Raja Rajamannar is an accomplished global executive with 30+ years of experience and is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author. For the last nine years, he has been the Chief Marketing & Communications Officer of Mastercard and the founding President of Mastercard’s Healthcare business. At Mastercard, Raja is responsible for successfully leading the company’s marketing transformation from being a support function to becoming a vital business driver and from being a cost center to being a significant net direct revenue generator. Raja’s pathbreaking work has been developed into case studies at Harvard Business School and Yale School of Management and is being taught in top academic institutions around the world. Raja’s groundbreaking theories and innovative strategies are documented in his first book, “Quantum Marketing: Mastering the New Marketing Mindset for Tomorrow’s Consumers.” A Wall Street Journal best seller and recipient of the Stevie and several International Book Awards, “Quantum Marketing” is hailed as a must-read for any marketer who wants to build brands that stand the test of time in the post digital age. Prior to Mastercard, Raja served as Chief Transformation Officer of the health insurance firm Anthem (formerly WellPoint), Chief Innovation & Marketing Officer of Humana and held senior management roles with Asian Paints, Unilever, and Citibank. He developed his entrepreneurial approach at Asian Paints, his marketing grounding at Unilever, and his financial savvy during a 15-year tenure at Citi. Award-winning throughout his career, Raja’s recent recognitions and awards include Forbes’ CMO Hall of Fame in 2022 and Business Insider 2022 award as one the World’s Most Innovative CMOs. Other awards include Forbes’ Top 5 World’s Most Influential CMOs 2021, WFA Global Marketer of the Year, Adweek’s Grand Brand Genius honoree, Billboard’s Top Branding Power Player, Fashion Group International’s Tech and Brand Innovation award and induction into The CMO Club Hall of Fame.

Jessica Murphy oversees marketing for eOne’s entertainment-led IP in the Americas and Pacific, driving awareness engagement and affinity for eOne’s portfolio of brands. Based in New York, Jessica manages a team of 17 in offices around the world and delivers winning brand campaigns for such hit properties as Peppa Pig, My Little Pony, PJ Masks, Transformers and Power Rangers. Since joining eOne in 2021, she’s launched several series titles on Netflix in the Kids Top 10 across the AMPAC region and led PR campaigns for new content in the US garnering billions of impressions. With a focus on engaging kids and caregivers where they are, utilizing new and merging platforms, Jessica strives to ensuresstretch eOne’s brands onto emerging platforms, ground them in purpose, anda place themre at the forefront of popular culture.

Anthony currently leads multicultural and inclusive marketing strategy for Penguin Random House. Prior to joining PRH, Anthony has held senior leadership roles leading award-winning media and marketing strategy on both the agency and brand side for global brands including Colgate, Pepsi, Ford/Lincoln, Royal Caribbean and Tough Mudder to name a few. Anthony holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the NYU Stern School of Business.

Ashleigh is a Director of Marketing & Strategy at the Kraft Heinz Company. She leads the Heinz US Retail business and is responsible for delivering the short-term financial goals, as well as the long-term vision for brand. Ashleigh is also the co-chair for the Black Business Resource Group at KHC. Prior to her current role, she was the Associate Director, Ready Meals and Sides, where she was the general manager for the frozen meals and sides business which included the Ore Ida brand.

Ashleigh has held a number of category and brand building roles where she has led strategy, innovation and communications development for a variety of brands, including time on the Heinz Ketchup business where she redefined the portfolio’s health and wellness strategy, established the brand into new categories, and revitalized brand relevance with consumers. Ashleigh joined KHC after graduating from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University where she received her MBA.

Prior to KHC, Ashleigh worked in start-up nonprofit organizations that created pipelines of talented underrepresented minorities in NYC. There she led strategic programs, marketing and fundraising. In 2007, Ashleigh graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in Journalism from Oklahoma State University.

