Joanna Howes

The Change Creators 

At The Change Creators, we provide transformational services to help leaders grow and become the leader they know they can be. We focus on the mindset, skills and behaviours leaders need to step into their courageous zone, create a positive impact and deliver results.

Our services include:
 
✅Cultural shifts and transformations  

✅Leadership and team coaching and training

✅Operational excellence consultancy 

✅EDISC and Meta Dynamics profiling to increase self-awareness and self-leadership 

✅Executive 1-2-1 coaching 

If you would like to take your leadership to the next level and invest in your growth, get in contact with us today and watch your influence and performance sky rocket.

CEO and Founder of The Change Creators - Leadership Coach and Trainer 

Clemenger BBDO

- Re-invented the company ways of working to drive agility, efficiencies, and flexibility to meet all client requirements
- Built a new production offering to achieve fast effective content delivery, resulting in a new stream of revenue  
- Supported the win of large pitches by selling operations excellence

Operations Director - Executive team 

McCann London

Operations Director

-  Introduced project management into the agency which doubled the agencies productivity 
- Transformed the commercial effectiveness with systems, data, technology, and accurate tracking resulting in increased profit margin
- Lead the process with the leadership team to evolve the culture to be bold and brave to increase the quality of work

Head of Project Management

Arthur London

Operations and New Business Director

Creative Services Director / Operations Director

VCCP

Helping leaders step into their courageous zone and create positive impact, through transformative coaching & training | CEO of The Change Creators Ltd | Campaign 40 over 40 | International Coach of the Year 2020 🏆

We specialise in creating courageous leadership teams who win together.

Whether you're a newly formed team, a merged company establishing a new board, or feeling the need for a reset, we can help you create a strong aligned cohesive team. 

Courageous leaders are open, vulnerable, and committed to continuous learning, driving exceptional results for their teams and the organisation.

We help by:

• Moving from operating in silos to a collective mindset 

• Avoiding feedback to leaning into compassionate candor 

• From going around in circles to make decisions to a bias for action 

• From working as job titles to truly understanding each other as human beings 

• From all talk and no action to peer-to-peer accountability 


Our approach centers on increasing individual and team awareness, fostering a unified leadership team culture grounded in aligned principles, and promoting effective communication and accountability.

"When the business isn't performing, the first place to look is the leadership team."

👉 For coaching and training inquiries, please email: joanna.howes@thechangecreators.com

👉 For podcast and speaking engagements, please email: anna@thechangecreators.com

Let's connect and explore how we can elevate your leadership team to achieve extraordinary outcomes.


Trusted by: 
Monzo, Amazon, BBC, Troy Asset Management, Ada Ventures, Iris Worldwide, Uncommon Creative Studios, 6 Nations Rugby, ITB, PrettyGreen PR, Hue & Cry, McCann Worldwide.

What our clients have to say: 

“She's 'Life Changing'. Jo has an ability to enable a fearless focus on creating a personal and professional roadmap to success”. - Director Of Client Services at SYZYGY London

“As a coach Jo has been fantastic- full of insights, always there to listen and most of all provide practical solutions. As a team we have come out more confident and ready with practical tools to help us develop further in different areas.” - Head Of Project Management at BBC Creative


🌐  Visit: www.thechangecreators.com

I lost my dad 29 years ago
and last week I was given a photo of him I’d never seen before.

It took me a moment (and my breath away) to take it in.
He was only 50 when he died, an age I'm only 3 years away from. 

This photo captures him in his element, surrounded by food doing the work he loved.

Grief doesn’t vanish.
You don’t 'move on.'
You move with it.

Some days it sits quietly. 
Some days it taps you on the shoulder.
And then there are moments like this, when it brings someone straight back into your heart.

But this photo did something else too.
It reminded me exactly where my own fire comes from.

My dad was all graft, pride and heart.
He cared deeply about his craft.
And he cared about people.

I started working for him when I was 12.
By 15, I was running the restaurant at weekends
Leading people twice my age, learning fast, getting things wrong, figuring out how to hold a team together.

