Women in Advertising and Communications, London (WACL) has been in existence since 1923. It currently consists of 265 of the most senior women from the fields of advertising and communications, marketing, media and associated trade bodies. Current members include Dame Carolyn McCall CEO of ITV, Nicola Mendelsohn, VP EMEA Facebook and Dame Cilla Snowball, Retired Group CEO & Group Chairman AMV BBDO, among others.
Our 2020/21 campaigning focus is on flexible working, leading with our call for organisations to commit to being #FlexibleFirst. Flexible working is a primary influencing factor in closing the gender pay gap, ultimately delivering gender equality in our industry and beyond.
The WACL Talent Award (previously known as the Future Leaders Award) is a grant scheme for emerging future female leaders working in media, marketing, advertising and communications. It’s awarded by WACL in partnership with NABS.
We work in an incredibly exciting profession. But it can also be an extremely challenging one. NABS understands that it’s often hard to keep up in a business that’s constantly evolving. So we’re here to bring out the best in you.
WACL’s Gather 2019 conference came to London’s Kings Place this year with a typically eclectic mixture of sessions: provocative keynote speakers, training, live music, panel discussions and speed mentoring sparked by the theme of Changemakers.
Gather 2020 is on May 21 next year at Kings Place.
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Find out what WACL members think about the club, our purpose and the work that WACL does in the industry.
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Tesco PLC
Chief Customer Officer
Livity
CEO
Channel 4
Chief Executive
Ali Bucknall Planning and Research
Unilever
Global EVP of Marketing and Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Chief Strategy Officer
Co-op
Customer Director
Google
Director, Lifestyle Retail
VMLY&R UK
Managing Director
VMLY&R UK
Managing Director
The Crown Estate
Place, Brand & Marketing Lead
Various - Tesco Bank, The British Buisness Bank
Portfolio NED -various
Independent
Founder, The Fawnbrake Collective
Centaur Media Plc
CEO
CMI (Chartered Management Institute)
Chief Executive
Wavemaker UK
Chief Operating Officer
The Allbright Group Ltd
Co Founder
Publicis Groupe UK
CEO
NED/Consultant
John Lewis
Marketing Director
O2 / Telefonica
Director, Brand & Marcoms
Sky
Director of Advertising Partners
Facebook
Regional Creative Director EMEA
Anomaly
CEO & Partner
proquo ai
Chair
MBWW
CEO. EMEA
Caroline Marshall & Partners
Founder
Chief Marketing Officer - Freelance / Consultant
CEO, Investor, Founder
Leo Burnett
Chief Creative Officer
NABS
Director of Fundraising
Portfolio Non-Executive Director
The Girls Schools Trust
CEO
Leonardo Advisory
Founding Partner
Campaign
Global Editor In Chief
Enders Analysis
Founder
Virgin
Global Brand and People Experience Director
Direct Line - Business
Marketing Director
Snap Inc
VP, International
MediaCom
Chief Client Officer
Various
CEO of The Marketing Academy Foundation
Digital Cinema Media
Sales Director
The Extraordinary Club
Co-Founder -
Sky
Group Chief Marketing and Corporate Affairs Officer
Ebiquity
UK Managing Director
Britain Thinks
Director
Bish Bosh Bash
Founder Partner
NABS
Chief Executive, NABS
The Walt Disney Company
Vice President Marketing, Media Networks, Europe & Africa
Boots
Chair, D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership
The Stylist Group
CEO
Domino's UK & Ireland
Chief Marketing Officer
Group Chief Creative Officer
NatWest Group (formerly RBS)
Brand Marketing Director
DAS Group of Companies
President Europe
Leadership Coaching Ltd
Director
Hamptons International
Head of Marketing & PR
Hearts&Science
Chief Executive Officer
Various
Portfolio Non-Executive Director
L'Oreal
Media Director
Active International
COO - International Division
Nurture and Partners
Co-Founder
MKTG and PSI
Chief Client Officer Posterscope
Informa plc, Camelot, Oxford Internet Institute
NED
Karmarama
Managing Partner
Adam&eveDDB
Global Planning Partner
Lemongrass Green and Cloudbreak Spirits
co-founder
Lucky Generals
Founding Partner
Boots UK & ROI
Marketing Director
Reach PLC, St Ives PLC and Skipton Building Society
Non Executive Director
Mars Pet Nutrition UK
General Manager
Outdoor Plus
Chief Client Officer
SYZYGY
CEO
The Brooklyn Brothers
Founding Partner & CEO
Executive Coach, Non-executive Chair, Columnist
23red
Founding Partner & Chief Executive
MRS
CEO
BBC
Brand Director
IAB UK
COO
MediaCom
VP EMEA and Chair of MediaCom Sport & Entertainment and KR MediaCom
MARS Global chocolate
CMO
Hearst UK
Chief Commercial Officer
IPA
IPA Director of Marketing Strategy and Chair AA/DIT Promote UK
Creative Consulting
Head of Brand & Creative, Middlesex University;
Marketing With Insight
Non-Executive Board Director and Board Advisor
HSBC
Global Head of Digital Communications
M/SIX Agency
CEO
MullenLowe London
Chief Strategy Officer
Reach plc
Chief Marketing Officer & Director of Invention
Big Green Door
CEO (Acting)
Publicis Groupe UK
Chief Operating Officer
Brilliant & Different Ltd
