Athene Parker will be interviewing Leila Bartlam, talking about Breaking Points as Breakthroughs: How Hitting Limits Can Reveal Overlooked Autism.
Leila Bartlam is CPO at Accenture Production Studio, and is Songs UK lead for Enablement. Previously head of production at Engine, head of film and content at iris, head of film at Havas and head of TV at adam&eveDDB, to name a few positions where she has been a groundbreaking force.
Leila’s work has won numerous creative awards and effectiveness awards from D&AD, British Arrows, Creative Circle and Campaign Bigs amongst others. Leila is incredibly strong operationally and has a passion for helping agencies run more efficiently, whilst still delivering creatively brilliant work. She has also always cared about the internal workings of the companies that she works for, advocating for staff led support. Leila continues to advocate for a healthy working environment. This has become even more important to Leila as she has recently received an Autism diagnosis, which makes her an even fiercer advocate for the hidden voices in our Industry.