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kyu House returned with a special pop-up event for London Climate Action to explore just that.
On June 26, 2024, kyu companies including IDEO, Lexington and Gehl, along with Kite Insights, hosted dynamic and proactive discussions around health-centric environments and greener health systems.
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Later in the week, SYPartners partnered with Elevation Barn to bring together an evening of elevating impact, and ATÖLYE co-hosted a session with Metabolic spotlighting actionable, investable strategies to mobilize the critical funding necessary for a sustainable future.
Emily Maxey is a seasoned marketing leader with 20+ years of experience at the intersection of sport, culture and brand strategy. With a deep passion for creative storytelling, Emily has successfully led high-impact creative campaigns, product strategies, activations, and marketing innovation for top brands such as Nike, adidas and FILA. A visionary leader, Emily continues to push boundaries, build brands, and seek opportunities to shape the future of the industry.
Emily Maxey is a seasoned marketing leader with 20+ years of experience at the intersection of sport, culture and brand strategy. With a deep passion for creative storytelling, Emily has successfully led high-impact creative campaigns, product strategies, activations, and marketing innovation for top brands such as Nike, adidas and FILA. A visionary leader, Emily continues to push boundaries, build brands, and seek opportunities to shape the future of the industry.
Jonny is the founder and CEO of FundamentalCo. Prior to this he was the Global Head of Blackstone’s Brand Strategy and transformation for its portfolio of over 230 companies. He built the team responsible for ensuring a brand’s purpose, categorical positioning and values are clearly defined upstream in the sequence of value creation and are connected to all elements of the business transformation. Over a career that has crossed four continents, Jonny has helped create some of the most innovative and influential brand transformations over the last two decades. Prior to Blackstone, Jonny was Partner and Global Chief Strategy Officer at Droga5 (Adage’s and Adweek’s agency of the decade 2020), where he founded and led the strategic function at the agency while overseeing all strategic efforts for clients and new business, including brand and business strategy, innovation, media, data strategy and experience strategy. Experience includes leading the transformational thinking for JP Morgan Chase, Google, Facebook, Dyson, LVMH, Prudential, New York Times, Unilever, Mercedes-Benz, Adidas, United Rentals, among others. In 2011 he was the youngest inductee to the American Advertising Federation’s Advertising Hall of Achievement (and only strategist), and in 2020 was named Chief Strategy Officer of the Year by AdAge’s Creativity Awards, in 2023, Jonny was honored on the Forbes list of most
influential CMOs.
Jonny is the founder and CEO of FundamentalCo. Prior to this he was the Global Head of Blackstone’s Brand Strategy and transformation for its portfolio of over 230 companies. He built the team responsible for ensuring a brand’s purpose, categorical positioning and values are clearly defined upstream in the sequence of value creation and are connected to all elements of the business transformation. Over a career that has crossed four continents, Jonny has helped create some of the most innovative and influential brand transformations over the last two decades. Prior to Blackstone, Jonny was Partner and Global Chief Strategy Officer at Droga5 (Adage’s and Adweek’s agency of the decade 2020), where he founded and led the strategic function at the agency while overseeing all strategic efforts for clients and new business, including brand and business strategy, innovation, media, data strategy and experience strategy. Experience includes leading the transformational thinking for JP Morgan Chase, Google, Facebook, Dyson, LVMH, Prudential, New York Times, Unilever, Mercedes-Benz, Adidas, United Rentals, among others. In 2011 he was the youngest inductee to the American Advertising Federation’s Advertising Hall of Achievement (and only strategist), and in 2020 was named Chief Strategy Officer of the Year by AdAge’s Creativity Awards, in 2023, Jonny was honored on the Forbes list of most
influential CMOs.
Jenny Rooney is an award-winning innovator, curator and connector among the world’s leading CMOs and beyond. She’s built a professional reputation as a trusted, unbiased thought leader, trend-tracker and visionary. Having served as a business journalist for more than 25 years covering the advertising, marketing and brand industry and exclusively executive-level marketing decision-makers, she has a deep understanding of the dynamics of marketing and the marketing industry and its leadership. Jenny has conceived of and successfully launched multiple initiatives, platforms, series and events for CMOs, other C-suite executives, and the broader advertising and marketing community. Through interviews with hundreds of marketing leaders, participation and membership in the marketing industry’s foremost alliances, summits and organizations, and collaboration with premier business schools nationwide, she’s cultivated an extensive and valuable network of relationships with the most influential global chief marketers, business leaders, educators and futurists.
