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Management Team
Meet the brains behind the Brainlabs teams across the globe
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Claire Lawrence
Global Chief People Officer
Fernando Emilio Silva
LATAM CEO
Fernando is the Latin American CEO of Brainlabs. With over 27 years of experience in digital media and marketing across the LATAM region, he most recently served as Managing Director at Podean. He has held roles as Managing Director, Chairman, and CEO at OMD International, Publicis, and MediaCom, respectively.
Julia Amorim
Canada CEO & North America CSO
Divya Gururaj
Global Chief Client Officer
As we continue to grow our footprint around the world, Divya is responsible for leading strategy, new business development and client service across our growing global client base. Divya has spent over two decades at GroupM agencies (Mindshare, MediaCom), working with clients such as P&G, GSK, Unilever, The Coca-Cola Company, Kimberly-Clark, Dell, Volkswagen, Rolex, DeBeers, Mars-Wrigley, Johnson & Johnson. She has lived in three countries managing local, regional and global remits, and is currently based in the US. Divya’s remit as Global Chief Client Officer will see her applying her vast experience of managing multi-market clients to drive our ambition to win more digital-first global clients that want to implement our unique formula of ‘testing, tech and talent’ to their digital business. Additionally, she will ensure these clients receive the best of Brainlabs products, services and teams to drive results.
Dan Bottiglieri
UK CEO
Dan’s rise to UK CEO is a bonafide Brainlabs success story. Joining the company as employee number six he has risen spectacularly through the ranks.
He founded Brainlabs US in 2017, growing the operation from one to 400 people within five years and securing a number of high-profile clients along the way.
In June 2022 he returned to his native UK shores to become our Global Chief Revenue Officer before taking the reins as UK CEO in February 2023.
Jason Shulman
Chief Growth Officer
Jason has been a leader in the convergence of media, advertising and technology since the first days of internet advertising, developing solutions that drive positive and meaningful business outcomes for companies small and large. He has held senior management positions at agency holding companies, publishers and technology start-ups.
Beginning his career by co-founding one of the first digital agencies (Freestyle Interactive) and selling it to Dentsu/Aegis, Jason went on to be Chief Revenue Officer at the world’s first demand side platform (DSP) called [x+1], sold to RocketFuel for $275 million. Afterwards, Jason was an early employee and first monetization lead at Adap.tv, sold to Verizon for $495 million.
Most recently, Jason led global revenue and operations for Firework, the world’s largest, open short video platform.
Gyn Ang
APAC SVP
Gyn is the Senior Vice President for Brainlabs’ APAC operations. She has over 20 years’ industry experience at some of the world’s biggest media agencies, most recently at Carat where she led growth in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. Prior to that, she spent time as Managing Director at PHD.
Simon Prior
Chief People Officer, EMEA and APAC
Simon is Chief People Officer for EMEA and APAC charged with leading the our people strategy across these regions that unleashes the potential of our people and our business.
Simon brings 15+ years of experience in Organisational Development & Talent the majority working in large, global, dynamic, fast-paced, digitally-led matrixed organisations having held roles at market, regional and global levels across industries such as Marketing/Advertising, Publishing, Outsourced Contact Centres, Airlines and Music/Entertainment.
Daniele Renda
SVP Managing Partner
As SVP, Managing Partner, Daniele oversees a team of VPs across a portfolio of our key enterprise clients. Daniele brings over 21 years of agency experience, primarily focused on performance marketing working with the worlds' leading brands such as Intel, LinkedIn, Samsung, and many others. Daniele has worked across a variety of brands and sectors, with a strong focus on global clients and their global marketing strategies in the tech & B2B space. She has also worked with leading brands in the retail, hospitality and financial services categories. Daniele most recently spent 12 years at iProspect, part of dentsu media, as EVP Managing Director where she was responsible for managing a P&L of more than $25Million USD annually and leading over 200 employees. Daniele is thrilled to be part of the Brainlabs team and is eager to apply her experience to further support our key clients.
Grace Kaye
SVP Managing Partner
Grace leads partnerships for our global and enterprise clients from our New York office. Passionate about helping businesses grow, she's excited about the possibilities that ever-evolving technology and data create for our clients. A team member from the early days of Brainlabs, Grace has been key in the agency's own growth story.
