Marketers and Money 2024
That’s a wrap for Marketers and Money 2024, but there’s plenty more we want to show you. Watch this space for session briefs, highlights, full videos, and reminders of what you might have missed.
Why Marketers and Money?
In 2024, marketing is about more than media metrics and creative flair. Although, as we learnt at the event on August 1, these two disciplines are still at the heart of what good marketers do. But we were also convinced that marketing done well is increasingly about capital allocation and building financial credibility with the C-Suite.
Marketers and Money is a conference designed to change the way you tell the story of your marketing results. It’s all about providing the tools, credibility, and inspiration you need to manage your marketing budget like the investment that it is.
News from Marketers and Money 2024
Introducing Hendren
It’s called ‘Hendren’, and you’ll want to see this for yourself. Think AI chat meets market mix modeling.
4 Key Takeaways
We minted the world’s first AI powered MMM chat product and heard some big ideas from the undisputed heavyweights of marketing. Here’s what you missed…
Domino’s and the incredible strength of data
Domino’s CEO Don Meij tells his story publicly for the first time in his opening address at Marketers and Money. Watch the full keynote video now.
Highlights
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Henry Innis (Global CEO, Mutinex)
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Brent Smart (CMO, Telstra)
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Don Meij (CEO, Domino's)
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Mat Baxter (APAC CEO, Mutinex)
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Melody Townsend (GM Retail Marketing, BOQ), Henry Innis (Global CEO, Mutinex), Carl Bunn (Head of Data and Solutions, Samsung)
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Brent Smart (CMO, Telstra), Paul McIntyre (Executive Editor, Mi3)
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Mel Hopkins (formerly CMO, Seven Network), Liana Dubois (CMO, Nine), Paul McIntyre (Executive Editor, Mi3)
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Agenda
9:05AM – 9:10AM:
Welcome: Mat Baxter (Mutinex APAC CEO)
Welcome: Mat Baxter (Mutinex APAC CEO)
9:10AM – 9:50AM:
Keynote: Don Meij (CEO and Managing Director, Dominos Enterprises Ltd)
Keynote: Don Meij (CEO and Managing Director, Dominos Enterprises Ltd)
10:00AM – 10:25AM:
What makes creative not only good, but effective? And how can marketers put the right guardrails in place to ensure that their award winning creative is loved by the finance team too? What happens when everything goes wrong? Join Brent Smart and Paul McIntyre for a frank fireside chat on how creative can impact the bottom line.
Turning Creativity into Dollars
Once described as “amongst the most accomplished CMOs in the world” (by none other than Mark Ritson himself), Brent Smart has been turning creativity into dollars for decades. But what makes creative not only good, but effective? And how can marketers put the right guardrails in place to ensure that their award winning creative is loved by the finance team too? What happens when everything goes wrong? Join Brent for a frank fireside chat on how creative can impact the bottom line.
Meet Your Speakers
Brent Smart
CMO
Telstra
Brent (currently CMO at Telstra) spent five years as CMO at IAG, the Australian insurance giant. He led the transformation of the NRMA brand, taking it from 36th strongest brand in Australia to fifth, creating over $400m of brand value and winning the coveted Grand Effie in 2021.
Paul McIntyre
Executive Editor
Mi3
Business journalist/editor covering the marketing, tech, media, agency and advisor sectors for 150 years.
11:05AM – 11:30AM:
The marketing landscpe is moving faster than ever and brand needs to respond quickly to change or risk falling behind. How are the smartest marketers responding to this challenge?
How the World’s Smartest Marketers are Making Faster MROI Decisions
The marketing landscape is moving faster than ever and brand needs to respond quickly to change or risk falling behind. How are the smartest marketers responding to this challenge? Join Melody Townsend (GM Retail Banking, BOQ Group) and Carl Bunn (Head of Data and Solutions, Samsung) to find out how they’re using MROI to focus insights and power decisions at speed.
Meet Your Speakers
Melody Townsend
General Manager, Retail Marketing
BOQ Group
Melody is the General Manager – Retail Marketing at Bank of Queensland Group. With a career spanning 25 years in brand, marketing and digital, Melody has worked across diverse industries including automotive, logistics and financial services to develop data-driven marketing communications that drive brand salience, customer experience, employee engagement and revenue growth.
Carl Bunn
Head of Solutions & DTC
Samsung
Currently leading Data & Solutions for Samsung Australia, Carl is focussed on unlocking incremental ecommerce growth from investments with data and technology. With over 20 years’ experience in the consumer technology industry, Carl has held a variety of roles across marketing, product, and commercial teams. He is always looking for new ways to use data & technology to transform businesses, and loves to share his views on the future of marketing and technology.
Henry Innis
Co-Founder and CEO
Mutinex moderator
Henry Innis is the CEO and Co-Founder of Mutinex. Mutinex’s GrowthOS software platform uses foundation modelling to analyse billions of dollars of advertising spend from some of the world’s best known brands – and then provide insight on how they could be investing better.
