Advertising Council Australia (ACA) has added seven senior industry leaders to the line-up for this year’s Business & Agency Leadership course, taking place at QT Sydney from 18–20 October.
Suncorp Group Executive General Manager of Brand & Customer Experience Mim Haysom, Bear Meets Eagle on Fire Founder and CCO Micah Walker, M+C Saatchi Group CEO Dani Bassil, Princess – A Creative Company Co-Founder and Managing Director Jonny Berger, Special Global Partner Cade Heyde, Purpose Disruptors Regional Leader James Greet, and Extollo Founder and CEO Katy Denis have joined the program.
The course features senior agency leaders including Rose Herceg (WPP), Nick Garrett (Omnicom Oceania), Michael Rebelo (Publicis Groupe), Lindsey Evans (Special Australia), and Chris Howatson (Howatson+Company), among others, sharing their experience to help the next generation of agency leaders navigate the commercial, strategic and people challenges that come with leading a business.
Haysom will join course Co-Chair Kirsty Muddle for a fireside chat on the effectiveness of creativity, while Walker, Berger and Heyde will sit down with Co-Chair Laura Aldington to discuss building the indie of the future.
Greet will lead a session on leadership in times of complexity, while Bassil and Denis will join Little Black Book Managing Editor AUNZ Brittney Rigby to discuss managing a media profile.
Other sessions include building the network of the future with Garrett, Herceg and Rebelo; pricing for profit and partnership with Howatson; what boardrooms say about agencies with Tenet Advisory & Investments’ Justin Papps; and dealing with change and transformation with Sheryl Marjoram (Clemenger), Lindsay Evans and Matt Michael (Droga5).
Course details:
ACA Business & Agency Leadership 2026
Your Greatest Work Is Ahead of You
18–20 October 2026, QT Sydney
Full program on site.
