Handpicked advisors for your agency


We don’t just pick anyone - we spend weeks sometimes months researching the perfect advisors that share their wisdom and perspective on specific topics that will help you run your agency.

Here are the advisors who have helped our agencies at POLYMENSA

We believe that the advice you get should come from varied sources. It’s why we look for advisors from all walks of life. These multiple perspectives from inside and outside of our industry help you discover the truth of the advice given. You’ll also pick up things that no one in our industry does - giving you a competitive edge.

Advisors from within our ‘agency’ industry



Advisors from other industries and walks of life



POLYMENSA founder



Daniel de la Cruz is the founder of Polymensa. During the past 7 years he's met over 3,000 agencies. As part of that journey he built The Agency Collective a peer community for agency founders and has helped 100s of agencies with running their agency. As part of his overall life mission Daniel is committed to helping young people out of a life of crime at the charity Gloves Not Gunz.

Daniel de la Cruz
Founder, Facilitator & Chief Learner @ Polymensa

SARAH MCAREAVEY
PEOPLE DIRECTOR

Polymensa has been a valuable tool for me. I joined Reflect Digital with no prior agency experience and I have found the community provided to be super valuable. I am People Director and I was able to speak to other individuals who work in the HR/People space and share ideas, thoughts, best practices and troubleshoot. Polymensa ensured that I had a valuable community of like-minded individuals, who understood my challenges who I could call on at any time, even outside of the Polymensa sessions.

I love the way Daniel completes a gap analysis of what we know and want to know before planning topics for each quarter. This means that the talks and Q&As provided are the most relevant for our industry at the time. The format is always very flexible and informal and no question is off limits or unworthy of the forum. This has made me feel completely included in a world that is still very new to me.

I have learnt so much from Polymensa, both from the in-person alive events and virtual events. I am incredibly grateful for the community that Daniel has created and how they have helped me in my role.

For me, Polymensa is a safe haven away from the deafeningly noisy and self-centred ethos of the digital agency world. Daniel leads by example, his enthusiasm and dedication to lifting up others is infectious - it’s a community of kind, like-minded folks who leave their ego at the door and commit to carving a better path for ‘we’ and not just ‘me’.

Having recently expanded my role and stepping up my responsibilities, it can feel overwhelming and like there’s never enough time for ‘personal development’. Polymensa’s structure helps me narrow down my core focus areas and discuss my progress with others walking a similar path. The speakers are carefully chosen and really understand the challenges of agency leadership which makes it easier to apply practical actions to my day-to-day role.

I feel proud to be a part of Polymensa; it’s an inclusive and non-judgmental space for senior leaders to explore their leadership style. It’s not about fitting into the traditional shoes of a leader, it’s about finding the pair that fit you best.

LUCI WOOD
HEAD OF CUSTOMER SUCCESS

JAMES BAVINGTON
CHIEF EXPERIENCE OFFICER

Our agency has been a member of Polymensa for a number of years and it has been pivotal to the training and development of our senior leadership team. I’ve made countless invaluable industry contacts who have generously shared their insights and experiences – all making me a better agency leader.

In particular I value my mentoring sessions with Daniel, it’s been refreshing talking to someone consistently outside of my agency to share ideas, solve problems and get an outside perspective from someone with such an extensive industry experience.

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