Our Team

Philip is a visionary leader at the intersection of technology, media, and culture. As CEO of Outernet, he has transformed central London with the world’s most advanced immersive public venue, featuring 16K, 360-degree screens that provide free, world class experiences. Under his leadership, Outernet has become the UK’s No.1 visitor attraction, a hub for global brands, and a platform for creative talent.

A pioneer in digital media, Philip has spearheaded innovations from launching the UK’s first mobile music video to leading ViacomCBS’s digital transition. Passionate about social impact, he has championed diversity, charitable initiatives, and industry mentorship. He is a Fellow of Leadership at Windsor Castle’s St. George’s College and sits on the boards of BAFTA, the International Emmy Awards, and the Edinburgh International Television Festival. In December 2024, Philip was appointed co-chair of London’s bid to host World Pride 2032, supported by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. 

As Chief Marketing Officer of Outernet, Jess leads the marketing and communications for the UK's most visited cultural attraction, welcoming more than 120 million visitors annually. Having won over 200 prestigious industry awards, including multiple Cannes Lions, Jess regularly provides thought leadership to the sector, having spoken on global stages (most recently Advertising Week NYC) as well as judging across multiple awards bodies, including The Campaign Experience Awards, The Drum Marketing Awards, Advertising Week’s Future is Female Awards and Management Today’s Women in Leadership Power List. Previously Head of Campaigns and Strategic Communications for the Mayor of London, she helped steer messaging on some of the city's most pressing issues, from violent crime to COVID-19 recovery to climate change initiatives. Today, she oversees a media platform that fuses culture and technology at scale.

Richard is a strategic technology and operations leader shaping the backbone of Outernet’s worldclass immersive district. As CTOO, he oversees the mission critical infrastructure, systems, and workflows that power Outernet’s immersive screens, live broadcast operations, and complex multivenue environment. His work ensures that millions of visitors, artists, and global brands experience seamless, high-performance delivery every day.

A specialist in largescale operational design, Richard’s cross-disciplinary approach supports collaboration between engineering, creative operations, and commercial teams, from live playout to campaign delivery and analytics.

Richard is a champion of organisational efficiency — designing integrated end-to-end processes, implementing AI enabled tooling, and modernising technology, data, and operational platforms across the business. His focus on operational excellence and cohesive system design underpins the performance and reliability that support Outernet’s position as the UK’s No.1 visitor attraction and a global hub for immersive culture.

Ben serves as the General Counsel for Outernet, overseeing all legal, regulatory, compliance and corporate governance matters. As a member of the senior leadership team, with over 20 years of experience across various sectors, he provides strategic legal and commercial counsel to the Board of Directors to support Outernet’s business objectives whilst managing risk and ensuring best practice is followed. Prior to joining Outernet, Ben was a partner at a London firm, having graduated the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law with distinction.

Vicki Sutherland is a Chief Growth Officer and Board Director with 25+ years’ experience driving brand-led growth across retail, lifestyle and media. At Outernet, she leads commercial growth strategy across experiential, digital and partnerships, shaping go-to-market, pricing and propositions to deliver measurable impact. She is known for combining strong commercial discipline with creative and strategic thinking. Previously, Vicki spent over a decade as Chief Marketing Officer for an international distribution and licensing business, scaling growth across multiple verticals. She has a strong track record in building and monetising brand portfolios, delivering integrated global campaigns, and leading high-performing teams. Earlier roles at Future plc, BBC Worldwide and Zenith Media underpin her broad experience across media, content and brand ecosystems.

Cormac Mallon is a seasoned financial leader with a diverse background in finance and management. In consultation with Outernet's executive team, he drives the success of ambitious business goals including successful acquisitions, strategic development, commercial operations, and business partnering. 

With previous experience in companies such as EE, BT, Sky, and Grant Thornton LLP, Cormac has a proven track record of leading financial initiatives, improving operational efficiency, and driving revenue growth. With a degree in Law and Accounting from The University of Manchester, Cormac brings a strong educational background to their role as a financial leader.

Rebecca leads HR at Outernet and has built the function from the ground up, providing both strategic leadership and hands‑on delivery. Rebecca designs, implements, and oversees core HR operations, people strategy, compliance, and governance, working closely with the CEO and senior leadership to align workforce planning and organisational design with evolving risk, statutory obligations, and commercial priorities.

A key focus has been attracting and retaining specialist talent across creative technology, programming, events, sales, partnerships, marketing, operations, and media solutions. Rebecca led a values‑driven, inclusive recruitment approach that resulted in a highly skilled and diverse workforce, with many early hires still with the business today. Alongside this, Rebecca has modernised and digitally transformed recruitment processes.

Rebecca also plays a central operational and governance role across security and health & safety, supporting frameworks, incident management, and compliance across a complex public‑facing estate. Rebecca leads performance management, learning and development, and employee relations frameworks, embedding consistent, fair, and commercially focused practices. Prior to HR, Rebecca practised as a civil litigation solicitor for ten years, bringing a rigorous, pragmatic approach to governance, risk management, and problem‑solving.Rebecca has also spent five years working in the charity sector and helped establish a UK‑based charity.

Tom leads on all commercial DOOH across the district. He is focused on delivering award-winning and accountable campaigns and is proud to have welcomed some of the world's biggest brands delivering high profile executions across the iconic Outernet London estate.

With 20yrs+ experience in OOH from both an international and domestic perspective, Tom’s work spans all major agency groups, DSP’s and SSP’s for campaigns that deliver impact, return on investment, social amplification to an increasingly welcoming audience.

Prior to joining Outernet, Tom led Talon’s International team, having previously held senior roles with Kinetic both in the UK and overseas. In his time leading the commercial team, he’s overseen the development of Outernet’s business from a conceptual proposition to a stable, repeatable asset for multiple advertisers.

