Turning the marketing talent of today into the leaders of tomorrow
The Marketing Academy is a non-profit organisation developing leadership capability in talented marketers from the Marketing, Advertising and Communications industries through mentoring coaching and intensive learning. The Marketing Academy programs are provided free of charge.
The Marketing Academy would not be possible without our incredible partner companies all around the world: Accenture Song, Amazon, Arnotts, Bazaarvoice, BT, Cartology, Commonwealth Bank, Deloitte Digital, Dentsu, Google, IAG, ITV, KFC, Mars, McKinsey & Company, Optus, PHD, REA Group, Snap Inc., Zapnito. Special thanks also go to Thomas Barton, Oscar Trimboli, Freuds Communications, The Living Leader and Wisdom8.
This highly selective, yet free program equips CMOs and Marketing leaders with the tools, knowledge and insight to move onto Boards and into MD / CEO roles.
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The Marketing Academy US Scholarship Program is a 9 month development program for the best emerging leadership talent in Marketing, Media and Advertising.
Latest News
We are thrilled to announce The Marketing Academy’s US Scholarship Class of 2025!
After a highly competitive selection process, we picked 30 emerging leaders from marketing, media, advertising and communications to join our prestigious Scholarship program. Over the next 9 months, Scholars will enjoy one-to-one mentoring from industry…
The Marketing Academy UK
The UK Scholarship Program launched in 2010 and is sponsored by Facebook, Virgin Atlantic, BT, PHD, Accenture and ITV.
The Marketing Academy Australia
The Australia Scholarship Program launched in 2015 and is sponsored by Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Google Australia, NewsCorp, Samsung, KFC Global and Facebook.
Who's Involved
We are extremely proud of the vast amount of support built up from over 150 people who work with the Academy on a voluntary basis to help develop and teach our future business leaders
Featured Mentor

Aditya ‘Adi’ Sehgal, Founder, Asgard.world
Aditya ‘Adi’ Sehgal is an experienced business leader and the founder of Asgard.world, a pre-launch gamified AI-driven marketplace that seamlessly…
Featured Team

Meg Stone, Marketing and Operations Executive
Meg joined The Marketing Academy in March 2025 as Marketing and Operations Executive. Prior to this, she divided her time…
Featured Coach

Kate Lloyd
Kate is a consultant, executive coach and facilitator who works with leaders and teams to strengthen their impact and navigate…