Marc Powell, Global Accessibility Centre of Excellence Lead at Unilever has been announced as a 2025 Pentawards Festival speaker. He’ll be taking to the stage at Paris Packaging Week in Jan 2025 on the Pentawards stage, exploring the topic of ‘Design with Impact’, discussing inclusivity and accessibility. To attend, register for free here.

About Marc Powell

With an extensive background in leading and driving accessibility and innovation projects, Marc was the Head of Accessibility Innovation at RNIB. Now the Global Accessibility Centre of Excellence Lead at Unilever, he’s also a Paralympian who competed at London 2012 in the sport of Judo, demonstrating his resilience, determination, and passion for excellence.

Marc leverages his skills in social networking and marketing communications to promote and inspire accessibility awareness and best practices across various sectors and platforms. He is committed to making the world a more inclusive and accessible place for all.

See more about Marc here.

Unilever x Pentawards

Pentawards has worked closely with Unilever over the years, from having Unilever involved in both previous festival editions, with speakers and in our ‘Meet the Brands’ section and as part of our prestigious jury.

This is Marc’s first keynote with Pentawards, we’re looking forward to him taking to the festival stage and learning about his, and Unilever’s journey with accessibility and inclusivity, taking home invaluable and inspirational learnings.

About Unilever

Established over 100 years ago, Unilever are one of the world’s largest consumer goods companies. They are known for their great brands and belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance.

Unilever have brands across home and personal care, beauty and wellbeing, and food and nutrition including Dove, Vaseline, Cif and Hellmanns, to name a few. 3.4 billion people use their products everyday across 190 countries.

Their overall strategy is to make sustainable living commonplace, focusing on key priorities such as climate, nature, plastics and livelihood. Alongside sustainability, they’re committed to accessibility and inclusivity, for their workforce, their customers and their products.

See more about Unilever here.

Explore Some of Unilever’s Work

Magnum Bon Bons

Vaseline Recyclable Pump

Plant-based Hellmann’s Mayo

Marc will join inspiring keynote speakers, discussing the theme of ‘Design with Impact’, at the Pentawards Festival x Paris Packaging Week 28-29 January 2025. To attend you simply need to register for free here.