Bio

Anne-Marie Tomchak is a digital executive with almost 20 years experience working at the top of news, technology and fashion media. During the pandemic, she founded the social enterprises DesignTracker (which helps people decarbonise their homes) and ShareJoy (which sells pre-loved fashion to support mental health charities). Anne-Marie is also a contributing editor for the Condé Nast title Glamour UK and a columnist for Ireland’s most read newspaper the Irish Independent. She has led high performing teams at British Vogue and Mashable and has a track record of editorial innovation and growth. Throughout her impressive career Anne-Marie has worked with the world’s most internationally recognised brands including: Microsoft, Snapchat, Apple, Harvey Nichols, BMW, Salesforce, Ralph Lauren, Jimmy Choo, One Young World, the International Rescue Committee, among many others. An accomplished multi platform journalist and editor, Anne-Marie spent over a decade in news media with RTE in Dublin and the BBC in London where she launched the social media investigative unit BBC Trending. She has made TV documentaries about artificial intelligence and data privacy and her work on digital wellbeing has been added to the Irish curriculum as a learning resource for students and teachers in the Junior Cycle (GCSE). An advocate for diversity and inclusion, Anne-Marie mentors journalists on schemes with the Second Source and WABJ (We Are Black Journalists) and she is on the European Leadership Council for the humanitarian organisation Mercy Corps. A classically trained violinist, Anne-Marie enjoys yoga and sharing a meal with family and friends in her spare time.