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Alfie Buisson Associate Director
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Alice Carr - Marketing and Communications
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Julian Boulding President
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Anna Poloczek Database Coordinator
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Maddie Pluck Account Manager
As Associate Director at thenetworkone, Alfie plays a pivotal role in shaping the company’s growth and supporting its global community of independent agencies. From managing member relations and facilitating referrals to leading community initiatives, Alfie is dedicated to fostering collaboration and creating opportunities for agency leaders worldwide.
Alfie has been instrumental in delivering key projects, including the Indie Forum in Cannes and the Indie Awards. His entrepreneurial spirit, resourcefulness, and drive have led to the successful execution of events, newsletters, IT initiatives, and digital content, ensuring the continued development of thenetworkone’s offerings.
With a diverse professional background spanning agency and in-house roles, Alfie brings expertise in website design, lead generation, social media campaigns, and international communications. His time at the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) further honed his ability to manage complex projects and build strong relationships on a global scale.
Outside of work, Alfie channels his creativity and passion into music and travel. As the founder of a successful electronic music brand in London, he has organised events with up to 1,000 attendees, blending his love for cultural exploration and the arts. His long-term vision includes launching his own agency, focusing on music and festivals across genres.
alfie.buisson@thenetworkone.com | +44 (0)20 7240 7117
Julian began his career in advertising sales, before working in independent agencies in London. He then joined the DMB&B Group, now part of Publicis, where he spent fourteen years in a succession of senior roles. While with DMB&B, he lived and worked in UK, Europe, USA and Latin America, where he spent 3 years as Regional Client Service Director for Salles DMB&B in Brazil.’ During this time, he directed global advertising campaigns for companies like Procter & Gamble, M&M Mars, Avon and Philips Electronics, rising to be President, International for DMB&B’s sister network, NW Ayer.
In 2003, Julian left the world of traditional agency networks, to co-found thenetworkone.
julian.boulding@thenetworkone.com | +44 (0)20 7240 7117
Anna joined thenetworkone in 2021 with the responsibility of ensuring that the large amount of data we have on independent agencies from around the world is up to date and accurate.
Anna graduated from the University of London with a degree in French Language and Literature. She started her career with Sopexa, organising large trade events for the food and beverage industry before spending time in Brazil, utilising her language skills to teach English to senior business executives from Unilever, P&G, AMEX and Ford.
More recently, Anna has held multilingual client service positions in London with international real estate experts, Sifex and Hamptons International. In these positions, she helped high value customers from around the world, identify and purchase overseas property.
anna.poloczek@thenetworkone.com | +44 (0)20 7240 7117
Alfie Buisson, Associate Director
As Associate Director at thenetworkone, Alfie plays a pivotal role in shaping the company’s growth and supporting its global community of independent agencies. He manages member relations, facilitates referrals, and leads community initiatives to foster collaboration among agency leaders worldwide.
Alfie has driven key projects like the Indie Forum in Cannes and the Indie Awards, along with events, newsletters, IT initiatives, and digital content. His background includes agency and in-house roles, with expertise in website design, lead generation, social media, and international communications — honed further at the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).
Outside work, Alfie is passionate about music and travel. He founded a successful electronic music brand in London, organising events for up to 1,000 attendees, and aims to launch his own agency focused on music and festivals.
alfie.buisson@thenetworkone.com | +44 (0)20 7240 7117
Maddie Pluck, Account Manager
Maddie joined thenetworkone in March 2025 as an Account Manager, where she works closely with independent agencies to build strong partnerships and support the wider network community. She is keen to grow member engagement by building community in person events, webinars and thought leadership contributions.
Before joining thenetworkone, Maddie worked as marketing lead in-house at a renewable real estate-focused company, and she brings valuable industry insight and fresh energy to the team.
She speaks French, Spanish and loves to learn new languages through travel. She also spent a year living in Bogotá in 2023.
maddie.pluck@thenetworkone.com | +44 (0)20 7240 7117
Alice Carr, Marketing and Sales Executive
As Marketing and Sales Executive at thenetworkone, Alice focuses on client outreach and fostering strong relationships with agencies across the global network. She supports the wider community through various initiatives and is particularly interested in developing special interest groups to create more opportunities for engagement.
With a background in anthropology, Alice brings a culturally attuned and international perspective to her role. She joined thenetworkone in April 2025.
Julian Boulding, President
Julian began his career in advertising sales, before working in independent agencies in London. He then joined the DMB&B Group, now part of Publicis, where he spent fourteen years in a succession of senior roles. While with DMB&B, he lived and worked in UK, Europe, USA and Latin America, where he spent 3 years as Regional Client Service Director for Salles DMB&B in Brazil. During this time, he directed global advertising campaigns for companies like Procter & Gamble, M&M Mars, Avon and Philips Electronics, rising to be President, International for DMB&B’s sister network, NW Ayer.
In 2003, Julian left the world of traditional agency networks, to co-found thenetworkone.
julian.boulding@thenetworkone.com | +44 (0)20 7240 7117
Anna Poloczek, Database Coordinator
Anna joined thenetworkone in 2021, tasked with keeping our extensive global database of independent agencies accurate and up to date.
She holds a degree in French Language and Literature from the University of London. Her career began at Sopexa, organising major trade events for the food and beverage sector, before moving to Brazil where she taught English to senior executives from Unilever, P&G, AMEX and Ford.
More recently, Anna worked in multilingual client services in London for international property specialists Sifex and Hamptons International, helping high-net-worth clients worldwide find and buy overseas homes.
anna.poloczek@thenetworkone.com | +44 (0)20 7240 7117
