The IPA has rewarded six advertising professionals for their “outstanding” service to the industry as well as for raising the reputation of the sector at large in its very own version of the New Year’s Honours.
Former CEO of The Gate Jamie Elliott, who is also honorary secretary of the IPA Council, has received an IPA fellowship, while honorary fellowships go to ex-Tesco chief and former president of the Advertising Association Alessandra Bellini, Ofcom chair Lord Michael Grade, former IPA director of agency value Joyce Kelso, D&AD chairman Tim Lindsay and Barb and Digital Cinema Media chairman Nigel Sharrocks.
IPA director general Paul Bainsfair said: “Announcing our New Year Honours is one of the favourite parts of my role, because it gives me the opportunity to celebrate the incredible people that make up our industry, and to thank them for their immense contributions to it.
“Alessandra, Jamie, Joyce, Michael, Nigel and Tim have all had extraordinary careers in advertising and media, and they have each worked tirelessly throughout their careers to make adland a better, bigger and more successful place. Congratulations to you all.”
The six awardees join 41 other “faces” to be honoured in the IPA New Year Honours since 2019, a list which reads like a who’s who of the industry.
The previous honourees are Rosie Arnold, Belinda Beeftink, Jenny Biggam, Karen Blackett, Chris Byron, Helen Calcraft, Damian Collins MP, Patrick Collister, Tony Cullingham, Magnus Djaba, Mel Edwards, Annie Gallimore, Jan Gooding, Sarah Golding, Sir John Hegarty, Matt Hill, Johnny Hornby, Pip Hulbert, Carl Johnson, Catherine Kehoe, Annette King, Josh Krichefski, Vicki Maguire, Alex Mahon, Patrick Mills, Sebastian Munden, James Murphy, Mark Read, Mark Ritson, Nishma Patel Robb, Trevor Robinson, Charlie Rudd, Aline Santos, Ridley Scott, Jeremy Sinclair CBE, Dame Cilla Snowball, Philip Thomas, Charles Vallance, Nigel Vaz, Michael Wall and Keith Weed.
A further 41 individuals have been celebrated in the IPA Summer Honours since 2019 for their services to the advertising industry and to the IPA.
The honourees are Dan Appleby, Adam Ben-Yousef, Michael Brown, Peter Buckley, Lindsey Clay, Phil Coverdale, Sarah Ellis, Rhian Feather, Vicky Fox, Neil Godber, Simon Harwood, Neil Henderson, Sera Holland, Jackie Holt, Kate Howe, Janet Hull, Sarah Jenkins, Margaret Jobling, Simon Jones, Tim Jones, Jon Kershaw, Valerie Ludlow, Chris Macleod, Tony Mattson, Dame Carolyn McCall, Sheila Mitchell, Marc Nohr, James Pais, David Payne, Sam Phillips, Andy Reid, Lynne Robinson, Richard Shotton, Harjot Singh, Lisa Thompson, Amelia Torode, Sue Unerman, Nicky Unsworth, David Wheldon, Steve Wilcox and Orlando Wood.
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