Nicola Mendelsohn is the Head of the Global Business Group at Meta, where she leads the company’s relationships with top marketers and agencies for its family of apps as well as global partnerships and engineering. Mendelsohn previously served as Vice President for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa for Meta – a role she held since 2013. During that time, she spearheaded the growth of those regions into a multi-billion dollar business and led Meta’s expansion into countries like Israel, Norway, Austria, and Denmark.

Prior to joining Meta, Mendelsohn worked in advertising for over 20 years working at BBH, Grey and Karmarama. She was the first female President of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, a member of the UK government’s Digital Economy Council and Co-Chair of the UK Government's Creative Industries Council. In 2015, she was awarded a Commander of the British Empire for services to the creative industries in the United Kingdom.

Mendelsohn is a non-executive director of Diageo, sits on the Mayor of London’s Business Advisory Board, and is co-president of the charity Norwood. Following a blood cancer diagnosis, Mendelsohn founded and launched the Follicular Lymphoma Foundation in 2019, a charity focused solely on raising funds to help those living with this slow-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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