Thomas WhitmoreChief Marketing Officer

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Thomas Whitmore

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Chief Marketing Officer Canada · Global perspective

Turning customer understanding into enduring brand value.

Open to Board appointments · Advisory roles · Speaking invitations

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01 / Leadership approach

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.

02 / Areas of responsibility

  • Brand strategy
  • Customer experience
  • Growth marketing
  • Market intelligence
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

Evidence from practice

Brand transformation
An expanding portfolio had blurred the organisation's proposition.
Customer growth
Acquisition activity and customer experience were managed in separate conversations.
Market creation
Entering an unfamiliar segment required more than a new campaign.
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The leadership record

Trusted with consequential decisions.

In the boardroom

  • Aurelia ConsumerIndependent Director · 2023 — Present
  • The Creative Futures TrustTrustee · 2019 — Present

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
Brought the customer into every boardroom conversation, with evidence rather than adjectives.
Isabelle FontaineChair, Aurelia Consumer
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An invitation

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