Currently Chief Brand and Community Officer at ADWEEK, she’s tasked with articulating and leading the vision, purpose and value of the ADWEEK brand, as well as bringing a community-first lens to everything ADWEEK does, creating new initiatives, resources and experiential offerings to better connect with and serve marketing decision-makers and the overall marketing ecosystem.
Jenny previously served as Managing Director and Cofounder of CMO House at Black Glass, an IPG marketing consultancy, advising CMOs and providing them with needed resources and access to excel. Prior to that, she spent 10 years at Forbes as Communities Director, Assistant Managing Editor and Editor and Chair of the CMO Network, where she managed content and events critical to executive-level marketing decision-makers, particularly the annual Forbes CMO Summit; interviewed hundreds of CEOs and CMOs as part of her ongoing Forbes CMO Video Interview Series; led the World’s Most Influential CMOs list; developed the Forbes CMO University Alumni Series; conceived of and launched Forbes CMO Next, an annual list of 50 game-changing CMOs; and oversaw development of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Marketing and Advertising list.
As Editorial Communities Director, Jenny created and launched the Forbes CxO practice, spotlighting C-suite executive collaboration. She served as co-host of Wharton Business Radio’s monthly “CMO Spotlight” show on SiriusXM for seven years. She also consults with universities and is a recipient of the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award.
Jenny Rooney is an award-winning innovator, curator and connector among the world’s leading CMOs and beyond. She’s built a professional reputation as a trusted, unbiased thought leader, trend-tracker and visionary. Having served as a business journalist for more than 25 years covering the advertising, marketing and brand industry and exclusively executive-level marketing decision-makers, she has a deep understanding of the dynamics of marketing and the marketing industry and its leadership. Jenny has conceived of and successfully launched multiple initiatives, platforms, series and events for CMOs, other C-suite executives, and the broader advertising and marketing community. Through interviews with hundreds of marketing leaders, participation and membership in the marketing industry’s foremost alliances, summits and organizations, and collaboration with premier business schools nationwide, she’s cultivated an extensive and valuable network of relationships with the most influential global chief marketers, business leaders, educators and futurists.
Currently Chief Brand and Community Officer at ADWEEK, she’s tasked with articulating and leading the vision, purpose and value of the ADWEEK brand, as well as bringing a community-first lens to everything ADWEEK does, creating new initiatives, resources and experiential offerings to better connect with and serve marketing decision-makers and the overall marketing ecosystem.
Jenny previously served as Managing Director and Cofounder of CMO House at Black Glass, an IPG marketing consultancy, advising CMOs and providing them with needed resources and access to excel. Prior to that, she spent 10 years at Forbes as Communities Director, Assistant Managing Editor and Editor and Chair of the CMO Network, where she managed content and events critical to executive-level marketing decision-makers, particularly the annual Forbes CMO Summit; interviewed hundreds of CEOs and CMOs as part of her ongoing Forbes CMO Video Interview Series; led the World’s Most Influential CMOs list; developed the Forbes CMO University Alumni Series; conceived of and launched Forbes CMO Next, an annual list of 50 game-changing CMOs; and oversaw development of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Marketing and Advertising list.
As Editorial Communities Director, Jenny created and launched the Forbes CxO practice, spotlighting C-suite executive collaboration. She served as co-host of Wharton Business Radio’s monthly “CMO Spotlight” show on SiriusXM for seven years. She also consults with universities and is a recipient of the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award.
Teju is the founder and director of the Black Fiber & Textile Network (bftn), which is a global network for Black people who grow, use and work with plant-based fibers and textiles, as well as natural dyes. Teju helped to develop and operate the inaugural Fibers Fund and now serves as a member of the Investment Committee. Teju uses a global lens focusing on local and regional strategies that produce alternative economies at community-scale.
Teju is the founder and director of the Black Fiber & Textile Network (bftn), which is a global network for Black people who grow, use and work with plant-based fibers and textiles, as well as natural dyes. Teju helped to develop and operate the inaugural Fibers Fund and now serves as a member of the Investment Committee. Teju uses a global lens focusing on local and regional strategies that produce alternative economies at community-scale.
