Mark Ritson & Facebook VP Steve Hatch to speak at Festival of Marketing 2018

Steve Hatch, VP, Northern Europe at Facebook, and Mark Ritson, Marketing Week columnist and Adjunct Professor of Marketing, Melbourne Business School, will take to the Headline Stage to close day two of the Festival of Marketing 2018, Oct 10-11 in London.

By Ben Davis September 27th 2018 09:15

Ritson and Hatch have been added to a list of headliners that also includes Louis Theroux, Sir Martin Sorrell and ITV CEO Carolyn McCall.

Ritson is returning to the Headline Stage where he received a great reception in 2017, debating Professor Byron Sharp on the merits of targeted marketing (read the write-up here).

Before joining Facebook in 2014, Hatch worked at agencies Y&R, Omnicom, WPP and MEC. He is now chair of the CBI Tech Group, and has co-authored the book ‘Rigorous Magic’ on brands and ideas, published by John Wiley & Sons.

Both speakers will be covering a variety of topics across the future of marketing and communications.

All that’s left to do is head to the Festival of Marketing website to view the full agenda and book tickets.

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