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Seb Atkinson is a Digital Marketing Consultant with over 12 years of experience in Technical SEO, International SEO and Content Strategy for editorial and eCommerce sites in both B2B and B2C. Specialising in connecting search visibility with commercial goals to increase revenue, Seb has worked with businesses across multiple industries including personal finance, professional services, B2B and consumer brands. Seb’s approach is to understand a business’ goals, what’s currently working and what isn’t, and produce a strategy and roadmap to elevate revenue through organic search traffic. He prides himself in his thorough approach and out-of-the box thinking to solve problems and develop effective SEO programmes that deliver results, carefully considering a business’ current capabilities and how to help take them to the next level.
Neville Hobson | Social Media Strategist & Communication Adviser and Mentor |
Neville Hobson is a UK-based communication professional, consultant, and podcaster with extensive experience in digital marketing and social media strategies. Over three decades in corporate communication, he has been a prominent figure in how emerging technologies, and social media, shape business, communication, and marketing practices. Neville co-founded the popular business podcast For Immediate Release (FIR) in 2005, offering insights and opinions on public relations, social media, and digital communication to a global audience. Known for his expertise in external and internal communication and the evolving role of AI, Neville has helped organisations use podcasting to enhance their communication and engagement strategies. An early adopter and advocate of digital communication, Neville has been blogging since 2002 and sharing insights at industry and other public events. He is a frequent speaker at client events where he discusses the intersection of technology, communication, and business, and future trends. As a long-serving judge for multiple communication awards contests, he brings a seasoned perspective to evaluating digital communication excellence. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nevillehobson/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nevillehobson Other social connections: https://linktr.ee/nevillehobson
Thuha Wright | Performance Marketing Consultant |
Thuha is a Paid Search Specialist with over 18 years of experience in the travel and luxury fashion retail industry. She loves working with data and uses this superpower to help grow businesses through paid ads.
With over 20 years of extensive experience as a Visual and Product Designer, Airton has successfully led multidisciplinary teams through diverse projects, ranging from websites and graphic pieces to creating immersive culinary experiences. Holding a Ph.D. in Visual Arts, a M.Sc. in Design, and a specialization in UX Design, Airton brings a unique blend of academic knowledge and practical expertise to his work.
Karol Soja | SEO Consultant & Freelancer | Karol Soja
Karol Soja is an experienced SEO consultant and freelancer with over 12 years of experience. Throughout his career, he has gained a comprehensive understanding of SEO from various perspectives, having worked in startup, SEO agency, in-house teams, and as a Head of SEO in an agency working with the largest Polish brands. After a decade, he made the decision to venture out as an independent consultant and freelancer. His areas of specialization include e-commerce, where he excels in traffic scaling and international expansion. Additionally, Karol also works with publishers, acquiring traffic from Google News and Google Discover. Privately, Karol is an advocate for remote work, allowing him to combine his interests with travels to different parts of the world. He is also an active athlete, regularly participating in long-distance running and triathlons. As a judge for the European Search Awards, Karol brings a wealth of knowledge, a passion for SEO, and a commitment to recognizing excellence within the industry.
Tristan James | SEO Specialist | EE
Tristan brings over 13 years of experience from a mix of agency and in-house roles and work with some huge household names notably his current role at EE. His focus on collaboration and deep love for the industry means he’ll be looking for innovative and creative approaches to SEO that cover the whole spectrum of optimisation, considering the newest and oldest techniques and the user throughout.
Daniela Leitner | Independent SEO Consultant & Speaker |
Dani Leitner is a Zürich-based independent SEO Consultant with a diverse background in IT project management and civil engineering. Originally from Austria, she specializes in the German market, helping international and local companies improve their online visibility in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Dani’s expertise spans years of agency experience, working with clients across various industries before fully transitioning to freelance consulting. Passionate about developing tailored SEO strategies that align with her clients’ business models, Dani is also an active member of the SEO community, contributing regularly to industry discussions and newsletters. She recently expanded her influence as a speaker, presenting at major events like BrightonSEO and ISS Barcelona.
Tasha Antwi | SEO Consultant | Renowned Media Group
Tasha Antwi is an SEO Consultant with 11 years of experience in the industry, known for developing data-driven global omnichannel search strategies driven by audience insights. She has become an expert in the luxury and premium space and is a regular speaker at Brighton SEO, featured in WARC, Prolific North, and more. She has worked with some of the biggest and most renowned brands globally and was previously Director of Search at Rise at Seven and an Advisory Board Member for Wix. Tasha was also recently named one of the 'Top 24 Marketers to Follow in 2024'.
Michele Tommasi | Senior Paid Media Manager | Tempcover
With over a decade of experience in digital advertising and performance marketing, Michele has worked with leading global agencies and brands, including GTB and Ford, while also driving success for SMEs and established businesses across a vast range of industries. Currently heading the Paid Media department at Tempcover in the UK, he brings a rare combination of deep cross-sector knowledge and mastery of multiple advertising platforms. His data-driven strategies consistently deliver transformative ROI, helping businesses grow and thrive in highly competitive markets.
Nicolas is an International SEO Consultant. He is a self made person and has worked as Events Manager, MarTech Specialist and jack-of-all-trades digital marketing specialist before naming SEO his true calling. He has been around SEO since 2009 and founded Black Lantern Marketing and NMP Consulting in 2018. He has worked with multiple Enterprises in the eCommerce, Fashion, Hospitality, Education, Insurance, Health and iGaming sectors. He is also an SEO Instructor for Epsilon College and coaches Business Owners on SEO and how it brings value to their business. And he is co-founder of TAO Rodina, an import-export company of goods from Indonesia. He holds an MBA, an MSc in Digital Marketing and a BA in Marketing Management from the University of East London. He is originally from Greece and Italy but lives in Prague with his family.
