APG Presents: Battle of Big Thinking at Vivid Sydney

Kate is the Chief Strategy Integration Officer at Publicis Communications. 
Known for her passionate commitment to the cultural and creative impact of brands, Kate has been a key leader of the advertising industry here in Australia and has judged both local and international effectiveness awards.

Peter Fray is the co-director of the Centre for Media Transition, an applied research centre at University Technology Sydney. He is the former editor-in-chief of the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald, the editor of the SMH, the Canberra Times and the Sunday Age and the deputy editor of The Australian.

Lisa Davis is the Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald.
Lisa joined Fairfax Media in early 2012. She has held several senior reporting and editing roles including Deputy Editor, Investigations Editor and Justice Editor. In 2016 she was also Fairfax Media's Federal Election Edito

Carl is the Chief Strategy Officer at DDB, Sydney. 

Carl has more than 20 years’ experience in the world of marketing and building brands. Recently Carl led the award-winning team at One Green Bean before reverting back to the world of strategy as chief strategy officer at DDB Sydney.

David is the Group Strategy Director at BMF Sydney. David has 15 years of planning experience, having learnt his trade at the home of strategic planning, DDB London. Since joining BMF David has helped his clients win five EFFIE awards, with BMF winning effective agency of the year in 2017.

Shelly Horton is 9Honey’s lifestyle presenter, and will be the moderator for The Battle of Big Thinking in 2019! Never short of an opinion, Shelly can be heard nationally a number of times each week with regular segments on Channel Nine’s Today, Today Extra, 3pm News and Weekend Today.

With 15 years’ experience in advertising and marketing, Ali is a firm believer in getting out from behind the laptop screen, finding real human insight and combining with other data for fresh strategies.