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Event: Making a Manager

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18 June 2019 18:00-21:00 London

The BD & Marketing team at Ambition is excited to bring you a brand new event to help you prepare to step up into your first Marketing Manager, Business Development Manager or Bids Manager role within a Professional Services firm.

We have a number of exceptional Senior BD and Marketing professionals lined up to speak at the event, who will be sharing their stories, advice and top tips on what has worked for them and what you should be doing now to help position yourself for that next promotion to Management.

Topics we will be discussing include:

  • What's the difference between an Executive and a Manager? 
  • How to engage with Partners / Senior Stakeholders
  • Understanding your firm's strategic vision


You will also have the opportunity to pick their brains and ask them any questions you may have.


Who is this event for?

This event is exclusively aimed at those who are currently working in a Marketing, BD or Bids related role as an Executive or Senior Executive within a Professional Services firm and have the ambition to become a Manager in the not too distant future.

Who are the speakers?

Steve Wright
Head of Pursuits
PWC
View Steve's bio > 
Gemma Francis
Business Development Manager
Taylor Wessing
View Gemma's bio >  
Yasemin Baird
Head of Marketing
Montagu Evans
View Yasemin's profile >        
Nicole Bisson
Head of Global Business Generation Operations
Turner & Townsend
View Nicole's bio >  


​When is it?

The event took place on 18th June at Turner & Townsend, London.

Click here to download our post-event guide to becoming a BD / Marketing Manager!

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