AADA Convention and Expo
ICC Sydney | 29-30 July 2026

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Winning Locally: Making Your Dealership Marketing More Effective

Presented by

Andrew Baker - Sesimi, Kate Hornstein - BYD & DENZA, Adrian Richards - Forth, and Shaun Garfitt - CMV Group

WHEN: Thursday 30 July

TIME: 11:30 am – 12:15 pm

ROOM: C4.10

Dealer marketing has never had more tools, channels or data available, yet many dealerships still struggle to turn national campaigns into stronger local results.

Hosted by Andrew Baker, this AADA Workshop Series session brings together marketing leaders from across OEM, agency and dealer-group environments to explore what is actually working at dealership level.

The panel will feature Kate Hornstein, Chief Marketing Officer of BYD Australia & New Zealand and DENZA Australia & New Zealand; Adrian Richards, Founder and Managing Director of Forth; and Shaun Garfitt, Head of Marketing at CMV Group.

Together, they will examine how dealers can better understand their local market, use data and customer insight more effectively, tailor national strategy for local execution, and measure the activity that genuinely drives results.

Practical, commercially grounded and focused on real-world application, this session will look at the difference between dealerships that are winning locally and those that are not.

Presented by:

CEO & Founder - Sesimi

Andrew Baker is CEO and Founder of Sesimi, helping brands deliver compliant, on-brand content at scale through creative automation....

Founder and Managing Director - Forth

Adrian Richards is Founder and Managing Director of Forth and an AADA Workshop Series Presenter, helping automotive organisations use data, buyer insight and smarter local execution to improve dealer marketing...

Chief Marketing Officer - BYD Australia & New Zealand and DENZA Australia & New Zealand

Kate Hornstein is Chief Marketing Officer of BYD Australia & New Zealand and DENZA Australia & New Zealand, leading brand and marketing strategy for one of the fastest-growing automotive groups...

Head of Marketing - CMV Group

Shaun Garfitt is Head of Marketing at CMV Group, bringing more than 20 years’ experience in automotive retail marketing to AADA 2026....