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Me & My Mentor

Melissa Pine, head of marketing, Box TV

Melissa Pine, head of marketing, Box TV
Melissa Pine, head of marketing, Box TV

My mentor is Nick Thorogood, head of factual at the BBC. He was the head of lifestyle at UKTV when I had my first TV marketing job, during the lifestyle television boom of the early noughties.
He was a true brand champion and encouraged us all to live the brand values for our channels.
He had a unique take on personal development - I never imagined
I'd end up dressed as a man, improvising on stage at The Criterion theatre in the name of building my presentation skills.