Natalie Longlade

Natalie Longlade is an experienced operations professional currently serving as the Director of Operations at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity since July 2022. Previously, Natalie held the position of Head of Commercial Operations at ASCENTIAL EVENTS LIMITED from September 2018 to June 2022, and worked as a Commercial Operations Manager at Cannes Lions between February 2016 and September 2018. Natalie's career also includes roles such as Client Logistics Manager at i2i Events Group and Client Liaison Manager at ICBI, where responsibilities included managing sponsorship logistics for over 20 international conferences. Earlier experience includes event management roles at Taylor Wessing, Grant Thornton UK LLP, and Inclarity. Natalie holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Marketing from Birmingham City University, obtained between 2000 and 2003.