The Fellowship Programme
We’re proud to reveal the 15 Fellows who will start the inaugural year of the Fellowship programme this month. Please join us in congratulating the following marketing leaders to the yearlong free programme:
Alex Batchelor, Chief Operating Officer, BrainJuicer Group PLC
Gary Booker, CMO Europe, Telefonica Digital
Abigail Comber, Head of Brand & Marketing, British Airways
Jo Coombs, Managing Director, OgilvyOne
Jeff Dodds, CMO, Virgin Media
Ian Ewart, Managing Director Marketing & Product, Coutts
Kristof Fahy, CMO, William Hill
John Harber, VP EMEA / AsiaPac, Jawbone
Lysa Hardy, CMO, NBTY Europe
Peter Markey, CMO, RSA
Philippa Snare, CMO, Microsoft
Catherine Tabaka, CMO, GE Healthcare
Claire Harrison-Church, Business Unit Director, Premier Foods
Katie Vanneck-Smith, CMO, News UK
Christian Woolfenden, Global Marketing Director, Paddy Power
Click here to read more about them.
Developed in partnership with McKinsey & Co and sponsored by British Airways and ISBA the programme has been designed to accelerate marketing leaders onto Boards and ultimately into CEO roles. The Fellowship Programme kicks off with a residential at McKinsey’s Alpine University in Austria and will continue throughout the year with mentoring from some of the UK’s most successful CEO’s, Chairmen and executive board members and fellows will be supported by programme of coaching led by Wisdom 8. They’ll also attend board level Masterclasses covering all elements of Board stewardship such as corporate finance, organisational development and leading high performance boards. A bespoke masterclass on business law and governance will be delivered by Slaughter & May. We’d like to thank Bioss and the executives of Norman Broadbent, Heidrick & Struggles, Korn Ferry, Egon Zehnder, Spencer Stuart and Grace Blue for their support during the selection process.
The Scholarship – What’s going on!
It’s been a busy few months for the 2013 Scholars So far between them they have attended over 125 mentoring sessions enjoyed lunch at the board tables of 3 CEO’s, and enjoyed bespoke learning days provided by Brand Learning, Google, eatbigfish (http://eatbigfish.com/) and The Living Leader.
During their 2nd boot camp at Moor Hall they heard from CEO’s, Entrepreneurs, Olympic medal winners and leaders from the world of agency’s and business. Keep an eye on our social media over the next few weeks to hear some of the Scholars take outs from the learning’s.
We’ll be opening up nominations for the 2014 Scholarship very soon, so keep an eye on our website and twitter for the November launch
Merlin Lectures
We’ve got some great free learning opportunities coming up that may be suitable for you or a member of your team. Check out our website for information on the events and how to get your free ticket https://themarketingacademy.org/uk/events
Congratulations
There have been some great moves, promotions and awards amongst the Mentors and Alumni over the last few months, so huge congratulations to;
Daryl Fielding (Mentor) – Appointed Director of Brand Marketing at Vodafone
Jenny Ashmore (Mentor) – Appointed CMO at Scottish and Southern Electricity
Jo Blundell (Mentor) – Appointed Global Director of Brand at Regus
Oli Barrett (Mentor and founder of Cospa) – Awarded an MBE
Sarah Warby (Mentor) – Awarded Marketing Society Marketing Leader of the Year
Tom Christie Miller (Selection Panel) – Appointed Marketing Director IOD
Jennifer Elworthy (Alumni) – Appointed Head of Marketing at Freestat
Helen Tupper (Alumni) – Appointed Head of Consumer Insights and Proposition at Virgin. Helen has also been awarded the WACL Future Leaders Award
James Eder (Alumni and Founder of Student Beans) – Awarded ITC Young Entrepreneur Award
Rahul Patel (Alumni) –Appointed Head of Marketing, Avios South Africa
Rajeeb Dey (Scholar and Founder of Enternships) – Awarded Queens Award for Enterprise
News and Events
Go Think Big – Telefonica’s Go Think Big is an amazing organisation aimed at helping young people get a foot on the career ladder. The Marketing Academy is helping provide marketing learning opportunities for young people and if your company can help by providing learning sessions or work experience please check them out here.
The Digital Marketing Show takes place from the 26th-28th of November at Excel. Attendance is free and tickets are available here.
Challenger times – The latest copy of eatbigfish’s Challenger Times is ready for download. It’s essential reading for any brand taking a challenger stance. Details here.
eatbigfish Challenger Training Day – Following the success of their Faculty day with our Scholars eatbigfish have compiled a one-day workshop which explore the strategic principles and personal qualities that underpin successful Challenger brand thinking. For more details click here.