Regan Mcgregor | SEO Lead | Airtasker
Regan McGregor is the SEO Lead at Airtasker, where he drives organic growth for their global marketplace. His expertise in data-driven SEO is recognised internationally, having served on the judging panels for both the 2025 Global Search Awards and the 2025 APAC Search Awards. A prominent voice in the Australian search community, Regan co-hosts the Sydney SEO Collective and is a frequent speaker at major industry events. His insights are regularly featured in leading industry publications and podcasts, where he discusses the future of search.
Simon To | Paid Media / PPC / Freelance / Contractor / Consultant / Performance Marketing | Website3.com
Simon To is the Digital Director & Consultant at Website3.com, Simon goes above and beyond delivering performance marketing solutions for clients. Simon has over 12+ years of practical experience and 200+ clients under his belt. Website3.com is a new generation of digital media & marketing, supporting clients with the new wave of generative AI in marketing and automation. Website3 provides hands on digital consultancy for all your marketing needs. Website3 Paid Media Services include: Google . PPC . Shopping . Search . Bing . Social Media . Facebook . Instagram . YouTube . CTV . Display . Programmatic . Native . Analytics . Strategy . Planning . Delivery
Vanda Pokecz | Head of SEO | Atolls
Vanda is Head of SEO and Product Lead at Atolls, a Certified Digital Product Manager, international speaker and co-host of the SEO Product Unveiled podcast. She has spoken at events like BrightonSEO, SMX Munich, ISS Barcelona, WTSFest Berlin, Search 'n Stuff Antalya and more and has contributed to a number of publications and podcasts . Starting her career within the product comparison sphere she quickly gained extensive experience in all areas of SEO from digital PR to onsite and tech SEO, UX and more. She ultimately found her true passion at the intersection of SEO and Product and advocates for the collaboration between disciplines for better user experience and improved business results. Currently Vanda is part of an in-house SEO and a Product & Tech team, helping millions of people around the World along their savings journey
Veronica is a seasoned digital marketer with almost 11 years of experience. Named one of the 10 Optmyzr Digital Marketing Sheroes of 2023, she has worked for a mix of big names, SMEs, startups, and agencies across the UK and the US, covering broad areas such as content, PR, SEO, and affiliates. For the last 8 years, she has specialised in Paid Media, working towards the perfect balance between analysis and creativity that can help brands grow and expand internationally.
Patryk Wawok | Technical SEO & Content Advisor |
Patryk is a Technical SEO and Content Specialist with over 6 years of experience and proven knowledge of technical SEO and content optimization. Patryk managed technical SEO and content projects for multiple Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 brands while working for world-renowned agencies. Patryk also trained in-house teams of Fortune 500 brands to improve their SEO practices in multiple workshops and performed as a speaker at SEO conferences such as the International Search Summit. Currently, Patryk is working as an independent SEO consultant working with mostly B2B e-commerce brands on their Technical SEO and content strategies. Personally, Patryk performs as an improv comedian and maniacally learns new cooking recipes every day.
Sofia Tyson | Senior Content Manager | Juro
Sofia Inga Tyson is Senior Content Manager at Juro where she leads Juro's organic search strategy and works across a wide range of revenue-driven content marketing initiatives. Sofia is a regular contributor to industry conversations, with appearances on SaaS and B2B SEO podcasts, speaking slots at events, and bylines in a variety of different marketing publications.
Tani Kopliku | Head of Marketing | Lands End (Europe)
With over 15 years of experience in marketing, Tani has been working predominantly in Finance & Retail Ecommerce, in-house and agency side. He has a depth of knowledge in Search, in both Organic and Paid, and has overseen many projects for big household brand names. He currently works as a Head of Marketing for fashion ecommerce retailer Lands’ End and oversees the acquisition of new customers through all channels across multiple European markets.
Victory is a Founder and Freelance Marketing Consultant at Contenticore with six years of global experience working with over 20 brands across the US, Asia, Africa, and Europe. She currently serves as the Marketing Coordinator, Europe at GMAC, where she supports marketing initiatives and sales strategy. She is also the Co-founder of Clazenix, an organisation built on a mission to empower young professionals globally with digital marketing skills. She holds a Master's in International Business Management (Distinction) at Coventry University. Her focus is on applying practical expertise to help brands strengthen their content strategy and enhance visibility.
Mariam Abu Bakr | Global SEO Manager | Philips DA (Versuni)
Mariam Abubakr is an adept SEO professional based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, presently assumes the role of Global SEO Manager at Philips DA (Versuni). While she currently navigates territories on a global scale, Mariam's roots and early triumphs blossomed in the vibrant MENA region, where she led impactful SEO projects for renowned clients like Jaguar Land Rover, General Electric, Bosch, Accor Hotels, and Virgin Megastore. Her expertise spans various industries, with a proven track record of successful SEO strategies. Mariam's passion for SEO prompted her to explore new horizons, making her a valuable asset in recognizing and celebrating the outstanding achievements of the European search community.
Valen Correa | Head of Growth | Travel Diaries
Valen Correa is a seasoned digital marketing professional with a 10-year experience in the industry and expertise in Tech and International SEO. She has collaborated with well-known international companies such as Skyscanner, Merqueo and Delivery Hero. Valen has shared her knowledge as a teacher at the Startup Institute in Berlin, led a successful SEO and SEM agency, built and led the Marketing at Bunny Studio and it's currently the Head of Growth at Travel Diaries and Growth Advisor at Straico.
David Carrasco | SEO Consultant |
David Carrasco embarked on his SEO journey when the field was still emerging, with no courses or masters available, learning through the trenches by exploring, experimenting, and innovating. With over a decade of experience in SEO, he has participated in an extensive range of projects, offering support to a multitude of clients. In recent years, he served as the CEO of a Spanish PR and link-building tool, a company he founded and later sold. Currently, he works as a freelance SEO Product Manager, leveraging his knowledge and experience in web positioning, growth, development, and business strategies. As a prolific content creator, he engages in producing audio, video, and written content. This not only provides a platform to connect with new people but also fuels his ongoing journey of learning and discovery. Why not connect?
