Scottish Daily Mail

Could a 25-year-old teach YOU how to run your life?

It’s a fascinatin­g trend: bosses inviting tech-savvy youngsters to be their mentors. So did it work for top advertisin­g exec Kate?

- by Liz Hoggard

KATE STANNERS oozes confidence and charisma. Dressed in trousers and a jumper by designer Bella Freud, her blonde curls tumbling over her shoulders, the 53-year-old looks like a Hollywood actress (although, as a working mother, she has little time to worry about her appearance).

as chairwoman and global chief creative officer of Saatchi & Saatchi, she commands a six-figure salary and is one of the most senior women in British advertisin­g. Her adverts include the Cadbury Flake ‘girl in the bath’ and t-Mobile’s ‘royal Wedding ad’ — the most viewed of 2011.

One minute, she’s briefing an art director on how to improve a campaign, the next juggling school commitment­s for her

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Lucy, 25, single, rents with friends, profession­al mentor for two years
Kate, 53, A boss at Saatchi’s, six-figure salary, married mother of one
TURN TO NEXT PAGE Lucy, 25, single, rents with friends, profession­al mentor for two years Kate, 53, A boss at Saatchi’s, six-figure salary, married mother of one

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