CEO
UM

A passionate, innovative thinker with significant UK leadership experience, Rachel Forde was appointed CEO of UM UK in July 2018.

Prior to that, as CEO, she led the team that rebranded Mediavest to Spark Foundry in 2017. Rachel has spent the majority of her 20+ year career in London; with a large part across Proctor and Gamble. She notably brought 4 agencies together to form the client dedicated agency model; P&G United: integrating global, regional and local planning and buying, under Starcom Mediavest Group.

Rachel has worked across a wealth of sectors, including several top clients Wyeth, Kraft, Muller, Universal Pictures, Kering and MGRover.

Throughout her career she has led highly diverse teams, which have transformed clients’ businesses and earned numerous awards, judging many awards herself. As an active member of WACL, Rachel is a regular champion of diversity and chair of the Future Leaders Award committee, which recognises rising female talent and supports then with training bursaries. She is also a regular contributor on panels and industry affairs.

Rachel makes a point to hire people who have a passion for work, and a passion for life, but above all, a sense of humour.

At home, she loves rambling around Richmond Park with her husband, 2 girls and dog and as a seasoned traveller, Rachel is always looking out for her next adventure abroad.


Why I am judging the awards... "I am extremely excited to be judging The Drum OOH Awards this year. Imagination, alongside innovative tech, lies at the forefront of the OOH industry. This, coupled with the diverse range of categories included in the awards, means that we are sure to witness some great work.

I’m looking forward to seeing campaigns that, through creativity and consumer insight, have engaged audiences in a unique way. It’s always wonderful to see work that pushes at the boundaries of advertising, and challenges our perception of what we thought was possible."

Judging panel

Curtis Weir

OOH group director
Publicis Media

Kevin Johnson

CEO
MediaCom Canada

Mihir Haria-Shah

Head of Broadcast
Total Media

Michael Provenzano

CEO
Vistar Media

Caroline Moul

President
PHD Toronto

ged glover

Chief Revenue Officer
Alight Media

Nadja Lossgott

Executive Creative Director
AMVBBDO

Danielle Linet

SVP, Marketing and Branding
The Advertising Council, Inc.

heawon yoo

SVP, Marketing
Lightbox

Victoria Daltrey

Creative Director
Mother

Graeme Adams

Head of Media
BT

Shahkeh Petros

business director
Evolve OOH

Fiona Ravlic

National Sales Director
OPEN Media

Louise Stubbings

Creative Director
Clear Channel UK

Emily Scovell

Head of Planning
Mindshare UK

Lucy Cutter

Activation Director
Kinetic WorldWide UK

Lee Bofkin

Co-Founder & CEO
Global Street Art

Michael Inpong

Strategy and Marketing Director
Müller UK & Ireland

Osman Junaid

Global Category Strategy Director
Publicis Media

James Cross

Creative Director
BBC Creative

Naren Patel

Founder
Media For All [MEFA]

Martin Porter

SVP, Managing Director
Posterscope USA