Eddie Revis strives to create the space for positive change and sustain that change as a catalyst for growth in companies. As the Chief Marketing Officer of Magnolia Bakery and a 2021 Business Insider CMO to watch, Eddie is leading a globally beloved brand through its next stage of expansion beyond retail into digital commerce and CPG. Eddie owns full-stack strategy and operations of the Marketing, PR, Creative, Media, Consumer Care and Partnerships teams while leading the foundation and buildout of broader Demand functions like Commercialization and Sales. Prior to Magnolia Bakery, Eddie has built and led teams across Design, Brand, Strategy, Advertising and Media at Chobani. Eddie has been part of the amazing team awarded Fast Company’s Most Innovative Food Company in 2018 and 2020 and Branding in 2019, awarded at Cannes for Social Impact and was a founding leader of Chobani’s 2018 AdAge award-winning in-house marketing agency of the year in 2018. He built his career on the agency side working at COLLINS, Essence, T3 and BBDO leading strategy for Google, Method Home and J.P. Morgan Chase among others. He has taught as an adjunct faculty for Miami Ad School in NYC and previously served as an instructor & advisor for Smith & Beta, an education design and management firm nurturing cultures for curious talent to thrive across the US.

Ivonne is a marketing powerhouse with over two decades of experience spearheading innovation agendas on both the brand and agency sides. She has been recognized for her outstanding achievements and contributions to the industry and her work has received over 30 awards and accolades for creativity and performance.

She became the first Latina recipient of the DFW American Marketing Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, has been named to the "100 Most Influential Latinas in the U.S." for two consecutive years, and was honored with the Changing the Game Award in the Brainwave category by the She Runs It organization in 2018. She was also included in the list of "20 Women to Watch in Dallas Advertising" and awarded the Shining Star Award by the American Advertising Federation. Ivonne led the innovation agenda that put Avocados From Mexico on Fast Company's list of Most Innovative Companies in the world, and at the top of the branding category.

Kevin Miller, Chief Marketing Officer of The Fresh Market, was named as one of the 30 Most Influential Marketers on LinkedIn in 2022 and received the 2021 CMO Innovator of the Year Award from the Millennium Alliance. With a 35-year proven record of leading marketing, advertising, and media organizations for Fortune 100 companies, Kevin is known for his ability to analyze data, create innovative solutions and build high performing teams that deliver superior results.

Kevin assumed The Fresh Market CMO position in May 2020. In just over two years, he has helped lead The Fresh Market to eight straight quarters of comparable sales growth despite significant economic, supply chain and inflationary headwinds. During this period, The Fresh Market was voted “The #1 Best Supermarket in America” by the USA Today Readers’ Choice Awards for two consecutive years 2022 and 2021, was recognized as the “2022 Southeast Innovator of the Year” by Winsight Grocery Business and ranked as one of the “Top 5 Most Trusted Gourmet Grocery Brands in America” by Newsweek.

Prior to The Fresh Market, Kevin was Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for Natural Grocers a rapidly growing natural and organic retail chain. In four and a half years, he led marketing and digital transformation resulting in strong business growth of twelve straight quarters of positive sales and traffic comps and in Natural Grocers being recognized as one of the “World's 20 Fastest Growing Retailers of 2018” by 24/7 Wall St. Under his leadership, membership in the (N)power Loyalty Program grew over 500% to 1.3 million and the Natural Grocers' marketing team created four original marketing concepts that were awarded U.S. Trademark Patents.

Prior to Natural Grocers, Kevin served as President of KMMP Media Group, SVP Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of ABC Radio Networks, VP National Marketing Pizza Hut, VP Management Supervisor for the Subway Restaurant account at Hal Riney, Field Marketing Manager Coca-Cola USA, McDonald’s advertising account executive at Leo Burnett USA. Kevin is a member of the select CMO Masters Circle of the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) focusing on global growth challenges of the world’s leading brands.

