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Based in Olapic’s European headquarters in London, Cabo is spearheading the company’s global expansion. Drawing on his extensive global consulting background, Cabo and his team successfully introduced Olapic’s earned content technology to the European market and works closely with top brands. Born in Madrid, Cabo holds undergraduate degrees from Dublin City University and ICADE University and an MBA from the Columbia School of Business in New York City, where he and his co-founders received recognition and capital from the Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund. Cabo has been featured extensively in the press and is frequently invited to present at trade conferences on the future of e-commerce and content marketing.

Lisa is a marketing professional with experience working with a variety of fashion brands.

With over 10 years experience in branding and fashion marketing, Jo has created global communication strategies, brand advocacy programmes, experiential campaigns & events for clients including Nike, Gap, Red Bull, Bacardi Global Brands, Nokia, Diageo & Bestseller.

In 2004 Jo co-founded Beyond the Valley – an award-winning design boutique and fashion label based in London’s West End. Over the next five years, she helped launch more than 300 emerging British designers into the fashion, art and design industries.

In 2012 Jo joined Protein® as Managing Director – a global creative agency and media network that connects brands with cultural influencers through consumer insight, integrated marketing strategies, digital campaigns, events and award-winning content.

Currently a Practitioner in Residence at London College of Fashion, Jo also judges D&AD, D&AD New Blood Awards, Superbrands and Coolbrands UK.

Lauren Luxenberg – a Canadian who moved to London by way of Milan – joined advanced search agency 4Ps Marketing in 2012. Initially brought on board to develop a strategy for the Digital PR department where she was Head of Digital Communications.  Lauren recently joined Mr Porter as Social Media Editor.

Lauren has four years of experience in luxury fashion PR and marketing and has worked at the definitive Canadian label Hudson’s Bay Company, at global fashion communications agency Starworks Group and for Chase PR. Specialising in luxury, she has created innovative global content strategies to bridge the gap between social media and the new age SEO brought about by Google algorithm changes. Lauren has developed bespoke digital strategies and campaigns for luxury brands such as Selfridges, Liberty London and Sweaty Betty, establishing herself as a thought leader in the digital fashion industry and the natural consultant for next-level digital communications.

As editor and founder of the style blog Style Savage UK, Lauren understands the opportunities and challenges that lie at the intersection between bloggers and brands. Most recently featured in Elle and New York Magazine’s blog The Cut, Lauren continues to build a strong network within the luxury industry, on both a personal and professional level.

Karinna has a passion for the aesthetic aspects of fashion brand management and was a visual merchandiser by trade before entering academia in 2001. Previously she has worked with United Colours of Benetton, Kookai, House of Fraser and Ralph Lauren. Karinna has operated in the fields of fashion retail, visual merchandising and PR. In her academic career she researches, publishes and teaches internationally exploring innovative visual and digital retail strategies within the fashion sector.

Listed as one of Time Out London’s Culture 100 top creatives, described by VICE magazine as “one of the premier creative minds in London” and STYLE.COM as “push[ing] the boundaries of the industry”, the face of a Jean Paul Gaultier campaign and projects with Louis Vuitton only begin to describe Nik Thakkar’s accolades.

Nik is a London and New York-based multi-platform creative who has worked with major design houses from LVMH to Jean Paul Gaultier and Marc Jacobs to Karl Lagerfeld; he has led creative design projects with Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy and produced fashion films featured on Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine and Rankin’s The Hunger and much more.

Holding close relationships with powerful influencers across fashion, music, art and design globally from London to New York and Milan to Paris, Nik is also a columnist for The Huffington Post and the voice behind globally recognised pop culture and fashion siteKARLISMYUNKLE.COM – featured and recommended by Dolce & Gabbana, Louis Vuitton, Jean Paul Gaultier, VICE magazine, NOWNESS and GQ amongst others.

As a style and cultural influencer, Nik has been the face of various high profile fashion brands, featured in music videos, has co-curated design-art projects and exhibitions, guest-edited style magazines, DJs at high profile venues and has been a judge for both the eponymous Global Fashion Awards and Fashion Journalism Awards.

In June 2013, Nik partnered with established womenswear designer Ada Zanditon to co-create luxury dark matter menswear brand Ada + Nik launching at London Collection: Men; Brought together by an admiration for similar creative inspiration. Ada + Nik entered the world via a global announcement on WWD, and then shortly after the initial launch was heralded in publications from GQ to the BBC News and leading fashion blogs to style magazine it is described by the Evening Standard as “the most refreshing new menswear line to emerge in recent years” and retails globally.

He starred in his first major TV show on Fashion One (Sky) in 2013, where he was one of three judges on a panel searching for the next big fashion television presenter. This has lead to commentating on the Oscars for Sky News, BBC World News regularly and presenting for major fashion brands at London Fashion Week.

Nik has been featured in publications including Vogue Italia, Metro International, Vogue, GQ, Time Out, Style.com, The Daily Telegraph, The Huffington Post, Wonderland and many more.