2026 Programme
Creative legends. Marketing mavericks. Inspiring content creators. They're all taking the stage at Cannes Lions 2026.
The Climb Marketing Club
The Marketing Mentoring Experience
Tuesday 23 June, 14:15–15:15
Overview
Speakers
Description:
The World's Best Marketing Mentoring Experience is a world-premiere experience created exclusively for Cannes Lions 2026. Built on insights from CLIMB, a book drawn from 200 interviews with global leaders, it connects delegates directly with top CMOs in a high-energy, round-robin format.
Structured around six career-defining pillars, from resilience to personal branding, delegates rotate every 15 minutes gaining practical tools and real conversations. No slides. No panels. Just honest mentoring at scale, with inclusion at its heart.
Questions this session will answer:
- What are the six core capabilities that separate extraordinary marketing careers from ordinary ones?
- How can you break through barriers, build your personal brand and access the networks that will accelerate your career?
- How do the world's top CMOs navigate failure, reinvention and high-stakes leadership, and what can you take from their experience into your own career?
Content Stream
Talent & Culture
The people and practices behind creative organisations that thrive.
Ritchie Mehta
The Climb Marketing Club
Founder
Mark Evans
The Climb Marketing Club
Coach, Mentor, Consultant, Chairman
Cecilia Mondino
Heineken
CMO Heineken Brazil
Ben Carter
Carwow
Chief Customer, Marketing and Media Officer
Alessandra de Dreuille
Kraft Heinz
Meals Marketing, Commercial and R&D Director
Leyal Eskin Yilmaz
The Magnum Ice Cream Company
CMO Europe & ANZ, Head of Global Brands Heartbrand & Cornetto
Rustom Dastoor
Mastercard
Executive VP, Head of Marketing & Communications, Americas
Khensani Nobanda
Nedbank
CMO
Cynthia Clevenger
Tubi
SVP, B2B Marketing
Nikos Bartzoulianos
Grohe (LIXIL)
Global CMO & Growth Leader
Tags
- Talent & Culture
- Interactive