Advisory Board

Cathy Collier

CEO, OMD Canada

The break-neck pace of change in technology and media consumption has outpaced how marketers plan their communications. As CEO of OMD Canada, Cathy Collier, is at the helm of Canada’s largest and most successful media organization. By harnessing the power of advanced analytics, marketing science, and placing client’s business performance at the heart of all innovation planning – Cathy has helped redefine the role and increased the value her team brings to an incredible roster of clients.

Over the course of nearly two decades with Cossette Media, her leadership brought Cossette Media three gold Media Lions and an armful of numerous other awards. She has enjoyed continued success at OMD, working with clients such as McDonald’s, Pepsi and Rogers, placing in the top two at Media Agency of the Year for the past four of five years.

Cathy is very active in advancing the Canadian media industry. She is Board Chair of numeris, Chairs the Canadian Young Media Lions competition and has judged twice at the Cannes Media Lions festival.

Emma Eriksson

Vice President, Global Brands & Insights, Kellanova

Emma Eriksson is a seasoned marketer and strategic business leader with over 25 years in big CPG with General Mills, Kellogg’s and Kellanova. She is currently head of global brand strategy for Kellanova’s Snacks brands like Pringles and Cheez-it as well as the International Kellogg’s Cereal portfolio. In her free time, she’s a passionate flag football mom and children’s choir director.

Robin Hassan

Freelancer

Robin Hassan is a strategic and innovative leader with a passion for building engaged teams, brands with purpose, and driving commercial growth. She has a consistent record of establishing centres of excellence and upskilling teams to create best in class consumer centric programs powered by data.

Robin was heading up Unilever Canada’s Digital Marketing, Media, Commerce, and Content centres of excellence, as Director, DMC & Ustudio. In this capacity, she led a multidisciplinary team focused on driving unmissable content (search, community, In-house creative, CRM, Creator management, PR, e commerce Merchandising, and Media), delivering digital transformation (MarTech, Data Driven Marketing, Consumer Lifecycle marketing), and upskilling the broader organization in Performance marketing and Digital Commerce. During her 9+ years with Unilever Canada, she has had the privilege to work on several award-winning brand building and purpose driven marketing campaigns across 5 business groups.

Prior to joining Unilever Canada, Robin spent 13+ years building her expertise as a digital transformation leader while launching several first to market and award-winning solutions in the multi-media publishing and broadcasting businesses (Hollinger International, CanWest, Alliance Atlantis, and Yahoo!). In addition, Robin had the opportunity to experience working agency side where she led the establishment of multi-million dollar Digital and Social Strategic Practices as SVP at Starcom and Mediacom. During this time, she lead strategic digital planning work across a wide spectrum of verticals including CPG, Consumer Electronics, Finance, Auto, and Pharma.

Robin is passionate about “Cultivating Brilliance from Digital Disruption chaos” which she brings to life by mentoring emerging talent, unlocking an innovative problem-solving culture, and creating psychologically safe environments with diverse voices and experiences. She is a strong believer in giving back to the community through volunteering time to work with social enterprises, technology start ups, and establishing programs like the DMZ Black Innovation Program Social Impact stream. In addition, she has served as a Judge, board member, speaker, and chair of various industry programs including DX3, Shopper Marketing Forum, The Effies, ACA Cross-Media Measurement, IAB Canada, and the Media Innovation Awards.

Andrea Hunt

President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of Canadian Advertisers

Andrea is a recognized industry leader and global marketing executive with a functional background in Tier I CPG marketing and commercial leadership. Through executive roles with blue chip firms including Kellogg's, Kraft, Molson, Arterra, and Mondelez, Andrea has led high performance teams and iconic brands across North America and Europe.,

Currently Andrea serves as a Board Director for JohnVince Foods Inc., is an Executive Board Director for the Canadian Club, and serves as an Executive advisor for a selection of Private Equity firms, start-up's and private companies.

Personally, Andrea can be found running, cheering rink-side, and indulging in her passion for all things advertising, retail, fashion, and design.

Scott Stewart

Executive Vice President & Managing Director, Epitaph Group

Scott Stewart is a senior media executive with extensive experience at some of the world’s largest global networks and leading independent agencies. He currently serves as Executive Vice President and Managing Director at Epitaph Group, one of Canada’s largest independent media agencies.

Over the course of his career, Scott has held senior strategy and executive roles across global, North American, and national teams, consistently driving growth and innovation for a broad portfolio of clients. His leadership has helped teams earn accolades at prestigious industry events, including the Cannes Lions, Festival of Media Global, Canadian Marketing Awards, and Media Innovation Awards.

An active contributor to the industry, Scott has served on several boards and advisory committees, including the Canadian Marketing Association’s Ethics & Standards Committee, Media, and Sponsorship Councils, the Canadian Out-of-Home Marketing & Measurement Bureau (COMMB), and the Media Innovation Awards Advisory Board.

A proud of the University of Toronto, Scott continues to champion excellence, innovation, and ethical leadership in Canada’s media and marketing landscape.