11:30AM – 12:00PM:
Join representatives from the biggest tech platforms to get an inside look into how digital platforms are thinking about advertising effectiveness and how marketers can make their dollars impactful.
Beyond CPM: How Marketers can Drive Advertising Effectiveness on Digital Platforms
Join representatives from the biggest tech platforms to get an inside look into how digital platforms are thinking about advertising effectiveness and how marketers can make their dollars impactful.
Meet Your Speakers
Amir Jangodaz
Marketing Mix Model Lead
Google
With a background in establishing marketing effectiveness frameworks (including MMMs) for iconic brands like Huggies, Kleenex, U by Kotex, and ING, Amir has consistently helped companies gain market share through strategic, data-informed and highly actionable insights.
Now, as Google’s MMM Lead in AUNZ, he’s passionate about driving innovation in the measurement industry.
Carl McLean
Marketing Science Manager ANZ
Meta
Carl is a highly experienced marketing science professional with 25 years experience and a background in media (OMD Australia) and advertising research (ICM Research) across UK and Australia. He is passionate about helping brands leverage measurement as a driver for growth.
Will Marks
Marketing Science Director
Mutinex
Will Marks, Marketing Science Director at Mutinex, brings a wealth of experience from working at analytics consultancies, media publishers, and TV / telecommunication corporations, including stints at Kantar, Sky and Meta. Leading a team of marketing science partners, Will guides clients to excel in media measurement, leveraging data for informed decision-making in today’s dynamic marketing landscape.
12:00PM – 12:30PM:
Keynote: Henry Innis (Global CEO, Mutinex) Exclusive Product Announcement
Keynote: Henry Innis (Global CEO, Mutinex) Exclusive Product Announcement
1:35PM – 2:00PM:
The Power of Audience
Melissa Hopkins (formerly at Seven Network), Liana Dubois (Nine), Paul McIntyre (Mi3)
Much has been made of the "decline" of linear TV, but in Australia, the traditional TV networks still command the attention of vast, core audiences. Join this panel for a discussion on how mass reach is still relevant.
The Power of Audience
Much has been made of the “decline” of linear TV, but in Australia, the traditional TV networks still command the attention of vast, core audiences. Join this panel for a discussion on how mass reach is still relevant.
Meet Your Speakers
Melissa Hopkins
Chief Marketing and Audience Officer
formerly at Seven Network
Melissa was most recently the Chief Marketing and Audience Officer at Seven, responsible for driving audience numbers and growth. Her portfolio includes brand strategy, consumer and trade marketing, audience research, promotions, publicity, social media and corporate communications. One of Australia’s most successful and acclaimed marketers, Hopkins was previously Vice President Marketing CMO at Optus. With over 25 years’ global experience both agency and client side, Hopkins has deep consumer and enterprise experience across a wide range of sectors and high-profile brands, and in November 2022 was named #4 in CM050 2022, and in 2021 was awarded ‘APAC Marketer of the Year’ (Campaign Asia).
Liana Dubois
Chief Marketing Officer
Nine
Liana Dubois is Chief Marketing Officer at Nine, Australia’s leading media company. With more than 20 years experience in the media, marketing and advertising industry, Liana is widely recognized for her expertise in creating innovative marketing strategies that drive growth and engagement. Liana made a name for herself developing big ideas for major marketing campaigns with a specialist ability to craft compelling messages that resonated with audiences across multiple channels, earning her widespread praise from colleagues and clients alike.
Paul McIntyre
Executive Editor
Mi3
Business journalist/editor covering the marketing, tech, media, agency and advisor sectors for 150 years.
2:00PM – 2:30PM:
A practical discussion of how the ultimate trifecta of decision making happens: Client/Advertiser, Independent MMM and the Agency plays out to enable growth for a client’s business.
The Decision Making Trifecta
A practical discussion of how the ultimate trifecta of decisioning happens: Client/Advertiser, Independent MMM and the Agency plays out to enable growth for a client’s business.
Bupa, Atomic 212° and Mutinex talk about what the roles are of each in the relationship, and how each partner brings their unique perspective to enable business improvements via marketing.
Meet Your Speakers
Tom Sheppard
General Manager, Media Technology
Atomic 212º
Tom is always looking for new ways to leverage technology and data to measure the impact of media on clients’ business outcomes. From an education perspective, he has a BA in mathematics and an appreciation for all things data – if it can’t be measured he does not like it. This formidable and relentless pursuit of truth through numbers gives Tom an incredible ability to drive business growth through a-typical intelligence and strategy.
Angas Hill
Head of Performance Marketing
Bupa
With 10 years industry experience spanning marketing agency and the financial sector, Angas brings a unique background of mar-tech, media, digital and data expertise to his role as Head of Performance Marketing for Bupa. Responsible for marketing’s performance and impact to the business, his focus is on ensuring media plans are delivering against growth ambitions.
Rory Heffernan
National Managing Director
Atomic 212º
Rory Heffernan, Atomic 212’s National Managing Director, is a veteran of fifteen years with the agency, leading the operations and product development for Australia’s largest independent media agency. Leaning on his digital & analytics background, Rory has continued to grow A212’s presence as a market leader in data-driven media strategy and buying, in order to ensure growth for clients.
