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what happens When two worlds collide?The best ideas win. That’s why Ubiq X LIVE is built as a true education–commercial hybrid event, bringing the most forward-thinking schools into the same room as the people who know how to build brands, communities, and demand. In a world where parents judge your school against every brand they love, not just the school down the road, Ubiq X LIVE is the first event designed to give you the commercial tools to start pulling ahead. |
what happensWhen two worlds collide?The best ideas win. That’s why Ubiq X LIVE is built as a true education–commercial hybrid event, bringing the most forward-thinking schools into the same room as the people who know how to build brands, communities, and demand. In a world where parents judge your school against every brand they love, not just the school down the road, Ubiq X LIVE is the first event designed to give you the commercial tools to start pulling ahead.
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When two worlds collide?
The best ideas win. That’s why Ubiq X LIVE is built as a true education–commercial hybrid event, bringing the most forward-thinking schools into the same room as the people who know how to build brands, communities, and demand. In a world where parents judge your school against every brand they love, not just the school down the road, Ubiq X LIVE is the first event designed to give you the commercial tools to start pulling ahead.
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Grace AndrewsEx. Brand Director
Grace Andrews is a brand and marketing leader known for building some of the world’s most successful podcasts and digital platforms. With a track record that includes scaling Steven Bartlett's The Diary of a CEO into a global media phenomenon, she now advises the next generation of creator-led brands and businesses.
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Sam ConniffBest Selling Author
Sam’s best-selling book, Be More Pirate, has become a global movement advocating ‘professional rule breaking and Good Trouble’ as a new approach to positive disruption. With Netflix and University College London, Sam created Uncertainty Experts, the world’s first interactive documentary, which was scientifically proven to transform our ability to handle change.
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Dani RaynerEx. Director of Marketing
Formerly Director of Marketing Planning and Operations for EMEA and APAC at Netflix, Dani has shaped brand strategy and marketing output for some of the world’s most influential organisations, including the BBC and BAFTA. Dani is a Trustee for the London Wildlife Trust and has been recognised as a Climate Changemaker by the Edinburgh International TV Festival for her contributions to climate awareness.
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Leeya HendricksEx. Global CMO
Dr Leeya Hendricks is a global CMO and platform-ecosystem strategist, advising boards and high-growth organisations on marketing leadership, digital transformation, and ecosystem-led growth. She is Managing Director of Hark Consultants and author of The Platform Playbook (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026).
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John ThorntonCreative Lead
John's spent a decade writing silly things on the internet for brands like Surreal Cereal, innocent smoothies, Secret Cinema, Oxfam, and the United Nations. Some of his work has won awards! Most of it hasn't.
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Becci DiveEx. Head of Marketing (UK&I)
Becci has a marketing career spanning 15+ years delivering work for luxury fashion, grocery, beauty, subscription, QSR and automotive brands. A a true right + left brain smorgasbord of data, creative ideas and customer insight, Becci has been listed as one of Marketing Week’s Top 100 Marketers; one of Campaign’s ‘30 Under 30’; one of four shortlisted for Media Week’s Rising Star award.
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Jamie PerfectSchool Director
With over 20 years of experience in School Leadership, Jamie has led school improvement, strategic change, and innovation across diverse educational contexts. At ISB, he has overseen a shift from a British-centric model to a genuinely international approach, strengthening student outcomes, staff development, and digital learning. Jamie also serves on the advisory boards of Making Stuff Better (MSB) and NHL Stenden’s International Teacher Education programme.
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Hanisha KotechaDirector of Marketing & External Relations
Hanisha Kotecha has spent her career rewriting the rules of commercial creativity. After over a decade at the sharp end of the creative agency world, leading national and international campaigns and high performing teams for brands from Dunelm, Vodafone and Jose Cuervo to Child Poverty Action Group, WaterAid, she was Chief Client Officer at Creature and Managing Director at purpose agency GOOD, known for work that blends commercial results with real social impact.
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Sean WestHead of Digital Marketing
Sean is Head of Digital Marketing at North London Collegiate School, where he leads the school’s digital strategy, driven by creativity, authenticity, and purpose. He’s passionate about authentic brand storytelling and believes that daring to challenge convention is key to building strong, distinctive brands that truly connect with audiences.
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Jacqueline KellerDirector of Marketing and Communications
With degrees in communications, counseling, and information design & strategy, Jacqueline has found joy working in the nonprofit sector. Currently, she is the director of marketing & communications at Avon Old Farms School—an all-boys secondary education institution—where she leads a team of three.
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Maddie LingardHead of Marketing
A self-proclaimed intrapreneur, Maddie has quickly established herself as a bold voice in independent education marketing. With over four years’ experience spanning both B2B and client-side roles, she brings a rare blend of school-based insight and commercial expertise.