A marketer, strategist, and SEO enthusiast with expertise in website optimization. Sharon has worked across diverse markets and niches, enhancing customer experiences, acquisition funnels, and conversion rates. Passionate about helping brands elevate their visibility, positioning, and USPs across search engines and LLMs, she’s also deeply curious about AI-driven strategies and experimentation frameworks.
Thomas Vavougios | SEO Manager | iGaming
With 8 years of experience in SEO and a total of 10+ years in Digital Marketing, Thomas Vavougios has significant knowledge in Technical SEO and has participated in many international projects to increase organic traffic. His career comes from three different countries - Greece, Malta, Cyprus - giving him a broad perspective and deep knowledge of SEO practices. In recent years, he has been working as a fully remote SEO consultant and through his own company, Clicks Creator Studio, he currently holds the position of Head of SEO for a crypto casino operating in 15 countries, strategically strengthening the organic approach, constantly improving content and resolving technical crawling and indexing issues. At the same time, he is the founder of one of the largest SEO communities in Greece (the Greek SEO Community) through which he has been organizing meetings for the last 2 years with the aim of creating a dynamic community, where everyone's knowledge and experiences will contribute to the progress of SEO in Greece. Companies that participated as sponsors in his meetings are quite big names in the field, such as Ahrefs and Whitepress, while he recently invited one of the top international SEO speakers, Craig Campbell, to Greece for the first time for the SEO Athens Summit 2024 conference.
Alex Natthaphon Kanjarnavoranun | Consultant in SEO, Digital marketing, and Digital transformation | Foundmatic UK
Alex Natthaphon is a highly experienced SEO expert, digital marketing specialist, and management role in marketing. TechNation UK has endorsed him as the highest-tier Exceptional Leader of UK Global Talent Visa in the Digital Technology category. He has achieved multiple successful career paths in different industries, including Finance, E-commerce, Travel, Education, Automotive, and more. Alex was VP of Digital Campaign Planning & Execution Manager at SCB bank, focusing on digital banking automation and transformation. He is a founder of ABACTODAY, an ed-tech and e-learning platform for students. He was head of SEO and digital marketing at multiple Unicorn startups in Southeast Asia. He has led and provided digital marketing consultants internationally; for instance in Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, US, and UK. Not only online marketing, but he was also AVP Head of Omni-channel Marketing which focused on digital transformation at one of the biggest department stores in Thailand and UK.
With over a decade in digital marketing, Catia leads Talkdesk's Performance Marketing team, driving impressive growth across multiple paid media channels. Known for her customer-obsessed approach, dynamic mentorship and active volunteering, Catia fuels continuous innovation and success.
Jonathan Moore | Director | Jonathan Moore Consultancy Limited
Jonathan Moore is a technical SEO and analytics consultant with over 15 years of experience. He enjoys using data to solve problems and helps clients in the ecommerce space.
Laura I. Abreu | Lead Generation, Ads and SEO Manager | | Linked In
Laura I. Abreu is a Lead Generation, Ads and SEO Manager with more than 12 years of experience across Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in Hong Kong and Australia. Based in Barcelona, Laura is a member of the Australian Marketing Institute, Women in Tech SEO, and PPC Chat (US). She is a speaker at international conferences, including International Search Summit, Search London, and Tourism Innovation Summit, and a mentor at the Freelance Coalition for Developing Countries, supporting professionals in emerging markets.
Matthew Kohli | SEO Consultant |
Matt holds a First Class BSc (Hons) in Digital Marketing from the University of Derby and is CMI and CIM accredited. He began his career in Technical SEO, working with award-winning agencies and in-house brands. Now, he leads a talented team at Fortitude Marketing, delivering results across SEO, PPC, CRO, and Branding. Matt has been featured on industry podcasts and regularly attends SEO events
Hannah Bryce | Head of SEO | Attraction Tickets
Hannah has 15 years of experience leading SEO strategies and specialises in SEO for ecommerce across a wide range of industries. She’s worked agency-side and in-house across brands including Holland & Barrett, Gymshark, Bensons for Beds and AttractionTickets.com
Steve Kuncewicz | Partner - Head Of Creative, Digital & Marketing | Glaisyers Etl
Steve is a Partner and Head of Creative, Digital and Marketing at Glaisyers ETL in Manchester. He specialises in intellectual property, media social media and privacy law and is listed as a "recommended lawyer" in the Legal 500, and was a oo-founder pf the Bulletproof Agency Network. He is a regular media spokesperson, and has given interviews to the local and national press through BBC Breakfast, Sky News, ITV, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live and LBC London. Steve is also the Manchester Publicity Association’s Honorary Solicitor.
With more than 15 years of experience leading SEO teams both agency and client side and a solid academic foundation, Juan has delivered demonstrable commercial success across a wide range of industries. Currently, he’s global SEO director at FARFETCH a luxury fashion marketplace, and has previously led the organic performance teams at Compare the Market and MoneySupermarket in the personal finance and insurance vertical in the UK. Agency side, Juan oversaw several clients including Mercedes Benz, Fiat, Masserati, BT, Barclays, the Merlin entertainment group, intuit, and the largest global consumer electronics retailer. He’s been listed by the Drum as one of the top 50 individuals in search in the UK, and has won accolades at the UK, European, Global search awards, as well as the DMAs.
Phil Bacon | Marketing Director, Strategist, and Consultant | Marketing Managed
I'm a marketing strategist with over 20 years of experience spanning in-house roles, agency collaborations, and consultancy. My career has taken me across diverse sectors, including education, food, technology, engineering, and manufacturing, where I’ve been involved in almost every aspect and channel in marketing, whether that has been hands-on or managing multiple agency and freelance relationships.
