beer
Senior Marketing Manager
1st for Women Insurance
Princess Sekyere Bih
Director
Kingdom Concepts Consult (KCC)
Craig Rodney
Founder
The Agency Coach
Guntram Kaiser
Managing Partner
Kaiser Communication GmbH
Viroslava Novosylna
Founder & CEO
SLOVA Tech PR
Prudence Zoe Glorious
CEO
PZG PR
Abdul Waheed Patel
CEO
ETHICORE Political Lobbying
Sarah Waddington, CBE
CEO
PRCA
Nyandia Gachago, ACIM
Founder
MintyLime
Israel Opayemi
Managing Director/Chief Strategist
Chain Reactions Africa
Kanyi Mwangi
Communications Director for East & West Africa
Mastercard
Bola Balogun
CEO
Glam Brand Agency
Chris Wangalwa
Director
Africa Strategic Communication Hub (ASCH)
Joel Chacha
Director
Portland Communications
Terryanne Chebet
PR Lead
Quill & Foundry Communications
Alex Owiti
Founder & CEO
Alexander PR and Communications Network
Kirsty Leighton
Chair
PRCA
Tshego Kekana
Founder
Alfa Destiny Communications
JOHNNA Burke
Global CEO
AMEC
Dennis Larsen
Founder and Managing Director
Linq Advisors
Mugambi Mutegi
Manager of Communications & External Relations
Competition Authority of Kenya