Lara Ponniah
Chief Client Officer, UK
Lara is responsible for building best-in-class digital marketing teams and client partnerships. She has 15 years industry experience in global, regional, and local agency roles with the likes of Publicis Media & Mindshare UK, spanning both multi-channel comms strategy and activation for brands including Nespresso, Depop, and Carwow. She’s a big fan of movie marathons and tries to go surfing any chance she gets!
Venya Wijegoonewardene
UK SVP, Strategy
Venya develops our media strategy offering and helps connect brands with the right audiences. Before joining Brainlabs, she held several high-profile positions, including working as Global Strategy Partner at Carat, working with brands such as Diageo Europe, Coca-Cola, Pandora, Nestlé, and O2. Venya was a Campaign Face to Watch 2019 and holds a coveted IPA Effectiveness award from 2018.
Mark Leach
Managing Director, Manchester
Mark leads our team of specialists in Conversion Rate Optimisation. His background is in marketing and ecommerce, having led a number of high-performing teams in brand management roles such as Head of Ecommerce at Missguided.
Jeff Allen
US Chief Operating Officer
Jeff leads the region and directs process and product strategy for all US hives. Jeff brings 19 years of digital advertising experience to the team and comes to Brainlabs from Hanapin Marketing, where he grew revenue 5 times throughout his tenure as President.
Timothy Armoo
VP Influencer Marketing
Timothy Armoo was the CEO of Fanbytes before it was acquired by Brainlabs. As CEO he led the commercial side of the business helping them to large partnerships with brands like Public Health England, Nike, Samsung and Mattel. He is an outspoken leader on social marketing appearing on Bloomberg, BBC and Wired and appeared as the face of Forbes 30 under 30 in 2021. He's also been described as "one of the influential people in advertising" by Evening Standard.
Mitchell Fasanya
VP Influencer Tech
Mitchell has extensive experience building and scaling tech products spanning the data and marketing space. His experience started from a young age when he built a data analytics business before turning 18. Later taking this knowledge and applying it to influencer marketing. He has built products which are being used by some of the biggest brands in the world. Prior to joining Brainlabs he was the CTO and Co-Founder at Fanbytes, building out the products and services to scale influencer activations globally.
Mark Fagan
Global President of Business Operations
Mark Fagan leads our regional expansion in Singapore. For the past 10 years, Mark worked at iProspect across a number of leadership roles in the UK, Global China and Asia Pacific teams. Most recently he was the Chief Operating Officer for iProspect Global, supporting the growth and development of 93 offices across 51 markets with a team of 4,500+ performance marketing professionals.
Leo Jennings
SVP, Growth
Leo oversees all our new partnership and drives Brainlabs' growth. Having joined the company when it was just 30 people, she has overseen its meteoric rise from unknown start-up to challenger in every pitch. During her time, she has worked with clients such as Expedia, F1, and WorldPay. If she hadn’t joined Brainlabs, Leo would probably have been an opera singer instead.
Tom Hootman
SVP Managing Partner
Tom builds client relationships in the US using his 15 years of experience. Before Brainlabs, Tom was the VP of Revenue at Hanapin Marketing where his efforts assisted in six consecutive Inc 5000 honors. Tom is passionate about helping businesses grow and volunteers as a mentor in the local startup community.
Sophie Newton
Chief of Staff
As our Chief of Staff, Sophie works with our global leadership team to bridge the gap between vision and execution. Since joining Brainlabs in 2017, she has delivered strategic projects that span every area of the business from M&A to global operations.
Neil McCarthy
Global Commercial Director
Neil leads our commercial practices across the business. Formerly the Global Commercial Director for iProspect & Dentsu, he boasts over 20 years’ media and performance agency experience. As a keen runner Neil’s looking forward to helping Brainlabs set the pace for the industry (and maybe break some records along the way)
Mark Syal
CPO
Olivier de Canson
CFO
Olivier supports our international expansion by providing commercial insight and reporting to drive performance. He has over 30 years working worldwide in corporate finance, including 14 years at Apple and most recently as Global CFO in the services sector at VFS Global. He is a big fan of hiking and has climbed both Mt. Kilimajaro and Mt. Blanc.
Molly Nagy
US Head of People Ops
Molly leads all talent management in the US to ensure that we hire and retain a diverse, high-performing team. Outside of Brainlabs, you’ll find Molly serving on the local Girls Inc. affiliate board, Young Professionals Bloomington Steering Committee, at her CrossFit gym, on the volleyball court, or trying out a new IPA!