2026 MATRIX HONOREE

Khartoon Weiss

Vice President, Global Customer Solutions, Google

With 20+ years experience in Marketing, Media, and Tech, Khartoon has worked at TikTok, led the global revenue business at Spotify, served as Chief Marketing Officer and Managing Director at MDC Partners, and Mediacom North America, served as VP at iHeartMedia, and cut her teeth at BBDO, Ogilvy, and Grey Worldwide. In all of her roles, Khartoon was instrumental in scaling her companies to “Agency of the Year” multiple times over, and credits that success to transformative strategies for Fortune 50 brands. 

She has been recognized by Campaign’s elite “40 Over 40”, AdAge’s “40 Under 40” and AdWeek’s “Top 50” lists, she has an executive education from The Wharton School, and lives in NYC with her husband and two rescued cats.

Presenting the Matrix Award to Khartoon Weiss

Daryl Lee

Global Chairman of McCann

Daryl Lee is the Global Chairman of McCann, the world’s leading global creative network that has built its brand on the promise of Truth Well Told for over a century.  As Chairman, Lee supports McCann’s most senior marketing and business clients in advising on brand transformation, brand value and global strategic initiatives.  

Previously, Lee was the Global CEO of McCann Worldgroup, the global integrated marketing network comprised of McCann, MRM, CRAFT and FutureBrand.  Prior to that, Daryl served as global CEO of IPG Mediabrands and before that, UM.

Throughout his career, Daryl has been a champion of innovation and inclusion, believing both to be highly inter-connected and the critical drivers of business success.  Daryl has built a dynamic record of leadership success across both the media and creative agency landscapes by focusing on the growth capabilities of the companies he leads, inspiring his teams to anticipate the needs of clients, and paying great attention to workplace culture, prioritizing an agency’s commitment to excellence through conscious inclusion in the everyday lives of all its employees. Lee was named as Adweek Executive of the Year in 2016, a MediaPost All Star in 2022 and the 2022 Cannes Lions Media Jury President.  He has won numerous Effies and Lions, as well as two Grands Prix, both for brand entertainment.

Daryl began his career as a consultant at McKinsey in New York before starting his advertising journey at Ogilvy. Daryl graduated with a Doctorate in Philosophy from the University of Oxford, which he attended as a Rhodes Scholar.

Daryl is a vocal champion for positive social change in the world and the workplace and currently sits on the board of STRIVE and the Paley Media Council and is a former board member of GLAAD.