Affiliate Takeover 2025 Speakers

Gain exclusive insights from expert-led sessions featuring data-driven strategies, innovative marketing tactics, and actionable takeaways tailored for affiliate and eCommerce professionals. Explore an exhibitor floor buzzing with opportunities to scale your business and forge lasting partnerships.



When the sessions wrap, the experience continues with vibrant social events, rooftop meetups, and unforgettable nightlife designed to spark meaningful connections. Join us for Affiliate Takeover on 9th / 10th July and be part of the industry’s next big success story.

Nick Shackelford has spent the last 10 years immersed in the performance marketing world. After working with legacy brands Pepsico and Apple, he quickly found his groove going direct consumer with viral products like Fidget Spinners and Magnetic Eyelashes. Now, having worked with over 248 D2C brands specifically focused in paid media and creative on Facebook, Instagram, Snap, and Pinterest. This has provided Nick has an interesting perspective on how brands truly scale in modern times with or without VC / PE backing.

Nick is a partner in konstantkreative.com, structured.agency, geekoutevents.io, and wearelucyd.com and www.drinkbrez.com as well as an angel and advisor to motionapp.com, northbeam.io, triplewhale.com, marketerhire.com, and a few other marketing-related businesses.

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Gain exclusive insights from expert-led sessions featuring data-driven strategies, innovative marketing tactics, and actionable takeaways tailored for affiliate and eCommerce professionals. Explore an exhibitor floor buzzing with opportunities to scale your business and forge lasting partnerships.



When the sessions wrap, the experience continues with vibrant social events, rooftop meetups, and unforgettable nightlife designed to spark meaningful connections. Join us for Affiliate Takeover on 9th / 10th July and be part of the industry’s next big success story.

Gain exclusive insights from expert-led sessions featuring data-driven strategies, innovative marketing tactics, and actionable takeaways tailored for affiliate and eCommerce professionals. Explore an exhibitor floor buzzing with opportunities to scale your business and forge lasting partnerships.



When the sessions wrap, the experience continues with vibrant social events, rooftop meetups, and unforgettable nightlife designed to spark meaningful connections. Join us for Affiliate Takeover on 9th / 10th July and be part of the industry’s next big success story.

Kian is one of the world’s leading product development and sourcing experts who has personally sourced over 2,500 products for some of the leading brands, retailers and licenses such as the NBA, Olympics, United Nations plus much more.Kian has personally visited more than 500 factories and developed products for Amazon and Shopify store owners which have surpassed over 1 million units sold on a single product.Kian has also educated thousands of people through his YouTube channel (Sourcing with Kian) as well as being an instructor for Foundr on Product Development and Supply Chain.

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As the Founder of Systematiq.ai, he’s operationalized common AI tools for businesses and marketing teams. By injecting AI into workflows, he's amplified productivity & impact, streamlined finances, and revolutionized client experience and communication.Rory is the former Head of Client Acquisition at Tetra. He helped 100+ clients increase their production from email & sms marketing to the tune of $100M+ in sales.

After dropping out of college in Germany at 20 years old, Marco tried everything from freelance copywriting to dropshipping. Then in 2023 he founded Instant Scaling and started running affiliate offers full time. In his first 12 months, he generated $7 million in commissions for a single offer. Now based in Dubai, Marco and his team scale campaigns across health, fashion, and lead gen verticals - proving that with the right creatives, rapid growth is possible for anyone in affiliate marketing.

Aaron is the co-founder of Paul Street, one of the fastest growing Affiliate and Performance PR agencies in the world and works with brands like HexClad, Todd Snyder, Dollar Shave Club and many more.Aaron is a veteran in the affiliate industry and has helped generate over $300 million in affiliate based revenue for brands like Onnit, Goli Nutrition, Noom, Chef’s Plate and more.Aaron also actively invests and advises a number of consumer brands and venture funds.

James Van Elswyk is all things marketing. He eats, sleeps and breathes clicks, CPMs, CTR and conversion rates.James is the founder of multiple companies all of which are built on digital marketing,He has owns an affiliate marketing company, copywriting agency, native ad agency, a DTC skincare brand and a Telehealth Platform as well as Geekout Events.

Van is an International Expert in the Performance Marketing Space. Van has built multiple 6-8 figure businesses and exited 2 of them. Most Notably Van Helped scale Diesel Power Gear, featured on Discovery channels hit TV show “Diesel Brothers”, from $4M to $30M in Revenue in 2020.Van is an international speaker at marketing events all over the world since 2018, where he trains thousands on cutting edge advertising techniques moving forward. In 2019 Van was awarded the “snapchat star of the year” award for his work on their platform.Currently Van is involved in multiple direct to consumer brands. He is the founder and CEO of both Tuff Ring and GOAT Media, and sits on numerous boards for his expertise in online marketing.

Managing over $150M in yearly revenue, Maor "The Wolf" Benaim continues to redefine the boundaries of performance marketing. This entrepreneur and full-stack media buyer possesses a unique hybrid skillset, turning cutting-edge strategies and technological hacks into tangible results. Join Maor as he shares actionable insights from his journey.

