LONDON, UK // Joanna Lawrence is the Global Chief Strategy Officer at Havas Media Network, where she leads transformative initiatives that redefine media strategic advisory services for clients and talent. She also heads up the agency’s Global Media Creativity Council, connecting brilliant thinkers globally to champion braver client solutions. Through a diverse career, from different media industry perspectives, Jo’s experience spans data analytics in market research, media planning at Mindshare and being a new breed communications strategist at Naked Communications. She then spent over a decade at OMD EMEA, building the regional Strategy function, managing the international division and establishing their content practice. Prior to joining Havas, Jo spent time driving business transformation for the commercial team at Telegraph Media Group and consulting with global clients at Flock Associates on evolving their Media Operating Models.

Jo finds her creative inspiration in running an industry module for London College of Communications, staying connected to Gen Alpha gaming and fashion culture via her kids, coffee-fuelled chats with friends, obsessing over foreign travel, reading fiction (paper, not Kindle!) and trying to make time for art galleries