Cilla Snowball CBE

Group Chairman and Group Chief Executive of AMV BBDO

Fact title	Fact data
Professional Field	Business, Media
Born	1958
Place of Birth	Staffordshire
Education	School of St Mary and St Anne, Abbots Bromley; Birmingham University

Cilla Snowball became CEO of advertising and communications group AMV BBDO in 2006. Her first jobs in advertising were with Allen Brady Marsh and Ogilvy and Mather. She moved to AMV (Abbott Mead Vickers) in 1992. She held a number of senior positions in the company before becoming Chairman in 2006. She is on the board of BBDO Worldwide and was awarded a CBE in 2009.

She has been a Lay Member of the Council of Birmingham University since 2010 and a Trustee of Comic Relief since 2011.