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Emilee AlexsonEvents Manager
Emilee Alexson is an event and experience strategist with 18 years’ experience creating global conferences, brand launches, TV-show-style virtual broadcasts, and high-profile live events for brands including IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Mulberry, Google, and Universal Music. She previously ran the events departments for some of London’s most exclusive West End venues and now leads Ubiq’s global events strategy, driving Ubiq X, a connected program of live and virtual experiences that build community, spark conversation, and deliver real impact.
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Grace AndrewsEx. Brand Director
Grace Andrews is a brand and marketing leader known for building some of the world’s most successful podcasts and digital platforms. With a track record that includes scaling Steven Bartlett's The Diary of a CEO into a global media phenomenon, she now advises the next generation of creator-led brands and businesses.
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Sam ConniffBest Selling Author
Sam’s best-selling book, Be More Pirate, has become a global movement advocating ‘professional rule breaking and Good Trouble’ as a new approach to positive disruption. With Netflix and University College London, Sam created Uncertainty Experts, the world’s first interactive documentary, which was scientifically proven to transform our ability to handle change.
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Dani RaynerEx. Director of Marketing
Formerly Director of Marketing Planning and Operations for EMEA and APAC at Netflix, Dani has shaped brand strategy and marketing output for some of the world’s most influential organisations, including the BBC and BAFTA. Dani is a Trustee for the London Wildlife Trust and has been recognised as a Climate Changemaker by the Edinburgh International TV Festival for her contributions to climate awareness.
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Leeya HendricksEx. Global CMO
Dr Leeya Hendricks is a global CMO and platform-ecosystem strategist, advising boards and high-growth organisations on marketing leadership, digital transformation, and ecosystem-led growth. She is Managing Director of Hark Consultants and author of The Platform Playbook (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026).
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John ThorntonCreative Lead
John's spent a decade writing silly things on the internet for brands like Surreal Cereal, innocent smoothies, Secret Cinema, Oxfam, and the United Nations. Some of his work has won awards! Most of it hasn't.
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Becci DiveEx. Head of Marketing (UK&I)
Becci has a marketing career spanning 15+ years delivering work for luxury fashion, grocery, beauty, subscription, QSR and automotive brands. A a true right + left brain smorgasbord of data, creative ideas and customer insight, Becci has been listed as one of Marketing Week’s Top 100 Marketers; one of Campaign’s ‘30 Under 30’; one of four shortlisted for Media Week’s Rising Star award.
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Jamie PerfectSchool Director
With over 20 years of experience in School Leadership, Jamie has led school improvement, strategic change, and innovation across diverse educational contexts. At ISB, he has overseen a shift from a British-centric model to a genuinely international approach, strengthening student outcomes, staff development, and digital learning. Jamie also serves on the advisory boards of Making Stuff Better (MSB) and NHL Stenden’s International Teacher Education programme.
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Hanisha KotechaDirector of Marketing & External Relations
Hanisha Kotecha has spent her career rewriting the rules of commercial creativity. After over a decade at the sharp end of the creative agency world, leading national and international campaigns and high performing teams for brands from Dunelm, Vodafone and Jose Cuervo to Child Poverty Action Group, WaterAid, she was Chief Client Officer at Creature and Managing Director at purpose agency GOOD, known for work that blends commercial results with real social impact.
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Sean WestHead of Digital Marketing
Sean is Head of Digital Marketing at North London Collegiate School, where he leads the school’s digital strategy, driven by creativity, authenticity, and purpose. He’s passionate about authentic brand storytelling and believes that daring to challenge convention is key to building strong, distinctive brands that truly connect with audiences.
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Jacquelline KellerDirector of Marketing and Communications
With degrees in communications, counseling, and information design & strategy, Jacqueline has found joy working in the nonprofit sector. Currently, she is the director of marketing & communications at Avon Old Farms School—an all-boys secondary education institution—where she leads a team of three.
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Maddie LingardHead of Marketing
A self-proclaimed intrapreneur, Maddie has quickly established herself as a bold voice in independent education marketing. With over four years’ experience spanning both B2B and client-side roles, she brings a rare blend of school-based insight and commercial expertise.
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Emilee AlexsonEvents Manager
Emilee Alexson is an event and experience strategist with 18 years’ experience creating global conferences, brand launches, TV-show-style virtual broadcasts, and high-profile live events for brands including IBM, Microsoft, Apple, Mulberry, Google, and Universal Music. She previously ran the events departments for some of London’s most exclusive West End venues and now leads Ubiq’s global events strategy, driving Ubiq X, a connected program of live and virtual experiences that build community, spark conversation, and deliver real impact.
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the Agenda
The tides are changing.
When building the agenda for Ubiq X LIVE, one thing was clear: the sector is shifting—and fast. Schools are under increasing pressure to stand out, the role of marketing is changing, and admissions teams are stepping confidently into their roles as salespeople. We’re bringing together top commercial voices and the boldest thinkers in independent education to show that doing things differently is better.
Expect two days of sharp insights, 30+ sessions, and dual tracks of commercial and educational content built around the real challenges and opportunities schools are facing today.
So, go on, be different. We dare you.