The IAB Australia Podcast

In this episode of the IAB Australia podcast, host Gai Le Roy, CEO of IAB Australia, is joined by Jessica Gilby, General Manager of Digital at News Corp Australia, and Janette Higginson, VP of Buyer Development JAPAC at Index Exchange, to explore the growing role of sell-side decisioning in programmatic advertising. The conversation unpacks how publishers and technology partners are applying intelligence earlier in the auction process to filter and qualify ad opportunities before they reach demand platforms, reducing inefficiency while improving signal quality, campaign performance, and user experience. Listen now!

In this episode of the IAB Australia podcast, host Gai Le Roy, CEO ofIAB Australia, speaks with Kirsty Heywood from Publicis Groupe, Chris Manson from Ogury, and Mitch Greenway from OpenX, as well as Chair of the Executive Technology Council about the future of Australia’s digital advertising market. They discuss measurement beyond impressions, integrating AI, unifying audience strategies, supporting publisher sustainability, and navigating privacy and fragmented consumer journeys, while driving efficiency, growth, and responsible media practices through collaboration, data, and technology. Listen now!

In this latest episode of the IAB Australia podcast, host Gai Le Roy, CEO of IAB Australia, is joined by Director of Research Natalie Stanbury, Director of Policy & Regulatory Affairs Sarah Kruger, and Tech Lead Jonas Jaanimagi to outline the key priorities shaping the digital advertising landscape in 2026. Marking IAB Australia’s 21st year, the team explores the Future of Measurement project, advances in experimentation and incrementality, evolving privacy reforms, publisher sustainability, and the practical realities of AI and agentic innovation. Listen now!

In this latest episode of the IAB Australia podcast, host Gai Le Roy, CEO of IAB Australia, engages in a discussion with Tom Sheppard, General Manager of Media Technology at Atomic 212, and Jan Bojko, Associate Director of Marketing Science, JAPAC at Spotify. Together, they explore the findings of a comprehensive case study on Bupa's innovative digital media campaign. The conversation highlights the importance of integrating diverse research methodologies to measure campaign effectiveness, including insights on emotional connections, attention metrics, and return on advertising spend. Listeners will uncover strategies for navigating the competitive landscape of health insurance marketing and learn how to leverage data-driven insights to enhance future campaigns. Listen now!

In this episode of the IAB Australia podcast, host Gai Le Roy, CEO of IAB Australia, explores the dynamic world of gaming advertising with industry experts Yun Yip, Chief Commercial Officer at iion, and Ori Gold, CEO and Co-Founder of Bench. Together, they discuss new research on attention across various gaming formats, revealing the untapped potential of this medium in reaching diverse audiences. The conversation delves into the misconceptions surrounding gaming demographics, the importance of creative integration, and the evolving measurement landscape. Tune in to discover actionable insights for marketers looking to harness the power of gaming in their advertising strategies.

In the latest episode of the IAB Australia Podcast, CEO Gai Le Roy engages with industry experts Henry Hellegas, Sales Director of Perion, and Lee Foster, Head of Product at Nunn Media. Together, they delve into the evolution of programmatic digital out of home advertising, discussing the significant growth in agency adoption and the challenges of understanding this dynamic medium. Discover their unique career journeys, gain insights into the importance of dynamic creative optimisation, and learn actionable strategies to effectively leverage programmatic buying for impactful advertising campaigns. Listen now!

In this episode of the IAB Australia Podcast, host Gai Le Roy, CEO of IAB Australia, engages with industry leaders Jade McDade from Skimlinks and Jodine Wolman, co-founder of Sortd. Together, they explore how wishlists are revolutionising the online shopping experience and driving growth for entrepreneurs. Discover their unique journeys, gain insights into leveraging consumer trends, and learn actionable strategies to transform wish lists into powerful tools for business success.

In the latest episode of the IAB Australia Podcast, CEO Gai Le Roy engages with industry experts Rob Odd, CEO of Epsilon, and Kelly Wearmouth, Managing Director AUNZ of Mars United Commerce, to explore the hot topics in retail media. The discussion focuses on the challenges and opportunities within the digital advertising landscape, particularly around addressability, measurement, and the impact of consumer data privacy reforms. Rob and Kelly share their insights on how brands can leverage data to create personalised experiences while navigating the complexities of a rapidly evolving market. They emphasise the importance of collaboration, innovation, and a unified approach in driving success amidst changing consumer behaviours and technological advancements. Listen now!

In the latest episode of the IAB Australia podcast, CEO Gai Le Roy speaks with Sam Kozlowski, co-founder of The Daily Aus, and Doron Ostrin, CEO of Thanks, to explore the evolving landscape of media and advertising. The conversation delves into the challenges and opportunities faced by media companies, particularly in diversifying revenue streams amidst shifting consumer behaviours and the rise of AI. Together, Sam and Doron highlight the significance of adaptability, creativity, and audience engagement in navigating the complexities of the digital advertising world.