Davina Lines | Managing Director | Ecommerce Club
Davina Lines is Managing Director of Mixing Digital and the Ecommerce Club. She brings a wealth of knowledge and a big black book of digital contacts to ensure Mixing Digital’s event management services are of the highest standard. Davina co-founded Netimperative in 1999 and became Managing Director in 2002, stewarding the brand into new product launches and creating one of the most successful events programmes in the digital marketing industry. In the mid 90s Davina cut her digital teeth on New Media Age (now Econsultancy), forming part of the founding team and was responsible for the commercial development of the magazine and its early events from launch in May 1995 to 1999. In recent years Davina launched an ecommerce peer-to-peer community, the Ecommerce Club, which runs regular events in London and Manchester on topics relevant to the retail community.
Tomáš Martínek | Online Marketing Consultant | Cheil Czech republic
Tomáš is a digital marketing professional with over 17 years of experience in the SEO and PPC fields, focusing on the CEE market. In recent years, he has been working with Cheil, one of the world's leading advertising agencies, where he manages performance and brand campaigns for clients across Europe, specifically in the CEE region, catering to both small and large e-shops as well as overseeing brand campaigns. Additionally, he possesses a strong passion for data-driven marketing and photography.
David Amayo-Morrison | Head of SEO | Tesco
David Amayo-Morrison is Head of SEO at Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer. With a unique blend of SEO and digital transformation experience, he has been a frontrunner in leading the charge for some of the UK’s biggest brands, notably the powerhouse retailer Currys, previously known as Dixons Carphone, or Carphone Warehouse and PC World. Beyond the domestic market, David is a heavyweight on the global stage, having worked with and collaborated with brands like Disney, New Balance, Canon, Bose, and more. As a productive digital expert, he engages heavily in the development of new technology such as AI and RPA, determined to keep on the right side of change as we transition to the new world.
Sukhjinder Singh | SEO Consultant | IDoSEO.co.uk
Sukh has worked in the SEO industry since 2010, initially on the agency side as a senior SEO and eventually as a Head of SEO. In 2022, he made the move to freelancing at IDoSEO.co.uk, where he white-labels for other agencies and works directly with his own clients. He specialises in SEO strategy, international SEO, website migrations, use of AI in SEO strategy and workflows, and delivering SEO training. He enjoys public speaking at events like Brighton SEO, joining podcasts like Majestic’s SEO in 2025 and Wix’s SERPs Up, and he recently contributed to the latest entry in the acclaimed book series SEO in 2025. When he’s not working, you can catch him at the gym or out on a run, and he’s recently got into remote working abroad.
Ed Fletcher | Principal Solutions Architect | AtkinsRéalis
Ed has worked both internally and as a contractor, and gained a wealth of experience across a wide range of technical and business areas. From his time at the IBM software development lab at Hursley, Ed's passion is customer experience - whether in physical retail, web or mobile. He has spoken at conferences on topics as varied as delivering bespoke digital experiences via virtual appliances, effective organisation design for digital delivery, and how to prove the ROI of digital optimisation. Working at Vodafone Group, Ed setup and ran an internal digital optimisation agency to support 22 international markets with performance, analytics and SEO. He also delivered omni-channel content management solutions and as a Scaled Agile Program Consultant, coached leadership and technical teams as they move to Scaled Agile delivery. Ed’s most recent work was to define and setup a new Digital Analytics program for Penguin Books.
Gemma Fontane | Co-founder & Managing Partner | Orvit digital
Gemma Fontané is co-founder and managing partner of Orvit Digital. With her company, she leads strategies for B2B and Ecommerce companies to help them generate business through digital channels. In the last year, as a public speaker, Gemma has spoken at conferences in different countries such as Friends of Search in Amsterdam, Search Y Paris in Paris, BrightonSEO in Brighton or at the International Search Summit in Barcelona. She also collaborates with different industry media such as Search Engine Land and Search Engine Journal.
Simon Howland | Independant Consultant |
Simon is an independent consultant, qualified scuba diver, sailor and aspiring badminton player. When not at sea or on a court he works with ambitious companies wanting to understand, shape and accelerate their online performance. With 20+ years experience across multiple industries and sectors, he has developed a fresh and unique approach to delivering impressive commercial results focussed on the things that really matter, avoiding wasting time and budgets by developing better working practices across people, technology and strategy. Not afraid to make tough decisions backed by data and experience, and with an extensive network of digital professionals to call on, he is well positioned to help even the most ambitious clients succeed.
Michael Hawtin | CO-Founder + COO | COTN
Lukasz Rogala | SEO Consultant |
Oleksandra Khilova | SEO Specialist and Marketing Manager | Collaborator.pro |
Oleksandra Khilova is SEO Specialist and Marketing Manager at Collaborator.pro. Oleksandra has over 8 years of experience in SEO and Digital PR. Oleksandra regularly attends webinars, conferences, and SEO-related events. She focuses on SEO, Link Building, Marketing, Branding, and Reputation Management.
Jaime Hill | Ecommerce Director | ex Oak Furnitureland, Hurtigruten & Monsoon Accessorize
Jaime has over two decades of experience as a Marketing & Ecommerce professional with a successful track record leading teams and developing strategy to transform organisations’ digital capability and channels to market. She has had success in roles at brands including Avis, Barclays, Dairy Crest and Oak Furnitureland, and across a wide range of B2B and B2C vertical markets. Most recently, Jaime was Interim Head of Ecommerce & Trading at Monsoon. A graduate of the Institute of Digital Marketing and qualified Executive Business Coach, Jaime's professional passion is for making life easier for the customer at every touch point.
Michael Emiliani | Vice President of Marketing | Freight Right Global Logistics
Mike is a seasoned digital marketing expert with a decade of experience in PPC and digital media. His passion lies in developing and growing businesses through comprehensive, integrated digital media campaigns. His ability to draw on knowledge and experiences from a wide range of challenges from his time in-house, agency-side and as a consultant has given him a unique depth and breadth to solving complex problems in PPC and broadly digital marketing. Mike has shared insights as a contributing writer and speaker at events. His extensive knowledge has also earned her the distinction of being a featured subject matter expert at Endicott College in Massachusetts, a contributor to industry blogs and recipient of the 2018 Interactive Marketing Award.
