In her first interview since taking on the top marketing job two months ago, Margaret Jobling says she is focused on bringing the company’s purpose to life while finding ways to improve the customer experience and marketing effectiveness.
Jobling will be responsible for moving the newly-renamed NatWest group forward as it looks to finally put the banking crash behind it and embark on a new strategy with purpose at its heart.
As longstanding CMO David Wheldon prepares to retire in March, RBS has chosen to split the role by appointing a group director communications and corporate affairs to help manage the forthcoming rebrand to NatWest.
Speaking exclusively to Marketing Week, RBS’s CMO David Wheldon explains why the time is right for RBS Group to rebrand as NatWest Group, and how it will look to the future while not forgetting the past.
Wheldon speaks exclusively to Marketing Week about his career in marketing, what he loves about the industry and what comes next.
NatWest Group aims to be a purpose-led bank focused on enterprise, learning and climate as it looks to put the past behind it and focus on the future.
RBS is hoping to take on digital banking upstarts such as Monzo and Starling with an app-only offering aimed at a younger, less financially savvy audience.
Maeve McMahon has worked across an array of international marketing roles and isn’t one to shy away from the unknown, but even the most fearless marketers need a little nudge at times.
NatWest picked the right time to be the main sponsor of England cricket after both the men’s and women’s teams won the World Cup, with sport sponsorship playing a key role in turning around perceptions of the brand.
In the first of our two-part feature looking at marketing degrees, marketers suggest they still need convincing that universities are equipping graduates for the working world.
New research shows the over-50s feel misrepresented and ignored by advertising because brands are using their age, rather than their attitude and lifestyles, to target products and services.
The last decade has been a turbulent time for Royal Bank of Scotland as it looks to regain and retain customer trust while navigating a new business environment that has seen consumer expectations raised by brands such as Uber and SkyScanner.
In the second podcast in our series, RBS Group CMO and president of the World Federation of Advertisers David Wheldon talks about rebuilding the bank’s reputation and tackling the LIBOR crisis at Barclays.
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Both brands believe marketers need to stop prioritising the word ‘digital’ as it negatively impacts transparency as well as great advertising.