Paul Geddes on turning Direct Line into a brand-driven business
The CEO and former marketer is committed to creating differentiation in what many consider a commodity marketplace.
The CEO and former marketer is committed to creating differentiation in what many consider a commodity marketplace.
Gaining experience across different sectors and disciplines can make you an attractive candidate and a more rounded marketer, however company ‘lifers’ can be just as successful. The key to becoming a CEO is credibility and a broad business understanding.
When it comes to climbing the career ladder and gaining a coveted place at the boardroom table, easyJet’s CEO Carolyn McCall believes marketers are “fantastically” placed to do so. But to become a senior leader, confidence is key.
Financial technology brands are shaking up what has been a stuffy and inaccessible industry by meeting changing consumer demands head-on, and marketers stand to learn a great deal from their disruption.
Saga cut marketing spend by £4.2m in 2024, pausing investment in some areas of its insurance business in a challenged market.
Despite revenues falling 18% year-over-year in the six months to March, Asos’s CEO insists the retailer is “delivering” against its turnaround plan.
Puma’s leadership team has been waiting for the moment the brand would “invest differently” in marketing, something top marketer Richard Teyssier is confident it is doing with new teams, fewer activations and bigger brand investment.
The average tenure for a CMO at the US’s top 100 advertisers fell again in 2023 to 3.1 years, or 37 months.