Operations Stupid or Operations Smart – Questions and Conversation with Nish Patel, Amy Spears, James Mathers, Anil Noorani and Emma Turner

This isn’t another “how-to” session. It’s a real-world, no-fluff discussion focused on the challenges and opportunities that matter most to in-house agency and operations leaders right now.

Expect to hear real experiences and practical advice from industry leaders who are driving innovation, embracing change, and evolving their strategies to stay ahead.

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Facilitated by:

Nish Patel, Host of Creative Ops & Prompting Humans Podcast, Founder of Tomorrow with Nish

Nish is also the Founder of Tomorrow With Nish and multiple AI ventures. Before he started leveraging his voice and face to wake up humanity from a collective creativity and curiosity coma, he built, scaled, salvaged, and sold multiple companies.

Panel Members:

Amy Spears, SVP Brand & Creative, Head of Tonic at Highmark Health

Amy leads the award-winning in-house agency Tonic at Highmark Health. Winner of the 2024 ANA In-House Excellence Award for their Integrated “How’s it going?” PSA Campaign and 2023 winner of the In-House Agency Forum (IHAF) In-House Agency of the Year award.

James Mathers, Head of Operations Three UK (In-House Creative Agency)

James Mathers is the Head of Operations at Three UK’s in-house creative agency. As part of the senior leadership team, he has played a crucial role in establishing and developing the agency, ensuring it delivers outstanding work while promoting a supportive and innovative workplace environment.

Anil Noorani, Managing Partner at TKM Consultants and We Are Amnet Director

Anil supports leadership teams in aligning around a focused marketing strategy, defining clear and compelling market positioning, and building efficient, scalable marketing operations and content production models. He advises clients on how best to achieve their growth targets by applying the latest creative innovation, MarTech, AI (in all its forms), automation and offshore/nearshore models.

Anil is a Board Advisor to We Are Amnet, a global omni-channel production studio and the leaders in Smartshoring.

Emma Turner, Founder of IHAR (In-House Agency Review), Dahling

Emma has deep expertise in building and optimising in-house agencies. She led the development of PMI’s Global in-house studio, where she navigated the challenges of scaling operations, assembling top-tier talent, and delivering global creative excellence within a brand environment.

To register for the event, you can sign up here