The Places We'll Go Marketing Show

In this episode Meghan talks about how she is preparing for her transition into her new role as Chief Customer Officer at Asda, what she has learnt about herself during the pandemic and how her setbacks allowed her to develop.   Who is Meghan Farren?   While Megan brings a wealth of experience in strategy, brand management and communications, she is most well-known for building talented,...

Helen Tupper is the co-founder and CEO of Amazing If, a company with an ambition to make careers better for everyone. Together with her business partner Sarah Ellis, she is the author of The Sunday Times number one bestseller The Squiggly Career (Penguin) and host of the Squiggly Careers podcast. In January 2021 they recorded their TEDx talk Why squiggly careers are better for everyone at Abbey Ro...

After two and a half decades of being Group CEO at one of the largest Creative Agencies in the UK, AMV BBDO, Dame Cilla Snowball CBE took a step back to focus on her Grandmother duties with her new Grandson, and explore different opportunities in Science and Property. In this episode, Cilla reflects on her incredible career journey and shares how she became so successful. Cilla continuously gives...

In this episode, Mark talks about the importance of diversity and inclusion, the unavoidability of hard work if you want a successful career and the balance between data and creativity. Key Takeaways Hard work is unavoidable Importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace Finding a balance between data and creativity You can't cruise through life with a sense of entitlement Who is Mark Read...

The power of trust became incredibly clear in this episode of The Places We'll Go Marketing show with Dan Sherwood, the Marketing Director at Santander. Whether it be in terms of stakeholder management, campaign creation, relationship building and even trusting that you are enough physically, the power of forming relationships that are built on trust is key to building a successful career and this...

Sophie Neary, the Group Director at Meta, joined us for an incredibly inspiring episode in which her "sunniness", energy and excitement for life was clear. She has been on a journey of accepting that you can't always be perfect but you can always find the beauty in where you are in the moment, without worrying about the future. She is a true activist that encourages others to find the bravery insi...

In this episode we were joined by an incredibly humble marketing leader, Gary Booker, the Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer at Rentokil Initial. Gary's calm, passionate personality shined throughout the whole episode as we spoke about the importance of taking the route that allows you to focus on learning, staying calm in a crisis and putting people first no matter what. He has a passion for...

This was an incredibly inspirational episode with Annabel Venner, Chair of The Marketing Society Fellows, who has had a whirlwind of a career with over 20 years of FTSE 100 and Blue Chip experience across finance, FMCG, healthcare and ecommerce sectors, and an outstanding record of driving business growth and profitability. In this episode we get to see Annabel's fierce, strong and spirited charac...

In our 100th episode, Byron Sharp, one of the most influential marketers in our industry and renowned Professor and Director Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, joined us on The Places We'll Go Show. From the reality of how brands grow, to cocaine and prostitutes this episode was an absolute whirlwind. Listen now to hear about Byron's passion for discovery and the importance of it, how he became the leader...

In this episode, we're joined by none other than the CEO of WARC and the Ex-CEO of Lions Intelligence! Paul has had an incredible career which has spanned many corners of the globe, and helped support and develop a range of social initiatives including School of Marketing. In this episode, Paul shares how we as marketers can demonstrate the value of what we do through commerciality and understandi...

This week on The Places We'll Go Marketing Show, we were joined by Annette King, CEO of Publicis Groupe. Annette's self-empowerment and resilience shines through as she speaks about how she bagged her first role in the advertising world and how she preserved at a time when the war of jobs was ever-present. Annette is a true inspirational leader for all, her caring yet hard working nature simply ex...

In this episode, Ash talks about the importance of community, what it was like transitioning from CMO to CEO and how his childhood influenced him to be the leader he now is.   Who is Ashley Schofield?   Ash began his early career days working as a marketing analyst for a distribution company, before switching to the telecoms sector in 1999. He attained roles at BT Cellnet, Genie and O2 b...

In this episode we're joined by Rob Bloom, the Chief Marketing Officer at Aston Martin F1 Team, who shared how his childhood influenced the kind of leader he is today. He has an amazing focus on being a tough, but fair leader who will always have his team's back no matter what. He spoke to us about what it takes to create a loyal fanbase, manage a community of tremendous size, and ensure your fans...

