The Bridge F61 team
Will Harris
Founder
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Will Harris is one of the co-founders of Bridge F61. His career began in agencies where he worked on a succession of great brands, including Orange, Tesco, Stella Artois and Pepsi.
In 2000, as Chief Marketing Officer, he led the rebrand that created O2 before moving on to Nokia where he was UK Marketing Director and then CMO for Asia. After roles as global CMO of two LVMH brands, Will became CEO of Mission Media. In 2015, he became Chief Marketing and Strategy officer at Karhoo, and in 2016 he took on the role of CMO for Battersea Power Station, Europe’s biggest regeneration scheme. In summer 2018, Will founded Bridge F61 with his friend, John Nichols.
As a creative strategist, Will is passionate about building plans that don’t just live in a presentation, but have real-world impact. -
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Sonja Healy
Founder
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Sonja began her career in advertising, before managing some of the Europe’s biggest events and executing brand strategies for multiple global businesses across e-commerce, airlines, fashion and tech.
As well as orchestrating major B2B tech summits, and experiential brand launches, her strategic comms and brand visual skills have helped her turn failing platforms into award-winning functions. Sonja has spent her life as a true global citizen.
Born a Finn, she was educated and developed her career across the Middle East before returning to Europe.
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Julian Delamain
Strategy Partner
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Julian began his career in creative agencies in New York. After six years he moved to London, and from there on to Hong Kong, Paris, Tokyo and then Hong Kong again. While Julian started out in advertising, he has evolved into an all-purpose brand and marketing strategist.
Born in London, Julian went to school in England, University in Ireland and, having spent many years in Asia, he now lives in Northern Portugal.
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Maya Bhose
Operations Partner
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Maya began her career in the advertising industry developing campaigns for household brands including Mars, Fiat, Baileys and Wonderbra. She then moved client side into marketing in the telecomms sector working on the creation of the O2 brand and Microsoft's entry into the smartphone market.
Maya's love for TV (which remains to this day) saw her switch to Broadcast Media working in the UK at UKTV, NBC Universal and Food Network and at Astro in Malaysia where she led a team of 130 in restructuring an entire Master Brand and 14 sub brands ahead of an IPO.
Maya is passionate about marrying creative thinking with commercial needs. She loves developing and evolving brands; bringing their promise to life wherever they are experienced.
More recently she had become involved in the Third Sector and is piloting a stepping stone into voluntary organisations for people over 50 with transferable skills.
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Tobi Ajala
Tech Partner
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Tobi Ajala is an award-winning tech entrepreneur, leader & engineering who is at the forefront of helping shape the future of tech communities worldwide. Best known as the CEO & Founder of TECHTEE, Tobi’s has helped generate over a billion pounds in revenue from software systems with companies like Apple, Deutsche Bank, and the Cabinet Office.
Tobi is recognised as a leading figure in business and consumer tech communities worldwide, specialising in emerging, early-adoption technologies.
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Leslie N.
US Comms Partner
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Based in Santa Cruz in the US, Leslie is a C-suite executive specialising in global marketing and communications for transformative technologies, including sustainable materials, AI, mobile app development, location based services, SaaS, data visualisation, and e-commerce. She thrives in positioning new products and services in emerging tech landscapes.
With extensive experience collaborating with engineers, CEOs, founders, and investors, Leslie effectively communicates complex technical concepts and disruptive ideas, and has played a key role in nurturing founder’s visions, guiding individuals and organizations through corporate change, M&A, IPOs, crisis communications, and award-winning product launches.
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Ashley Bolser
Digital Partner
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With extensive experience in advertising and marketing, Ashley combines a performance marketing background with expertise in digital, web, and mobile strategy. Passionate about integrated e-commerce, app optimisation, AI, AR, IoT, and psychology-driven online behaviour, they specialise in creating impactful, consumer-focused solutions.
At Bolser, an award-winning digital agency, Ashley helps global blue-chip clients maximise ROI through innovative, multichannel campaigns. Committed to transforming digital experiences, they focus on connecting companies with consumers and leveraging technology to drive meaningful business growth.
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Bolser.co.uk
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Adam Fresco
EU Comms Partner
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Adam brings 25 years of media and PR expertise, having led campaigns across Europe, North America, and Asia. A former senior journalist and Crime Correspondent at The Times, with experience at ITN and Fleet Street, he has worked with global brands, HNWIs, and celebrities on crisis communications and media training.
Skilled in managing high-profile reputational challenges, Adam has supported clients including Amazon, Victoria’s Secret, Matalan, and global hotel groups, helping businesses navigate, prepare for, and recover from critical situations.
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Sally Weavers
Media Partner
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Sally founded Craft seven years ago to challenge the decline in strategic rigour, creativity, and effective planning in communications. Positioned between creative and media, Craft collaborates with agencies to amplify ideas and ensure strategies are carried through every touchpoint. In an industry dominated by programmatic buying and homogenised plans, Craft resists “greyification” by designing distinctive communications.
With a team of 27 “Crafties,” the company champions comms planning as a vital force against sameness and dullness in a trillion-dollar global ad industry.
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Craftmedia.london
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Giles Davis
Creative Partner
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Giles’s career has taken him from account management to strategic planning, copywriting to brand consultancy across a wide range of sectors in branding, marketing, advertising, design and digital.
He’s helped start ups create brands from scratch and the BBC develop their employee value proposition. He’s headed-up Volkswagen UK’s digital ecosystem, devised award-winning strategies for everything from computer games to agrichemicals and even created a motorcycle club with 10,000 members (and written their bi-monthly newsletter).
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