New Chair of Creative Industries Council
Top advertising professional takes up new role.
聽has been appointed Industry Chair of the , a body set up to lead engagement between Government and the creative industries.聽 皇冠体育app Council is also co-chaired by Business Secretary and Culture Secretary .
Nicola Mendelsohn is the Executive Chairman and partner at the advertising agency which she joined in April 2008. She is also the current president of the (the advertising industry trade body), the first woman president in its 95 year history.聽 Prior to Karmarama, Nicola was the Deputy Chairman of Grey London and a Board Director at BBH.
In 2005 she featured in Management Today鈥檚 list of the 鈥楾op 35 Women Under 35鈥�. In May 2011, Nicola was named an 鈥業nternational Woman to Watch鈥� by Advertising Age.
In addition, Nicola is a Director of the Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction, the Chair of the Corporate Board of Women鈥檚 Aid and a Trustee of 皇冠体育app White Ribbon Alliance.
皇冠体育app Creative Industries Council first met in July 2011, and has focused on access to finance, intellectual property protection and building the skills necessary for a successful creative sector. In the future, it will look at the infrastructure required to increase growth in the sector, data and definition of the creative industries, and effective marketing and promotion of the industry. It will meet next in January 2013.