At the time it just felt like 'helping Dad.'
Now I see it for what it was: my first leadership training ground.
So much of who I am today started in that restaurant.

Courage.
Ownership.
Showing up even when you don’t feel ready.
Taking pride in your work.

Seeing this photo now, almost three decades later, has pushed me even further into my own path.

His passion was food.
Mine is helping leaders find their courage to do the work that matters.
Different passions, same spirit.
Although my second choice would have been a food critic 😀

For anyone who’s lost someone, you’ll know this:

The grief softens, but the love doesn’t.
And moments like this make you stop and ask:

👉 Are we using the time we have well?
👉  Are we doing the work that feels true to us?
👉  Are we leading with pride in our craft… or just getting through the week?

I feel incredibly grateful for the years I had with him, for what he taught me, and for the reminder this photo brought.

If you’ve had a moment like this recently, I’d love to hear what it brought up for you.

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For my birthday last week, I went to a restaurant with NO menu.
And it felt so good to let go of control.

7 courses and no idea what's coming next. 

Even when they put butter that had marmite in it!! (I'm a hater)
It was amazing and I would have never ordered it had I been given the choice.

But here's the genius bit:

Every table eating the same thing.
Only 2 sittings at 7.30pm and 8pm.
The kitchen wasn't chaos... it was calm precision.
No decisions to stress about.
Just pure focus on quality and experience.

And they were all having the BEST time, singing to the music and having the time to have banter with us and make us feel SO special. 

There is so much to learn from this in corporate business. 

What could be possible is leaders stopped trying to control every outcome.
Empowered their teams to be creative.

Stopped offering endless options.
Just do fewer things... really, really well.

What if you applied this to your next project?

Your team?

Your life?

I already have and it's amazing how you can strip things back and simplify to create a better experience.

The old saying 'less is more' is so true.

Where is one area you can apply this to?

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The power of glitter.

A room full of women sharing.
Listening.
Supporting.
And encouraging each other to take those 'F*ck It' moments to live our potential. 

Nishma Patel Robb 🪩⚡️ created a night I’ll remember.
Not because it was shiny (even though it was), but because it felt safe.
Safe to be honest.
Safe to be seen.
Safe to let someone else hold a bit of your story.

I’m so grateful she followed her dream. 
It’s not the easy road, but it’s one that’s helping so many women back themselves.

If you’re not already following her, go step into her world of glitter. It’s genuinely uplifting.

Amazing to get to spend the evening with incredible women including Kerry Collinge Amanda Baker Catherine Peacock Anna Cairns Justine Hendry

This wasn’t just the most special morning.
It reminded me why I started the podcast in the first place.

I never imagined how much the guests would teach me, inspire me, and shape how I see leadership today.

Here’s just a small glimpse of the impact being created by the people around this table:

🔥 Mollie Kmita & Rosie Kmita – driving transformational change in women’s football, even when faced with misogyny and resistance.

🔥 Sedge Beswick – lifting founders to believe in themselves again and drive business success.

🔥 Lee Chambers - Driving research to raise the alarm on the impact AI is having on young boys and pushing for guardrails at government level.

🔥 Ali Hanan – showing brands how inclusive marketing isn’t just the right thing to do…it delivers stronger commercial performance when you truly listen.

What was truly wonderful is how different all their worlds are and yet the thread between them is the same:

Courage.
Curiosity.
A deep desire to make things better.
And genuinely lovely kind people. 

And it made me reflect on a simple leadership question:
What change are we each quietly trying to make…
and what would happen if we backed ourselves a little more?

I honestly feel incredibly lucky to learn from these remarkable humans.
And if you’re not following them yet, I’d really recommend it.

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It didn't go to plan and I didn't fall apart. 

Halfway through day one of PrettyGreen | The Global Fame Makers’ overnight offsite to plan 2026, I realised my afternoon content wasn't going to work.

The morning had taken us to an unexpected outcome. 

