Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top London based CMO’ operating in the Consumer space. If you think a CMO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Benjamin Braun
Chief Marketing Officer (Europe) of Samsung Electronics
Benjamin has recently joined Samsung as their Chief Marketing Officer for Europe. Prior to Samsung Benjamin led Audi’s marketing in the United Kingdom. His campaigns were used worldwide and recognised with a Cannes Lions Gold Award and an IPA Grand Prix for marketing efficiency. Before joining Audi, Benjamin was part of the comparethemarket.com’s executive team and worked across the UK, France and Holland. At British Gas he launched a nifty little app that lets you control your home from your phone. And before that he worked for American Express in New York. He lives in London with his wife and is father of two young boys and a little girl. “I’m not smart,” he says modestly. “I just wear glasses.”
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Lex Bradshaw-Zanger
CMO, UK & Ireland of L’Oreal
As CMO for L’Oréal UK & Ireland, Lex leads all things consumer, the group digital transformation, media and the eCommerce acceleration teams. The CMO community supports the deployment of eCommerce, CRM and all the digital and social marketing activities as well as data science and media planning across the L’Oréal portfolio of over 30 brands. Between his work at L’Oréal and being with his family, Lex finds the time to help both small businesses and charities navigate the digital world. He is the Chief Digital Officer for the ‘social’ Airbnb, We Like The World and its B2B cousin Trip4Good; he also consults with numerous small enterprises breaking out of their traditional business and cracking their digital models. Before joining L’Oréal, Lex established and led the digital strategy practice for McDonald’s in Europe. He built a team covering digital marketing and media, along with social strategy, listening and engagement technology as well as CRM and data science, growing to over 60 people across 39 markets. He was previously a Client Partner within the Business Partnerships team at Facebook in Paris, France, Where he worked with a select group of clients who partner with Facebook to drive better ROI on their marketing investments. Before moving into the role at Facebook, Lex spent over ten years in the advertising business across Europe, North America and the Middle East – most recently as the Regional Director for Digital Strategy & Innovation for Leo Burnett MENA. In this role he engineered the fusion of ATL and BTL agencies, Leo Burnett and Arc Worldwide into a holistic brand agency and the acquisition of Flip Media by the Publicis Groupe – now rebranded to Sapient Middle East. He oversaw the digital, direct and CRM competencies for the region, covering clients from General Motors to McDonald’s and P&G to du Telecom.
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About L’Oreal: L’Oréal manufactures and sells cosmetic products for women and men worldwide.
Keith Weed
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer of Unilever
Keith is responsible for the Marketing, Communications and Sustainable Business functions, a role which has seen him lead the creation of the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan, direct significant advances in digital marketing and through Unilever’s #Unstereotype initiative, create the #Unstereotype Alliance with UN Women, bringing together 24 companies to remove the portrayals of unhelpful stereotypes from their advertising by 2020. Prior to this, he was Chairman of Lever Fabergé before becoming Executive Vice President for Global Home Care & Hygiene, covering fabric cleaning, fabric conditioning, household cleaning products, oral care and potable water. Keith has worked for Unilever in the UK, France, the US and globally and regionally in a variety of general management and marketing roles. Outside Unilever, he is Chairman of Business in the Community International and a Business in the Community Board Trustee, President of the History of Advertising Trust, an Effie Board Director and Trustee of Grange Park Opera. He is also a Fellow of The Marketing Society, and as an engineering graduate, a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
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About Unilever: Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.
Simon Dunlop
CMO and Global Partnerships of Instreamatic
Simon Dunlop is the Co-founder at Instreamatic.
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About Bookmate, Instreamatic: Voice Marketing Platform
Paul Cooke
Interim CMO of Good Club
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About Good Club: Good Club is a Zero Waste supermarket that offers different brands and sells groceries in reusable packaging.
