Kelly Parker

CEO, Wavemaker

As CEO of Wavemaker UK, one of the UK’s largest media agencies, Kelly works with every area of the business to ensure the team Positively Provoke  growth for clients.

Kelly has spent her whole career in the media and advertising industry, predominantly in client leadership and planning roles both in the UK and across EMEA. Having worked in senior roles at Havas and OMD and now Group M on clients such as PepsiCo, Nationwide, Audible and Levi’s. Kelly has a wide breadth of network and local market experience. 

 Kelly’s transparent and inclusive leadership style - from the centre of a circle rather than the top of a triangle – has allowed her to stay close to her real passion of Media Planning, always looking for opportunities to get into the detail of clients’ media plans and find new ways to unlock their growth through channels and platforms.