Accelerate Multicultural Leadership Programme
In 2019, 97% of CEOs in the UK’s advertising and media industry were white. It’s time for change. Accelerate is a unique six-module programme that supports and mentors 30 diverse new leaders and 60 multicultural junior-midweight employees through workshops with some of the industry's best-known names: leaders that look like them, sound like them and have experienced their struggles. Accelerate is changing the way our industry looks.
”I completed the Accelerate programme feeling more sure than ever that I know who I am, what my identity is and what values really matter to me. Accelerate allowed me to pick apart every self-doubt I ever had in a safe and supportive environment.” - Balj Le Fleur, MediaCom
Shining The Light On Diverse Talent
With an advisory board of industry titans, an incredible cohort of candidates and a circular mentoring scheme to help the next generation of multicultural leaders, Accelerate has been making waves in the industry since its inception.
The programme is led by Lydia Amoah, founder of The Black Pound Report. It is also supported by an advisory panel of industry executives from companies including News UK, Spotify, the BBC, Oystercatchers, Google UK, Wavemaker, Dazed and Confused, Mediacom and others.