Sara McCorquodale

Sara McCorquodale is the CEO and Founder of CORQ., the UK's leading authority on influencer and digital trends, a position held since January 2017. As an accomplished author, McCorquodale wrote the award-winning book "Influence: How Social Media Influencers Are Shaping Our Digital Future" published by Bloomsbury in September 2019. Valuable experience includes serving as Non Executive Director at River Cottage and as Visiting Lecturer at the University of Roehampton, where teaching focused on Digital Strategy for media, marketing, and business students. In March 2020, McCorquodale founded The Influence Initiative, a digital growth accelerator for sustainable businesses during the pandemic. Previous roles include Digital Director at The Midult, where audience engagement was significantly increased, and consultancy work for multiple notable clients. McCorquodale holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Newspaper Journalism from City University London and a first-class BA (Hons) in English Literature and Politics from The University of Stirling.