Events Event Speaker Beth Holmes

Beth Holmes started in 2007 as the first Knowledge Engineer at the question-answering startup True Knowledge (later called "Evi"), where she led a team to design an ontology, inference rules and natural language templates to power Q&A over general knowledge and domain-specific datasets. Amazon then acquired the startup to provide Q&A on their Alexa voice assistant.

Events Event Speaker Mary Freeman

Mary has worked in cultural heritage photography for over 10 years. As a photographer at Glasgow Museums, then at National Museums Scotland before taking on the management of Science Museum Group Photo Studio in 2018.

Events Event Speaker Grant Paterson

Grant is a distinguished Digital Asset Management professional with two decades strategic expertise. Currently serving as Digital Asset Manager at VisitScotland, he leads innovative DAM operations critical to the Scottish Government's brand communication. Grant manages the Brand Scotland and VisitScotland Media Toolkits, ensuring rigorous privacy compliance and operational effectiveness.

Creative Operations Hub Testimonial 6

"I really enjoyed the HS Creative Operations event - the venue was absolutely perfect, it was really well organised, the venue was perfect, and the running of the day was great - plenty of time to network and lots of interesting and valuable subject areas were covered in the tracks - Thank you!"

Creative Operations Hub Testimonial 5

"What an absolute honour and privilege to have attended the Creative Operations Summit. Such a great environment to be able to connect with other creative ops people and have meaningful conversations on the value add to what we do. Already looking to the 2026 agenda!"

Creative Operations Hub Testimonial 4

"This was my third year attending, and once again, I was truly impressed by the quality of the speakers, the relevance of the topics, and the insightful focus on creative operations. A big thank you to HS for organizing such a fantastic conference. As I probably said last year—I already can’t wait for the next one!"


 

Creative Operations Hub Testimonial 3

"HS Creative Operations provided me with valuable insight and knowledge that I can take back to our businesses to drive excellence - the variety of topics available makes it a great networking event for any type of creative business, as there are nuggets of information in every talk that resonated."

Creative Operations Hub Testimonial 2

"HS Creative Operations events are always thought provoking and insightful. A great opportunity to spend time with like minded people learning & debating how to build efficient operations, use the latest technology & build the best in-house or agency teams. Great to have so many passionate Creative OPs experts in one space - and an ideal opportunity to make new connections."

Creative Operations Hub Testimonial 1

"HS Creative Operations bring together smart people to hear to bright speakers and panelists which are relevant, insightful and entertaining. The subject matter is always pertinent and thought-provoking."

Creative Operations Hub Speaker Laurent Christoph

Laurent Christoph is an accomplished design leader with 18 years of experience, specialising in building design capabilities within the Financial Services sector. He has a proven track record working across a wide range of domains including retail banking, loans, fintech, consumer lending, wealth management, insurance, and international banking.