Old Jo would have panicked.
She would have ploughed ahead with her planned agenda anyway, convinced that sticking to the script was safer than admitting she didn't think it was going to work.

Instead, I stopped the room and shared that I didn't think the direction for the afternoon was going to work.

I brought the leaders into the thinking and we scrapped the original plan. 

That moment showed me how far I've come.

The hardest part of becoming a facilitator is learning to let go of the outcome. 

To trust that the right thing will emerge when you follow where the group needs to go.

For someone who likes control (guilty), this is terrifying.

But the magic happens when you're willing to not know. 
When you bring people into the uncertainty with you. 
When you trust yourself enough to say, "let's figure this out together."

So many of you have become rigid in your leadership. 
Clinging to how things are always done and your plans.

The best breakthrough moments happen when we let go of what we thought should happen and lean into what wants to happen.

In 2026, you need to become okay with not knowing exactly where you're headed.

That's where the real leadership lives.

Has this happened to you? 

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If 'doing the right thing' could cost you EVERYTHING...

Would you do it?!

Zelda Perkins did.

She spoke out and fought to break her NDA with Harvey Weinstein after being silenced for years.

Her courage exposed how NDAs were being used to hide abuse and protect power.

That single act sparked Can't Buy My Silence, a global movement to end NDAs that cover up wrongdoing.

Speaking to Zelda about her story is one of the most powerful conversations I have had to date and one not to miss.

Especially if you feel currently strongly about something but are unsure or afraid of acting on it.

We went deep on:

- What happens when you speak out against power
- Why we need to go to government for support
- Recognising self-bullying
- Why speaking up needs to stop being seen as 'brave'
- The ability to keep going despite setbacks

This episode will make you question so much and start to see things in a completely different way.

Zelda had the courage to change what she saw was wrong and to keep going despite the emotional toll this took. 

She is a true inspiration. And I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the episode.

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What a brilliant night.

It's not often you see a room full of Marketeers sing the Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 miles). 😂

The most special part is knowing the event is supporting 2 incredible causes.

⭐️ The amazing The Marketing Academy Foundation creating opportunities in our industry for people from challenging backgrounds

⭐️ Under One Sky, who are working to end homelessness 

The goal is to raise £250,000 and it's not too late to take part in the auction to contribute. Check it out on this link https://lnkd.in/eKJZW7AF

And all organised by the amazing Joel Barnett and his team at Fortune Hill. 

Thanks to my brilliant quiz team including Sophie Devonshire⚡️and The event queen herself Mays Elansari

This episode will stay with me for a long time.

The energy Mollie Kmita and Rosie Kmita walk into a room with is infectious, but the authentic leadership story behind that energy is where the real power sits.

At 14, they lost their home.

At 17, they lost their dad

At 19, they started their own women’s football club

At 23, they became professional footballers

And today, they are Forbes 30 Under 30 and founders of The Powerhouse Project 

Two incredible women who openly spoke about the chaos, the fear, the grief and the courage it took to build a life that looks nothing like where they started.

They’re proof that your beginning doesn’t get to decide your future.

And for leaders, their story is a reminder that resilience isn’t built in comfort.

It’s built in the moments you think might break you… but don’t.

If you want a dose of inspiration going into the weekend, I can’t recommend this episode enough.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/ejGUyEhm 

Or listen on Apple: https://lnkd.in/edeq-Wvp 

Or on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eZwwYhS7

Check out their amazing work with The Powerhouse Project: https://lnkd.in/exAJ4v6K 

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Resilience isn’t built in comfort - Mollie & Rosie Kmita

I don’t often listen to The CEO Diaries anymore,

but this episode has helped me a lot. 

I’m in a stage of really questioning what matters
how I spend my time,
what genuinely lights me up,
and what I’ve been saying yes to out of habit.

Listening to Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor brought me right back to what it means to be human.

She lost eight years of her life after a stroke.

Her story is extraordinary, not only because of what she overcame, but because of how she chose to live after.

She said something that I've found myself repeating all week:

 “Your life is worth 30 seconds.”

