The Marketing Academy welcomes its 2020 Scholars

Thirty marketing executives will take part in this year’s Scholarship, which aims to help them develop the skills they need to take up senior and board-level roles.

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The Marketing Academy has revealed the marketing executives who have made it onto its much coveted Scholarship programme for 2020.

This year, the Scholarship’s 11th, there were a record number of nominations, with 700 marketers from brands, media owners and agencies competing for just 30 places. The programme, which is free, is designed to help emerging marketing leaders develop their skills and prepare them for their journey towards senior and board-level positions. Marketing Week is the academy’s media partner.

The Scholarship will span 12 months this year, rather than nine, to ensure the programme can be delivered in full despite the coronavirus pandemic. It will include virtual sessions and residential boot camps later in the year. It is funded by partners Facebook, KFC, ITV, Accenture, PHD and BT, and includes mentoring sessions with executives including Pearl & Dean CEO Kathryn Jacob, O2 CMO Nina Bibby and Publicis Groupe UK CEO Annette King.

The Marketing Academy’s global CEO, Sherilyn Shackell, says: “This is the first year we can’t greet the new class in person, but we’re very much looking forward to getting to know them virtually. I have a suspicion that 2020 will prove to be a defining year for our entire community and I’m thrilled to be welcoming the new Scholars at a time when the need for connectivity, collaboration and inspiring leadership has never been higher.”

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The 30 marketers attending the UK 2020 Scholarship are:

  • Abbey Mills, client services director, Born Social
  • Adrienne Gammie, marketing director – Johnnie Walker Europe, Diageo
  • Alastair Gibbons, marketing manager, Kerry Group
  • Alicia Jitaru, innovation and portfolio director, Mars
  • Archie Campbell, co-founder, Vidsy
  • Ben Saul-Garner, co-founder, Attachment and Rebel Book Club
  • Berit Block, marketing programme lead EMEA, Facebook
  • Cleo Montague, marketing manager – drama, soaps and ITV3, ITV
  • Emily Outen, marketing manager BT Sport, BT
  • Frances Tulley, strategy and consulting manager, Accenture Interactive
  • George Thole, client services director, Ingenuity London
  • Georgia Protopapa, analytics director, PHD Media
  • Grace Kaye, senior vice-president, Brainlabs
  • Hannah Bourne, marketing director children’s, Penguin Random House
  • Hannah Lury, head of communications strategy, planning and media, Three UK
  • Jack Hinchliffe, marketing director, KFC UK & Ireland
  • Jacqui Grimsey-Jones, UK marketing director, ClearScore
  • James Hay, managing director UK & Europe, Barrows Global
  • Joe Glover, founder, The Marketing Meet Up
  • Laura McLachlan, director of marketing and fundraising, Worldwide Cancer Research
  • Laura Varnam, head of partnerships, m/SIX
  • Liam Angel, senior brand manager Lucozade Sport, Lucozade Ribena Suntory
  • Madelaine Allen, head of Axiom Europe, The Creative Engagement Group
  • Natalie Benoy, head of UK devices and services partner marketing, Google
  • Olivia Martyn, brand marketing lead, growth, Founders Factory
  • Robert Gill, head of group CRM and loyalty, MoneySuperMarket
  • Sam Williams, strategy director, AMV BBDO
  • Sarah Atkins, head of marketing, L’Oréal UK & Ireland
  • Sherice Harris, global senior brand manager, Pentland Brands
  • Will Hooker, new business director, Havas Media

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