September 2024 WARC, SEPTEMBER 2024 Leila Fataar discusses the Future of Strategy in 2024.
HURS, SEPTEMBER 2024 Can We Still Be Critical?
Leila Fataar joins Charlene Prempeh and Chantal Fernandez to discuss whether criticism still holds value in a world where social media gives everyone a voice.
WARC, SEPTEMBER 2024 Leila Faatar, founder of Platform13, speaks on the need for brand teams to comprise the right mix of lived experience and cultural knowledge before attempting to create a role for brands around rituals
April 2024 BUSINESS OF FASHION, APRIL 2024 The Business of Fashion invited Leila Fataar to discuss tangible learnings and best practice in improving DEI efforts in businesses today.
BRANDS & CULTURE, APRIL 2024 Leila Fataar, co-founder of Platform13, and James Kirkham, co-founder of Iconic talk on the unstoppable rise of K-pop culture
CULTUR=D PODCAST, APRIL 2024 Leila Fataar chats about the importance of belonging and what truly shapes the culture we live in in order to belong.
Campaign, April 2024 Four years after a Campaign feature celebrated 'BAME talent', are genuine
advances being made in an industry that prides itself on being progressive? Leila Fataar shares her thoughts.
December 2023 The Drum, Dec 23 The Drum's Sam Bradley chats to Leila Fataar about the next phase of Platform13
Campaign US, End of Year 23 Leila Fataar comments on the deprioritisation of DE&I commitments....in the wake of brand promises post 2020.
Campaign (US), Dec 2023 Leila Fataar comments on Zara's problematic campaign amidst the Gaza humanitarian crisis
adweek, Dec 2023 Leila Fataar comments on how GenZ is changing the game for brands and sports marketing
November 2023 The Ad Race, Season 2, Nov 2023 Leila Fataar chatting to Fayola Douglas about her career path and the current status quo in the ad industry.
adweek, Nov 2023 Commentary from Leila Fataar on the Bud Light leadership plans
HURS, Nov 2023 An op-ed by Leila Fataar on the current state of play in women’s media today as part of the HURS inaugural white paper on women’s media
Label Sessions POD, Nov 2023 Leila Fataar breaking down what it means for brands, companies and organisations to do culturally relevant work today.
June 2020 DIGIDAY, JUNE 2020 Platform13 Founder Leila Fataar is asked to comment on the Facebook ad boycott and the push for inclusivity in ad buying as a result of Black Lives Matter
CANNES LIONS LIVE, JUNE 2020 Highsnobiety Presents Better Living Through Advertising, with Platform13 Founder Leila Fataar, Adeshola Makinde, Emmanuel Adjei, and Jian DeLeon
THE DRUM, JUNE 2020 Watch Platform13 Founder Leila Fataar in great company with heavyweights from the ad industry at The Drum's Can-Do Festival in a panel unpacking some uncomfortable truths around diversity and inclusion
DRAPERS, JUNE 2020 The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and subsequent Black Lives Matter protests have sparked a global – and long-overdue – examination of systemic discrimination against black people in all societies and industries. Platform13 founder Leila Fataar looks at what needs to change in fashion.
HIGHSNOBIETY, JUNE 2020 A long form piece by Leila Fataar for High Snobiety around BLM, written on Black Out Tuesday,
February 2020 MARKETING WEEK, MARCH 2020 How marketers can navigate the ‘perfect storm’ of remote working
HYPER ISLAND, FEBRUARY 2020 Founder of Platform13 visited the Content Developer program to give an inspiring talk about the place of brands in today’s culture
THE DRUM, FEBRUARY 2020 (2) Meet The Drum Roses Awards Jury 2020 - identifying, rewarding and celebrating the best work across advertising, digital and design from outside London.
CAMPAIGN MAGAZINE, FEBRUARY 2020 Leila Fataar, profiled in the Diversity issue of Campaign magazine
THE DRUM, FEBRUARY 2020 Young, shafted and black: is anything being done to close the influencer ethnicity pay gap?
LOVE THIS PODCAST, FEBRUARY 2019 In this episode, Leila details her learnings from leading PR & Social at Adidas and Culture & Entertainment at Diageo. Her first two decades in South Africa have shaped the phenomenal human she is today, surrounded by creativity from an early age.