Thirty seconds to pause before reacting.
Before saying yes.
Before letting stress spill into the next moment.

Those 30 seconds hold the power to change how we live and lead.

Think about the impact of NOT taking them:
🔥 Being exhausted and not able to think straight
🔥 Losing the love for what you do 
🔥 Poor decisions and feeling stuck 
🔥 Your stressed energy costing your health and infecting those around you

We’ve all become so quick to react, especially under pressure.

So when everything feels urgent, take 30 seconds to remember what actually matters.

I can't explain enough how this has changed the way I'm approaching my week. I have such a clear head and lighter heart.

Your life and those you lead is worth 30 seconds.

How can you take this into your leadership?

Episode link in the comment. 

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12 leaders.
2 days
1 company with big ambitions.
1 beautiful venue.
And a table full of brilliant human beings. 

Year two of running PrettyGreen | The Global Fame Makers’s leadership two-day planning days reminded me why this work matters so much.

When a team is willing to pause the 'busy' button and look at themselves and the business, really look, opportunities open up.

We went deep into:

 • Innovation – what it really means
 • Curiosity – how to stay open, especially under pressure
 • Values – how they evolve as you grow
 • Culture – the behaviours that build trust (and the ones that quietly break it)
 • Emotional fitness – leading with steadiness even when things feel messy
 • Feedback – the conversations that change everything 

These are the muscles every leadership team needs right now.
Especially in a market where certainty is a luxury.

A special shout-out to Jessica Hargreaves Paczek, one of the most caring and courageous CEO's I’ve met (and I’ve interviewed over 150 on the podcast).

And to 🌳 Mark Stringer, for meeting change head-on, taking feedback with grace, and having an endless energy resource.

If you’re a leadership team reading this, here’s my question for you:

When was the last time you stopped long enough to look at the way you work together… not just the work you deliver?

A huge thanks to the full team for giving everything to the 2 days, even when the wine started to show up in plastic cups!! Sarah Henderson Lucy Mart Adam Shoemark Joe Stratton Hannah Macleod Emma Carson Lucy Porter Darren Greene Samantha Hooper Gill Sereena Abbassi FRSA

And Anna Maria Brezsa Timar  and Nicholas Barnard for the organisation and support. 

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The courage to be YOU!

That was the title of my talk at the Women in PR Christmas drinks

Because it was also the title of the event I walked into 7 years ago, that completely changed my life.

Back then, I was operating from proving, pleasing and not feeling good enough.
 
Today, I get to stand on the other side and pass on what I’ve learnt. 
That’s something I don’t take lightly.

Key things I shared:

🔥 Your 3 intelligence centres - head, heart and gut, and why alignment gives you more energy than any productivity hack ever will.

😀 Your future self - yes, it’s powerful to be present… but who are you becoming? And are your daily actions actually taking you there?

🦁 Courage before confidence - we have to stop waiting to feel “ready.” Courage and certainty come first. Confidence is just the receipt.

It was real honoured to be invited to speak, thank you Laura Perry and Jo Carr.

If you  want a dose of courage for your team to lift them up, then drop me a  DM. 

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How often do you go to the other side?

Last week, the right side of my brain finally got a turn.

My whole career, I've been told I'm too left-brained.

Interesting considering I spent my whole time in the creative industry, but it was in operations : )

So I decided to give it some exercise and went to a painting class. 

I had to work quite hard at trying to let go of it being right or overthinking what to do. 

Right now, I'm seeing too many leaders rigid in their thinking, so this is my shout-out to go and do something you don't normally do.

Give your dominant brain a rest and explore the other side. 

Have fun. 

I'd love to hear from anyone who consciously exercises both sides of their brains and what they do in the comments. 

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What if your resilience is actually survival mode?

That was the question running through my mind as I spoke with Mollie Kmita and Rosie Kmita – former pro footballers, now founders of The Powerhouse Project.

