
Ann Gurnell
Marketing Director, Ideas Group
I’m supporting Silicon Yorkshire as a means to bring together all the diverse skills, talents and ideas across the whole region - encourage entrepreneurs, knowledge sharing, investment and making sure we are all on the national and international map.
Commercially creative brand leader, marketer and business strategist across media arts, culture and tourism, FMCG, technology, professional services, property, retail and foodservice. Ann’s DNA: delivering outstanding brands, immersive engagement and cultural tech as part of a strategic and creative consultancy and as a founder member and current Master of the Guild of Media Arts; representing York’s UNESCO designation as a global City of Media Arts – where creativity and technology meet.
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