He also has served in leadership positions on non-profit boards including The West Point Society of Denver and President of The First Tee of Dallas Board of Directors. A graduate of the US Military Academy at West Point, Kevin lives in Greensboro, NC with his wife and daughter. His son is a 2020 West Point graduate and is serving as a Field Artillery First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.

Most recently joining LinkedIn to lead Brand Marketing from Google Santi has worked with Verizon, Samsung, Adobe, Starbucks and Unilever among others. This work has been awarded 9 Cannes Lions, 1 Effie and the first ever Tribeca Film Festival “Tribeca X Award" to name a few.

Bridget Sponsky is the executive director of brand and sponsorship marketing at Ally. Bridget joined Ally in 2008 as an integral part of the rebranding efforts during Ally’s transformation from GMAC. Prior to her time at Ally, Bridget held various positions at several advertising agencies in the areas of brand and retail advertising, experiential and sports & entertainment marketing.

Bridget earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising from Michigan State University. She is a busy mother of two incredible daughters and active in mentoring, fundraising and volunteerism for several community organizations.

Fernando is a global marketer with a passion for growing brands and businesses. Fernando is one of the most awarded marketers in the world and is known for pushing the creative boundaries to drive business growth.

Prior to joining NotCo, he was CMO at Activision Blizzard and he was responsible for marketing some of the most exciting titles in the gaming industry (Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, Candy Crush, among others). Fernando was also the executive sponsor of the LatinX network at Activision Blizzard.

Prior to joining Activision Blizzard, Fernando spent 7 years at Restaurant Brands International (Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Hortons). His focus was to infuse the brands with purpose (incl. ESG), improving product quality, modernizing design, and inspiring the organization around tech, digital and brand development.

Prior to joining Restaurant Brands International, Fernando worked for 18 years at Unilever. Starting as an intern, he moved up the ranks working different product categories and brands, including Dove where he led the groundbreaking "Real Beauty Sketches".

Kristin McHugh is the Senior Vice President of Verizon’s Marketing & Creative team. Since joining Verizon in 2012, Kristin has led initiatives to transform the Verizon brand into a force for good through social impact while simultaneously driving growth and consumer demand through strategic partnerships. During her tenure at Verizon, Kristin has held various roles. Most recently, she led Marketing Activation and Brand Development, spearheading the strategy, narrative, and overall marketing communications across business units. Before joining Verizon, Kristin spent 15 years in the marketing and advertising business at agencies such as McCann Erickson and Y&R. Kristin graduated from Villanova University and has her MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.

Linda Bethea is the Head of Marketing for Danone North America. In this role, she leads a cross-functional team responsible for delivering best-in-class marketing plans across Danone’s beloved portfolio of brands, including Silk, International Delight, Activia, Light & Fit, and Evian.

Prior to this role, Linda was Vice President of Marketing at Diageo, the world’s largest spirits company, where she was responsible for turning around Captain Morgan, their flagship rum brand in North America. Linda began her marketing career at PepsiCo, where she spent 11 years in marketing, innovation, and sales roles across both Frito-Lay and Pepsi Beverages Company. Key highlights include turning around the Lay’s potato chip brand, managing the $4B iced tea portfolio, and expanding the Aquafina water portfolio into new spaces through the launch of LifeWtr premium water and bubly sparking water.

Linda earned her BA from Tufts University and her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. She lives in Pelham, NY with her 13 year-old daughter, Finley.

Doug Frisbie is the Vice President of Global Business Marketing at Snap. His team inspires & educates advertisers, agencies, and small businesses around the world about the potential for growing their businesses with Snap’s community of 600 million people. Prior to joining Snap, Doug spent eleven years at Facebook, where he most recently led business marketing in North America. Doug also led the company’s small business, partnerships, and vertical marketing during his tenure at the company. Doug also previously held several marketing roles at Toyota Motor North America and Leo Burnett. He graduated with a B.A. from Northwestern University, and an M.B.A from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Awarded AdAge "Women to Watch" in 2018, CMO to Watch from Business Insider and Adweek in 2021, Paloma is a passionate marketer with more than 18 years of global experience in creative development and brand building in culture.

