Because this isn’t just any conference. Marketing South is the South Island event - the one that pulls together the absolute powerhouses of our industry. Legends. The people whose work we all admire from afar. And Carla? She’s openly a bit enamoured with the line-up, which makes the honour of sharing the stage with them even sweeter.

To be in the room with such extraordinary talent is a buzz. To be on stage with them? That’s another level. And while she’ll tell you she’s “a bit chuffed,” we’re proud (and maybe a little smug) to see her walking the very talk she pushes on us every day.

Marketing South is going to be a day of big ideas, bold insights, and serious inspiration. And for us, it’s also proof that even Carla gets a little starry-eyed when the company is this legendary.