From the study / A considered perspective
Brand3 min read
Positioning is a choice the business must deliver
A brand promise should be recognisable in product, service and commercial behaviour.
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On the reading table
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Customer experience · June 2026
- [3]
Growth · March 2026
- 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
Beyond the page
The record behind the perspective.
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.
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