BenG has over 20 Years experience working in Soho at London most successful sound studios. His experience expands from Radio advertising to Academy winning Features like NOPE and Poor Things. His craft is well versed working on multiple award winning campaigns.
Bernard P Achampong, a creative leader, media professional, eight-time Radio Academy Award winner, and Rose D'Or nominee, was the driving force behind the sold-out presentation of "7 Secrets of Immersive Storytelling" at the London Podcast Show in 2022 and the Birmingham Podcast Festival in 2023. He has served as a board member of Creative UK and is currently vice-chair of Audio UK. He advocates for creator ownership, intellectual property, diversity, and representation in the creative industry. His production company, Unedited, continues to produce ground-breaking programming, including Sounds of Black Britain (Spotify) and 1Xtra's Throwback Party (BBC Sounds). Unedited have been nominated production company of the year in 2022 and 2024, winning silver and bronze respectively. Bernard's personal career highlights are the documentary "HRH The Prince of Wales: Building Bridges" and delivering Spotify's Sound Up programme for the UK and Ireland for three years. In addition, his first children's television programme, Skin Deep (CBBC), exploring the identity of boys between the ages of 7 and 11, is his magnum opus.
I've worked in audio advertising for over 20 years, creating campaigns for national and international brands and businesses across a range of sectors including retail, leisure, travel and tourism, public sector, financial, legal, recruitment, toilets(!)...you name it, I've written an ad for it! I've also picked up a few awards along the way, such as London International Advertising Awards, Mobius Awards, and New York Advertising Awards. At N+G, we supercharge brands with sound, always staying true to our philosphy of searching for that extra element to push a audio creative further, creating campaigns that are effective, activating and engaging. Whatever the brand, we always deliver sound to be proud of.
A Korean-born American, Dayoung began her advertising career as a Creative Intern at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Miami. Over the course of her 10 years at CP+B, she rose through the ranks to become Creative Director and Vice President, working on brands including Coca-Cola, Nike, and Mondelez. Her work on these campaigns garnered numerous awards, including prestigious D&AD Pencils and Cannes Lions. After her time at CP+B, Dayoung worked at various creative agencies, including Mother London, where she led clients such as Boots Pharmacy and Notonthehighstreet.com. She also spearheaded Mother London's largest global production campaign for Dubai Tourism in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, Dayoung joined VMLY&R to lead global accounts, including New Balance, and helped reintroduce Wendy's to the UK market. Her Wendy's "Camden Makeover" campaign resulted in over 2 billion earned impressions and marked the most successful new store launch in the UK. In 2024, she joined YouTube Creative Studio to lead YouTube's global reputational work, focusing on strategy, communication, and design for YouTube's role in society, scaled across EMEA, the Americas, and APAC.
Having produced radio advertising for commercial radio, the independent sector, the armed forces and the UK government, Debbie now heads up BBC Creative's award-winning audio team.
With a real passion for audio gained from working across both national and local radio brands, including talkSPORT, Times Radio, and Virgin Radio, I now work as the Head of Insight at the trade body for Commercial Radio, developing research and insight into the role of radio advertising for brands. Regularly presenting best practise learnings at advertising agencies and client sessions as well as industry training days and international conferences- working to encourage others to 'See Radio Differently'.
Gav is Co-Founder and Creative Director at the award winning audio creative agency Kalua. A renowned audio producer with over 25 years' experience in radio and audio advertising, he's helped produce thousands of engaging campaigns for brands including Sega, the BBC, The Co Operative, Thames Water and ITV.
Kathleen leads the creative team at audio specialist agency and recording studios, Forever Audio. Her team creates international commercial audio campaigns for radio and digital audio streaming platforms, podcasts, long-form audio content, audio focussed interactive digital campaigns and immersive audio experiences. Kathleen has worked in audio for over 15 years, starting her career as a creative writer across Bauer Media's flagship national audio brands, before playing an integral role in rolling out creative departments across 15 local radio stations. Now working across the entire audio space globally, Kathleen leads a team working with brands and agencies direct, as well as creating original content and experiences for major audio platforms such as Spotify and Audible. She's known for her innovation with sound and has done everything from building a cottage made of real sweets that played binaural fairytales in Mindshare's London offices, to creating Dolby Atmos experiences that have toured the world.
Lee Climpson is a seasoned creative leader and co-founder of Transmission, a premium Creative Production Company that blends the vision of an ad agency with the technical expertise of a production house. With over two decades of experience in media, advertising, and production, Lee has built a reputation for delivering impactful, response-led campaigns that resonate with audiences and drive measurable results. Under Lee's leadership, Transmission has developed campaigns for major brands, including its long-standing partnership with Omaze, achieving record-breaking success across broadcast and digital channels. His passion for storytelling, coupled with meticulous attention to craft, ensures creative ideas are brought to life with innovation, clarity, and purpose. Starting his career at 18, Lee has evolved from early production roles into a dynamic industry figure, working with challenger brands to elevate their presence and connect authentically with consumers. He is dedicated to fostering creativity, collaboration, and excellence in the industry and brings a wealth of experience, insight, and enthusiasm to any production.
Michaela joined Fresh Air after 20 years with the BBC, where she was Head of Audio at BBC Creative, responsible for leading an award winning team to create audio campaigns for the BBC's biggest shows. She's worked across every BBC network radio station, developed strategy and creative for the BBC's Voice and Connected Speaker offering, and helped commission sonic brand identities for BBC Music and BBC Sounds. As Director of Content at Fresh Air, she brings all those skills to the commercial sector where she works with brands of all sizes to build their own podcasts, creating formats and telling stories that both demonstrably meet business objectives and keep listeners, listening.
As the Head of Business Development at Octave, Nadia Holmes brings with her a wealth of experience gathered during her time at Bauer Media. Holmes spearheaded Bauer Media's Digital Audio proposition, which led to her ascending to the position of 'Head of Digital Audio.' Octave Audio hand-picked her to join the leadership team, where her trusted relationships with agencies and clients have resulted in significant revenue generation, as well as leading the evolution of Octave's digital audio proposition, which includes the exciting world of podcast content.
Nick Russell is Director of Creative Strategy at Global, home to some of the most loved market leading audio brands in the UK (including Capital, Heart, Classic FM, LBC, Smooth, Radio X and Gold), as well as being one leading Outdoor companies in both the UK & Europe. With over 25 years media experience, Nick has held creative roles for both The BBC and Telegraph Media Group and has helped to create award winning campaigns at Global for brands including Volkswagen, Heineken, British Heart Foundation and Disney.
Rich is an award-winning audio producer, having worked in the creative industries for twenty years, producing across radio, podcasts and anything involving sound. He heads up the audio production offering at Hogarth & GPS. Average photographer, Spurs fan, film buff, sci-fi geek, Desert Island Discs obsessive and world record holder.
Sam started her career at Emap in Audio sales and has worked on some of the UKs largest audio accounts including the COI, Ovo and Cazoo. Sam has a wealth of agency experience having worked for both network agencies Mindshare and Starcom, as well independents. Sam has strived to deliver award winning and outstanding bespoke media campaigns throughout her career, successfully picking up the Campaign Awards Grand Prix for the Samaritans as well as being the first agency to retain the Media Week Best Use of Audio award for two consecutive years with work for On the Beach and Ovo.
Tim has been working in radio and audio for nearly 40 years. He's written and produced thousands of commercials, working in both the public and private sectors. As Head of Creative for Audio Experts, he leads a team that works with some of the biggest brands in the world.
