2026 Virtual Coaches

Svetlana Stotskaya
Global Marketing & Brand Executive / Independent Consultant
Belarus
, Belarus

Svetlana is a Global Marketing & Strategy Leader, Mentor, and Awards Jury Member, helping early-stage tech startups and established brands thrive worldwide, from France to Singapore. 

Svetlana has been an awards jury member for global prestigious shows including, 2025 New York Festivals Advertising Awards (USA), 2025 SAMMY Awards in Marketing & Sales (USA), 2025 Lisbon Ad Festival, 2025 ACT Care Awards, 2025 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award (USA), 2025 Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards, 2025 BIG Innovation Awards (USA), 2025 We Love Tech (USA), Shorty Impact Awards 2024 & 2025 (USA), Incentive Awards 2024 (UK), Summit Creative Award 2024 (USA), 2025 & 2024 Stratus Cloud Computing Awards (USA), SLINGSHOT 2023 (Singapore Innovation Week 2023), among others. 

She is a Global Young Leader - 2024 THINC Fellow by Tencent and Viva La Vida. Tencent, a multinational conglomerate, is among the largest social media, venture capital, and investment corporations. It operates messengers QQ and WeChat, social networks, music, web portals, e-commerce, and payment systems. Viva la Vida is a global platform that empowers people to express and connect through art with partners the UN & ByteDance.

She spoke at conferences and universities across Asia and Europe and has mentored 150+ startups, incl. those at leading accelerators Techstars, Founder Institute, and Startup Wise Guys.
An expert contributor to business & tech media, Svetlana shares her insights on technology, innovation, and marketing. Featured in the World IP Changemakers’ Gallery by the World Intellectual Property Organization, INvolve Heroes Role Model List 2025 supported by YouTube, List of Mentors Powering Asian startup ecosystem by e27, Top 100 Retailtech Influencer 2025 by RTIH, she won the 2024 Global Recognition Award, Social Media Marketer 2025 Award (UK) and served as an EWEMA Ambassador for the Early Warning Europe Network. She is a member of Green The Bid (USA), a nonprofit promoting sustainability in advertising, The AI & Arts Interest Group at The Alan Turing Institute (UK), The Global Leaders Movement by the female factor (Austria), and Chief Marketing Officer Council.

Svetlana holds a strong academic background in Economics and Marketing, with postgraduate studies at the World Intellectual Property Organization, University of Basel, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and University of Geneva.
 

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