Marketer, Coach, Mentor,
A long and windy career that has provided so many exciting opportunities for fulfilling growth and new experiences.
Starting very conventionally on a Marketing graduate recruitment scheme I spent 15 years with Kimberly-Clark on exciting Brands like Andrex and Kleenex. Basic though the needs these products fulfill...what a Marketers dream to work on categories that are so full of potential emotionally. On moving to Africa, I found a different purpose in charitable work, supplying the basics in a very much more practical way for 6 years. On return it was an interesting dilemma to decide how to reboot my marketing career, and after several short experiences I settled back at KC to lead their baby business in Europe. Again...what a fantastic opportunity. Driving both product and commercial innovation in such a competitive arena. But then the jump in to B2B - taking those fundamental brand marketing skills in to our business to build brands in the public washroom arena...From there to a completely different arena of Autoparts and the aftermarket...First with Tenneco and now with ZF. A more complex and longer business model and purchasing cycle, but similar human emotions driving decisions. Its been a great journey and looking back I wouldn't have had it any different.