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Simon Mainwaring is the founder and CEO of We First, a brand consultancy that builds purpose-driven brands. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Sustainable Brands, the Steering Committee of the Business Alliance for the Future, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London. He contributes to The Guardian, Forbes, and Huffington Post onpurposeful branding and storytelling. Simon's book, We First: How brands and consumers use social media to build a better world is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon bestseller. It was named an Amazon Top Ten Business Book, 800CEORead Top Five Marketing Book, and strategy+business named it the Best Business Marketing Book of the Year. It has been translated into Russian, Chinese, Taiwanese and Korean. Simon was included in Richtopia's 'Top 200 Philanthropists and Social Entrepreneurs 2017,' the 2016 United National Foundation's 'Global Influencers to Follow', Statsocial's 2015 Top 100 Social Media Power Influencers, YPO's Real Leaders '100 Visionary Leaders' for 2015, GlobalCEO's Top CSR Leaders for 2014, #15 on SustMeme's CSR Top 500 Influencers for 2013, #4 on The Guardian's, 'Twitter List: The 30 Most Influential Sustainability Voices in America for 2013' and Trust Across America's, 'Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior for 2012'. In addition, he has been featured in BBC World News, The Guardian, Advertising Age, Inc., AMA, Fast Company, GOOD Magazine and Huffington Post. Simon is a sought after international speaker with engagements including the Cannes International Advertising Festival, Royal Society of Arts, SXSW, TEDxSF, Promaxbda, Conscious Capitalism, Necker Island with Sir Richard Branson, Sustainable Brands, Social Good Summit, National Speakers Association, 1440 Multiversity and National Press Club, as well as brands such as Google, Coca-Cola, General Motors, VF, Samsung, VSP Global, Toyota, SAP, Gucci, VW Group, NHL, and Patagonia. He was voted a Top 5 Marketing Speaker by speaking.com, featured on the cover of the National Speaker's Magazine, and was a finalist for Global Australian of the Year. Simon received the MAKE CHANGE, 'Conscious Leadership' Award for 2016 and was a finalist for the Conscious Company Leadership Awards in 2017.Read More

About Simon Mainwaring is a brand futurist, global keynote speaker, columnist, podcaster, and bestselling author of We First & Lead With We: He is the founder and CEO of We First, a strategic brand consultancy specializing in accelerating growth & impact of future-facing, purpose-driven brands. His latest book, Lead With We: The Business Revolution that Will Save Our Future (BenBella 2021) is a Wall Street Journal bestseller. It was voted a McKinsey Top Business Bestseller on Workplace & Culture; #2 Best Business Book of the Year by Forbes; an AXIOM Gold Medalist in the Leadership category; & Official Nominee for The Next Big Idea. His previous book, We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World (Palgrave Macmillan 2011) is a New York Times bestseller. It was named an Amazon Top Ten Business Book; 800CEORead Top Five Marketing Book; Best Business Marketing Book of the Year by strategy+business; & one of the Top Sustainability Books of the decade by Sustainable Brands. Simon hosts the Lead With We podcast, available on all United Airlines flights and writes a column for Forbes.com as a longtime contributor to its CMO Network. Simon is a Real Leaders magazines Top 50 Keynote Speakers in the World and voted a Top 5 Marketing Speaker by speaking.com. He has spoken globally at: the Cannes International Advertising Festival, SXSW, TEDxSF, Conscious Capitalism, Necker Island with Sir Richard Branson, World 50, Sustainable Brands, SOCAP, Social Good Summit, National Speakers Association, National Press Club, The Penn Club of NY, & the UN Foundation. Hes delivered keynotes at companies such as Coca-Cola, Heineken, General Motors, VF, Samsung, VSP Global, SAP, Gucci, JP Morgan Chase, Timberland, VW Group, & the NHL, and universities across the U.S.. Simons a Jury Member for the One Show for Sustainable Development in 2022 and was a Jury Member at the Cannes Lions Festival for the Sustainable Development Goals and Featured Expert Speaker. He was ranked by Real Leaders magazine as a Top 100 Visionary Leader in 2019 and 2021. Simon studied Law and Fine Arts at St Pauls College, University of Sydney. Prior to founding We First, he spent 15 years as a writer, Creative Director, and Worldwide Creative Director at global advertising agencies such as DDB Worldwide (Sydney), Saatchi & Saatchi (London), Wieden & Kennedy (Portland), and Ogilvy (Los Angeles), working with clients including Nike, Motorola, & Toyota. Simon acted as interim CMO at TOMS in 2015. In that same year, he was a finalist for Global Australian of the Year.