The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) has chosen veteran B2B marketer Tom Stein as one of its very first B2B Hall of Fame inductees.

As a long-standing board member of the ANA’s Business Marketing Association, Tom has led the charge when it comes to B2B marketing and played an ambassadorial role for the organization’s promotion of best practice.

The ANA’s new hall of famer is Chairman and Chief Client Officer of Stein IAS, where he’s led the agency  to ANA/BMA Agency of the Year stature for six of the past eight years, including this year’s fiercely-contested accolade.

Tom Stein, says: “It’s gratifying to be among the first inductees to this great canon of B2B leaders, innovators and pacesetters. I’m looking forward to many more years helping Stein IAS realize its amazing potential. That said, this is one of the truly important milestones in my career.

“I’m surrounded daily by fantastic young talent as well as my peer leaders at Stein IAS, which keeps me energized and highly motivated. I have a lot to give back to an industry that’s given me so very much for more than 30 years. This has been so much more than a career for me; it has been a passion and a vocation.”

Rob Morrice, CEO at Stein IAS, says: “Tom fully deserves this recognition from his peers. He’s devoted his entire career to business-to-business marketing and has always been a true ambassador for the ANA’s BMA, including everything it stands for.

“I first met Tom six years ago to the day when were rival agency heads at the B2 awards in Chicago. We had a lot of shared interests and I was immediately struck by his keen intellect, winning sense of humor and generosity of spirit. It’s those attributes, and many others, that mark him out as a truly extraordinary leader and we’re lucky to have him.”

In total, five prominent veteran B-to-B marketing executives have been inducted to the Business-to-Business Hall of Fame, with the ANA’s CEO, Bob Liodice, saying at the ceremony: “We are thrilled to welcome such an auspicious lineup of executives to our B-to-B Hall of Fame. Each of these worthy honorees exemplifies professionalism, integrity, and innovation in B-to-B.”

Tom Stein’s past honors include being named by BtoB Marketing in the B2B “Who’s Who” for 13 straight years. He’s also been elected to the Creative Excellence in Business Advertising (CEBA) Hall of Fame.