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The Top 25 influential and inspiring Strategy Directors

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Caroline Parkes

Chief Strategy Officer at RAPP, London

#1 ranked Strategy Director

Creative, collaborative, colourful (alliterative) strategist. Specialist in customer engagement, loyalty, and customer experience. I love bringing data, technology, and creativity together to strengthen brands, one customer by one, at scale. Leads 50 strong team of stategists (brand, social, CRM)...

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London: United Kingdom

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Suneil Saraf

Head of Cultural Strategy at the forge at PHD, London

As a planner, you're just as likely to find me elbows deep data as down the local greasy spoon eavesdropping on the unsuspecting public. With 20 years of planning experience and the grey hairs to match, I now help brands like , Sainsbury's and Uber Eats navigate their way around 'culture'. Outside of...

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London: United Kingdom

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Luke Weston

Executive Strategy Director at Household, London

As Executive Strategy Director at Household, I lead the business and the Strategy team in pioneering innovation for brand and experiences across retail, entertainment and hospitality design. Our mission is to create better futures with brands, and their fans, globally. I'm a strategic partner and...

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London: United Kingdom

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Tom Rickhuss

Founder & Strategist at studio RUCKUS®, Bath

Tom has over a decade's worth of pure-play strategy experience. He's worked in and with leading agencies up and down the UK, across a variety of organisations, markets, industries and sectors - from law fairs to warfare, Italian toilet roll to Icelandic data centres. He's an exceptionally versatile...

Strategy Director, Founder
Bath: United Kingdom, Bristol: United Kingdom, London: United Kingdom
Bath: United Kingdom

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Raphael Vandystadt

Sustainability VP at Africa Creative, São Paulo

I believe creativity is a force that can shift culture and spark meaningful change. As a storyteller and strategist, I move between advertising, sustainability, and social impact, always looking for the intersection where bold ideas meet real transformation. For three decades I worked at Grupo Globo...

Strategy Director, Chief Creative Officer, Sustainability Advisor
São Paulo: Brazil

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David Skerrett

Group Strategy Director at Critical Mass, Lingfield

David is a Group Strategy Director at Critical Mass. He is passionate about content, CX, new technology, harnessing AI for good, user-first thinking, and empathy. He has been at Critical Mass for 6 years and has worked on brands such as BNY, Diageo, AT&T, BMW and Prudential. As an AI super user,...

Strategy Director
Lingfield: United Kingdom

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Sakila Banyen

Chief Strategy Officer at VML Thailand, Bangkok

#7 ranked Strategy Director

Sakila Banyen is the Head of Strategy at VML Thailand and a cultural anthropologist in the world of brands. With over 15 years of award-winning experience across local, regional, and global markets, she brings a rare ability to translate human truths into powerful, commercially effective ideas. Her...

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Bangkok: Thailand

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matthew pink

Creative strategy director at Freelance, Avon

All of the following apply to me: Creative content lead Creative director Content director Content designer Head of content Communications specialist Digital content strategist Creative, campaigns, content, advertising. Content for customer experiences CX content Content for service design

Strategy Director, Head of Content, Creative Director
Bristol: United Kingdom, London: United Kingdom
Bristol, Avon: United Kingdom

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Bruno Steffen

Chief Strategy Officer at Gut, Amsterdam

Bruno Steffen is an award-winning Head of Strategy working globally across the GUT network and one of the founding members of GUT Amsterdam. With more than 15 years of experience, he has led brand, communications, and creative strategy for a diverse portfolio of global clients, including RIMOWA,...

Strategy Director
Amsterdam: Netherlands

Joe Dodd

Creative Strategist at MassiveMusic, London

Creative Strategist at MassiveMusic, Joe has crafted sonic identities, music strategies and sound experiences for some of the world's biggest brands, including TikTok, Colgate, Bayer and AEG. to crafting music strategies that resonate, their work bridges the gap between art, science, and...

Strategy Director
London: United Kingdom

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Teresa Nord

EVP, Head of Strategy at MRM, Birmingham, MI

I am a seasoned strategic leader and Head of Strategy at MRM Detroit and MRM Salt Lake City, specializing in Customer Experience (CX), CRM, and Commerce. I am champion for the customer and am committed to building meaningful, lasting relationships with customers, clients, employees and...

Strategy Director
Detroit: United States
Birmingham, MI: United States

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Teodor Cucu

Global Strategy Director at McCann Worldgroup, Surrey

➢ Award winning Senior Strategist with 15+ years of understanding people, brands and how they connect. Well-demonstrated background in delivering growth through the development of innovative and profitable campaigns. ➢ 10+ years of high level strategic and creative leadership, with a focus on...

