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Lauren Walsh

Senior Account Manager & Industry Manager, Google Ireland

Lauren currently leads Online Performance for Large Customers at Google Ireland. She works with the most sophisticated Irish businesses, helping them to drive success through online performance marketing, utilising Google Technology.

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Rachel McGuire

Attribution & Automation Specialist,
Google Ireland

Rachel currently leads Online to Offline digital marketing for Large Customers across the UK and Ireland. She works on helping advertisers to understand the impact their existing advertising is having on offline sales as well as supporting offline locations through Google.

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Amy Owens

Account Manager,
Large Customer Sales, Google Ireland

Amy has worked in Google since 2017 and is currently working as an account manager for Fashion Brands across the UK with Google. Since joining Google, Amy has worked across various vertical sales teams alongside leading initiatives within the Online to Offline space and the future of Automation of digital activity across the UK.

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Julie Gill

Commercial Marketing Director for Mails and Parcels, An Post Commerce

Julie Gill joined An Post in May 2019 and is now the Commercial Marketing Director for Mails and Parcels.

Bringing her experience in commercial business and consumer marketing from her previous roles in Telefonica and eir, Julie is responsible for driving commercial return for the Mails & Parcels business. This includes a focus on the development and implementation of an enhanced range of business products and driving consumer sales of our mails and parcels products throughout the An Post retail and online network.

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Gilles Ferrandez

Sales Director,
An Post Commerce

Specializing in new business development and major market expansion, Gilles serves as a key member of the An Post Commerce executive team, developing sales strategies for well-known Irish and International consumer brands. An Post Commerce is the Last Mile delivery expert in Ireland and we take this job very seriously in representing your brand at the doorstep of your hard won customers.

Prior to An Post, Gilles worked in various manufacturing and distribution companies in Ireland and France, in the areas of logistics and supply chain management. 

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Peter Twomey

Growth team,
Stripe

Peter works on Stripe's growth team and has been helping Irish and UK SMBs and Startups navigate online payments for the past four years.

Peter's expertise lies in mapping Stripe's payment products to the exact business model of the companies he works with, and Peter has developed a keen understanding of how the right payment flow can have a significant impact on a business' revenue.

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Meave Larkin

Agency Development Manager,
Google Ireland

Meave is an Agency Development Manager at Google, partnering with a select group of traditional and independent media agencies in Ireland.

Before joining Google, Meave worked in London and LA in global agencies and start ups. Her experience in data driven marketing spans a range of international clients across entertainment, automotive and airline industries. She has a BA in History and Politics from Trinity and MA in European Studies from the London School of Economics.