In this episode hosted by Gai Le Roy, CEO of IAB Australia, guests Bronwyn Hooton from Industry Super Australia and Carolyn Reid from Kantar, discuss the balance Australians face between financial realities and desired living standards, emphasising the importance of empathy in marketing. They explore insights from Kantar's latest report on 'Finding Financial Freedom', which highlights a lack of optimism among Australians, particularly younger generations, who seek clarity and independence regarding their financial futures. The conversation underscores the necessity for brands to engage consumers early, providing educational resources to build trust and understanding, especially in the complex realm of financial products like superannuation. They stress that trust must be earned over time through consistent and empathetic messaging, while also addressing the role of AI in consumer decision-making.

In this episode, IAB CEO Gai Le Roy dives into the fascinating topic of shifts in consumer behaviours, exploring the current changes in the market and their implications for marketers. Joined by industry leaders Michael Levine, Head of Advertising Sales for Uber AUNZ, and Nicola Mansfield, Founder of The Design Thinkers, the discussion reveals insights into how marketers can not only adapt but thrive amid evolving consumer expectations.

In this episode we discuss2024 winner of the JCDecaux PROGRAMMATIC Campaign of the Year Award for the campaign Extra’s Gum Cities. The campaign demonstrated successfully using programmatic Out-of-Home to increase brand awareness, improve sentiment, and drive sales growth. Designed to engage Gen Z students, workers, and commuters, Extra’s Gum Cities proved how Out-of-Home connects brands with young audiences in the moments that matter. Joining Gai on the podcast for this episode: Brad Palmer (JCDecaux), Brady Arlt (Group M Nexus), Matt Ridsdale (EssenceMediacom) and  Mel Alforque (Mars) 

In this episode, we delve into the evolution of measurement for affiliate marketing investments, unpacking the complexities of incrementality and revenue tracking. Featuring insights from Adam Furness, MD of APJ for Impact.com, and Roger Lee, Head of Performance Marketing for the Brand Collective Group, we discuss the challenges marketers face in a fragmented digital environment and the innovative solutions being implemented to enhance measurement accuracy.

A discussion with IAB team members on the most important topics and initiatives for the Australian digital advertising industry in 2025. Gai is joined by Natalie Stanbury (Director of Research) and Jonas Jaanimagi (Technology Lead). 

Over the last few years content environments have been playing a more significant role in the affiliate marketing industry. In the 2024 Affiliate and Partnership Marketing Industry Review released earlier this year by the IAB Affiliate Marketing Working Group, over 6 in 10 brands and agencies investing in the channel intended to increase the content related component of their investment over the next year. In this episode we discuss this topic with Lauren Leisk, Head of Affiliate Partnerships at Are Media and Chris Ferguson, Commercial Director APAC at Future. 

In this episode we discuss ways that can help marketers give their ad and marketing investments the best chance of long term success with Mark Kennedy, the Managing Partner at Consulting by Kantar and  Maddie Jahnke, Head of Marketing at Pernod Ricard. Recently Kantar in collaboration with WARC published a new paper titled Destination: Marketing Effectiveness which aggregates the results from Kantar client activity across the globe and looks at the drivers for success as well as comparing different geographic regions.

In this episode we are joined by Martyn Raab from Endeavour Group and John Harvey Faurholt from Microsoft to discuss retail media trends in Australia including technology developments, embedding retail media in a retail business and remaining customer experience obsessed. 

In this episode we hear from Xavier Amouroux, Executive Director Marketing & Communications at QUT and Adam Kennedy, MD VML Brisbane about the changing the needs of university students and how this impacts tertiary education marketing.  We hear how VML and QUT have worked together to help transform the communications journey with potential students. 

In this episode we discuss programmatic advertising in Australia including how emerging channels such as retail media, programmatic DOOH and audio are impacting programmatic investment. Our guests Kali Guillas from The Trade Desk and Benton Goodbrand from Kinesso provide a local perspective on data signals that are valuable to buyers, reducing waste and the control levers that buyers are looking for currently. 

