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Women in advertising: ‘Our success is contagious’

Impact BBDO – Egypt's CEO Naila Fattouh talks to Campaign Middle East about DEI beyond top-down strategies and recruitment metrics, and what needs to be done to drive meaningful change.

Naila Fattouh, CEO, Impact BBDO – Egypt. women in advertisingNaila Fattouh, CEO, Impact BBDO – Egypt.

Is diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) merely a top-down strategic initiative or is it also becoming increasingly embedded within the organisational mindsets and cultural transformation to support women?
As long as DEI initiatives continue to bring in major rewards to agencies and clients alike, we will continue to see it playing a pivotal role within the agency culture. Bringing more women to the forefront across more functions, newer roles and ‘unexpected’ positions has proved extremely effective for agency growth across the board. This efficacy will be the push that forces managements across the region to continue to support DEI initiatives and cultures. Ultimately, all we need is to


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the authorAnup Oommen
Anup Oommen is the Editor of Campaign Middle East at Motivate Media Group, a well-reputed moderator, and a multiple award-winning journalist with more than 15 years of experience at some of the most reputable and credible global news organisations, including Reuters, CNN, and Motivate Media Group. As the Editor of Campaign Middle East, Anup heads market-leading coverage of advertising, media, marketing, PR, events and experiential, digital, the wider creative industries, and more, through the brand’s digital, print, events, directories, podcast and video verticals. As such he’s a key stakeholder in the Campaign Global brand, the world’s leading authority for the advertising, marketing and media industries, which was first published in the UK in 1968.