Leon Harlow

Previously at Unilever, Leon Harlow heads up the commercial team within leading talent agency YMU Group - building partnerships with brands, retailers, platforms and product developers across YMU’s roster of TV stars, music artists, sports personalities, creators & social influencers, authors and experts.

Over the last 12 years, Leon and the team have worked with brands, advertisers and retailers over the last 12 years to create many of the best known and most successful talent-led campaigns in the UK - spanning endorsements, advertising campaigns, ad-funded content, consumer events, retail partnerships, through to building and creating IP - as well as consulting with brands on how to leverage talent most effectively.

YMU Group is the UK’s largest talent management company, and a leading talent agency globally, managing many leading names in popular culture across Entertainment, Music, and Sport – from TV stars (such as Ant & Dec, Simon Cowell, Fearne Cotton, Davina McCall, Claudia Winkleman, Tess Daly, Graham Norton, Phillip Schofield, David Walliams, Matt Lucas etc.), to digital-first talent (Stacey Solomon, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Munya Chawawa, Francis Bourgeois etc.), to chart-topping music artists (such as Olly Alexander, Years & Years, Clean Bandit, Gary Barlow & Take That, James Arthur, Jesy Nelson, etc.), Sports athletes legends and hosts (such as Tom Daley, Ugo Monye, Joe Marler, Clare Balding, Jake Humphrey etc.) to Sunday Times best-selling authors, and leading experts in a range of fields.