Maximilian Dunne

Max Dunne is a design leader who makes intimidating experiences feel human. He has achieved three separate acquisitions across mental health, physical health, and finance. As Global Head of Design at Pion, he focuses his design organisation to create the conditions that make revenue growth more likely by enabling deeper creative play across the business. Max is a true believer in elevating design beyond the visual, to how a business talks about itself, sells to customers, and turns up in real life.

Max built his early career as a design leader for a financial and a diagnostics company, both of which went on to exit. As Head of Design at My Online Therapy, he grew the business from six people to 100 in its first year, making therapy accessible to over 500,000 people. At Holland & Barrett, he built a new global design organisation from scratch, launching three new product lines to revolutionise the retailer for the first time in its 150-year history.

Outside work, Max is a songwriter with over 10 million streams, has written three novels, and enjoys the limitless creative play with his kids.