Thomas WhitmoreChief Marketing Officer

Chief Marketing Officer Canada · Global perspective

The person behind
the decisions.

Portrait of Thomas Whitmore
Thomas Whitmore

I help organisations connect a clear market position with a customer experience that earns it. My work spans brand strategy, growth and the development of marketing capabilities that bring customer understanding into enterprise decisions.

I believe strong brands are built through consistency between what a business promises and what it delivers. The CMO therefore needs a close relationship with product, sales, service and operations, as well as an independent view of the market. Creative ambition becomes more powerful when it is grounded in that shared understanding.

My leadership approach combines curiosity with commercial discipline. I build teams that can ask better questions, make considered creative choices and learn from the response of real customers.

Open to Board appointments · Advisory roles · Speaking invitations

Languages / English · French

A leadership conviction

Strong brands begin with a precise understanding of the customer and become valuable through consistent commercial choices. I connect positioning, experience and growth measurement, while staying honest about what the evidence can attribute to marketing.

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

Career chapters

  1. 2020 — Present 01

    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.

  2. 2016 — 2020 02

    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.

  3. 2012 — 2017 03

    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.

  4. 2006 — 2012 04

    Marketing Manager, Emerging Markets

    Harrow & Vale Industries

    Launched products in seven markets and learned that customer insight travels further than advertising.

Board & advisory record

Current appointments

  • Aurelia Consumer

    Independent Director

    Customer & Brand (Chair) · ESG

    2023 — Present

  • The Creative Futures Trust

    Trustee

    Programmes

    2019 — Present

Education & credentials

MBA, Strategy & Finance
Westbrook School of Management · 2004
BA, Economics
St. Aidan's College · 2002

Recognition

  • Marketer of the Year

    The Brand Effectiveness Awards · 2024

  • Women in Leadership — Marketing

    The Boardroom Review · 2022

Books & papers

  • Earned Attention: Building Brands Customers Choose Twice

    Ashgrove Press · 2023

In conversation

  • The Brand Effectiveness Journal / 2025

    How a fourth-placed brand became the category leader

  • The Boardroom Review / 2024

    Why the board should own brand risk

  • The Leadership Ledger podcast / 2023

    Episode 104 — Customer truth over campaign noise

Perspectives from colleagues

Brought the customer into every boardroom conversation, with evidence rather than adjectives.

Isabelle FontaineChair, Aurelia Consumer

A brand builder who understands the P&L as well as the poetry.

Arjun MehtaGroup CEO, Harrow & Vale Industries