IPA Announces 2025 New Year Honours
The IPA is celebrating seven advertising industry greats for their outstanding service and for raising the reputation of adland at large.
They will be bestowed an IPA Fellowship (FIPA) or Honorary Fellowship (Hon. FIPA) at the IPA President’s Reception on Thursday 9 January.
Receiving a Fellowship:
- Chris Byron, chief commercial officer, Omnicom Media Group
- Annie Gallimore, managing director, TBWA London
- Josh Krichefski. CEO, GroupM EMEA and IPA president
Receiving an Honorary Fellowship (for individuals not with an IPA member agency):
- Belinda Beeftink, former research director, IPA
- Matt Hill, director of research & planning, Thinkbox
- Catherine Kehoe, chief customer officer, Nationwide Building Society
- Keith Weed CBE
Commenting on the awards, IPA director general Paul Bainsfair said, “It is always special to announce the IPA New Year Honours as it is our chance to honour and recognise the extraordinary contributions that key individuals have made to the advertising industry. Annie, Belinda, Catherine, Chris, Josh, Keith and Matt have all had remarkable careers and played a pivotal role in driving adland forward.”
Annie, Belinda, Catherine, Chris, Josh, Keith and Matt join 34 other industry stalwarts to be honoured in the IPA New Year Honours since 2019. The previous honourees are Rosie Arnold, Jenny Biggam, Karen Blackett CBE, Helen Calcraft, Damian Collins MP, Patrick Collister, Tony Cullingham, Magnus Djaba, Mel Edwards, Jan Gooding, Sarah Golding, Sir John Hegarty, Johnny Hornby, Pip Hulbert, Carl Johnson, Annette King, Vicki Maguire, Alex Mahon, Patrick Mills, Sebastian Munden, James Murphy, Mark Read, Mark Ritson, Nishma Patel Robb, Trevor Robinson OBE, Charlie Rudd, Aline Santos, Ridley Scott, Jeremy Sinclair CBE, Dame Cilla Snowball, Philip Thomas, Charles Vallance, Nigel Vaz and Michael Wall.
