Board Members

With over 20 years of experience in the digital industry, Fura has worked on some of the industry’s most innovative digital campaigns, products and connected services. In her current role as Chief Design Officer at Huge, Fura is responsible for the agency’s design leadership across 13 international offices. She joined Huge from Publicis Sapient where she spent two years as Chief Design Officer of the Experience practice across EMEA, Middle East and Asia. Prior to her role at Publicis Sapient, Fura worked at R/GA for over 11 years, where she provided both strategic and creative vision for her clients and teams in New York and Stockholm. She was the creative lead on R/GA’s Nike account in NYC for a number of years where she drove the e-commerce & retail business, moving the account into new territories by exploring new emerging trends and innovations. She also led the creative team for Samsung US and was one of the creative leads on R/GA’s Walmart account. In 2014 Fura relocated to Stockholm to provide a new level of thought leadership and help set the strategic vision for the office. There she worked on clients such as Volvo, H&M, Absolut and ICA. Fura’s recent move to R/GA’s London office sees her take on a creative leadership role for the Middle East, with the responsibility to help expand the agency’s presence in what is a key region of growth. Fura started her career in Reykjavik, Iceland, serving local clients such as Icelandair, Icelandic Telecom, Toyota, and Hertz. She soon moved to New York to study Design & Technology at Parsons School of Design. There she explored all aspects of digital media, everything from broadcast to interactive physical video installations. Throughout the years she has won a number of well-known international rewards and recognitions, such as Clio’s, Webby’s, The One Show and many more.

Hannah is an award-winning designer at Saboteur Studios. Saboteur is an independent brand studio with a mission to set brands free. Hannah a.k.a. The Curious Saboteur has a keen interest in exploring the power of human storytelling. With an MA from Central Saint Martin's, she studied the impact of a Smart Border on the Northern-Irish border through the medium of film. As in work and life, Curious is a word Hannah tries to live up to. She founded Fail Better - a talk series where creative luminaries share their failures. Hannah currently sits on the Board of Trustees at D&AD.

D&AD: Deputy President and Design Trustee ISTD: Education Board Member Jack Renwick is a multi-award winning designer with a strong passion for ideas. She works closely with clients, getting to the heart of their problem and showing how creative thinking can be the way forward. Jack runs a creative branding agency, wittily titled Jack Renwick Studio, based in Whitechapel, London with 9 designers who are more talented than her. She has worked on a huge variety of projects over the past 22 years for clients including Amnesty International, eBay, BBC, Nokia, Royal Mail, Sir Elton John and Stella McCartney and received recognition from most of the world’s most prestigious awards. Jack originates from Glasgow and is frequently sought out as an awards jury member for her ‘refreshingly frank’ views. She is a Fellow, a board member, an examiner, an advisor, a judge, a writer and a speaker. She is a newly elected Design Trustee on the D&AD Board of Trustees alongside some pretty impressive folk.

Jonathan Kneebone is a founder of The Glue Society - an independent creative collective working globally - and now in its 25th year. Jonathan's work - and that of The Glue Society - deliberately blurs the line between art and commerce. Their practice encompasses everything from the direction of experiential projects, entertainment and commercials, to the creation of public installations, exhibitions and sculpture. Creativity Magazine defined The Glue Society as ‘the experts at things which haven’t been done before’ - and a number of their projects have been singled out for praise by the likes of Time magazine, The New York Times & The Guardian. The Glue Society counts over 15 D&AD Yellow/Graphite Pencils for both concept and craft disciplines - as well as 8 Cannes Grands Prix/Titanium Awards, and over 20 projects achieving Gold Lion status. The Glue Society have exhibited at Miami Art Basel, Pulse New York, London Design Festival, Hecho en Casa South America, SxS Denmark – as well as numerous shows across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Their work was showcased at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, and the team are also the artists and project directors of the groundbreaking environmental artwork "Earth's Black Box" currently being installed in Tasmania, Australia (earthsblackbox.com). The Glue Society - under Jonathan's leadership - has been instrumental in creating positive change within the industry, originating and supporting the D&AD initiatives - Rare, Shift Sydney and Brief to Broadcast - promoting diversity, inclusion and education. Jonathan is an international member of the D&AD Board of Trustees, sits on the D&AD Global Advisory Board and Australian AWARD Committee and is a regular industry speaker and opinion-piece writer. For experiential work, installation projects and commercial film direction, The Glue Society is represented by Biscuit in the UK & USA, La Pac in France, and Revolver in Australia/NZ.

Kwame Taylor-Hayford is a creative executive and entrepreneur with a career spanning advertising, fashion and philanthropy. He is Co-Founder of Kin, a company that creates social change through culture for brands including Mailchimp, Delta Air Lines and Ben & Jerry's. Prior to launching Kin, Kwame worked at Chobani where his team was named 2019 In-House Agency of the Year by Advertising Age and, citing the creative work on the brand, Fast Company included Chobani on its Most Innovative Companies list three years in a row. Earlier in his career, Kwame was a Partner at Sid Lee and led teams at Anomaly and Saatchi New York. Kwame was included on Adweek's Creative 100 list in 2022, on Adage’s 40 Under 40 list in 2020 and was inducted into the American Advertising Federation’s Hall of Achievement in 2019. He has been on the D&AD Impact Council since 2017, serving as Impact Jury President in 2020 & 2022 and is currently a member of the D&AD Board of Trustees. He is also a Co-Founder at SATURDAY MORNING, a not-for-profit organization that brings awareness to and shifts perceptions on racial bias and injustice.

