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Applications Now Open for The Marketing Academy APAC 2025 Fellowship Program
05 Feb
The Marketing Academy APAC CMO Fellowship Program is an 8-month board level mentoring, coaching and executive development program, geared to developing today’s Chief Marketing Officers into tomorrow’s CEOs.
Now in its 13th year in Europe, and 6th year in the US, and 3rd year in APAC, The Fellowship Program has transformed the careers of world-leading Chief Marketing Officers and boasts over 300 CMO Alumni from companies such as; Amazon, IBM, Emirates Group, HSBC, Starbucks, Cisco, Adidas, GE, Diageo and Unilever.
The highly exclusive board level program is run in partnership with McKinsey & Company, sponsored around the world by Salesforce, TikTok & The Brandtech Group and delivered by renowned non-profit organization: The Marketing Academy.
APAC Fellows will benefit from a comprehensive knowledge curriculum delivered by McKinsey & Company and subject matter experts. The program includes masterclasses covering the full CEO and board stewardship spectrum, immersive CMO to CEO leadership journey led by global CMO leadership expert Thomas Barta, executive coaching with individual one-to-one sessions led by Wisdom8 & Oscar Trimboli, mentoring sessions with high profile business leaders and peer-to-peer learning with an exclusive peer group.
Sherilyn Shackell, Founder & Global CEO of The Marketing Academy, said:“We’re inviting top Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) from across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to take part in this exclusive one-of-a-kind leadership program designed to accelerate their path to the CEO role. This initiative highlights the growing influence of marketing leaders in shaping business strategy at the highest level. With strong interest expected from CMOs in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, India, China, Japan, and beyond, we’re excited to connect with visionary marketers ready to take the next step in their leadership journey.”
The APAC Fellowship Program will require around 12-day commitment from appointed ‘Fellows’ between July 2025 & March 2026, including participation in three Residential events in Sydney and two other Asia Pacific locations.
The Marketing Academy will award places to a maximum of 20 CMOs and high achieving marketing leaders following a rigorous selection process. Attendance for those selected is free of charge.
The APPIES is an annual event that presents a rare opportunity for creative, media, digital and marketing agencies or brands to present their best campaigns to the industry.
This is the only event where Live Presentations meets Live Judging.
Similar to TED Talks, The APPIES is the chance for great presenters with outstanding work to show it off to some of the industry’s most important industry leaders.
This year’s winners will receive Gold, Silver or Bronze trophies for 21 categories, and 6 special Best of Best categories (red trophies) that require no submissions!
Campaign entries must have run between June 2024 to May 2025
