The BIMA Mentoring Council oversees BIMA’s Mentoring Programme, which helps mentees take the next step in digital and provides mentors with valuable skills and experience too.
The council is responsible for building the skills within the BIMA membership to sustain the programme, for promoting the mentoring scheme and demonstrating its effect; and for scaling the programme so that more BIMA members can benefit.
Kate Thrumble, Executive Director, Talent, EMEA and APAC at R/GA
As R/GA EMEA and APAC’s Executive Director of Talent, Kate is responsible for developing, implementing, and leading the people strategy for the office. As a member of the executive team, Kate is also responsible for the talent planning and retention efforts across both regions.
An experienced human resources professional with over 15 years’ experience spanning five industries, Kate joined R/GA from Momentum UK, where she previously headed up the Talent team and was responsible for the full employee life cycle from attraction, retention and exit. Kate was also a board member at Momentum. Throughout her time at Momentum, Kate partnered on a number of global projects leading to greater cohesion and development of standards across many of the different in terms of its people practices. Prior to joining Momentum, Kate worked in-house at Burberry and Hearst Magazines. A well-respected thought leader in the industry, Kate has collaborated with industry organisations such as Creative Equals over the years, as well as being a contributor to industry publications.
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