Tracy De Groose

Appointed 2018. Tracy De Groose has broad marketing and commercial experience in leadership roles across the creative industries. Until recently, Tracy was chair of Newsworks, the marketing arm for the UK news publishing industry. Prior to that Tracy was chief executive of Dentsu UK & Ireland with P&L responsibility for over 20 media, digital and data businesses and 4,000 people, working with a diverse range of clients including Disney, Diageo, Asda and the UK government. In 2020, Tracy founded ‘Brilliant Misfits' to advise the next generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs to help accelerate positive change. Tracy prioritises time to mentor, support and guide emerging talent and was invited to join the World Economic Forum's innovation and entrepreneurship council 2015-2017.