News from the UK – The Marketing Academy Merlin Award Winners

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” — Isaac Newton

The Oxford English Dictionary describes a Mentor as “An experienced and trusted adviser” and at The Marketing Academy we are lucky to have some of the UK’s greatest marketers and leaders donate their time to advise, encourage and share experiences with our Scholars.  We created the Merlin Awards as a way to celebrate those extraordinary mentors who donate their time to help develop the next generation of marketing leaders. Each of The Marketing Academy’s 2015 Graduating Class of Scholars select just one person from all the mentors, leaders and speakers they meet across their Scholarship year to receive a ‘Merlin Award’. It’s their way of thanking and appreciating the individual from whom they received an extra special piece of inspiration. The Merlin Awards, a glass plaque inscribed with the words “Thank you for your inspiration guidance and support” were announced to the winning Mentors at a Gala Party on Tuesday 10^th May at the Emirates Stadium in North London. The winning recipients of the 2016 Merlin Awards are… Andrew McGuinness – CEO at Freud Communications Andy Weston-Webb – Chief Commercial Officer at Nomad Foods Group Carol Brannigan – Director at B2B Consulting Ltd Christian Woolfenden – CEO at Lyst Cilla Snowball – Group Chairman & CEO at AMV BBDO Craig Inglis – Customer Director at John Lewis Plc Deborah Dolce – Senior Vice President, Group Marketing Director at TJX Europe Dominic Grounsell – Global Marketing Director at Travelex Emma Harris – Founder at Glow Gail Gallie – Founder of Project Everyone and CEO at Jamie Oliver Foundation James Scroggs – Founder at HOOP London Jon Goldstone – Global VP for Baking & Cooking at Unilever UK and Ireland Jonathan Earle – Former Head of Customer Strategy & Development at Telefonica O2 UK Karen Buchanan – UK CEO at Publicis Kristof Fahy – CMO at Ladbrokes Margaret Jobling – Marketing Director at British Gas Mark Evans – Group Marketing Director at Direct Line Group Michele McGrath – Chief Operating Officer at Brand Learning Mike Hughes – Director General at ISBA Nick Baughan – UK CEO at Maxus Global Nigel Bogle – Group Chairman at BBH Global (Bartle Bogle & Hegarty) Nigel Holland – Regional President, EMEA at Tata Global Beverages Philip Almond – Director of Marketing and Audiences at BBC Philippa Snare – CMO EMEA at Facebook Ronan Dunne – CEO at Telefonica O2 UK Sam Conniff – Co-Founder at Livity Steve Parker – CEO at Starcom Mediavest Group Suki Thompson – Founder at Oystercatchers Tim Duffy – CEO at M&C Saatchi Tracy De Groose – CEO UK at Dentsu Aegis Network