Four leading media agency leaders discuss their approach to audio investment and plans for 2024.  Panelists  Anna Magliano, head of client services, Kaimera Lucy Formosa Morgan, MAGNA Global Daniel Cutrone, managing partner, Avenue C Ashley Wong, head of digital, data & innovation, Foundation Australia

Think that audio isn't a suitable option for your campaign due to creative requirements? Think again! This session will look at creative approaches for new audio advertisers and how to find inspiration in challenging briefs.  Presenters: Ralph van Dijk, founder, Eardrum Andy Maxwell, co-founder, Earmax Media

The Art of Influence - Connecting with Gen Z Thru Audio Panelists: Sarah Adams, producer, Inspired Unemployed Ryan Lamont, senior development manager, Acast Sam Koslowski, co-founder, The Daily Aus Moderator: Bella Spragg, director data partnerships, The Trade Desk

In this special edition podcast from the most recent Audio Summit event, Peter Pynta from Neuro-Insight takes us through new research looking at consumer's engagement and response to advertising within true crime podcasts. We then dive into a panel discussion from true crime presenters and producers discussing the balance of keeping crime content responsible while scratching the itch of crime obsessed Australians.

In this podcast we discuss industry developments in carbon emission tracking and reduction within the digital advertising ecosystem. We are joined by Abi Thomas (SBS), Deepak Tahilani (Group M) and Alex Heaven (JC Decaux). 

A discussion with IAB team members on the most important topics and initiatives for the Australian digital advertising industry in 2024. Gai is joined by Natalie Stanbury (Director of Research), Jonas Jaanimagi (Tech Lead), Sarah Waladan (Director of Policy & Regulation). 

In this episode we discuss the changing consumer behaviour with streaming TV content. Recently ad tech company Magnite released a detailed research report titled Streaming TV,s New Era and we are joined by three guests who can take us through some of the research as well as share their first hand experience and knowledge in this space in relation to not only consumer behaviour changes but how this can help businesses achieve their marketing objectives. Our guests today are Adrian Isoldi from Magnite, Jo Kappl from AGL and Charlie Allatt from Kinesso. 

In today episode we discuss ecommerce, consumer purchasing drivers, shopping behavour changes and specifically the findings from the latest Australian ecommerce report that has recently been published by IAB Australia and Pureprofile. We are joined by Martin Filz, CEO of Pureprofile.  The 2023 ecommerce report can be downloaded here - https://iabaustralia.com.au/resource/australian-ecommerce-report-2023/

In our latest podcast we chat to the Alice Almeida and Belinda Casselden from the Totally Awesome team about their last research on youth culture and commerce and what it means for marketers and media organisation. We discuss a range of topics including purchasing influences, information discovery, trust sources, device ownership, thoughts on AI and much more.

In this episode we are going to open up the conversation to the current state of play in relation to AI in the advertising and marketing industry – efficiencies, opportunities, risks and responsibilities. For the discussion today we are joined by two industry experts Nick Seckold, APAC VP, Microsoft Advertising and Kellyn Coetzee, National Head of Media & Analytics, Reprise. 

The Australian paid search market was worth $6.2b in 2022 and represented 44% of all digital ad spend. In this episode we look at developments in the paid search advertising market with a focus on current and expected changes driven by AI that will impact both the consumer and advertiser experiences. We are joined by two industry experts, Gary Nissim the Managing Director at Indago Digital and Jonathan Henshaw, Head of Product and Innovation at Ryval Media.

With connected TV revenue representing nearly 50% of publisher video revenue in Australia and supply starting to expand beyond broadcaster and YouTube inventory we thought it was time to have a chat about how the market is developing, how both buyers and sellers can be confident in trading and what industry standards will help with an effective & efficient market. In this episode we are joined by Shani Kugenthiran, Digital Advertising Strategy & Product Director, Paramount ANZ and Rob Hazan, Senior Director Product, Index Exchange.

Local charity Liptember Foundation has recently carried out research with Nielsen to look at the state of Australian women's mental health. In this podcast we are joined by Shruthi Babu (Director of Media Analytics & Consumer Research at Nielsen) and Katrina Locandro (Marketing & Communications Manager at Liptember Foundation) to discuss the need for this important new research as well as background on Liptember Foundation's brand development and marketing activities.

In this episode we take a deep dive into performance advertising with Jan Hofmann from TikTok and Kim Zorn from Princess Polly covering best practice, market trends, changes in inventory costs, creative and measurement.

In this episode we investigate how consumers are planning their holiday shopping, their online and online commerce expectations and how marketers can tap into mobile advertising opportunities.

In this episode we explore business transformation through digital innovation and smart use of data. We are joined by Warren Jenson, President, CFO & Exec MD for International, for LiveRamp who shares his insights on what helps companies successfully transform from his experience across a wide range of organisations including EA, Amazon, Delta as well as working with a huge range of CMOs as LiveRamp clients. We also discuss how marketers can manage the current economic challenges.

In this episode Todd Parsons and Colin Barnard from Criteo provide a local and global update on retailer trends, first party data and the growth of retail media.

