Charlotte Ellingham

Senior Account Manager

Best pitch presenter you’ve ever seen  

Carsten Thode

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Best sports marketing campaign (that wasn’t yours) 

Heads Together. A very

important campaign particularly with their work in football

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Best agency (that isn’t yours)

W&K, Matta. W&K for their inspiring Nike work

and Matta for how they are challenging the status quo.

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Best young industry talent 

Xenia Hughes at Right Formula. She’s eager to learn

and incredibly tenacious. A young talent who will go far

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Best sporting event attended

Women’s Vitality World Cup, watching England

Women play at Lee Valley in front of that crowd that size was a dream come true

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Best sporting event on TV

The Olympic Games. It’s one of the few events which

turns everyone into a sport expert, and transcends that moment in time to bring

everyone together

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Best brand ambassador 

Roger Federer

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Best Industry Event or Conference

Sports Industry Awards

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Best film containing a scene depicting the sports 

Jerry Maguire, ‘Show

me the money!’

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Best book recommendation

Open by Andre Agassi

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Best pub or bar

Long Bar in Raffles Hotel, Singapore

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Best restaurant

Hakkasan in Abu Dhabi

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Best holiday resort

Anywhere on the Cote d’Azur

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Best box set

The Crown on Netflix but a recent contender is The Last Dance

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Best influence on your career

I have been lucky to have some great managers who I have been able to learn from

and have guided me during my career this includes; Jo Robinson, Chris Coles, Adam Shapland, David Gerty and Andy Stone

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Best dinner companions (min 4, max 6)

Jennifer Aniston, Duchess of Cambridge,

David Attenborough, Dina Asher-Smith and Mary Berry

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Best job in the sports biz 

Head of Marketing at the IOC

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Best professional regret

We all have them but they only stay as regrets if you

don’t learn from them

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Best skill you most covet

Attention to detail and Integrity

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Best trait you admire in others 

Being able to hold a room

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Best overrated virtue

Patience, some have too much and some have too little

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Best ambition 

To work for/with the IOC

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