Cilla Snowball

Dame Cilla Snowball
DBE
Born Priscilla Deborah Snowball[1]
1958
Occupation Advertising and communications executive

Dame Priscilla Deborah Snowball, DBE, generally known as Cilla Snowball (born October 1958),[2] is Group Chairman and Group Chief Executive 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.[3][4]

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.[5][6] She is Chairman of the Advertising Association.[7]

In February 2013 she was listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.[8]

Honours

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.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Contact and Trustees, Charity Projects (Comic Relief)". Charity Commission. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Priscilla Deborah SNOWBALL - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
  3. ↑ "Cilla Snowball, Chairman". Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO. Retrieved 28 February 2009.
  4. ↑ "Cilla Snowball's Biographical Details". www.opportunitynow.org.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
  5. ↑ Chris Powell and Cilla Snowball honoured, brandrepublic.com; accessed 18 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Chris Powell and Cilla Snowball honoured, marketingmagazine.co.uk; accessed 17 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Women to Watch: Cilla Snowball, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO | Special Report: Women to Watch". AdAge. Retrieved 2017-06-19.
  8. ↑ Radio 4, Woman's Hour Power list, bbc.co.uk; accessed 18 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "No. 61962". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2017. p. B7.
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