Julia Porter, Director of Commercial Marketing - ITV

Julia Porter is currently Interim Director of Consumer Revenues at The Guardian Group. She was previously Acting Group Marketing and Research Director at ITV having joined the company in 2006.  This role oversees all B2C and B2B marketing and research for ITV Broadcasting and ITV Studios in UK and overseas.

Prior to joining ITV Julia was Client Services and Marketing Director at Getty Images, responsible for marketing and client servicing for image.net and Media Manager asset management businesses in UK and Internationally.

Before image.net Julia was Business Enterprises Director at IPC Magazines, the UK's largest consumer publisher. There she was responsible for creating the division that leveraged all non-publishing revenue streams including subscriptions, mail order, database development, International licensing, syndication and digital archives. Prior to this role she was responsible for Strategic planning for IPC and holds an MBA from London Business School. Julia started her career as a media planner in the advertising industry.

Inderveer Tatla, Intrepreneur - ByBox

Indi is currently Intrepreneur for ByBox where she has pioneered and led the development of a business-to-consumer proposition within a £50 million business-to-business organisation. She is responsible for introducing and growing a new service proposition, delivery to banks of electronic lockers, in a new market so online shoppers no longer have to wait at home for their parcels. 

On joining ByBox in 2005, she developed the marketing programme for the company’s core business-to-business services in the UK and its international subsidiary Logibag. Since then Indi has single-handedly cut through the “grey zone” to launch a consumer internet delivery proposition and develop a commercial model that resonates with the market. Alongside doing so, she secured a contract to install lockers at every mainline Railway Station in the UK and established strong partnerships with internet retailers.

Annie Bennett, Executive Coach

Annie is a qualified Career and Executive Coach, and an Accredited Member of the Association for Coaching. Annie works with fast moving, hi-growth individuals to support and challenge their step up to the next stage in their life and career.

Annie runs her own business working as an Executive and Career Coach, and works in alliance with a number of key organisational partners. Prior to this, she had careers in Education and as an internal HR consultant in an international engineering organisation.

Annie has worked with clients from many sectors over the years, and has built a reputation as a coach and facilitator of major personal change and development. Her style is warm, engaging and challenging, and she acts as a real thinking partner to help clients achieve their goals, whether in an organisational or personal leadership arena.