The Marketing Academy Mentor Award Winners

“A truly great Mentor is hard to find, difficult to part with and impossible to forget’’

 The Marketing Academy is a staunch advocate of the power of mentoring. So much so that mentoring has formed a core part of their coveted Scholarship Programme for the last 7 years. The 9 month development programme for emerging talent attracts hundreds of the industry’s highest profile CEO’s and CMO’s who each gift their time to mentor the Academys Scholars. Every year the graduating class of 30 Scholars each selects just one person from all the inspirational leaders they meet across their Scholarship year to receive a ‘Mentor Award’, a small way of appreciating the individual who made an extra special impact. It’s one of the only industry awards that recognises leaders on a personal level. Founder of The Marketing Academy Sherilyn Shackell said ‘We are so 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 Mentor Awards as a way to celebrate those extraordinary people who donate their valuable time to help develop the next generation of leaders’ The Marketing Academys graduating Scholars announced these special accolades during an event at the British Film Institute on 9^th May at London’s Southbank. The winners of The Marketing Academy Mentor Awards are… Andy Duncan, CEO of Camelot Ben Fennell, CEO of BBH Camilla Harrisson, Partner & CEO of Anomaly London LLP Catherine Flynn, Senior Leader of Facebook Charles Allen, Marketing Director of Arsenal Football Club Cilla Snowball, Group Chairman & CEO of AMV BBDO Craig Inglis, Customer Director of John Lewis Plc Ed Smith, Consultant with Dentsu Aegis Fiona Dawson, President Mars Food, Drinks and Multisales from Mars UK James Scroggs, Founder of HOOP London Keith Moor, Chief Marketing Officer of Santander Marc Lewis, Dean of School of Communication Arts Mark Evans, Group Marketing Director of Direct Line Group Michelle Hutton, Chief Executive of Edelman Mike Hughes, former Director General of ISBA Paul Frampton, CEO of Havas Media Group UK Peter Markey, Marketing Director of TSB Phil Rumbol, Founder of 101 Philippa Snare, CMO EMEA of Facebook Richard Tyler, Chief Possibility Architect, BTFI Ltd Rita Clifton, Chairman of Brandcap Ros King, Director of Marketing Communications for Lloyds Banking Group Plc Sally Cowdry, Consumer & Retail Director of Camelot UK Sara Cremer, CEO of Redwood Group Shadi Halliwell, Group Marketing & Creative Director of Harvey Nichols Simon Biltcliffe, Managing Director of Webmart Stephen Miron, Group CEO of Global Media Group Suki Thompson, Founder of Oystercatchers Tim Duffy, Chairman of M&C Saatchi Toby Jenner, Worldwide COO of MediaCom Worldwide