Emerging Leaders 2020
Despite 2020’s trials and tribulations, this year’s Emerging Leaders demonstrated clear signs of leadership in their nominations. Their involvement within the broader industry and passion to uplift not only themselves, but their peers, was impressive.
To years Emerging Leaders list, we asked bosses or direct reports to share the nominees’ key achievements so far, the skills they possess that show they are an Emerging Leader, and to share a challenge they were they overcame . We to detail how the nominee is involved within the industry beyond their daily role at work and why they deserved to be nominated as an Emerging Leader.
AdNews and our phenomenal panel of judges were blown away by the high calibre of entries showcasing the industry’s depth of talent and a promising future with these people leading the way.
The Emerging Leader will receive an executive coaching program of eight coaching sessions from The Transition Coach, with an opportunity to work on their professional goals and leadership development.
And the winners are…
Rebecca Drummond Strategy Director, Wavemaker, Sydney
Rebecca has made it her mission to drive purpose and change beyond her “nine-to-five”. To improve mental health and wellbeing at work, Rebecca proactively launched a GroupM wellness initiative that prompted 600+ staff to make it a KPI. She also launched Wavemaker Passion Projects with the aim of nurturing young Wavemaker talent. The initiative gives $200 annually to each employee to fuel a passion beyond work. During the past summer’s horrific bushfires, she also co-founded Smoggys, a brand of brightly patterned face masks, to fund
