RegisterFounding Team
Female-founded team with 100 years’ combined experience at Cannes Lions, Contagious, XEIM, Dow Jones, Haymarket.
Michelle Graves
COO / CRO / Co-Founder
As Commercial leader, Michelle brings over 15 years experience and significant success in strategic planning, product development and innovation. Michelle comes from Festival of Media and Contagious, where she was part of the Executive Leadership team leading the Ascential acquisition before co-founding Brands&Culture.
Charlotte Williams
CCO / Co-Founder
Charlotte heads up content, editorial and programming at Brands&Culture after six years as VP of Content and part of the senior leadership at Cannes Lions. Charlotte’s experience spans 20+ years across commercial event organisations and world leading trade publications before becoming the co-founder of The Thought Partnership and Brands&Culture.
Josephine Andrew
CMO / Co-Founder
Jo is a Marketing leader with specialist knowledge spanning 20+ years across live and virtual events, audience and membership growth. Jo was Executive Marketing Director at Wall Street Journal before co-founding the leading content and marketing agency, The Thought Partnership and Brands&Culture.
Vanessa Sawyerr
Co-Founder
Vanessa is the co-founder of WeRepresent, the UK's first influencer creative and management agency founded by women from multicultural heritages. Built with the purpose of driving engagement through authentic cultural connection, WeRepresent amplifies diverse voices and empowers brands to connect with audiences in meaningful, impactful ways. As a passionate advocate for representation in media and advertising, Vanessa brings lived experience to the table leveraging both her deep industry expertise to champion purposeful storytelling that reflects the real world we live in. She is a recognised thought leader in the influencer space, having appeared on BBC News, Channel 5, and as a guest on industry podcasts, sharing insights on the evolving creator economy and the importance of inclusive marketing strategies