Paweł Rabinek is a performance marketing specialist with over 17 years of experience in PPC and analytics. Founder of Redseo and creator of SellieCSS, a CSS service used by online stores across Europe. He focuses on advanced Google Ads strategy, multi-country Merchant Center setups and product-level optimisation for e-commerce. Paweł is a regular speaker in the PPC community and an advocate of transparent, data-driven advertising.
Silvia Martin | SEO Consultant |
Silvia is the founder of Trebole Ltd, an independent consultancy specialising in technical SEO and strategy for international clients. She has been working in the SEO industry for more than 8 years, helping a range of leading brands improve their online visibility and organic performance. She also collaborates with WYK, Women in Tech SEO and the Santander mentoring programmes.
Dan Barker | Consultant |
Dan has worked in ecommerce for around 20 years. He has worked within companies in ecommerce functions, up to CMO level, has worked on projects for more than 100 ecommerce businesses as a consultant, and has co-owned a couple of ecommerce businesses with millions of visitors and hundreds of millions of turnover between them over the years. He enjoys the opportunity that ecommerce has brought and can bring to people all over the world.
Gerry White has been in the industry for 20+ years, with a background in development he transitioned to technical marketing leading on SEO, analytics and digital growth strategies for companies, agencies, the government and corporations such as the BBC. In the past few years Gerry has spoken at conferences around the globe including Paris, Germany, USA and of course the UK. Gerry was the Technical SEO Lead for Just Eat a FTSE 100 company in 12 markets as well as consulting for other e-commerce brands. Gerry was the SEO Director for Rise at Seven from 2020 to 2021 when they grew from 15 to 115 people before returning client side as the head of SEO at Oda an international supermarket.
Dateme Tamuno | Head of Digital Marketing | Londonist DMC
Dateme is a digital marketer with experience running organic and paid search campaigns for companies across several verticals. Currently, he is the head of digital marketing for a student accommodation agency in London. A regular speaker at BrightonSEO and often challenging search marketers to create a deeper understanding of the user intent that transcends the informational, navigational, commercial, and transactional classifications. He has completed ten marathons and has a goal of running 50 before he turns 50.
Gianluca Fiorelli | | SEO & Web Marketing Strategist
Gianluca Fiorelli started working as an SEO in 2004, after previously having worked in the Italian TV and Audiovisual industry. Amongst the best known International and Strategic SEO consultants, Gianluca helps and helped brands like Iberostar.com, Glassdoor, Outsystems, ActivTrades, Magoosh, Go Overseas and many others to reach the sought success in organic search. Gianluca, who is also the founder of The Inbounder digital marketing conference, spoke at international events like Mozcon, BrightonSEO, SMX, and PubCon. You can find Gianluca on Twitter as gfiorelli1 (https://twitter.com/gfiorelli1) or contacting him at https://www.iloveseo.net.
Natalia Witczyk | CEO & International SEO Consultant | Mosquita Digital | Linked In | Mosquita Digital
Natalia Witczyk is a Head of SEO in VIME Digital. She specialises in Technical and International SEO, working on SEO strategies for some of the biggest international websites in the world in Google, Yandex and Baidu. Originally from Poland, her experience comes from the agency side, with vast experience first in UK, and for the last 5 years in Barcelona. Natalia is an active member of Mujeres en SEO (Women in SEO community) and considers herself a true internet geek, who lives & breathes SEO.
Nadia Mojahed | Digital SEO Consultant | | Linked In |
Nadia Mojahed is an International Digital SEO Consultant based in Geneva, Switzerland. She helps B2C and B2B businesses of local and international brands grow their organic lead generation and sales online. After being In the digital marketing field for more than 15 years, she founded her boutique SEO agency, seotransformer.com, in 2018. Her services include strategic, technical, and content SEO. She helps manage multilingual sites, and provide hands-on support and in-house SEO training and workshops.
Adriaan Boot | Founder | Impactful
Adriaan has founded his agency, Impactful Online Marketing, and helps his clients on their paid marketing campaigns on search and social media platforms. He loves spending and earning money for his clients and making the business impact measurable through Google Analytics. In the past few years Adriaan has worked on the Google Ads campaigns of big online brands like YourSurprise.com, Vergelijk.nl, SnappCar, Daikin and Freelance.nl. This helped in being honored by Google with the Google Premier Partner status.
Reyhaneh Jafari | SEO Manager | Helpling
Reyhaneh is a senior SEO specialist with more than 5 years of experience with different companies. A craving to learn and provide creative solutions to unique problems drives her further in her job. She started her career path with content strategy and continued the way to SEO and professional technical SEO. Reyhaneh is a data-driven person, multitasking, a team player, and innovative while facing challenges.
Aoife McIlraith | Global Search & Digital Marketing Consultant |
Aoife McIlraith is an award-winning global search consultant. Named one of the “Top 20 Women making the biggest impact in Marketing Tech” in 2019. She provides consultancy to brands on international SEO, multilingual marketing and strategies, digital globalization and transformations. She is currently partnering with global brands to define multilingual voice search and digital assistant marketing strategies. She has spoken at numerous international marketing conferences covering most recently multilingual voice search. International conferences including 3XE, SEMRush Live Prague, DMEXCO, Sirius Decisions London, Localization World Beijing and Tokyo and eConsultancy Singapore. Aoife holds first class honours post graduate degrees in web science technologies and digital marketing. As a qualified programmer and developer, she provides a powerful combination and understanding of both technology and digital marketing to global brand stakeholders. Aoife has worked in marketing, technology, public relations and communications positions in Ireland and San Francisco.
Richard Gregory | Founder | Agency NXD
Richard is chairman of tech companies Ruler Analytics and Ash.tv, non-exec director of Fluid Digital and co-founder of SAScon - a digital marketing conference. Heralding from “Silicon Ramsbottom” he is an ardent supporter of the digital and tech industry in the North of England. Previously, Richard was the managing director of digital agency Latitude, director of Tech North and Manchester Digital council member. With 20 years of digital expertise, Richard now advises agencies and start-ups on marketing and growth strategies.