Marketing executive at UPS with cross-functional team leadership track record. Across 25-year career, has held senior leadership positions in marketing, sales, strategy and innovation. Areas of focus include global growth strategies, digital marketing and brand management and data & analytics. Chris is married and lives with his wife and two children in Atlanta, Georgia. He holds an MBA from the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business.

Michael Kotick joined Chipotle in September 2018 and currently serves as the Senior Director of Brand Marketing. He is responsible for driving the Chipotle’s purpose-driven marketing through national communications campaigns, brand actions, and product innovation. Before joining Chipotle, Michael spent eight years at Nestle, where he served in various marketing leadership positions, including Brand Director, Managing Director, and Global Head of Digital and Social Media – PetCare, and more. He has been recognized as Business Insider’s 25 Rising Stars in Brand Marketing and earned a Masters in Global Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management, an MBA from Michigan State University, and a BA in Economics from Michigan State University.

Stacy Poritzky leads the team responsible for defining and setting the Global Brand at American Express. Her team is responsible for defining and delivering a consistent and compelling brand message to colleagues and customers and enabling and inspiring marketers to bring the Brand to life. Before assuming her current role, Stacy led the Partnership Marketing & Distribution team where she was responsible for growing our best in class co-brand marketing programs , growing prospect acquisition and deepening Card Member engagement across our partner portfolios. She also held a previous role as Chief Customer Officer in the Global Commercial Business responsible for leveraging data and capabilities to deliver customer first end to end experiences. Prior to American Express, Stacy worked in advertising at BBDO. She holds a BA degree in Consumer Economics and an MBA from Cornell University

Hello!! I currently manage the marketing function for one of Canada's homegrown brands - WestJet. I joined after 10+ years at Expedia, where I led brand, media + PR in Canada prior to running partnerships on a global scale. I had some of my most fun while working in sports marketing at Maple Leaf Sports + Entertainment, which I joined shortly after starting my career in advertising at DDB Canada. I absolutely love school - I've been back a few times - and even tried my hand at teaching at a local college here in Toronto. What I love? Catching a hockey game live, a cold glass of white wine and spending quality time with my husband Brad + the two little girls who run our show, Gabby + Izzy. I'm so excited to be here, thanks for having me.

Mandy joined Michaels in April 2022. As Senior Vice president – Chief Marketing Officer, Mandy leads the marketing and loyalty organization and its development of strategy, planning and execution for 1300 Michaels Stores and ecommerce business.

Prior to joining Michaels, Mandy was Vice President and Head of Marketing at The Kroger Co. where she led a transformation of the marketing function and worked with her team to create impactful campaigns such as the company’s 2019 “Fresh For Everyone” rebrand. Before Kroger, Mandy spent more than a decade in Brand Building at Procter & Gamble.

Expertise on the restaurant business. I've worked for specialty coffee brands on the mkt area, on the QSR segment for Domino's pizza for 6 years on mkt and franchises area, and as a general manager of a casual dining wings brand. Nowadays I'm in charge for the mkt and franchise area on a QSR Mexican brand.

Onney Crawley is a strategic marketing and business leader who has held various management roles at Fortune 500 companies. A decisive and impactful leader with proven success, her leadership of iconic billion-dollar brands has honed her ability to unlock portfolio value and accelerate brand equity. And her skilled P&L leadership of omnichannel brand portfolios includes businesses across wholesale, retail and eCommerce. In her current role as the Chief Marketing Officer for Goodwill®, she is responsible for leading a transformation of the Goodwill brand across North America and Canada which includes oversight for Marketing, Brand Management, Digital, Public Relations, Consumer Insights and Corporate Communications.

