Leela MehtaChief Marketing Officer · Essays & perspective

Chief Marketing Officer
India · Global perspective
Practice / Perspective

An index
of ideas.

Leela Mehta / Published perspectives
No.The ideaSubject / reading
01

Positioning is a choice the business must deliver

Brand
3 min read
02

Growth measurement needs honest boundaries

Customer experience
3 min read
03

Customer insight should change a decision

Growth
3 min read
Portrait of Leela Mehta

The practitioner

Leela Mehta

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.

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  • 01 / Brand strategy
  • 02 / Customer experience
  • 03 / Growth marketing
  • 04 / 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

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.
Isabelle FontaineChair, Aurelia Consumer
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