Liza is Partner and Creative Director at Studio Dumbar/DEPT®. Studio Dumbar/DEPT® is an award winning international agency with a Dutch heritage, specialising in visual branding and motion. Liza is directly involved with all main projects such as the visual identity for Amsterdam Sinfonietta, D&AD Creativity festival, brand refresh of the van Gogh Museum and co-initiator of DEMO - Design in Motion Festival. She is an MA Design graduate from the Royal College of Art, London. Before joining Studio Dumbar she worked for Pentagram London for several years. In 2004 Liza co-founded and co-hosts the podcast station Typeradio.org. Typeradio has an archive of more than 500 interviews for download of established and upcoming designers from all around the world. As of 2018 she has been elected member into the prestigious design association AGI, Alliance Graphique Internationale. In 2020 she was appointed as co-chair of the ADCN - the Advertising and Design Club of Creativity in the Netherlands. And since 2021 is part of the D&AD Board of trustees - the Design and Advertising Association in the UK.

I am Academic Dean (Collaboration) and a design educator, writer on design and co-founder of GraphicDesign& with Lucienne Roberts. GraphicDesign& advocates for graphic design – what it can do and why it matters – through pioneering books, exhibitions, talks and events that explore how graphic design connects with the wider world and the value that it brings, challenging perceptions about what and who graphic design is for. GraphicDesign&’s books include Page 1: Great Expectations (GraphicDesign& Literature, 2012); Golden Meaning (GraphicDesign& Mathematics, 2014); Graphic Designers Surveyed (GraphicDesign& Social Science, 2015) and Looking Good: A visual guide to the nun’s habit (GraphicDesign& Religion, 2016). Critically acclaimed in the design and mainstream press, these books have won awards, including the Design Observer/AIGA 50 Best Books 2016 for Looking Good. Most recently GraphicDesign& has co-curated two major exhibitions; Can Graphic Design Save your Life? at Wellcome Collection, London (7 September 2017- 14 January 2018) which explored the vital relationship between graphic design and health, and Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics 2008-18 at Design Museum, London (28 March - 12 August 2018) that looked at the impact and influence of graphic design in recent politics. Lucienne and I were selected by Creative Review magazine as among their 50 Creative Leaders of 2017 for their GraphicDesign& work. I have lectured, spoken at events and acted as consultant at academic institutions across the UK and abroad. My writing on design and design education has been published in books and journals and I am co-author of 'Design Diaries: Creative Process in Graphic Design', published by Laurence King in 2010. I was Vice President of ico_D, the international council of design, 2015-17.

Richard began his career as an Art Director at RKCR/Y&R later moving to Leo Burnett and CHI&Partners. In this time, he created notable work for clients such as Virgin, THINK, Shelter, McDonalds and the Sunday Times. After joining adam&eveDDB in 2013 he was responsible for the multi award-winning 2013 Christmas campaign Sorry, I Spent It On Myself for Harvey Nichols, which was awarded four Cannes Lions Grand Prix. Alongside winning five further Gold Lions, adam&eveDDB was awarded Cannes Agency of the Year 2014. Rick was also behind 2014’s Monty the Penguin Christmas campaign for John Lewis, which was awarded two Cannes Lions Grand Prix including one in effectiveness, resulting in it being the Gunn Report’s Most Awarded TV Ad of 2015. Rick was promoted to ECD in 2014 and later CCO. Under his creative leadership the agency has been awarded 7 Grand Prix over the last three years, as well as Campaign Agency of the Year for three consecutive years and Gunn report global agency of the year 2016. In 2015 he had the honour of being listed in Business Insider’s Top 10 Global Creative Directors and in 2016 he was listed in both AdAge’s prestigious 40 Under 40 and Creative Review’s 50 Creative Leaders in the UK across all industries. He was also awarded second best parent in the Brim household for the seventh year running but he hopes to change that.

Russie Miessi, They/ Them, Strategist at Born Social, D&AD New Blood Shift Alumni. In 2019 Russie wanted a shift from doing garment technology within the fashion sector and stepping into their love of advertising. In 2020 Russie became New Blood Shift Alumni. In completing the course, they fell in love with a pathway in strategy. Their first placement was starting within a start-up as the first hires for New Commerical Arts as a Customer Experience strategist. This is where Russie worked closely with the UX for Halifax. They moved on to join McCann London as a Jr Strategist. Within the role, they worked with many clients including NYX PMU,aLoreal and Nurofen, and Reckitt and on Global pitches. Russie’s efforts were recognised and they were promoted to be a Strategist whilst at McCann. During their time at McCann Russie wanted to give a platform for Jr’s, upcoming and undiscovered talents to have a space to voice their opinions and challenge the Ad world. Russie Set up the collective, Fax No Printer in October 2021, a Cultural Insight Newsletter. Within the first week, the newsletter gained 300 active subscribers. Since then the collective has grown from 3 members to 5 members, an Instagram platform has been set up and FNP engaged in talks and events. Now Russie works at Born Social with Global clients such as Mars chocolate brands, Primark,, Jägermeister plus more and is based in Swansea, Wales.