There has been buzz around the growth of live video streaming consumption from broadcasters for the last couple of years. Sports content is obviously key to this market. In this episode we chat to James Young (Managing Director, Australia - Magnite) and Brett Islaub (National Digital Sales Manager - SBS) about new research that has been released on the Live Sports Streaming consumer as well as overall industry trends.

In this episode we chat to Nicole Prior from Xandr and Anna Dancey from NITV about the development and benefits of media ad investment in diverse audiences and media environments. As curated marketplaces gain traction the ability to reach diverse audiences via programmatic trading. We also hear about the progress of the Beyond 3% initiative to drive investment into media options representing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Nicole and Anna also share their media origin stories and how they feel into the advertising industry.

In this episode we discuss CTV audiences, addressability and maximising reach. We are also going to find out how a collaborative partnership of a media, tech and a brand can deliver results. We are joined by Yasmin Sanders (Samba TV), Namita Joseph (Streamotion), Tim Purss (Pubmatic) and Cassandra Tan (Adobe).

In this episode we discuss a wide range of topics of interest to the marketing community including changes in car ownership & mobililty, the car buying journey, data usage, new ways of working and brand repositioning with Davor Vilusic & Vanya Mariani who both hold the title Commercial Director of Media at Carsales.

Ad blockers, changes in tracking, privacy regulation, willingness to share personal information and consumers moving to subscription/non ad supported media options are all topics that are directly related to consumer digital media and ad experiences. In this podcast we are joined by Jess Miles from IAS and Richard O'Sullivan from InMobi to investigate what contributes to a great consumer experience that not only keeps consumers engaged and maintain trust as well as helping deliver great results for advertisers.

The CTV advertising market in Australia is one of the fastest growing areas of the digital advertising ecosystem. In this podcast we chat to Flaminia Sapori, – National Head of Partnerships & Strategic Investments at Matterkind and Alysha Dino – Senior Director, Business Development for Publica. They discuss the growth in the Australian market, compare the AU market with other international markets, improving ad experiences, how e-commerce can be powered by CTV and much more.

A discussion with IAB team members on the most important topics and initiatives for the Australian digital advertising industry. A run down on key trends on media consumptions, ecommerce, adtech, privacy and much more. Gai is joined by Natalie Stanbury (Director of Research), Jonas Jaanimagi (Tech Lead), Sarah Waladan (Director of Policy & Regulation) and Jenn Thomas (Head of Membership & Marketing)

In the recently released IAB Australia Digital Advertising & Ad Tech Industry Talent Review there was rightly a lot of focus on the data around the high job vacancy rate in market, but within the report there was some important data on gender diversity for different roles in our industry and disappointingly at the very senior management ranks we are still seeing underrepresentation by women who only represent 26% of these roles. Our CEO Gai Le Roy chats with two local female ad tech leaders, Ilda Jamison (MD of Quantcast) and Nina Vanneck (Country Manager, Publisher Partnerships for Google ANZ) in our latest podcast on leadership in ad tech and supporting female talent.

Identity as a concept & topic really is the backbone to the digital advertising and marketing industry – it goes across publishers, agencies, ad tech and marketers, it is involved in media buying, targeting, measurement and assessment. It has nuances across different devices and operating systems. So although the identity challenge has recently been primarily focussed on creating new methods to deal with changes to 3rd party cookies it really is much broader. On this episode Suzie Cardwell, General Manager Client Product & Strategy for News Corp Australia and Adele Wieser, MD APAC for Index Exchange join us for a disucssion on the current and future state of identity.

In this episode we will hear from Angus Keene (Acting MD of Twitter Australia) and Rob Hall (CEO of Playground xyz) on the state of innovation in digital advertising in Australia as well as discussing the need to increase the focus and investment in creative.

With the continued increase in digital ad investment, ensuring that ads are seen by humans and are placed in suitable and effective environments is vital. In this episode we chat to Imran Masood from DoubleVerify and Lottie Laws from Pinterest on how marketers can invest in environments that connect with audiences and provide suitable placement opportunities.

Digital advertising in Australia hit $11.4bn in financial year 2021. In this podcast industry experts James Bayes, General Manager ANZ at The Trade Desk and Juliette Stead, SVP Head of JAPAC at Magnite discuss data and trends from the recently released IAB Australia Online Advertising Expenditure Report

The current boom in the digital advertising industry along with experienced industry talent moving home to other markets due to COVID and changes to working visa rules in Australia are all factors contributing to significant shortages in talent currently.

Audio has made a serious comeback and advertisers are coming around to its ability to reach captive audiences. There is a massive appetite for podcasts and the creative opportunities therein with an engaged audience are boundless, streaming offers an abundance of data, radio has phenomenal reach and voice activation with home assistants has yet unrealised potential. In this episode we hear what Ralph van Dijk, founder of Eardrum, has to say on the audio market and exciting opportunities of audio creative.