Marketing Week Meets: Cindy Gallop

Cindy Gallop is a consultant, entrepreneur and activist. She is also one of the highest profile figures in the advertising industry. After bowing out of advertising in 2005 following a stint as president and chair of BBH in the US, she set up a brand consultancy and several businesses including MakeLoveNotPorn, the “world’s first user-generated social sex video-sharing platform”. She is a passionate advocate for diversity in the ad industry and stamping out the sexual abuse and harassment she believes is common. In this podcast, Gallop discusses the business case for diversity, the virtues of being self-employed and why pornography is currently substitute for sex education. Highlights include: · Why you should work out your values before your career choice · Why the ad industry’s glory days could still be ahead · The folly of ageism · Why 45 is the age to leave corporate life