Lindsay Pattison Recognised by Director Magazine

Lindsay Pattison, CEO at Maxus UK and CSO at Maxus Global, has been selected by Director magazine as a candidate for its Women Changing the Business World campaign, in a list of nominations announced today.

The Women Changing the Business World campaign was set up by Director magazine in 2013 with an aim to discover the women who are transforming British business. In the September 2013 issue, Director readers were invited to nominate acquaintances or women they have read about or come across, who have made a significant impact on business.

Lindsay has been nominated alongside Jo Lawrence, founder, Pink Plumbers; Mhairi McEwan, co-founder and chief executive, Brand Learning; Joni Farthing, director, Women Outside the Box and Helen Hammond, owner and MD, Elephant Creative.

In 2009, Lindsay joined Maxus in the UK as the company’s first-ever female CEO. She took over an agency of 30 people billing £40m and in four years has transformed it into a top ten (#8) UK agency (Campaign) employing over 250 people and billing more than £400m. In 2013, Maxus was declared to be the fastest growing global media network for the last four years (Recma).

In recognition of these achievements, in 2012 Lindsay was given the additional responsibility of becoming Maxus’s first global chief strategy officer, responsible for products, new business, marketing and planning across 55 markets and 2,000 people.

Lindsay is currently vice president of WACL (Women in Advertising and Communications), stepping up to president in July this year and is the first female agency head to join the World Economic Forum Global Council on the Future of Media.

The shortlist was chosen by a combined vote from Director readers and a panel of judges, that included Carol Bagnald, HSBC regional commercial director for London, Lysanne Currie, editor, Director magazine and group editor, IoD, Dharshini David, business presenter, Sky News and more. The full Women Changing the Business World shortlist will be published in the next issue of Director magazine (February), which will invite readers to vote for their chosen candidate. The winner will be announced in March 2014.

Jen Smith, head of planning at Maxus, said: “Lindsay is a huge supporter of promoting women in business, from ferociously using her profile to discuss issues in the social sphere through her blog on Huffington Post, to actively living the values she espouses in how she conducts herself and her business on a day to day basis. Lindsay is driven by a belief that gender doesn’t matter, as long as you are authentic and that you ‘lean in’. I’ve known her for a long time and I couldn’t agree with this nomination more – Lindsay is a fantastic leader and business woman.”