Tracy Wong
Marketing Science Partner
Mutinex
Tracy is a seasoned marketing professional with over 10 years of experience, currently serving as a Marketing Science Partner at Mutinex. With a robust background in marketing and analytics, Tracy has previously held key leadership positions such as Marketing Analytics Director at HBO Max and Marketing Science Director at Hearts and Science in USA, where she successfully led teams to measure and improve marketing strategies.
2:30PM – 3:00PM:
The dark art of media negotations can be mysterious to even the most seasoned marketers. In this panel we uncover how hold co's use leverage from measurement to ensure that clients are getting the best deal on media buys.
Leveraging Measurement for Better Media Negotiations
The dark art of media negotations can be mysterious to even the most seasoned marketers. In this panel we uncover how hold co’s use leverage from measurement to ensure that clients are getting the best deal on media buys.
Meet Your Speakers
Mark Coad
CEO
IPG Mediabrands
Mark Coad is CEO of IPG Mediabrands Australia, one of this country’s largest media agency groups. Prior to that he was CEO of PHD Australia, a role he held from 2012. Mark has worked with some of the largest advertisers. He has won multiple industry awards for his achievements.
Anathea Ruys
CEO
UM Australia
Anathea Ruys is the CEO of UM Australia, joining after over four years leading a fully integrated agency group on the West Coast of the US. Anathea has been working in the media and communications industry for over 25 years across Australia, New Zealand, Asia and the United States, developing disruptive and creative ways to engage with and excite people to connect with brands.
Rory Heffernan
National Managing Director
Atomic 212º
Rory Heffernan, Atomic 212’s National Managing Director, is a veteran of fifteen years with the agency, leading the operations and product development for Australia’s largest independent media agency. Leaning on his digital & analytics background, Rory has continued to grow A212’s presence as a market leader in data-driven media strategy and buying, in order to ensure growth for clients.
Mat Baxter
APAC CEO
Mutinex moderator
Mat, the newly appointed CEO Asia-Pacific of Mutinex, brings over 20 years of experience in advertising and marketing. He previously served as global CEO of Huge, driving brand growth through creative consultancy. As Chairman and global CEO of Initiative, he led the agency to become the world’s fastest-growing media agency for four consecutive years.
3:20PM – 3:50PM:
Mythbusting: Inhousing
Chris Maxwell (Lution and Inhouse Agency Council), Jemma Downey (Asahi Beverages), Charlie Gearside (Eucalyptus), Matt Farrugia (Mutinex moderator)
Are in-house agencies truly the ultimate solution, or just another marketing myth? In this session, we’ll attack common myths about in-housing, separating fact from fiction.
Mythbusting: Inhousing
Are in-house agencies truly the ultimate solution, or just another marketing myth? In this session, we’ll attack common myths about in-housing, separating fact from fiction, exploring whether you can really save money and achieve superior effectiveness with an in-house team versus an agency.
Meet Your Speakers
Chris Maxwell
Founder and CEO
Lution and Inhouse Agency Council
Chris Maxwell is a senior marketer and business leader with 20 years’ experience across Australia, Asia Pacific and North American markets. Chris is founder and CEO of Lution, Australia’s leading marketing transformation consultancy focused on in-house and hybrid agency models. Chris is also Executive Chairman of the In-House Agency Council (IHAC).
Jemma Downey
Group General Manager Consumer Growth
Asahi Beverages
Jemma, the Group General Manager of Consumer Growth at Asahi Beverages, drives strategic initiatives in consumer engagement and growth. With a diverse remit spanning in-house marketing, direct-to-consumer, sponsorships and consumer experience, she emphasizes data-driven analysis, creativity, and innovation. Her global career has spanned across the UK, US, APAC, and Bermuda.
Charlie Gearside
Co-founder
Eucalyptus
Founder and creative director behind some of Australia’s fastest growing consumer brands, including Pilot, Juniper and Koala. Charlie grew up a programmer before working as a junior creative in ad agencies. He brings both schools together by building in-house creative and product teams at his own companies.
Matt Farrugia
Co-founder
Mutinex moderator
Matt Farrugia is Co -founder of Mutinex. Prior to Mutinex, Matt’s career spans two decades in advertising across creative, media, data and digital at leading agencies.
3:50PM – 4:15PM:
The role of marketing as growth engine is critical for challengers. This session will unpack the power of challenger mindset in driving brands to break through.
Keynote: The ROI of Challenger Spirit
The role of marketing as growth engine is critical for challengers. This session will unpack the power of challenger mindset in driving brands to break through.
Meet Your Speakers
Angela Greenwood
CMO
Youi
With a love of challenger brands, Angela’s mission is to continue Youi’s impressive growth story in a highly competitive industry, leading a mature in-house agency model which has been at the heart of Youi’s business since day one. Prior to Youi, she spent over five years leading consumer marketing at Optus.