Markus Beeko is the Director of Campaigns & Communications for Amnesty International (German section). Previously, he worked as the Director of Communications for the Swiss Think Tank Prognos AG, which is part of the German Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. Before that he was a freelance Communications Adviser and worked in advertising for about ten years.

Pascal Beucler joined a subsidiary of Publicis Consultants in 1987, and was promoted to a partner in 1994. He became Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer of the MSL Group in 2010, under whose umbrella Publicis now falls. He is an Associate Professor at CELSA (Paris IV Sorbonne) and a Visiting Professor at HEC (French Business College). He has conducted research and published articles on various topics, and in particular on the relationship between text and images.

Nathalie Biderman has a strong experience in international PR and public affairs, advising various institutions, companies and NGO’s in their communication strategies. Prior to joining Euro RSCG, she worked with the international marketing and communication team of the Organising Committee of the 1992 Winter Olympic Games.

Robin Boon had been responsible for TNT’s Corporate Relations from April 2008 until 2011. The company recently split into PostNL and TNT Express, and Boon is now responsible for communications for the newly-created mail company.

Sally Costerton is currently Chairman & CEO EMEA, having moved into the role from her position as CEO, Hill & Knowlton UK. Prior to that she was as Practice Head, Technology for EMEA, where she lead a practice with over 100 staff across 20 countries. She has worked across a wide variety of clients and extensively in the technology and financial services sectors, and specialises in corporate communications – working internationally with organisations such as HSBC, Intel, The Learning Skills Council and Visa.

Before changing to Public Relations, Salvador da Cunha worked as an economic journalist and editor. He was the founder of many Portuguese economic newspapers, and founder shareholder of Jornal de Negocios. For the past 14 years he has been CEO and Owner of Lift Consulting, one of the leading PR Agencies in Portugal. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of ICCO – the International Communications Consultancy Organisation – since May 2009.

Rose de la Pascua is based in Madrid where she is Chair of Spain and Executive Vice President Europe. She is responsible for the growth, management and strategic direction of the Spanish operation and acts as senior counsel to a number of strategic clients. She proactively represents the company through regional business partnerships, external relations and supports the management and growth of the CE business, practices and international clients. This is her second tenure at Weber Shandwick. Initially, she opened the first Shandwick office in Madrid and as Managing Director headed up the operation, supervised client service quality and led new business efforts.

Kristina Ebenius joined Schwartz Communications 1999 and opened Schwartz’s European headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden in 2006. She has previously worked at PR agencies such as Edelman and Andréasson Public Relations.

Carlo Fornaro has held his current role at Telecom Italia since 2008. He has also previously held senior communications roles at Omnitel (which later became Vodafone Italia), the RCS Media Group and Luxottica. He has lectured in the Master’s course in Media Relations at the Catholic University of Milan since 2006.

 Jeremy Galbraith has spent over 20 years helping leading companies and organisations manage critical issues and influence European political processes at European Union and Member State level – to preserve or advance business goals. He was previously the CEO of Burson-Marsteller in Brussels from 2000 to 2007 having first joined Burson-Marsteller in 1995 to head up the UK Public Affairs Practice.