{"id":22799,"date":"2021-03-22T03:05:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T03:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.phdmedia.com_\/australia\/?p=22799"},"modified":"2021-03-22T03:05:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T03:05:59","slug":"phd-elyse-foley-selected-for-academy-australias-scholarship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phdmedia.com\/australia\/phd-elyse-foley-selected-for-academy-australias-scholarship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"PHD&#8217;s Elyse Foley Selected For Academy Australia&#8217;s Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Following a competitive three stage selection process, The Marketing Academy Australia has selected the 30 marketing executives from client-side brands, media owners, agencies and start-ups who will attend its 2021 Scholarship Program.<\/p>\n<p>This free but highly selective development program for the best talent in the industry is designed to utilize the collective knowledge of C Suite executives to develop the Scholars\u2019 skills and prepare them for their journey towards board-level business leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Now entering its seventh year in Australia, there are 180 alumni of the program who frequently describe the experience as \u2018transformational\u2019 and \u2018life-changing\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The program includes one-to-one mentoring with an enviable line up of board-level executives including; Anubha Sahasrabuddhe, CMO, Lion; Jeremy Nicholas, CMO, Telstra; Sweta Mehra, CMO, ANZ; Melissa Hopkins CMO, Optus; Mark Coad, CEO, IPG Mediabrands; Nikki Warburton Chief Customer and Marketing Officer, Audi; Lisa Ronson, CMO, Coles and Leisa Bacon, Director of Audiences at ABC.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to mentoring, Scholars are each assigned an Executive Coach, attend three residential \u2018Boot Camps\u2019 packed with inspirational speakers, and attend lectures &amp; masterclasses hosted by renowned experts from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Each appointed Scholar will also receive 10 places for their teams and colleagues to enroll in a recently launched online development program \u2018The Marketing Academy Virtual Campus\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Marketing Academy Founder &amp; Global CEO, Sherilyn Shackell, said, \u201cit\u2019s so exciting to be appointing the 7th cohort of the Scholarship in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe support we\u2019re continually given by our incredible mentors, coaches, partners and speakers is remarkable and demonstrates the desire &amp; need to place talent development at the heart of brands and agencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith over 750 Alumni of our programs around the world we\u2019re witnessing, every day, the phenomenal impact that comes as a result of investing in our talent, impact for them, their employers and industry itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Marketing Academy Australia Scholarship Program is funded in 2021 by long term partners Google, Commonwealth Bank, KFC, IAG and new global partners Salesforce.<\/p>\n<p>The Marketing Academy Australia Scholarship Class of 2021:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adam Long, Strategy Consultant, The Ethical CEO<\/li>\n<li>Amy Read, Executive Manager, Customer Marketing, REA Group<\/li>\n<li>Anna Rallos, Marketing Innovation Lead, Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG)<\/li>\n<li>Brittany Kury, Senior Brand &amp; Marketing Manager, BPay Group<\/li>\n<li>Brook Miller, Client Services Director, Apparent<\/li>\n<li>Claire Fenner, National MD &amp; Partner, Atomic212<\/li>\n<li>Duncan McGrath, Head of SMB Ads Marketing, Google<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elyse Foley, Business Director, PHD<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Fern Canning Brook, Managing Director, Integrated Solutions, Edelman Australia<\/li>\n<li>Hayley Walton, Head of Marketing, Samsung<\/li>\n<li>Heath Evans, Marketing and Communications Manager \u2013 Melbourne Accelerator Program, Melbourne University<\/li>\n<li>James Bartold, Commercial &amp; 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