Cilla Snowball
Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Dame Priscilla Deborah Snowball, DBE, generally known as Cilla Snowball (born October 1958),[1] is Group Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AMV BBDO, an advertising and communications group in the UK. She has worked for Abbott Mead Vickers for 20 years; in senior management positions since 2005, rising to agency head and now country head.[2][3] Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".
Career
After graduating from the Birmingham University in 1981 (BA, French), she moved straight into the world of advertising where she joined Allen Brady Marsh. In 1983, she moved to Ogilvy and Mather before leaving for Abbott Mead Vickers nine years later. There she moved up in the company, taking first the post of Chief Executive, then chairman in 2004 and Group CEO and chairman in 2006.
On the board of BBDO Worldwide, Comic Relief and Birmingham University, she was appointed a CBE for services to advertising in 2009.[4][5] She is Chairman of the Advertising Association.[6]
Other activities
Corporate boards
- Derwent London, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (since 2015)[7]
- RAC Limited, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors (since 2014)[8]
Non-profit organisations
- Genome Research Limited (GRL), Member of the Board of Directors (since 2019)[9][10]
- Wellcome Trust, Member of the Board of Governors (since 2019)[11]
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Recognition
In February 2013 Snowball was listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.[12] She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to advertising, diversity, and equality.[13]
References
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- ↑ Chris Powell and Cilla Snowball honoured, brandrepublic.com; accessed 18 June 2017.
- ↑ Chris Powell and Cilla Snowball honoured, marketingmagazine.co.uk; accessed 17 June 2017.
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- ↑ [1] Derwent London.
- ↑ Ruth David and Aaron Kirchfeld (1 September 2014), Carlyle’s RAC Group Appoints Rake Chairman of Board of Directors Bloomberg News.
- ↑ Board of Directors Genome Research Limited (GRL).
- ↑ Appointments and changes to the Genome Research Limited Board Genome Research Limited (GRL), press release of 9 December 2019.
- ↑ Four new appointments to Wellcome’s Board of Governors Wellcome Trust, press release of 23 August 2019.
- ↑ Radio 4, Woman's Hour Power list, bbc.co.uk; accessed 18 June 2017.
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External links
- Financial Times - The Inventory: Cilla Snowball
- Management Today - Friends in High Places
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- British advertising executives
- Alumni of the University of Birmingham
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Place of birth missing (living people)
- Date of birth missing (living people)