Kathleen Saxton

Kathleen Saxton is a Managing Director at MediaLink, who leads the firm's operations in EMEA. An industry veteran with 25+ years of experience in sales, marketing, media and executive search, her remit is wide-ranging and spans business growth, agency selection, talent advisory and strategic consulting. Saxton joined MediaLink in 2020 from The Lighthouse, a talent advisory firm she founded in 2009 to provide executive talent and counsel to companies across the marketing landscape. Prior to founding The Lighthouse, Saxton held commercial leadership positions spanning organisations including Sky Television, Global Radio and Bauer and later held board positions within Omnicom, Publicis and Virgin. She is also the co-founder of Advertising Week Europe. Kathleen is a qualified and practicing psychotherapist and co-founder of Psyched Global, and as such applies psychology to all elements of her work. She is the Chair of the Ambassador Platform, sits on the board of NSPCC Childline and is an active member of WACL, the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). She is also a regular industry speaker and a mentor for the UK government's Speakers For Schools program.

I am looking for true brilliance in their areas of expertise that demonstrates how they have innovated, grown or positively impacted their professional sphere of influence beyond most others. Equally I am as interested in how they use their personal wisdom and power at the age of 40 and over to truly make social change for the wider society, sector and communities they lead and operate within. Philanthropic endeavour is also close to my heart so I would hope they will be able to show how extra circular activities chime well with their core values and beliefs to benefit those most requiring the insight and experience a 40+ human being can bring.