Lisa Merrick-Lawless

Lisa Merrick-Lawless

Lisa Merrick-Lawless

Co-Founder and Director

Purpose Disruptors

Biography

Lisa was named one of Campaign magazine’s annual Top 10 Trailblazers of the year for her work on climate awareness and action within the advertising industry. She was also named in Forbes’s 43 People Changing Advertising For The Climate.

With over 20 years’ experience, she’s held leadership positions for brands client-side and in creative agencies, working for Coca-Cola, Marks & Spencer, Heineken, Tetley, Unilever, Walgreens Boots Alliance, innocent, WWF and more. She co-founded Purpose Disruptors in 2019 to use her skills and experience to help in the climate crisis.

She was a speaker at both COP26 and Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity and is a regular speaker, panellist and judge with many organisations including D&AD, CIM, Contagious, BIMA, Advertising Week Europe, ADCE, UNEP, UNESCO, UNFCCC and others. She also holds an advisory position with Media Trust Weston Communicating Climate and is an assessor at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.