find an agency
We work with the world’s leading independent agencies: giving you a unique opportunity to find the right partner, with the best skills, in your location of choice.
Helping match clients, in-house teams, specialists and agency directors with the right skills and talent across the world. We can help you find the right people for the task, quickly and with recommendations based on your bespoke brief.
Over the last three decades, thenetworkone has visited, interviewed, evaluated and accredited more than 1600 agencies, consultants and providers in over 120 countries. We have multiple options in each geography and in every discipline.
join our global community
be part of our global army of talent
Fiercely independent agencies supporting one another, sharing best practice and working together to deliver first-class outcomes for brands and clients, allowing you to compete on a level playing field with big networks.
We warmly welcome new agencies into our global community, so reach out to see how we might help you demonstrate excellence and extended ability to meet any brief.
key people
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Alfie Buisson Associate Director
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Stephanie Fox International Consultant
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Julian Boulding President
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Anna Poloczek Database Coordinator
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Claire McGrath Executive Assistant
As Associate Director at thenetworkone, Alfie plays a pivotal role in shaping the company’s growth and supporting its global community of independent agencies. From managing member relations and facilitating referrals to leading community initiatives, Alfie is dedicated to fostering collaboration and creating opportunities for agency leaders worldwide.
Alfie has been instrumental in delivering key projects, including the Indie Forum in Cannes and the Indie Awards. His entrepreneurial spirit, resourcefulness, and drive have led to the successful execution of events, newsletters, IT initiatives, and digital content, ensuring the continued development of thenetworkone’s offerings.
With a diverse professional background spanning agency and in-house roles, Alfie brings expertise in website design, lead generation, social media campaigns, and international communications. His time at the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) further honed his ability to manage complex projects and build strong relationships on a global scale.
Outside of work, Alfie channels his creativity and passion into music and travel. As the founder of a successful electronic music brand in London, he has organised events with up to 1,000 attendees, blending his love for cultural exploration and the arts. His long-term vision includes launching his own agency, focusing on music and festivals across genres.
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As thenetworkone’s International Consultant, Stephanie is an expert when it comes to helping our member agencies find the right partners. She is responsible for administering thenetworkone’s Inter-Agency Staff Exchange Program as well as our Facebook and Twitter accounts. Stephanie graduated in 2012 from the University of Nottingham in UK, with a degree in Art History. Following her graduation, she spent four months improving her language skills at Alliance Francaise in Paris, as well as interning with a law firm, an auction house and a PR agency; and undertaking volunteer work in the Ukraine.
She then spent a year working for Tondo, a start-up social media platform for the art world before joining thenetworkone in March 2015.
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Julian began his career in advertising sales, before working in independent agencies in London. He then joined the DMB&B Group, now part of Publicis, where he spent fourteen years in a succession of senior roles. While with DMB&B, he lived and worked in UK, Europe, USA and Latin America, where he spent 3 years as Regional Client Service Director for Salles DMB&B in Brazil.’ During this time, he directed global advertising campaigns for companies like Procter & Gamble, M&M Mars, Avon and Philips Electronics, rising to be President, International for DMB&B’s sister network, NW Ayer.
In 2003, Julian left the world of traditional agency networks, to co-found thenetworkone.
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Anna joined thenetworkone in 2021 with the responsibility of ensuring that the large amount of data we have on independent agencies from around the world is up to date and accurate.
Anna graduated from the University of London with a degree in French Language and Literature. She started her career with Sopexa, organising large trade events for the food and beverage industry before spending time in Brazil, utilising her language skills to teach English to senior business executives from Unilever, P&G, AMEX and Ford.
More recently, Anna has held multilingual client service positions in London with international real estate experts, Sifex and Hamptons International. In these positions, she helped high value customers from around the world, identify and purchase overseas property.
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Claire joins us as our part-time Executive Assistant. Claire will make sure we do not drop the ball, either in managing our busy calendars or in tracking all our new business referrals, membership enquiries and event management needs. Claire has substantial experience in this role and comes highly recommended by one of the leading indie agencies and one of our best known management consultants.
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