Virgin Atlantic’s Annabelle Cordelli On Trusting Instinct As Much As Data

The airline’s SVP global brand and marketing tells Tim Healey how brand purpose guides instinct, why experience defines the brand beyond campaigns and how focusing on fewer, bigger ideas drives […]
Carlsberg’s Yves Briantais On Why Marketing Needs More Lived Experience And Common Sense

The drinks CMO tells Tim Healey how his background shaped his view of consumers, why research can mislead and what Gen Z’s drinking habits really reveal. You spent 25 years […]
Skoda’s Kirsten Stagg On Turning EV Myths Into Marketing Opportunities

The Skoda marketing director tells Tim Healey how the brand is tackling EV hesitation, why electric buyers are more open-minded than expected and why brand and performance marketing are false […]
Sony Music’s James Bartlett On Why Audiences Are Seeking ‘Slowness’ In The Fast-Scroll Era

The Sony Music insight director tells Tim Healey what Gen Z’s return to vinyl reveals about modern audiences, why digital ease is driving a desire for deeper engagement and why […]
Bloom & Wild’s Charlotte Langley: ‘Brands Don’t Own Their Brands Any More’

The online florist’s CMO tells Tim Healey why modern brands must share control with creators, listen harder to customers and sometimes trust instinct over obvious data – even if that […]
Nextdoor Co-Founder Sarah Leary On Putting Community At The Center Of Marketing

The Nextdoor CMO and co-founder tells Tim Healey why community must sit at the heart of brand strategy, what scaling from Windows 95 taught her about word of mouth and […]
Former Google And SpaceX Exec Dex Hunter-Torricke On How Marketers Survive AI

The former Google, Facebook and SpaceX communications leader tells Tim Healey why narrow specialism won’t survive AI, why marketing can’t be reduced to optimization and what he learned from Mark […]
Carlsberg Britvic’s Munnawar Chishty: ‘Today’s Marketers Need CFO Muscle’

The drinks CMO tells Tim Healey why modern marketers must “go toe-to-toe with finance,” prove ROI and balance creative firepower with commercial discipline. You’ve worked with Gillette, PepsiCo, Camelot, Johnson […]
Informatica’s Jim Kruger On Why Over-Dissecting Marketing ROI Misses The Point

The enterprise data CMO tells Tim Healey why judging marketing activity in isolation leads leaders to the wrong conclusions, and why marketing only works when viewed as a connected system. […]
Heineken’s Natasha Maharaj On Handing Brand Control To Creators And Communities

The global brands director tells Tim Healey why letting go of control, and working with creators and communities, is now essential to building brands that travel across cultures. You’ve worked […]