I help the best mobile performance advertisers globally reach up to 2.5 billion App users monthly across 400.000 different Apps.With my team at Kayzen - the largest app focused performance DSP - I have been pioneering App2Web performance campaigns since 2019, working with advertisers across leadgen, click2call, D2C eCommerce and more verticals.Before starting Kayzen, I co-founded Applift, a large App install adnetwork which was acquired by publicly listed MGI Group in 2019.

Timoté, with 3M+ followers, leads the world's largest TikTok content-producing agency, driving tens of millions in GMV for brands just starting out to house-hold names like Gymshark, Olaplex, and Converse.

Nadim is a native ads veteran, working closely with all large native ad networks to bring affiliate, brand, and arbitrage spend to new heights globally. From growing a multi-million-dollar native ads agency, to cracking $100M annually on native ads in over 30 countries – Nadim has worked on a sizable chunk of the largest native ad accounts across search arbitrage, lead generation, and D2C.

Arsalan Khan is the Founder & CEO of AKM, a performance growth partner that scales, grows, and invests in the DTC brands he loves. With roots in the agency world, Arsalan has helped scale some of the most well-known eCommerce brands from 7 to 9 figures, across Meta, Google, and email. Over time, the natural progression led to taking equity positions and acquiring ownership in the brands he helped grow. He is also the co-founder of Marbl and Grummies, and actively invests in emerging consumer brands through his eCom portfolio.

Katharina is a veteran in digital advertising and marketing with over 8 years of experience driving high-performing campaigns for top brands, affiliates, arbitragers, and agencies.She has a proven track record of helping advertisers scale their ad spend to 4-5 figures daily and now leads the international Sales for the Outbrain Direct Response team, operating at the intersection of strategy, media buying and growth.

Kamilla is an experienced strategic leader with nearly 8 years driving Voluum’s growth across global markets. As former Head of Marketing, she led impactful omnichannel campaigns that elevated brand visibility and fuelled lead generation worldwide. Now serving as Managing Director, Kamiila builds high-value partnerships with affiliates, ad platforms, and key industry players to drive revenue and expand Voluum’s market reach.

Gino is responsible for leading and expanding the business in the US, Western Europe and now LATAM with performance focused advertisers, D2C brands and agencies. In his 15+ years in the industry, he has worked for online advertising companies like Yahoo!, NexTag, and QuinStreet to bring in new brands and grow demand.

Alex Chaban is one of the key drivers behind the global expansion of native advertising. With 7+ years in digital media, he leads MGID’s high-performing sales force, empowering advertisers across Europe, LATAM, and the U.S. to scale with performance-first strategies. Under his leadership, MGID has deepened its footprint among D2C brands, agencies, and affiliate powerhouses—delivering profitable growth at scale. Renowned for blending platform mastery with commercial vision, Alex is reshaping how the open web performs for results-driven marketers worldwide.

Ryan leads the growth of the platform’s advertising side. With a strong track record in scaling 0-to-1 initiatives, Ryan previously spearheaded key projects at Uber in driver acquisition, conversion optimization, and support operations. Now 4 years at NewsBreak in the leadership role, he’s managed to grow it from $0 to a 9-digit traffic source.

As Director of Ecommerce & Media at Liquid I.V., Brooke plays a key role overseeing acquisition, retention and media channels, helping drive growth on the company’s website, along with brand campaigns, paid social, television, streaming and out-of-home advertising.In this era of 24/7 media, Brooke leads a team of five that has helped transform Liquid I.V. into an “always-on” brand with streaming ads constantly in play, a major move into television advertising, and other awareness-building initiatives.Brooke joined Liquid I.V. in March 2021 and has been instrumental in helping fuel an innovative, test-to-scale mindset that has made Liquid I.V. a true breakthrough brand.In prior roles, Brooke was Digital Marketing Director at FOCL, a plant-powered wellness brand, and Senior Digital Account Executive at RALLY, a PR and communications firm. She began her career in the programmatic advertising space, working with Quantcast in Los Angeles, and DSPolitical in Washington, D.C.Brooke earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at UCLA.

Sofiia has spent 8 years at Taboola, driving substantial growth for global clients. With a keen focus on native advertising, she has helped affiliates, arbitragers, and D2C & LeadGen brands achieve a 7-8 figure success. Leading an international team, she has a deep understanding of regional market intricacies, enabling her to craft strategies that turn any business into a profitable venture through native ads.

Topher Grant is an internet marketer, entrepreneur, and recognized thought leader in the performance marketing space. As Co-Founder of GiddyUp, he and his team have helped generate billions in revenue for direct-to-consumer brands by pioneering innovative strategies in affiliate marketing. GiddyUp has been instrumental in shaping the “white-hat e-commerce” movement—prioritizing integrity and long-term value in a space often dominated by short-term tactics. With a proven track record of spotting emerging trends and scaling them into opportunities, Topher is committed to pushing the industry forward through ethical growth, creative execution, and strong partnerships.