Manish Tiwari receives Hammer Award at MEFA 2025
Media For All (MEFA) has named Manish Tiwari, founder of Here & Now 365, as the recipient of the Hammer Award at the 2025 MEFA Awards in London.
The Hammer Award is presented to senior industry figures from diverse backgrounds who have advanced diversity, equity and inclusion within the media and advertising sector.
According to MEFA, Tiwari was recognised for his leadership and long-term work in developing inclusive strategies within the industry. Reflecting on the award, Tiwari said: “MEFA Hammer Award is a humbling reminder that the work I set out to do of connecting communities and breaking barriers truly matters. For more than two decades, through my agency Here & Now 365, long before diversity, equity, and inclusion became a corporate imperative, we have championed these values… I’m honoured that this commitment is being recognized today.”
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Here & Now 365 also received two shortlist nominations for its Remitly campaign “No One Can Chai Like Chachi” in the Creative Excellence and Inclusive Media Planning and Buying categories.
The MEFA Awards also recognised a range of industry contributors. Rich Miles received the Change-Maker of the Year award, OMG Unite and OMD UK were recognised for Creative Excellence, and Kiran Bance was named DEI Champion, among other commendations.
