Bio

'As CEO of Spark Foundry, Imogen took the media agency to the top of the 2020 new business rankings in Australia after just one year in the role. Bringing over 20 years of industry experience in both media and creative agencies, Imogen was listed on Campaign Asia’s 2017 and 2020 ‘Women to Watch’ list, and has also been recognised on B&T’s Women in Media Power List every year since 2017'' She has spent the last 20 years learning, honing and learning some more in full service, media and creative agencies both in Australia and South East Asia. Holding varied positions with roles across media, digital, creative, brand and agency management. This diverse background has fostered the ability to think across disciplines and channels; To be able to bring a hybrid strategic point of view to the tasks and challenges of communications and agency management now. ''As CEO I am responsible for the people, product, positioning and commercial success of the agency. If it’s broken, I need to fix it. Most importantly it's my responsibility to create a culture where exceptional people thrive. An inverted org chart. An upside down triangle. I’m not on the top. I’m on the bottom doing my best to hold the extraordinary people who work with me and for me, up and it's a daily honour''. Most Recent Awards: Campaign Asia 'Woman to watch'' 2020 Finalist - Executive Leader of the Year, B&T Women in Media Awards, 2018,2 019, 2020 Finalist - Business Leader of the Year, Women Leading Change Awards, Campaign Asia, 2018 Winner - B&T Women in Media Strategist of the Year 2017 Winner - B&T Women in Media ''Woman of the year'' 2017 Campaign Asia 'Woman to watch'' 2017 Most recent Judging engagements: Lynx, Festival of creativity, President of the Media Jury 2020, 2021 Lynx Festival of creativity. Media jury 2019 Young Lions Media Competition, 2018 Festival of Media Global, Rome, 2018 Tangrams effectiveness awards 2018 Cannes Lions Awarding Jury for Media 2017 MiSX Awards Judge 2017 Media Federation Awards Judge 2017 B&T Women in Media Judge 2017 Tangram Effectiveness Awards 2017 Most recent Speaking engagements: The Agency Symposium, 2020 Mumbrella 360 Speaker 2019 Adma (Association for Data Driven Marketing) Retail conference, 2018 Curvy Creative Women's Conference 2018 Women in Data, 2018 Mumbrella 360 Data Stage 2018 Mumbrella 360 Speaker 2017 APG, Communications Council Cannes Wrap Speaker 2017 Women in Comms and PR Speaker 2017 Specialties: Agency management, media, strategic planning, marketing communications, SE Asia, integrated process development and implementation.