They have achieved so much:

🔥 Forbes 30 Under 30

🔥 Nike and Google partnerships

🔥 Creating real pathways for women in football

But what we talked about wasn’t the glossy stuff.

They vulnerably shared:

• The impact of losing their dad at 17 to alcoholism
• How hyper-achievement helped to hide grief 
• The guilt you feel if your not ‘busy’
• How people pleasing impacted two businesses not working
• 16 years of pushing so hard, in case it all disappeared

It is so important to recognise the difference between resilience and survival mode. 

Resilience is steady.
It helps you adapt, recover, and lead with clarity.
You can pause. You can choose. You can breathe.

Survival mode is frantic.
It’s fuelled by fear, guilt, and the belief that if you stop, everything will fall apart.

One keeps you grounded.
The other keeps you running.

The Kmita twins are now operating from resilience and realising you calm down without losing ambition.

If you lead a team, here’s the real challenge from this episode:

Don’t just ask, “How do we build resilience?”
Ask, “What are we silently rewarding – survival mode or sustainable leadership?”

Because your people are watching what you live, not what you say.

Are you in survival mode? Let me know in the comments.

🔗 If you want to hear the full story – from loss, identity crisis and burnout to building The Powerhouse Project – the episode with Mollie and Rosie is live now on the Courageous Leaders Podcast.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/ejGUyEhm 

Or listen on Apple: https://lnkd.in/edeq-Wvp 

Or on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eZwwYhS7 

Check out their amazing work with The Powerhouse Project: https://lnkd.in/exAJ4v6K 

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Very excited for Nishma Patel Robb 🪩⚡️to be putting the Glittersphere spotlight on me at 5pm today. 

I'm going to share when I first rebelled, how I found courage and so much more.

Be great to see you there - link in the events page below. 

Jo x

Putting the brilliant Joanna Howes under the spotlight and discovering more about this brilliant leader, podcaster and leadership expert. 
Join me for this exclusive sparkly conversation.

Nishma Patel Robb 🪩⚡️, Nimmi Shah and 4 other attendees

Shhhh….

Have you ever stayed quiet when you knew you should speak up?

Maybe out of fear… or because you didn’t think your voice would make a difference?

When the Harvey Weinstein ‘story’ was about to break, Zelda Perkins broke her NDA to do the right thing. 

She told the journalist everything, hoping other women with NDAs would come forward too.

But no one did.

So, she went first.

Her story isn’t just about taking on one man… it’s about taking on a system that silenced victims.

It took passion, resilience, courage - and 7 long years of pushing for change.

If you’ve ever felt pressure to stay silent, or you’re trying to create a culture where people can speak freely, this episode will really resonate.

Zelda shares her journey, her mission to make workplaces safer and more transparent.

And why speaking up should be seen as normal - not ‘brave.’

It’s one of those conversations that will stay with me - and I hope it does with you too. 

I’d love to know what you thought of the episode.

Watch it on YouTube here: https://lnkd.in/eHGVyFSE

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Or on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/ezYgJpEY

Check out Zelda's work here: https://lnkd.in/eZgJQJGp

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Most leaders say they care about allyship.
Very few actually practice it.

I’ve just recorded a conversation with Lee Chambers that I can’t stop thinking about, and I’m sharing this early because it’s one every leader needs on their radar.

We unpacked the everyday behaviours that decide whether people feel safe, valued, and able to be themselves at work, and the shocking data from his research with young boys and AI.

Lee has a way of holding up a mirror without making you defensive.
He names the hard truths, but he does it with compassion and clarity.

We dug into:
• What genuine allyship actually looks like
• The pressure men feel to fit outdated stereotypes
• Why culture change stalls (and how to unlock it)
• How leaders can create environments where everyone grows
• What boys are turning to when the world feels confusing or lonely — including AI companionship

Some of Lee’s research is hopeful.
Some of it is genuinely worrying.
But it’s important we don’t look away.

This episode lands on Thursday, and it’s one to make time for.

In the meantime…
What does real allyship mean to you?

