Chief Marketing Officer Canada · Global perspective
Amara Whitmore
Turning customer understanding into enduring brand value.
Strong brands begin with a precise understanding of the customer and become valuable through consistent commercial choices.
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- Category brand
- #1
- From fourth in three years
- Customer lifetime value
- 2.6×
- Through loyalty and experience redesign
- Markets launched
- 19
- One brand, locally fluent
- Effectiveness awards
- 34
- For work that moved the business
A career in chapters.
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2020 — Present
Chief Marketing Officer
Aldermoor Group
Leading brand strategy, customer understanding and the marketing contribution to commercial growth. Connecting positioning, channel choices and customer experience with the enterprise's priorities.
2016 — 2020
Vice President, Brand & Growth
Fairhaven Holdings
Developed brand and growth programmes with sales, product and customer teams. Built capability in customer research, campaign evaluation and the translation of positioning into a consistent experience.
2012 — 2017
Global Brand Director
Aurelia Consumer
Repositioned a heritage brand for a younger audience without losing its loyal core, and doubled its share of growth markets.
2006 — 2012
Marketing Manager, Emerging Markets
Harrow & Vale Industries
Launched products in seven markets and learned that customer insight travels further than advertising.
A broader perspective.
Brand strategy / Customer experience / Growth marketing / Market intelligence
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Trusted with consequential decisions.
Recognition
- Marketer of the YearThe Brand Effectiveness Awards · 2024
- Women in Leadership — MarketingThe Boardroom Review · 2022
In conversation
- “How a fourth-placed brand became the category leader”The Brand Effectiveness Journal · 2025
- “Why the board should own brand risk”The Boardroom Review · 2024
- “Episode 104 — Customer truth over campaign noise”The Leadership Ledger podcast · 2023
Formation
- MBA, Strategy & FinanceWestbrook School of Management · 2004
- BA, EconomicsSt. Aidan's College · 2002
Brought the customer into every boardroom conversation, with evidence rather than adjectives.
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