Senior Marketing Executive with almost two decades of experience in Marketing Sales and Trade Marketing. Specialized in repositioning brands, turn around businesses focusing on culture led long term value creation. From mass consumption categories to global luxury icons in different segments such as appliances, beauty and fragrances and luxury spirits. Proud father of Bernardo, Joaquim and little baby Stella.

Waldemar Cordero [val-dɛ-mar core-dare-oh] (n.): extremely curious marketing leader. My best work is yet to come. Firm believer in always having fun at the job while striving to deliver work that has extraordinary impact. Engineer turned marketer. Blending tech, data, creativity and ingenuity in marketing at Visa.

Jennifer Warren is the Vice President of Global Brand Marketing and Creative at Indeed. She is most proud of her team's work in championing inclusive hiring, raising Indeed’s profile contributing to their recognition as a Brand that Matters and a Brand that is Changing the World. Prior to Indeed, she is a three-time CMO who started her career building brands at creative agencies. She has led 2 successful SuperBowl campaigns, and has been recognized as a Top CMO for creativity. She has received notable awards such as ANA’s Hall of Achievement and Ad Age Woman to Watch.

Results-driven Marketing Executive with over 10 years of experience. Responsible for overall Brand Strategy and Marketing results of Embraer Executive Jets division, overseeing Global Marketing Strategy, Branding & Promotion Strategy, Events & Sponsorships, Content Generation, Digital Strategy, Customer Relationship Management, and Customer Experience Management.

Marissa Solis is a magnetic business leader with over 25 years of marketing management, communications and sales experience in both the U.S. and Latin American markets. Currently, Marissa leads all global brand and marketing initiatives for the National Football League including both traditional and digital media, in-stadium marketing, and social justice initiatives.

A graduate of Georgetown University with a B.S. in International Economics and the University of Texas at Austin with an M.A. in Public Policy, she began her career in brand management at Procter & Gamble Latin America where she led marketing for brands like Ariel, Downy, and Pampers in Central America and the Caribbean.

Marissa spent a few years at Deloitte Consulting as a management consultant, leading change initiatives and communication consulting for Public Sector clients. She also spent time as a political consultant contributing to the communication strategies of key campaigns in Texas and Mexico. In 2003, she took a role in marketing at Pepsico’s Frito Lay North America Division. During her 18-year tenure at Pepsico, Marissa led numerous brand marketing initiatives and national campaigns for globally renowned food and beverage brands like Doritos and Pepsi and also held roles in shopper marketing and sales for key PepsiCo retail customers like Walmart, Target, and Costco. She led Culinary Innovation and Marketing for Pepsico’s Food Service division where she launched a new line of Frozen Snacks for the company that sold over $100MM. Ad Age recognized Marissa as a trailblazer in the She Runs It! Awards in 2016 for creating the new line of branded frozen snacks – Doritos Loaded. In 2017, Marissa led the creation of a cross functional Hispanic Business Unit – the first of its kind - winning Industry Recognition for work to engage Latinos in key brand initiatives. She went on to lead marketing for brands at Frito Lay North America, including the coveted relationship with the NFL, and won several Reggies, Sports Clios, and a Grand Prix Cannes Lion for her work on Cheetos, Doritos and Tostitos brands. In 2021 Marissa was recognized by Adweek as one of the Most Powerful Women in Sports for elevating the football watching occasion with the NFL and Frito Lay partnership.

Marissa serves on the Board of Directors of Consolidated Communications, a leading broadband and business communications provider serving wireless and wireline customers across rural and metro communities. She also serves as a board member on the North Texas Chapter of the Make a Wish Foundation and The Melville Family Foundation, an organization dedicated to improving the lives of minority children in Dallas. She has a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and resides in McKinney, Texas with her husband Juan and 17-year-old daughter Gabriela.

Oby Enyia is Director of Brand Marketing at Samsung Electronics America. Starting her career in media planning she has led strategy for major brands like PepsiCo, Yum Global, Unilever, Myspace and NBC Universal.

