Q&A: Looking to the future with Margaret Jobling
‘Looking to the future with...’ is a Q&A series from Suzie Walker Executive Search that shares wisdom and insights from senior leaders for the benefit of both clients and candidates. If you’re looking to hire senior leaders or if you’re ready to make your next career move, this is for you.
About Margaret
Margaret has been the Chief Marketing Officer for NatWest Group since 2020. Her previous experience in FMCG saw her working with some iconic brands, including Lynx, Dove, Radox, Cadbury Dairy Milk and Birds Eye. She then moved into the utilities sector in 2014, as Director of Marketing at British Gas and then Group Chief Marketing Officer at Centrica.
Margaret’s career highlights, so far, include launching Dove deodorant across Europe and delivering the first ever global Lynx campaign, winning a Cannes Gold Lion for Lynx ‘Getting Dressed’. She also launched the award-winning ‘time to be selfish’ brand campaign for Radox. In 2020, Margaret was announced as one of Marketing Week’s Top 100 Most Effective Marketers. She was appointed as ISBA President and has been listed on ‘Women to Watch 2022’ by Cranfield University School of Management.
Most recently, Margaret was awarded Marketing Week’s Marketer of the Year title at the 2022 year’s Marketing Week Awards. Marketing Week’s Editor-in-Chief, Russell Parson, said, “Margaret was the unanimous choice of our judges. A marketer with an enviable track record of breathing life into brands in the most challenging of sectors, of leading them through change and delivering business outcomes, and a staunch advocate for marketing and marketers. An excellent choice, therefore, for Marketer of the Year.”
Margaret is an inspiration for women in marketing, paving the way for greater gender parity by reaching changemaking positions in her career.
We are absolutely delighted that she could join us for this Q&A. Thank you for sharing with us, Marg.
We hope you enjoy this thoughtful and insightful conversation as much as we did.
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