Meet The 2012 Judges
Chaired by Pete Markey, Chief Marketing Officer at RSA Insurance Group our illustrious panel had a difficult job shortlisting the many entries, we would like thank all of them for taking part.
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Richard Brasher, Tesco – Chair
UK Chief ExecutiveRichard was part of the team that changed the fresh food operations in Tesco during the 80s and early 90s, specifically accountable for the development of their convenience food business and the opening of their first Metro store in Covent Garden.
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Saj Arshad, Vodafone
Group Marketing DirectorSaj has over 20 years of global commercial marketing experience with senior roles in mobile, consumer & financial services. He is Group Marketing Director at Vodafone where he is responsible for marketing strategy & execution.
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Nina Bibby, Barclaycard
Global Chief Marketing OfficerNina joined Barclaycard in 2010 as Global Chief Marketing Officer with responsibility for the overall marketing function, including brand management, customer engagement, insights and innovation.
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Hugh Burkitt, The Marketing Society
Chief ExecutiveHugh is Chief Executive of the Marketing Society. At the Society he has been responsible for the launch of the Society’s Manifesto for Marketing, and the Marketing Leaders Programme for aspiring marketing directors.
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Sally Cowdry, O2
UK Marketing DirectorSally is responsible for setting the marketing agenda, overseeing the brand’s strategy and delivering through the line campaigns for all customer segments.
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Daryl Fielding, Kraft Foods
Vice President MarketingDaryl joined the Kraft Foods Europe business in January 2010 in the newly created role of Vice President Marketing. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, she’s responsible for inspiring world-class marketing and communications.
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James Frost, Nectar UK
Marketing DirectorSince joining Nectar, James has seen Nectar membership rise to record levels, with over 1 million collectors joining in the last year alone. Prior to joining Nectar, James worked for several years at Unilever.
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Martin George, Bupa
Managing Director, Group DevelopmentMartin was recently promoted to the role of Managing Director for Group Development at Bupa following two years as interim Marketing Director.
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Philip Gladman, Diageo
Category Marketing Director - White SpiritsSince joining the Diageo team, Philip has held a number of key innovation and brand positions, and in June 2010 was appointed Marketing Director for the GB market.
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Jan Gooding, Aviva
Global Marketing DirectorJan is currently responsible for the Aviva Group brand’s business and sponsorship strategy across 28 countries in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. She is also responsible for building marketing capability through the ‘Aviva World’ programme.
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Chris Jansen, British Gas
Managing Director, Services & Commercial, British GasIn May 2010, Chris was appointed Managing Director British Gas Services and Commercial. In addition to the British Gas Marketing and Sales activity, Chris has responsibility for the home services division covering four million customers with 10,000 engineers.
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Catherine Kehoe, Lloyds TSB
Brands and Marketing DirectorCatherine is responsible for developing the Group’s brand strategy and for ensuring advertising and other marketing media fits with this strategy to maximise return on investment.
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Jo Kenrick, Homebase
Marketing DirectorPrior to joining Homebase, Jo was CEO of Start, setting up and running HRH the Prince of Wales’ public facing initiative for a more sustainable future.
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Steve Langan, Hiscox
Managing DirectorResponsible for Hiscox’s retail product lines across the UK, Steve has in a short time transformed a respected business into a powerful consumer franchise.
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Peter Markey, RSA Group
Chief Marketing OfficerPete is responsible for brand development, acquisition, customer and digital marketing. Pete was previously Marketing Director of More Th
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Noelle McElhatton, Marketing
EditorNoelle McElhatton was appointed editor of Marketing in December 2010. McElhatton, a social studies and economics graduate of Trinity College Dublin, began her publishing career in books, at Random House, editing sports titles.
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Vince-Wayne Mitchell, Professor
Professor of Consumer Marketing, Cass Business School, City UniversityVince has done extensive research into marketing and consumer behaviour, with particular focus on consumer decision making, complaining behavior and risk taking. His PhD was in Professional Services Marketing and he has publishes numerous articles on professional services marketing.
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Russell Morris, LOVEFiLM
Commercial DirectorRussell Morris has been UK Commercial Director at LOVEFiLM since May 2010 and he has played a leading role in the re-positioning of the service from a DVD Rental subscription business to a DVD, Games and Streaming business.
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Amanda Rendle, HSBC
Global Head of Marketing, Commercial BankingAmanda is responsible for driving the brand and marketing strategy across the bank’s Commercial and Business sectors in the UK.
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Sarah Speake, Google
Strategic Marketing DirectorAs someone who feels passionately about diversity contributing to better business, she was nominated Diversity Champion EMEA for Google; runs the Google EMEA Women’s Leadership Council; sits on the Project Team for Connecting Women in Technology; on the Management Committee for Women in Technology and regularly speaks at events on the topic
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Caroline Taylor, IBM
VP Marketing, Communications & Citizenship UK & IrelandCaroline is responsible for the strategy and delivery for both IBM’s brand & reputation and its sales pipeline development, leading a team across all aspects of go to market strategy and execution
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