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As Director of Events & Experiential at Outernet, Rowena leads world class brand experiences within the UK’s most visited cultural attraction and immersive entertainment district. She oversees the Events & Experiential team, driving commercial revenue through innovative, award-winning activations that connect brands with audiences at scale. Recent campaigns under her leadership have earned multiple industry accolades, including Campaign Experience Awards and Drum Experience Awards.

A recognised voice within the sector, Rowena regularly contributes to industry dialogue, speaking on leading London stages including SXSW London and Advertising Week Europe. 

Prior to Outernet, she was Group Head of Experiential at Global, and brings over 15 years of experience across event agencies and media owners. 

Today, Rowena is focused on advancing the role of live experiences in the modern media landscape, driving forward thinking approaches that fuse creativity, culture and technology to deliver lasting brand impact.

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Nathan is Head of New Business and Partnerships at Outernet, where he leads strategic growth across one of the UK’s most innovative cultural destinations and media platforms. With over a decade of experience in media and advertising, Nathan has worked across publishing, digital, social media, audio, and branded content, partnering with leading global brands and agencies across the UK and internationally.

Since joining Outernet, Nathan has played a key role in shaping the partnerships function, working closely with clients and media agencies to create standout experiences and immersive brand activations. Today, he focuses on driving new business opportunities, strengthening client & agency relationships, and expanding the platform’s brand portfolio, helping to position Outernet at the forefront of culture, technology, and brand storytelling.

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Lisa oversees how Outernet’s media estate remains accountable and relevant through measurement and research. Her role also supports the wider visibility of Outernet at leading industry events alongside the incorporation of larger scale growth marketing initiatives. With a career spanning 20 years at leading global media companies including Time Inc. UK, JCDecaux, and Global Media & Entertainment, she is a marketing professional specialising in media measurement, insights and research. Lisa helped pioneer the world’s first neuroscience study into the value of outdoor media and more widely, provides expertise in experiential marketing strategy and commercial growth.

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Scott oversees ‘always on’ culture at Outernet. An executive producer for IWD/Pride and Black History Month, Scott was the ‘fixer’ and lead creative for long term partnerships including Rankin Studios, Royal College of Art, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webbers Really Useful Group, British Museum, Galop and more recently has been appointed Creative Director for Outernet’s sponsorship of The World Pride Bid, London 2032.

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Dan leads Outernet’s digital platform strategy along with audience data measurement and monetisation. Working across the Outernet district from launch, Dan is accountable for the success of websites, mobile products, and commercial digital initiatives. Dan oversaw the launch of Outernet’s ‘PIAMS’ audience insight product, the ‘single source of truth’ for forecasting and reporting audience footfall, ad impressions, and dwell. PIAMS has proved to be a big hit with advertisers by providing real time insights at a level of detail and accuracy not seen before in the UK DOOH industry. Before Outernet Dan held senior roles at AOL Time Warner, MTV and Viacom, including five years as Vice President of Digital Media at Viacom.

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Kimberly Anastase is Senior Director of Client Experience at Outernet, where she leads the end-to-end partner experience across its immersive venue.

Her work centres on the craft of service, bringing together client success, production and operations to turn ambitious ideas into experiences delivered with care and precision. She is known for a calm, collaborative approach and a focus on getting the detail right, particularly in complex, high-pressure environments.

Kimberly has built the Client Experience function at Outernet from the ground up, shaping a model that balances creativity with operational clarity and consistency, supporting long-term partner value and award-winning experiences.

Before Outernet, she held senior roles across global media and partnerships at Disney, Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, leading large-scale commercial and strategic projects, as well as live experiences.

She is also an advocate for more inclusive, neurodiverse ways of working, supporting initiatives and communities that promote greater accessibility across the industry.

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Joe is Business Director at Outernet London, where he plays a key role in driving commercial partnerships. A highly experienced out-of-home specialist with extensive expertise across the OOH landscape, his career began in airport media at Eye Airports and Primesight before moving to Global, where he successfully led the company’s international team and developed partnerships with brands and agencies worldwide.

As the longest-serving member of the Outernet sales team, Joe joined the business prior to launch and was instrumental in helping turn the Outernet vision into a reality, building excitement and advocacy amongst media agencies, clients and specialists during the project’s formative stages. Since opening, he has continued to play a central role in shaping Outernet’s commercial success, with a particular focus on international business and long-term brand partnerships.

At Outernet, Joe has secured major long-term collaborations with globally recognised brands including Netflix, Abercrombie & Fitch and Samsung, helping deliver impactful campaigns that blend creativity, technology and culture. With a longstanding passion for film and music, he is particularly drawn to Outernet’s close connection to the arts and its ability to create experiences that resonate far beyond traditional advertising.

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As Business Director at Outernet London, Daran drives commercial growth at the UK's most visited cultural attraction, connecting global brands to over 120 million annual visitors through world-class immersive and large-format experiences. A specialist in out-of-home media with over a decade of industry expertise, his career spans the full OOH landscape — from launching MATTER, a curated youth culture newsletter reaching 1200+ media contacts at JCDecaux, to building agency partnerships at blowUP media and championing OOH across GroupM's network as Account Director at Alight Media.

Along the way, he has cultivated relationships across some of the industry's most respected agencies, developing a reputation for turning briefs into breakthrough campaigns across entertainment, FMCG, gaming, and beyond. At Outernet, he brings that commercial depth to bear on a platform unlike any other delivering award-winning campaigns for clients including Kleenex and ZSL.

Beyond his commercial role, Daran serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees at CoDa Dance, reflecting a genuine commitment to the arts and community impact.