In this episode we had an absolute show stopper join us on The Places We'll Go Marketing Show! Jordan Schwarzenberger, Manager of The Sidemen and native entrepreneur, shared how his whole life has been building up to work on building the brands of the Sidemen. From a young age he had a naturally creative, and entrepreneurial spirit that has led to him building various companies and websites purely...

In this episode we were joined by Rebecca Brock, Commercial & Customer Director at Costa Coffee. Rebecca started this episode by talking her rooted ambition to succeed and eagerness to continuously challenge herself and her thinking. This has been reflected many time throughout her career like moving to Canada and changing sectors. She is an incredibly strong leader who is proud of her team an...

David James, Chief Marketing and Corporate Affairs Officer at Hargreaves Lansdown, is an incredibly successful and somewhat "atypical" CMO with an incredibly humble personality despite his success. In this episode he takes a dive into how he perceives success and what it takes to get there, as well as the reality of being a CMO compared to what most people would assume it is like to be o...

VP of Brand Strategy at Jellyfish and multiple Gold IPA Effectiveness, award-winning marketing communications strategist Tom Roach, joined us in this episode to share how his incredible energy, passion for marketing and positive outlook has allowed him to build an inspiring career doing the things he loves most.  Throughout this episode, it becomes clear that Tom is go-getter by nature, a tra...

In this episode, Mel Matson, Marketing Director at The Co-Operative, joined us on The Places We'll Go Show to help shine a light on what life is like when living with ADHD and how she deals with it personally. We here about how Mel only recently found out she is neurodivergent, they ways in which in she copes and the relief she felt when finding out about her diagnosis.  Mel has had an incred...

In this episode we're taught by Hamish Goulding, Group Head of Brand Strategy at HSBC, about the power of being your true self but also putting yourself outside of your comfort zone. Hamish often decides to be a "yes man" and always finds himself wishing he did so more, whether that be to attend a webinar, a talk or networking event because of the connections and knowledge he gains every time. Thr...

Simon has had an incredible career which has spanned over many industries from FMCG, Media and now Travel. Simon is known as the man that would run towards gunfire while everyone is running away, he has a passion for change and get's his energy from taking on new challenges or projects most people would hide from. In this episode, Simon is open and honest about loneliness, being naturally shy and...

In this episode, we're joined by Becky Moffatt, CMO at HSBC. Becky has an incredible moral compass and view that you should live a life and career you enjoy and to never stay in the same place if you aren't being fulfilled. She is passionate about spreading awareness of how marketing is more than just comms and portraying how we are all marketers even if if we don't call ourselves one. We hear why...

We started this episode by hearing Lindsay Clay describe Andria Vidler as a "calm authority with a sense of steel", and that rang true throughout this episode. Her imposter syndrome, has pushed her throughout her career to build such a strong drive that motivates her to be continuously improving herself and everything she does. She spoke about the importance of creating an encouraging culture that...

This week we were joined by Andy Nairn, Founding Partner at Lucky Generals who demonstrates throughout this episode that understanding your secret sauce is one of the key factors for having a successful career. Throughout, we also talk about privilege, the impact mentoring and reverse mentoring has had on his career, as well as, some stories of the history of Lucky Generals.  Sponsored by Sch...

In this episode, the CEO of ThinkBox, Lindsey Clay joined us to share her story. Lindsey is a force to be reckoned with in the marketing space who enjoys being the first to challenge ways of thinking and thoughts, is a diversity and inclusion advocate and former President of WACL (Women in Advertising and Communication Leadership). She is also passionate about the power of TV advertising, hence ho...

Tune in to our latest episode with Rachel Eyre, Morrison's Chief Marketing Officer and Sainsbury's ex Group Head of Brand Comms and Creative. Rachel is a truly genuine and clear-thinking person that has been inspired her whole life by her mother's courage and strong-willed nature. She is a high energy and high challenge leader that celebrates her team and encourages them to bring their true self t...