Digital specialist, advisor, consultant, coach
Welsh Water
Non Executive Director/Chair
Chime
COO
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment
Managing Director
GDST
Director of Marketing, Communications and Philanthropy
Stripe Communications
Founder & CEO
Mumsnet & Gransnet
CEO and Founder
WPP
UK Country Manager, WPP + Chairwoman, UK+ Ireland, MediaCom
McCann Manchester
CEO
L'Oreal
General Manager
AdWorks
Co-founder
BBH
CEO
Digital Cinema Media
CEO
Anomaly
Partner, Global CEO
Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide
Chairwoman & Global Chief Creative Officer
ITV
Director of Client Strategy and Planning
The Lighthouse Company
CEO/Founder
Pearl & Dean Cinemas Ltd
Chief Executive
Lucky Generals
CEO
Vodafone Global Enterprise
Head of Marketing
BBC
Chief Customer Officer
Direct Line Group
Brands Director
AAR
Chair
Chair and NED
Chairman, The Foundling Museum; Non-Executive Director, Saxton Bampfylde; Non-Executive Director L&Q Group; Non-Executive Director, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
Now
CEO
Grey
Founder/Chief Creative Officer
Facebook
Director. Global Categories and Clients
Exley Hervey Ltd
Chief Executive
NED/Consultant
Independent
WPP
Chief Client Officer
Thinkbox
CEO
Virgin Management
Chief Brand Officer
Conker
Founder
Karmarama
Chief Operating Officer
jointlondon.com
Founder
Kantar Media
CEO, EMEA
Fuse
CEO
Uncommon Creative Studio Limited
Founder Uncommon
Leagas Delaney
Group CEO
VCCP Media
Chief Strategy Officer
Brand Potential
Founder & CEO
Wunderman
Global CEO
Writer / Trustee
CEO
Tesco
Group Brand Director
Geometry
Starcom
Managing Director
Utopia
Co-Founder
CEO
The Guardian News and Media
Director of Client Leadership and Vertical Sales
Taking a career break
MRM McCann
Chairwoman/CCO
Facebook
VP EMEA
Kinetic
The Active Strategist / Eve Sleep
Brand storydesign consultancy / NED
Ogilvy UK
Chief Marketing Officer
Google
Marketing Director
White Stuff
Customer Director
UK
CEO
Facebook
CMO EMEA
Wunderman Thompson UK
Chief Executive Officer
Dentsu Aegis
CEO, Amplifi UK
M&C Saatchi
Communications Director
BskyB
Director of Partnerships - Sky UK
UM UK
CEO
Quiet Storm
CEO and Partner
ITV PLC
Director of Marketing & Media- ITV Network
BrandCap
Portfolio Director and Chairman
Portfolio
Non Executive Director
My own consultancy
Culture and Inclusion Specialist
Advertising Week
Managing director, global education & development
Godmother London
Founder
UK
Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer with CMO background - taking a break
Nationwide Building Society
Chief Marketing Officer
TBWA
CEO
Amazing If
Co-Founder
The&Partnership UK
CEO and Partner
Saatchi & Saatchi
Managing DIrector
Global
Partnerships Director
Speake Up Ltd
Founder
MediaCom
Public Health England
Marketing Director
McCann London
CEO
The Marketing Society
CEO
VCCP Ignite
CEO
Mccann London
Media Trust
Chief Executive
Publicis Media UK
Chief Executive Officer
Oystercatchers
Executive Director Xeim, Chair Oystercatchers
DIAGEO
Chief Marketing Officer
adamandeveDDB
CEO
Tanya Joseph Consulting
Founder and director
London Sport
CEO
Newsworks
Executive Chair
Hall & Partners
Global CEO
Newsworks
CEO, Consultant, NED
PHD Media
CEO
Executive Creative Director
Coley Porter Bell
CEO
AAR
CEO
Young's Seafood Ltd
Marketing Director
UKTV
Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Go Compare
Chief Marketing Director
Water Babies International
Board Director
Now Retired & Consulting Occasionally
Let's Talk FRESH Ltd
Managing Director
Artdirectyourlife
Managing Partner
The Rooster Ltd
Director
Creative Advertising Consultant
BrandsAreBest Ltd
Consultant
Sun Tzu Associates
Management Consultant
Caryl Harris Associates
Managing Director
Walker Media
Ex - Chairman
Discover-London-on-foot.com
Consultant
Women Interest Group
Executive Group Publishing Director
Dalmore Communications
Founder
Advertising & Marketing Consultant
Independent Consultant and Founding Member 7after6
Consultant
Retired
Non Executive Director
Goldpollen
Non-Executive Chairman & Board Advisor, Founder Goldpollen Strategy & Leadership Consulting
Archive of Market and Social Research
Chairman
Deputy Chair, Channel4
Retired
Baskin Shark
Planning Consultant
Rhetoric
The Kennett Consultancy
Founder
Creative Counsel
Founder
Special Projects Director Freelance
Consultant
ABC
Chairman
Various Publicly Listed and Private Companies
Non-Executive Chair and Non-Executive Director
Chime Communications ltd
Special Advisor
The Virgo Consultancy
Consultant
Consultant
The Commonland
Director
Non-Executive Director
LeMay Consulting
Director
ITV plc
CEO
Portfolio Director
The British Council
Chairman
Thinkbox
Chair
Getty Images
CEO
Google
Director of Global retail partnerships, Google Play
Ogilvy
WPP Global Client Leader, Team IHG
Consulting in 2017/18 to: Publicis Groupe, Havas, We Are Social and WPP
Publicis Groupe
EVP Global Clients
MEC
J. Walter Thompson Company
CEO, Worldwide
WildPress
Director
WACL Ltd
Financial Administrator
MihaiCode.com
Web Administrator
WildPress
Web Developer
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