In her current role she heads up global consumer branding for Samsung's wearables and audio portfolio and is charged with leading the go to market communications and brand strategy for Samsung in the United States.

Gerry joined Spotify in 2020 to lead its Premium brand strategy after a career in various brand and marketing roles at companies such as Pepsi, Yahoo, Oakley, and ASOS. In his current role, Gerry is the head of marketing for Spotify's burgeoning live events business.

Marissa Eddings leads the 7-Eleven in-house creative agency, n-HOUSE, as well as brand, advertising and media, and digital marketing including social media, web, and CRM. Prior to 7-Eleven, Marissa held marketing roles at Capital One and American Express. She received her MBA from London Business School and resides in Dallas, Texas.

Full Funnel Marketing Executive with both start-up/scale-up and corporate leadership experience. Global and local experience across North America, Asia and Europe. Currently empowering and inspiring Canadians to move more at adidas.

Camila is a passionate and curious brand builder. Has passage from P&G, L'Oreal and Coca-Cola with broad knowledge on branding, strategy, innovation, communication and go-to-market. She is currently the senior director of Marketing, Human Insights, and Innovation for the The Hershey’s Company. She’s graduated in Advertising and undergoing her Global MBA at FGV-Brazil.

Tracy-Ann Lim is the Chief Media Officer at JPMorgan Chase responsible for Paid Media, Social content, and SEO firm wide. Tracy-Ann brings to bear the full weight of her 18 years’ experience to this role, in the reimagining and reengineering of Media as a tool for profitable growth. Her ~120 person team spans New York, Delaware, Columbus and India. The centralization model within which they operate is one of TracyAnn’s crowning achievements so far in that it drives the transparency, agility and efficiency needed to get the job done. Prior to this role, Tracy-Ann has filled executive roles at Media Agencies in both New York, LA and Dublin where she is from. In her most recent position prior to JPMC she helped Media Assembly win Agency of the Year in 2018 on the strength of her work on the E*TRADE business; embedding a data led model that proved the ROI of all mediainvestments.

Tracy-Ann has always been an advocate of emerging talent and as such has always sought ways to build support systems and add value. Her involvement ranges from an annual speaking engagements with marketing graduates on the power of Communications Planning in business to mentorship programs like the one she is now a part of at JPMC; Next Roundtable Initiative. Tracy-Ann is also a member of MMA Global, North America Board. In this capacity she works alongside other Fortune 500 leaders on subjects such as Performance Marketing Research, Cognitive Neuroscience and Data Privacy in today’s marketing environment.

Tracy-Ann holds a Masters in Advertising from UCD, Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from DKIT Ireland. TracyAnn resides in Westchester, NY with her husband and two rambunctious sons.

David Shackley is Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications at Marriott International, where he oversees multiple groups including Global Consumer PR, Creative Services & Internal Communications. His path to Marriott includes a stint as Executive Producer of Global Launch Events at Apple where, among other noteworthy feats, he worked on the launch for the iPhone 7 and the first waterproof Apple Watch. From 2013 to 2015, he was the President and Chief Creative Officer at RedPeg Marketing, driving creative and agency social and digital departments while working with Geico, NBA, Mercedes and producing over 1,500 live events. Before RedPeg, David was head of Marketing and Communications at Mark Burnett Productions, Chief Marketing Officer at Discovery Channel and Vice President, Global Events and Promotions at AOL, producing their highest profile projects including the Super Bowl, SXSW, Nascar and the Live 8 concert series. David is currently Chair of the Board for USA Swimming, which is the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming in the United States.

Tom Duncan is a globally recognized brand builder with a track record for growing businesses by inspiring and developing talent, driving consumer-led innovation, and creating insightful marketing programs. Tom has led growth on billion dollar plus eCommerce businesses, led global brands ranging from $500M to $1B+, and has been recognized for driving high ROI, award winning creative programs.

