“The delicate balance of mentoring someone isn’t creating them in your image but giving them the opportunity to create themselves” – Steven Spielberg
At The Marketing Academy we realise that being a mentor and taking time out to help advise, encourage and share experiences with someone is a very special thing to do. The Marketing Academy’s Scholarship programme is based around the generosity of the UK’s most senior business and marketing leaders donating their time to mentor our Scholars and we have devised our Merlin Awards as a way to celebrate those brilliant mentors. Each of The Marketing Academy’s 2014 graduating Scholars select just one person from all the mentors, leaders and speakers who have donated their time across the 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 wisdom, advice, insight or inspiration. The Merlin Awards, a glass plaque inscribed with The Marketing Academy’s Mascot ‘Merlin’ the Owl, were personally presented to the winning mentors at a Gala Party on Tuesday 12th May at Diageo’s head office in North London. The winning recipients of the 2015 Merlin Awards are… Amanda Mackenzie – Chief Marketing Officer at Aviva on loan to Project Everyone Andy Sandoz – Creative Partner at Work Club Christian Woolfenden – Managing Director, Retail at Paddy Power Cilla Snowball – Group Chairman & CEO at AMV BBDO Craig Inglis – Marketing Director at John Lewis Plc Daryl Fielding – Director of Brand Marketing at Vodafone David Pemsel – Chief Commercial Officer at Guardian Media Group Deborah Dolce – Senior Vice President, Group Marketing Director at TK Maxx Group Dominic Grounsell – Global Digital Marketing Director at Travelex Emma Harris – Founder at Glow James Brett – Founder at Plant for Peace Jenny Ashmore – Former CMO at Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) Plc Joe Clift – Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at CFA Institute Jon Goldstone – Global VP for Baking & Cooking at Unilever UK and Ireland Jonathan Stead – CEO at Rapier Julia Porter – Director of Consumer Revenues at Guardian Media Group Karen Buchanan – UK CEO at Publicis Lindsay Pattison – Global CEO at Maxus Mark Evans – Group Marketing Director at Direct Line Group Martin Stead – Marketing Director at EDF Energy Michele McGrath – Chief Operating Officer at Brand Learning Neil Macgeorge – Former Group Marketing Director at TCC (The Continuity Company) Nigel Holland – Regional President, EMEA at Tata Global Beverages Richard Larcombe – Brand and Marketing Director at Virgin Media Russ Lidstone – Former CEO at Havas Worldwide Sarah Speake – CMO at Clear Channel Steve Parker – CEO at Starcom Mediavest Group Steve Walker – Independent Marketing Consultant at Two Sides Communications Limited Sue Farr – Executive Director at Chime Communications Tim Duffy – CEO at M&C Saatchi
The Marketing Academy Merlin Award Winners 2015
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