Veronika Höller | Head of Demand Generation | Tresorit
Veronika is a Global Senior SEO-Manager and has worked in SEO and PPC marketing for over 14 years. She started as a copywriter and PPC Manager in a little Ads Agency. She has continuously developed herself further into the direction of SEO. Over the years, she has worked as a digital marketing manager in agencies and international companies, including CompuGroup where she is now. International SEO and PPC Strategies are Top of her priority list. She views SEO as a whole puzzle and not just individual sub-areas, hence why she trained herself in all areas – content, technology, PPC, SMM and UX. Today she spreads her knowledge as a speaker on the stages of international digital marketing conferences such as BrightonSEO, SMX advanced, International Search Summit etc. For her all digital marketing channels have to be united to get the best of your website.
Arnout Hellemans | SEO Consultant |
Arnout Hellemans has been working as a freelance SEO and PPC consultant for over more than a decade. He has consulted for large multinational corporations like LeasePlan as well as big insurance and financial companies like the RBS and Achmea. Apart from that he has been heavily involved in the marketing strategy for babysitting platform Sitly. He has also been training and speaking at events like SMX, Ungagged, InOrbit and Digital Elite Day. He works all over Europe but his homebase is Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Find him on twitter at @hellemans.
Dewi Nawasari | Torque | Senior Director of Consulting
Dewi currently leads the organic growth strategy at Gumtree and Motors.co.uk, two prominent challengers in the online classifieds industry. An advocate of getting the basics right, Dewi has extensive experience building technical and content strategies, from local to international, spanning various industries. During her previous tenure at Auto Trader UK, the brand has won the UK Search Awards. The success continued when she headed up the European SEO for Monster Worldwide, where the brand won the European Search Awards Best SEO Campaign. Keen to commit some of her time to set up the gold standards in the industry, she is now joining the search awards judging panel for the first time.
Mohammadreza Hasanpour | SEO Lead | Snapp!
Mohammadreza began as a digital advertiser, transitioning to a digital marketer and SEO specialist. Now, he has over five years of experience in SEO, working with organizations of all sizes and various industries, including highly competitive markets such as Insurance, Health, Finance, and E-commerce, among others. Currently, he holds the position of SEO Team Lead at Snapp, a Ride-Hailing App. Although he freelanced as an SEO expert for some time, he has been entirely devoted to in-house SEO for almost four years. His expertise lies in technical SEO and strategy. Lately, he has been practicing SEO automation and machine learning.
Michael Bonfils | Group CEO | Digital International Group
Michael Bonfils is the Founder and CEO of SEM International. Which is an award winning global digital marketing management firm with 32 worldwide offices specializing in multilingual PPC, SEO, Social Media, Global eCommerce, Content and Localization. His company’s services are tailored to assist global advertising agencies and multinational corporations with their digital marketing strategies around the world. He has been in the industry since 1997, has been a frequent speaker at global conferences, is a recognized industry award judge and past/present board member for a number of digital marketing organizations.
Omi Sido | Head of SEO | Canon Europe
Omi Sido is an SEO and Web Development professional with 6 years of experience in both web and traditional advertising, promotions, events, and campaigns. He has worked on integrated campaigns for major clients such as Vectone Mobile, Delight Mobile and The Global Real Estate Institute and Daily Mail. Currently, Omi Sido is Senior Technical SEO at Canon Europe.
Sevilay Selecki | Technical SEO Strategist | Savings United
Sevilay is a passionate Technical SEO, currently working as a Technical SEO Strategist at Samwise, solving complex SEO challenges in today’s AI-driven digital landscape. Previously, she worked at IG (world leader in online trading), where she managed the technical SEO strategy for 30 locales. She also worked at Onely - one of the most well-known technical SEO agencies where she had the chance to work with Fortune 500 companies helping them grow their organic traffic. After working 12 years as a teacher, Sevilay made a dramatic career change and has been working in the Digital Marketing world for over 5 years now. Her outstanding career change was also recognized by the industry and was published for inspiration by Blue Array Academy - https://www.bluearrayacademy.com/pages/sevilay-selecki. Sevilay is a very active member of Women in Tech SEO community, she strongly believes in giving back to the community. Knowing how hard it is to make a career change at a later age, she helps and mentors juniors who want to level up their SEO career.
Motoko has been providing the online marketing services targeting Japan, Asia, and other markets to companies from around the world for since the mid '90s. Her search marketing consulting services with her extensive knowledge of Asia and Japanese market have been highly valued and made a big impact on some of the world’s popular multi-national brands’ search marketing campaigns. A number of her articles have been published on industry websites and printed media. She also writes about the Search Marketing and SEO on her blog and other websites. She is a frequent speaker at the search marketing conferences globally and gives seminars and training about International search marketing, In-House SEO, and Enterprise SEO. In 2014, she received the Best Consulting Awards form the US Search Awards.
Daniel Saunders | Head of Performance Marketing | Evergreen Finance London
I've worked in Digital for 18 years. Within Digital marketing I work closely with the directors and heads of service to identify new business opportunities and Strategies. Having an in-depth understanding of different markets and competitors in the area to maintain a competitive advantage which is used to work alongside key stakeholders in managing the translation of the business strategy into clear plans. Proactively researching markets, competitors within different regions and establishing ways to develop a competitive advantage within our strategies. Within Stanley Black and Decker, I am a catalyst for change, I plan and execute UK market E-commerce and digital marketing activities to increase sales, grow online channels, and grow new and existing online customers managing substantial 6 figures budgets over many different groups. As an international keynote speaker in the Digital sphere, I inspire and lead a large team of specialists, drive the delivery of brilliant digital products and services, mentoring at levels from executives to C suite. I utilize analytics and insight tools to evaluate end-to-end customer experience across multiple customer touch points. Working with trade marketing teams to analyse product categories and make appropriate product mix recommendations and effectively contributes to SEO, PPC, UX and CRO. I have built, nurtured and lead a diverse, multidisciplinary team to deliver digital transformation across the Stanley Black and Decker group. Defining the required digital capabilities across our people, their processes, and the technology we use. With Stanley Black and Decker being a multinational corporation, I make myself a visible leader by holding regular lectures and Q and A sessions with entry executives all the way up to C suite teams.
