Phil Burgess is an accomplished business leader, recognized for his expertise in championing inclusion and equality, and is one of Management Today's Top 30 Agents of Change in 2019. Burgess is the Chief People and Operations Officer at C Space, the best agency winner at the Market Research Society Awards for two consecutive years. His organization works with over 200 global brands, developing customer-inspired growth solutions through private online communities, co-creative workshops, consultancy, and creative services.

Burgess is a University of Warwick graduate with a First-Class degree and was a former Sales Manager, and Trainer at Southwestern Company, and worked in various capacities at Freshminds and Promise Corporation. Outside work, he and his wife launched Just1bag2020, a global campaign that empowers individuals to collect litter in their local communities, with over 1,100 participants that have collected over 20,000 bags of litter worldwide.