Governor of the Wellcome Trust, Non-Executive Director of Derwent London and Non-Executive Director of Whitbread plc
Course: BA, French, 1981
Cilla may be of interest to students with an interest in creative careers or working in advertising.
Dame Cilla is a Governor of the Wellcome Trust, a Non-Executive Director of the property investment company Derwent London plc, Non-Executive Director of Whitbread plc and Lay Member of the Council at University of Birmingham. Dame Cilla is the former Group CEO of advertising agency Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, where she worked for 26 years before embarking on her portfolio career in 2019. She graduated in French in 1981 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2017.
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