Jim is one of the original paid media experts, buying his first paid traffic back in 1999. Since then he has worked with over 1000 companies around the world and spent in excess of £250 million on traffic, generating in excess of £1 billion in ecommerce sales and more than 2 million leads for inbound marketing companies. Jim is a well-travelled and sought after keynote speaker.
Aline Oliveira | Global Head of PPC | Betsson Group
Aline is a Global Head of PPC at Betsson Group, leading search marketing strategy and managing key biddable media channels across European and LATAM markets. With 13 years experience in digital marketing, she has developed deep expertise in user acquisition, revenue growth, and customer-centric strategies. She spent seven years in Asia, holding leadership roles in marketing on both the agency and client sides. In 2019, she transitioned to Europe, where she now specializes in the igaming industry. Aline has a strong background in leading regional teams and expanding into international markets.
Andor Palau | International SEO Consultant |
Andor is an independent international SEO consultant based in Berlin, Germany, and has started his online career back in 2009. Having worked both in-house, as well as on the agency side, he is currently advising online shops, classifiers, marketplaces, and other companies regarding international organic growth strategies as well as technical SEO issues as an independent SEO consultant. He is former Head of SEO at Peak Ace, where he was responsible for SEO and managed a 20+ people team of SEO consultants and editors. Before joining the agency side, Andor was In-house SEO for a top-3 comparison portal in highly competitive verticals such as insurance, power, and telco. Andor’s core expertise is strategic SEO as well as technical SEO, covering topics such as crawlability, indexing management, migrations, and site structure optimization. He is a lecturer at the afs Akademie in Germany, which has made it its mission to offer quality education and training in the field of SEO
Juliette Van Rooyen | Head of SEO | VR Squared
I’ve been an SEO Specialist for 15 years, working on both client-side and agency environments in London & Cape Town. Starting in 2005 as a developer, I was lured to the dark side of SEO with the promise of being more creative. After getting a taste for SEO, I moved to London and spent 6 years working for various agencies with clients including Nintendo, Samsung, COI & Shell. In 2012 I moved back to Cape Town where I worked in the gambling industry on the client-side, spearheading multi-region and multi-language strategies for global casino brands. After 6 years of working in that arena, I returned to London in 2018 to lead UK SEO for a multinational ecommerce brand.
Rejoice Ojiaku | SEO Manager | Nelson Bostock UNLIMITED
Rejoice has worked within digital marketing (SEO) for 4+ years. After finishing her master’s degree in marketing at The University of Manchester, she started her journey as a Junior SEO Executive and is now an SEO Manager as well as the Co-Founder & Content Lead for B-DigitalUK. She specialises in Content SEO and she has spoken at BrightonSEO, Whitespark Local Search Summit as well as participated in webinars for FounderVine, Majestic, Noisy Little Monkey etc. Additionally, she is also an Award-Winning Diversity & Inclusion Advocate as she is passionate about Diversity & Inclusion within the workplace to ensure the perspective and struggles of Black people are heard.
Aleyda Solis | International SEO Consultant | Orainti
Aleyda Solis is an SEO consultant and founder of Orainti -a boutique SEO consultancy advising top brands worldwide-, speaker and author. She shares the latest SEO & AI Search news and resources in the SEOFOMO Newsletter, AI in marketing in the AI Marketers newsletter and Digital Marketing in MarketingFOMO. Aleyda is also the maker of the SEO and AI Search news aggregator SEOFOMO News, the free AI Search Optimization roadmap and SEO Learning Roadmap, LearningSEO.io. She organizes the SEOFOMO Meetup series and provides SEO tips in the Crawling Mondays video series.
Murat Yatağan | Growth Advisor |
Murat Yatagan is a product marketing and growth strategy leader who has scaled online businesses like Brainly, Global Savings Group, Blinkist, PagBank, and Meditopia. As former VP of Growth at Brainly, he drove a 5x increase in monthly unique users (80M to 400M) in under four years. Following his 5 year tenure at Google Search Quality team, he has advised 100+ companies on building sustainable growth systems, with expertise spanning SEO, ASO, CRO, and UX. Murat is an angel investor and judge for the Global, MENA, European, US, and UK Search Awards.
Clare Dyckhoff | Freelance Writer, Content & SEO Strategist |
Clare has worked in Digital for over a decade in roles specialising in SEO Content and heading up the SEO team at a leading Ed-Tech company. She now works for herself as a Organic Growth Specialist and Writer (B2B, B2C) on clients spanning global marketplaces, professional services, B2B, and Fashion. Having worked at an award-winning media agency and a number of startups, she has worked on optimised content campaigns across most industries and loves how words are at the heart of connecting with people. She has judged on numerous panels, given guest lectures and talks on SEO and PR and is thrilled to be returning to the EU Search Awards judging panel this year.
Janna Pugh | SEO Manager | Five9
Janna Pugh is a SEO Manager with a history of agency and in-house work. She has recently been nationally recognized as the Industry Rising Star in Conductor's 2022 C2 Summit and regularly speaks with college classes about the essentials of organic marketing. With her passion for SEO, she knows firsthand how to make the smallest and largest websites succeed organically. Her areas of focus specialize in enterprise SEO, with scalability and automation for both small and large SEO teams. Her varied approach to SEO combines on-site content with off-site brand management. In her free time, she loves trying out new recipes and reading mystery novels.'
Bill Scully has over 15 years of consulting, speaking, and real-life business experience driving qualified web traffic, and getting visitors to take action. Bill has served as a Director of Digital Marketing and SEO Expert for Siemens AG, and as Director for Center of Excellence Digital Marketing for Draeger Medical. Bill has been speaking at search conferences since 2008 and received the Conductor Searchlight Innovative Implementation Award. For the last 6 years he has been helping enterprise and international companies providing web strategies, technical SEO and HREFLANG implementation to significantly improving web presence, generate valuable traffic and improve internet leads as the owner and SEO strategist at Digital Marketing Fuel, LLC.
