Marketing Week Meets: Nicola Mendelsohn

Nicola Mendelsohn is Facebook’s Vice-President for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and as such one of the most influential executives at one of the world’s biggest brands and significant marketing channels. Starting her career in advertising BBH in 1992 she rose to business development director before leaving to join Grey London as its deputy chairman in 2004. In 2008 she left to join then independent agency Karmarama as partner and executive chairman, a position she held for five years before leaving to join Facebook. In a wide-ranging interview Mendelsohn discusses:· How she coped when diagnosed with cancer· How BBH’s approach to creativity has helped shape her career· Why more needs to be done to help women reach leadership positions· Brand safety, political advertising, data use and Facebook’s role and responsibility · What Facebook needs to do to restore trust in its brand

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