Whether it’s a unique talent for identifying artist voices on the radio, or the perfect customer for a campaign, Garrett has a deep understanding of people from all walks of life. As Managing Director, he has been leading the day-to-day operations with the UK Hearts & Science team since day one. He sets a high standard for the work his team delivers and supports them in their journey towards the unexpected and brilliant.   

Previously having served as Managing Partner at M2M and Communications Planning Director at OMD, Garrett is no stranger to agency life. He holds the internationally renowned MIPA accreditation—the highest level of professional endorsement for Media in the UK, and his skills don’t stop there. He’s also a bit of a quiz geek and has a steady stream of fun facts ready to share.

Simon is the mastermind behind breaking down complicated client problems into simple, clear and jargon free strategies that stay relevant as consumer behaviour evolves. Armed with his trusty sharpie and sketchbook, Simon forges ahead with new ideas while recognising the value of the past.

He has worked across marketing agencies like M2M, Vizeum and Starcom for clients like Twentieth Century Fox, Paddy Power, Converse and Sky. His work at M2M won Mediaweek Gold three years in a row and he was shortlisted at Cannes too. Impressive in many ways, Simon can also do one finger pull ups and beat match records like a pro on a pair of Technics 1210s. No big deal.

Lewis would be classed as a programmatic early adopter; helping brands navigate through the complexities of Programmatic advertising. Prior to joining Hearts, he was working on the OMG central team to build out a number of the UK Agencies activation teams. Sitting with the Incubation and Product teams helped craft OMG UK’s programmatic offerings, now operating within Hearts to push digital advertising boundaries and ensuring best-of-class work for our brands. A recent new string to Lewis' bow is becoming a part of OMGUK's Futures Group where he helps OMG and our clients navigate the ever-changing and exciting new frontiers of technology and innovation.

Louis Wedgbury is Head of Digital for Hearts & Science UK, responsible for all things digital. A recent transfer from the world of digital pure play, he has brought with him a wealth of experience in all aspects of digital marketing transformation. He was pivotal in Nike Europe’s recent shift to a DTC strategy and has worked with some of the world’s most digitally progressive brands.

As Head of Partnerships, Mike is responsible for the partnerships team at Hearts and oversees investment of client budgets across channels including publishing, audio and OOH. He has a strong background in investment having worked in media for over 13 years in various commercial and investment roles. His broad view of the landscape means he understands how all parts of marketing fit together. He is a relentless negotiator and value seeker but a softie at heart.

Sonia has over 15 years’ experience in the industry and has worked on many clients ranging from O2 and Sony Pictures to the UK Government. For the last 4.5 years she has been running the L’Oréal AV team at Wavemaker which covered L’Oréal Paris, Maybelline New York, Garnier, Lancôme, Essie, Armani and Yves Saint Laurent and bought around 20 TV campaigns a month. Her experience covers TV, Video on Demand, Cinema, Sponsorships, Partnerships and Programmatic Video. She is passionate about harnessing data to our AV planning approach and buying practice and delivering best in class performance for our clients. Her role here is transformation and best practice implementation for the AV Dept.

Anne-Marie is Hearts' fantastic Head of People having joined Team Hearts in 2020. While she's got all the knowledge and experience of a Head of People, she brings much more than that to life at Hearts. She's a big part of our culture and is always getting involved in our cultural initiatives and events. She also is passionate about talent development and is a driving force of our IPA CPD Gold Accreditation. She is also committed to diversity and inclusion in our industry and she represents Hearts on OMGUK's LGBTQ+ Advisory Team.

David - more affectionately known as 'Harv' - is Hearts' Head of Finance. He brings the stability and clarity of numbers, but understands the flexibility and perspective that is needed to blaze trails in agency life. Accounts that reconcile are sweet music to his ears as he works to carve out financial leeway for the confidence to innovate.

Lysette has 10 years+ marketing and advertising experience working across a breadth of categories. She started out on Burger King, not flipping burgers, but account managing the creative development through to printing of, among other things, translates (those menu boards above the counter if you ever wondered what they were called). She moved into management consultancy for a few years but followed her heart and came back to advertising and media. Since then she has worked on Next, Legal & General Insurance and Investment Management, On the Beach, Victoria Beckham, Not on the High Street, Links of London, Historic Royal Palaces, UGG, Estee Lauder, Clinique, Jo Malone, Bobbi Brown, Amazon Prime Video, Center Parcs and Audible. As well as working at raising two children. At Hearts & Science she is responsible for finding ways for our clients to grow through effective advertising. She is particularly driven by unlocking audience insight which can help a brand achieve both its marketing and business objectives.

John has over 12 years' media experience working across a wide range of client categories. He started his career at The Guardian working in their print and digital sales team. He then cut his teeth in the agency world at MEC, working in comms planning on Lloyds Banking Group and GoCompare for almost 3 years. Following that, he moved to Rocket where he looked after the Co-op, Ferrero and UKTV, helped set their Entertainment team named Team Orbit, won a Media Week award for their work on Ferrero, and visited 10 Downing Street for his media contribution to the success of Sport Relief. At Hearts & Science he is responsible for leading great client experience across clients suck as UKTV, Center Parcs and Betsson Group. He has a particular focus on creating better ways of working, motivating internal client teams and implementing standout media campaigns at both a UK and European level.

After graduating with a degree in French & Spanish from the University of Bristol, Tom started work as a graduate media planner at Zenith. He spent 6 years working at Zenith, progressing through the ranks of the planning department to Planning Director and working on clients such as Associated British Foods, Molson Coors, Aviva, Reckitt Benckiser and activity to sell tickets for the Rugby World Cup 2015 and the London 2017 World Athletics Championships. He moved over to Omnicom Media Group in 2016, initially working on The Co-operative Bank and Group accounts before moving to work on the UKTV account where he helped persuade millions of people to tune into shows like The White Princess on Drama and Murder on the Blackpool Express on Gold. He also spent 18 months running the SWT account before the franchise ended. More recently, he’s been guiding Audible to their most successful year ever; leading an award-winning Thames Water team; launching the Italian bank Fineco in the UK and helping GoCompare return to revenue growth whilst achieving category leading spontaneous awareness on a significantly smaller media budget than the category leader. Tom is a part of the Hearts & Science Leadership Team in the UK.