Strategy Director, Head of Digital, Creative Director
London: United Kingdom, Bucharest: Romania
London, Surrey: United Kingdom

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Lysle Wickersham

Founder, Principal Consultant at BRANDThink, LLC, New York

#13 ranked Strategy Director

For the lack of a better description, I'm a creative capitalist. An expert brand and business strategist with the vision and aptitude to move businesses and brands in new directions and assess market dynamics, needs, and opportunities to optimally position brands into profitable, scalable, and...

Strategy Director, Chief Creative Officer, Managing Director
New York: United States, Boston: United States
New York: United States

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Lily Tidy

Strategy Partner at RAPP UK, London

Award-winning strategist | Purpose driven | Integrated comms specialist | Board member

Strategy Director
London: United Kingdom, Melbourne: Australia, Sydney: Australia
London: United Kingdom

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Yee Ching Wong

Strategy Planning Director at Dentsu Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hi! I am Yee Ching, a Strategy Planning Director at Dentsu Hong Kong. I was born in Malaysia but grew up in Beijing and Hong Kong, which lets me bring a cross‑cultural perspective to shaping brand, social, and integrated strategies across Asia—turning cultural insight into ideas that genuinely...

Strategy Director
Hong Kong: Hong Kong

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naomi troni

global chief growth officer at MullenLowe Group, London

Naomi is the Global Chief Growth Officer at MullenLowe Group, responsible for marketing, communications, growth and development. In 2016 she led the global rebranding of the MullenLowe Group network following the merger of Mullen with Lowe and Partners. Noami joined MullenLowe Group in 2014 from...

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London: United Kingdom

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Ryan Enoch

SVP, Director of Strategy, NY at Momentum Worldwide, Brooklyn, NY

I'm a creative strategist and leader helping brands to build lasting impressions with people. Prior to joining Momentum Worldwide, I was at Big Spaceship, Publicis and Grey NY. I've worked with several global brands and led award winning work. My work spans across numerous verticals including...

Strategy Director, Brand Consultant, Digital Strategists
New York: United States
Brooklyn, NY: United States

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Duane Holland

Global Director, Strategy & Planning Lead at TikTok, London

Interdisciplinary Strategist, Tech Marketing Leader, Agency Builder, Keynote Speaker and Innovator-in-Residence. Named twice in the top 100 digital influencers. Shaping creative and entertainment businesses through cultural intelligence, product marketing, AI transformation and new influence...

Strategy Director, Marketing Director, Head of Digital
London: United Kingdom

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Nimisha Jain

EVP, Strategy at Mischief USA, Chicago

Nimisha is an experienced creative strategist with a proven history of building and revitalizing brands. Over the course of her career she has reignited and turned around iconic brands like Eggo, Cheez it, Frosted Flakes and Coors Light. She is passionate about making brand's irresistible by...

Strategy Director
chicago: United States, brooklyn
Chicago: United States

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Nick Kay

Brand and creative strategist at Agencies, England

Brand strategist, corporate perception change. I help businesses with their brand storytelling to help them achieve positive perception change. For each project, I'll help you refine your brand messaging so it seamlessly informs the content themes & creative campaigns your audience needs to fully...

Strategy Director, Brand Consultant
London, England: United Kingdom

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Jen Hruska

Chief Strategy Officer at McGarrah Jessee, Austin

Chief Strategy Officer at McGarrah Jessee, an independent creative agency that's built irrational brand fandom for YETI, Whataburger, Lyft, Fender, and more. 20+ years of brand strategy experience, including 10 years at Crispin Porter + Bogusky. An optimist by nature, strategist by brain, athlete by...

Strategy Director, Creative, Media Planner
Austin: United States, Boulder, Los Angeles: United States
Austin: United States

Zoe McGee

Strategy Director at Butterfly Cannon, London

I've spent almost 15 years in both branding and integrated agencies, working across a diverse range of global heavy hitters, local legends and scrappy start-ups. As Strategy Director at Butterfly Cannon, I'm immensely proud to work with some powerhouse aspirational brands, whether we're bringing...

Strategy Director
London: United Kingdom

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Alessandro Camaioni

Lead Strategist, Experiential, UK at Momentum Worldwide, London

I'm a 10+ years experienced, award-winning, integrated strategic thinker. With extensive background in Brand Strategy, Retail Design, Shopper Marketing, I help brands connect with, and convert, people across the purchase journey by planning and delivering memorable and meaningful experiences. I am...

Strategy Director
London: United Kingdom

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Rachel Hatton

Chief Strategy Officer at OLIVER, London

I'm an experienced strategic leader who believes that the best way to drive effective marketing is through creativity. I learned my craft at the home of planning, BMP DDB, and have led strategy departments at BBH, Ogilvy and Dare. I've helped shape award winning work for numerous clients, including...

Strategy Director
London: United Kingdom

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Lindsay Marzocca

Global Comms Planning Director at TikTok, New York

Native New Yorker, mom/wife, and media professional.

Strategy Director, Media Planner, Communications Director
New York: United States

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