What you need to know:

• The Marketing Academy Australia has announced the 30 industry executives who will be the 2022 Scholars.
• They will receive one-on-one mentoring from some of the biggest names in the marketing business, as well as attend three “boot camps”, see an Executive Coach, and join lectures and masterclasses.

Thirty marketing executives from brands, agencies, media owners and start-ups have been selected to join The Marketing Academy’s Scholarship Program in 2022.

The program includes one-to-one mentoring from board-level industry executives like Kristi Woolrych, KFC CMO; Anubha Sahasrabuddhe, CMO of Lion; Telstra CMO Jeremy Nicholas; ANZ CMO Sweta Mehra; Arnott’s CMO Jenni Dill; Tourism Australia CMO Susan Coghill; Peter Horgan, CEO of Omnicom Media Group; Stuart Tucker, CMO of Hipages; IPG Mediabrands CEO Mark Coad; Brent Smart, CMO of IAG; Coles CMO Lisa Ronson; and Leisa Bacon, the ABC’s Director of Audiences.

It's the eighth year of the program, which has 210 alumni.

Scholars receive mentoring, are assigned an Executive Coach, attend three “Boot Camps”, and join lectures and masterclasses from global experts.

“It is deeply gratifying to see that the marketing, media and advertising industry remains committed to developing the skills and leadership capability of its talent through its ongoing support of The Marketing Academy in Australia,” The Marketing Academy Founder & Global CEO, Sherilyn Shackell, said.

“This years’ cohort, our 8th in Australia, represents the calibre and potential of the remarkable emerging leaders in this country yet again.”

OMD co-CEO Laura Nice, a 2020 Scholar, said in a statement: “Program doesn’t do it justice – it’s membership to a money can’t buy club, some would say cult and they’d be right.”

The program is funded by Google, Commonwealth Bank, KFC, IAG, Salesforce, Deloitte Digital and Dentsu.

The Marketing Academy Australia Scholarship Class of 2022 includes:

• Patrick Barbaro, Head of Group Media, Coles
• Renata Bertram, VP ANZ Marketing, Salesforce
• Emily Cook, Head of Client Partnerships, Dentsu ANZ
• Ben Coverdale, Founder, March One
• Katie Dally, General Manager, Thinkerbell
• Jessica Farahar, Marketing Manager, KFC
• EJ Gamboa, Head of Performance Media, Vodafone Australia
• Mateusz Glazewski, Group Digital Strategy Director (AU), MediaCom Worldwide
• Ruth Haffenden, Managing Partner, The Works
• Elly Hewitt, Managing Director, Alt Shift
• Sophie Hirst, Brand & Reputation Marketing, Google
• Anna Jackson, Creative Strategy Manager – Marketing, IAG
• Tobias Johnstone, Executive Manager, Audience & Growth, REA Group
• John Kerrison, Director Media and Social Brand Digital & Comms, NSW Department of Customer Service
• Marisa Laria, Marketing & Communications Manager, Revlon
• Jade Lish, Portfolio Marketing Manager, Global Brands, Mars Food
• Andrew May, Chief Growth Officer, V2 Food
• Philippa Moig, Business Director, OMD Australia
• Benjamin Montague, Head of Brand, Integrated Campaigns & Experiences APAC, IBM
• Chris Murphy, General Manager, The Hallway
• Philippa NoileaTani, Chief Investment Officer, Wavemaker
• Krishma Sood, Marketing Manager Shapes, Arnotts
• Ed Steiner, Managing Partner, Hall & Partners
• Rebecca Tearle, Group Marketing Manager Business Awards, Telstra
• Emma Terry, CMO, Tourism Tasmania
• Kate Thomas, Marketing Director, Aje
• Dan Tintner, Partner, Deloitte Digital
• Katreena Tyson, Executive Manager Brand Strategy, CommBank
• Tanya Vragalis, Managing Director, TBWA
• Debbie Wine, CMO ANZ, Zip