15 years’ experience in strategic marketing planning for Brazil and LATAM (Mexico, Colombia, Argentina), building branding campaigns, growth strategies, online & offline media management, local brand activations, partnerships and market research & insights.

Professional trajectory built across multinational companies and global organizations in the hospitality, banking and e-commerce businesses. Leading the Growth of Rappi Brazil since 2022, in charge of Branding, Local Activation, Acquisition and CRM pillars, being accountable for customer acquisition, retention, cross-sell and reactivation.

Marketing Transformation leader and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), that guided Neiman Marcus through the pandemic and bankruptcy to achieve a year of record top line and bottom line performance. Now consulting with JCPenney top revitalize and modernize their marketing operations for the future.

Mari was born and raised in Puerto Rico, where she started her career with Playtex Corporation and then moved to the U.S. in 1999. She is a marketing professional with more than 20+ years of experience in brand strategy, communication, trade channel, digital & e-commerce in international and domestic markets. Some of the brands she worked in the past are Bayer, Playtex, Whirlpool, KitchenAid, Oster, Crockpot, FoodSaver and Calphalon. Mari is currently leading the Costa Farms marketing & e-commerce area where she is focusing on the brand transformation from a B2B to a B2C.

Mark Kirkham is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of PepsiCo’s International Beverages business. In this role, Mark is responsible for global brand/category strategies and marketing programs for the beverage portfolio outside of the US. He previously was VP of PepsiCo’s sports, energy, and juice businesses where he led the integration of Rockstar Energy and the international expansion of Gatorade. Prior to rejoining the global team, Mark served as Head of Marketing and Innovation for Western Europe Beverages leading the overall beverages portfolio including brands such as Pepsi, 7UP, Lipton and Gatorade.

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Mark held various roles at P&G including global brand/portfolio management, new product development and regional marketing and brand activation in both the US and Europe. Early in his career, Mark held roles in research, consulting and marketing communications at firms including Nielsen and Forrester Research.

Mark holds a BS in Communications from Boston University and a MBA in Marketing from the University of Connecticut. He has lectured and taught courses on international marketing and global business strategy at Boston University, Georgetown University and Trinity College. Mark is based in Dublin, Ireland, loves sports, music, and travel. He has been married to his wife Jenn for twenty years and has two beautiful daughters (Kylie 15, Brooke 13).

Ned Duggan is the Chief Marketing Officer of Bacardi and President of Bacardi Global Brands Limited. A Senior Marketing Executive with over 20 years of comprehensive U.S. and Global experience with a proven track record for growing premium brands and increasing market share while building equity and long-term value.

Ned nurtures a deep connection with our audience through creativity and storytelling for many of our loved and celebrated brands, including BACARDÍ® rum, MARTINI® vermouth and sparkling wine, DEWAR’S® blended Scotch whisky, D’USSÉ ® cognac, and ERISTOFF® vodka, among others. In his previous role, Ned led the phenomenal success of BACARDÍ rum as the brand’s Global Senior Vice President.

Ned started as an Assistant Brand Manager at Bacardi in 2005 and has risen the ranks, weaving his way through our business with global and North American marketing roles.

Brad is a marketing veteran, having split his career in leadership roles on the agency and brand sides. He’s a recipient of a variety of globally recognized awards and honors; including multiple Cannes Lions, Content Marketer of the Year Runner-up and Ad Age’s Top Digital Marketers. Currently, he is the Vice President of Digital Marketing and Content for Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits where he leads marketing, including a focus on driving growth of the BevAlc industry’s leading ecommerce platform called Proof, which recently topped $3B in sales in 2022.

Giancarla joined ALDI USA in 2018 after occupying various brand and local marketing roles at Starbucks Coffee Company, Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas and Potbelly Sandwich Shops. In her current role as ALDI's Brand Marketing Manager, Giancarla is responsible for strategic and creative oversight of ALDI's national brand presence.