Global Brunch - Borderless Branding

Marina Ibrahim

Founder & Cultural Agility Expert, Globility Insights

Marina Ibrahim is a multi-award-winning consultant, executive coach, and speaker with 25+ years’ international experience in marketing, leadership, and cross-cultural development.

A bilingual British German with Egyptian roots, she empowers global leaders and teams to build trust, navigate cultural complexity and collaborate effectively across borders.

Through her consultancy, Globility Insights, and her signature GLOBE+ programme, Marina equips organisations to align diverse teams, reduce export risks, and accelerate global growth.

Her clients include BMW, Bentley, EMI, Kellogg’s, Nike, and PepsiCo.

She blends strategic insight with practical tools to turn culture into a catalyst for success.

Qualifications: MA Media Enterprise, Chartered Marketer (MCIM), NLP & Systemic Coach, DiSC®, 5 Behaviours, GlobeSmart & Country Navigator® Certified.

Elisabeth Lewis-Jones

CEO, Liquid

Lis founded Liquid in 2004 in a room above her mother’s garage with a phone, a laptop, a toddler, a 5-month-old baby and no clients. Today the company is 21 years old and works across 26 jurisdictions and 20 time zones. With its HQ in Birmingham, UK and offices in Brisbane and Melbourne, Australia, Liquid is an integrated communications agency working across marketing, PR, social, digital, performance marketing, design and content creation.

Liquid was named the ‘Best Agency outside of London’ by PR Week in 2021, won the ‘Best global consultancy of the year’ in the PRCA Platinum Awards in 2022 and was named ‘Midlands Marketing Agency’ of the year in 2023. In 2024 it won PRCA APAC Gold Country Award for its work in Australia.

Lis has played a significant part in shaping the communications landscape in the UK through her involvement in the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) of which she was national president in 2008, chairman of the PRCA Council in 2011/12 and from 2013 was a member of the PRCA Board of Management for 10 years.

She hosted the 5th Global Alliance World Public Relations Conference and Festival in London and has spoken at PR conferences in Argentina, Bahrain, Nigeria and South Africa.

Lis was Chair of Governors of Bloxham School in Oxfordshire for 5 years and a Governor for 15 years, a member of the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce Transatlantic Committee and for 2024/5 a Midlands Export Champion for the UK Department of Business & Trade.

Lis has been a mentor to the Government Communications Service and has undertaken two capability reviews for the Cabinet Office. In October 2023 she received Freedom of the City of London and in July 2024, she received Fellowship of the PRCA for her contribution to the global PR industry.

In February 2025 she was named Business Woman of the Year at the Signature Awards and in June 2025 was named in the 40 over 40 Women in PR Power List.

Andrew Milton

Managing Director and Co-Owner, rbl Brand Agency

Andrew is Managing Director and co-owner of rbl Brand Agency.

Having spent much of his thirty-year career working client side with FTSE 100 companies, he’s seen the world of marketing and brand from both sides of the table, working with businesses at a global and local level to communicate effectively and with authenticity.

Established in 2004, rbl help organisations power progress and navigate the changing world by creating brands that unite people behind a strategic direction, shift perceptions, inspire action and drive impact.

The agency’s work spans private, public and third sector clients, including work for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and the rebrand for ZSL London Zoo, winning the Grand Prix as the best brand project in Europe at the prestigious Transform Europe Awards 2024. The agency bring their unique approach to helping organisations achieve stronger connections, bigger impact and better results.