Anna Oshkalo | Senior team lead marketing and business development | Emma - The Sleep Company
Anna is a digital marketer with over ten years of experience in competitive segments like technology, gaming and retail. Having lived in Russia and the Netherlands, Anna is currently based in Sweden and works as Performance Marketing Lead at Ericsson. In this role she is mainly focused on global SEO and PPC performance, developing and modernizing Ericsson’s martech stack, creating global processes and coaching dozens of colleagues in marketing teams around the globe.
Lukasz Zelezny | Founder, SEO Consultant | https://seo.london/ | Linked In | X Profile
Lukasz Zelezny, UK Search Awards judge, Top10 UK Social Media influencer and former director of organic performance at uSwitch / Zoopla. Currently is working as an independent SEO Consultant helping in organic traffic acquisition, technical SEO and content marketing. Lukasz started his career in 2005 and has since been responsible for the organic performance of a number of companies including HomeAway, Thomson Reuters, The Digital Property Group, Fleetway Travel, uSwitch, Zoopla. Each year Lukasz is speaking at many SEO and social media conferences. He was a speaker at ClickZ Shanghai China, ClickZ Jakarta Indonesia, SiMGA Malta, SES London as well as Marketing Festival in Brno, Brighton SEO in Brighton and UnGagged in London. Every year he is actively participating in 10 to 20 events as an SEO/Social Media keynote speaker. Additionally, he organizes workshops and meetups where he is sharing tips around SEO, Social Media and Analytics.
Ciara Serrano Temprado | Head of Online Marketing | Urlaubstracker
After graduating from Journalism, Ciara changed her warm hometown, Barcelona, for the vibrant and underground Berlin more than 10 years ago. During this time in the German capital, she has been the SEO expert in different companies in a big range of industries such as travel, ecommerce, music and cars. Her roles have usually involved leading other SEOs and Marketing experts, as well as expanding her knowledge and expertise in other online marketing channels. Currently she is working as Head of Online Marketing at Urlaubstracker.
Vânia Marques | Head of PPC | Minty Lab - Minty Square
With an unusual path, my career in digital marketing began in 2018, 2 years after completing my Degree in Philosophy. After a course in digital marketing with an internship, I ended up working at the agency where I interned. With 5 years of experience and dozens of clients, I worked as a PPC manager and content manager. 3 years on I decided to focus exclusively on paid campaigns. Throughout this time I developed experience in lead gen in the B2B market and later in brand development, traffic increase, and purchase generation in the B2C market. I am currently responsible for the PPC department at MintySquare, where I develop marketing strategies for several fashion brands and campaigns that aim to increase brand awareness and generate purchases.
Judith Lewis | Founder and CEO | Decabbit Consultancy
Judith Lewis is the founder of the deCabbit Consultancy specialising in integrated digital marketing consultancy and execution. She is a specialist integrated online marketer with skills in SEO, PPC, and Social Media Marketing as well as other digital marketing techniques. She has been doing SEO since before it had a name and has worked both in-house and agency-side. She has judged both UK & EU Search Awards, is a founding everywoman Modern Muse and is the coordinator for London Girl Geek Dinners. Having both an in-house and agency background, her clients have included Google, Virgin, NSPCC, Zopa, Slendertone, the Guggenheim, SAP, Amadeus, Blue Cross, & ShareThis. She works from planning through to execution, integrating her digital expertise through research & analysis, design & build through to deployment. Judith writes for the SEO Chicks and Mostly About Chocolate as well as the Huffington Post. She speaks at various conferences around the world and is passionate about teaching and helping businesses large and small (as well as chocolate).
Olesia Korobka | SEO Entrepreneur |
Olesia Korobka is SEO entrepreneur from Ukraine. She runs a few businesses most related to SEO and a small localization service. When not doing SEO, Olesia usually studies hows and whys of SEO, testing and researching. And now also helping other SEOs from Ukraine to adapt during the ongoing war.
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With each project, we endeavor to innovate, utilizing the latest techniques and staying abreast of contemporary SEO developments. This award is a testament to our team’s commitment to excellence and serves as a powerful motivator to continue excelling in what we do.Koen Leemans, SEO specialist OrangeValley
The European Search Awards are a key date on our calendar. We work hard on our entries, but as you’re up against some of the biggest international agencies, it’s always a little nerve-wracking! To come out with two wins is huge, and it’s wonderful to see both leadership and client teams recognised for their forward-thinking work.Victoria Patten, Marketing Manager Launch
Winning the Best Large SEO Agency award at the European Search Awards is pretty much the pinnacle of awards you can win – it’s a super proud moment for me. We’ve come a long way as an agency in the last 10 years (it was only three years ago we won the Best Small SEO Agency at the European awards), and I know awards don’t define us, but they do help guide us along the way. And for me, this is an indication that we are heading in the right direction.Nick Redding, Managing Director Reddico
Winning an award at the EU Search Awards is a priceless reward for our teams who work hard every day to push innovation even further. It proves that our technology remains at the forefront of the SEO industry. Thank you to Don’t Panic Events and to the judges!François Goube, CEO Oncrawl
The European Search Awards are the first major awards that we have won as a business & demonstrate that we are very much on the path to growth, supported by recognition from a range of industry experts & people we really respect. We look forward to what the future holds for Cedarwood Digital! Cedarwood Digital
Attending the European Search Awards was a great experience, with so many talented people from across the industry in one place. The atmosphere was electric, filled with innovation, inspiration, and a shared passion for excellence in search. We were proud to be part of it, and even more so to take home an award. It not only validated the hard work and creativity behind our campaign but also highlighted our team's dedication to delivering outstanding results. It was a proud moment that we’ll remember for a long time. POLARIS, SEO agency
