Alfie Buisson Communications & Events Manager
Alfie Buisson
Communications & Events Manager

Alfie is the Communications & Events Manager at thenetworkone, where he manages global communications and spearheads major events. He played a key role in the redevelopment of the company website and has been instrumental in events like the Indie Forum in Cannes and the upcoming Indie Awards. Alongside overseeing newsletters and digital content, Alfie focuses on building strong relationships across the international agency community, facilitating referrals, exchange programmes, and special interest groups.

With a background that spans agency work and in-house roles, Alfie brings a wealth of experience in website design, lead generation, and social media campaigns for clients of all sizes. His previous role at the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) honed his skills in international communications, which he now applies to thenetworkone’s global network, connecting agency leaders worldwide and fostering collaboration.

Outside of work, Alfie’s passion for music and travel has led him to establish a successful electronic music brand in London, hosting events with capacities of up to 1,000 people. His long-term vision is to launch his own agency, focusing on music and festivals across genres, where he can combine his love for creativity, cultural exploration, and the arts.

alfie.buisson@thenetworkone.com | +44 (0)20 7240 7117

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Stephanie Fox
International Consultant, currently on maternity leave

As thenetworkone’s International Consultant, Stephanie is an expert when it comes to helping our member agencies find the right partners. She is responsible for administering thenetworkone’s Inter-Agency Staff Exchange Program as well as our Facebook and Twitter accounts. Stephanie graduated in 2012 from the University of Nottingham in UK, with a degree in Art History. Following her graduation, she spent four months improving her language skills at Alliance Francaise in Paris, as well as interning with a law firm, an auction house and a PR agency; and undertaking volunteer work in the Ukraine.

She then spent a year working for Tondo, a start-up social media platform for the art world before joining thenetworkone in March 2015.

+44 (0)20 7240 7117

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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

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Anna Poloczek
Database Coordinator

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

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Helen Anderson
Managing Director

Helen joined thenetworkone as our Managing Director in June 2023. She is a Chartered Marketer and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), a Chartered PR practitioner and Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR).

Before joining thenetworkone, Helen led the global Marketing and Communications team at the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) and held other significant marketing and communications roles at the US Chamber of Commerce in London, the City of London Corporation, the Association of Town and City Centre Management and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). She brings a rare combination of enthusiasm, pragmatism, empathy and determination to succeed and is very much looking forward to meeting everyone in our network.

helen.anderson@thenetworkone.com | +44 (0)20 7240 7117

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