Make sure you don’t miss the episode

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Too many of us are self-bullying!

And we need to stop it.

In my latest episode on Courageous Leaders , Zelda, who for years has campaigned to stop bad behaviour, shared the moment when she realised how badly she’d been treating herself.

It made me stop and think.

As leaders, we talk about the importance of compassion.

But how often do we give it to ourselves?

It’s a tough role, and there’s not much thanks that comes with it.

So it’s easy to notice what we’re not doing instead of what we are.

So maybe today, just check in:  
How are you speaking to yourself?

And what would it sound like if that voice came from compassion instead?    

If this resonates, this conversation with Zelda is a powerful reminder that courage starts with how we treat ourselves.

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Why am I making life harder for myself?

The question Mollie Kmita and Rosie Kmita are trying to answer.

And one I think we all are!

Rosie shared how the voices in her head kept saying:

“You’re not good enough.”

“You’re boring.”

“No one’s listening.”

It’s like having a toxic boss in our own heads that keeps us working hard.

We know that we perform better with encouragement, yet we are stuck in a cycle of criticism. 

My theory is that many leaders believe that if they talk nicely to themselves they won’t achieve as much?

What are your theories on this?

Let us know in the comments and hope you enjoy this great episode!

Watch on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/ejGUyEhm 

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🔥 Courage in Bitesize 

How to let someone challenge you, without getting defensive 

Most of us say we want honesty.
Until someone offers it and we suddenly launch into our Greatest Hits of Justification. 

I tried this and it does make a difference. 

1. Pause - Just one beat.

2. Relax your face - Your eyebrows don’t need to panic.

3. Say - “Thanks — tell me more.”

4. Listen, don’t load your comeback.

5. Focus on the outcome you want to achieve to manage emotions 

That’s it.
Tiny moves.
Big courage. 

It’s amazing how quickly people stop tiptoeing when they realise you’re not gearing up for battle.

Any further tips please add to the comments. 

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Lauren Spearman

How much is guilt driving your leadership? 

That feeling of “I should be working… I should be doing more” — and before you know it, you’re saying yes to too many things and juggling work that doesn’t actually move you forward. 

On our latest Courageous Leaders episode, Mollie Kmita and Rosie Kmita share how ten years of saying 'yes' to everything finally caught up with them.

There’s a season early in your career where saying yes makes sense — you’re learning, building, getting curious.

But there’s also a moment of becoming a leader where you have to be strategic. 

Maybe the most courageous move isn’t adding more.
Maybe it’s stripping back so you can think clearly again.

What’s one thing you could say “no” to this week? 

I recommend watching the full episode. It's one of our most inspiring yet. 

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Global Strategic Insights & Analytics Director / Executive Leadership Coach/ Professional Mentor

Multilingual Global Strategic Consumer/Shopper/Brand/Comms/Innovation Insight Specialist with experience of leading strategic insight in global, multi-national FMCG, OTC, Telco, Luxury organisations on icon brand portfolios in excess of £1bn. 
-Expert in constructing cutting edge insight programmes and leveraging ROI to deliver commercially winning and game changing marketing growth strategies for icon brands. 
-Specialities are brand portfolio positioning, award winning campaign development and innovation pipeline.
-Expert across all qual and quant methodologies as well as complex analytics.
-Senior stakeholder influencing and collaboration at Board Level.
-Speak fluent Italian, French and German and have extensive international experience and deep understanding of global markets and cultures.
-Health & Wellness advocate.
-Leadership development.
-Executive Coaching & Mentoring since 2023 and acquiring PCEC and PGCert coaching qualifications from Henley Business School.

Global Strategic Insights Director

Highly experienced Global Strategic Insights & Analytics Director (AI informed) FMCG/OTC & Pharma.
-Currently available for perm and FTC roles.
-Led insights for major icon brands 100+ across a vast array of categories: food and drink; premium spirits; beer; OTC and QSR to name a few.
-Led insight teams for Cadbury-Schweppes; Diageo: Heineken; Carlsberg; Heinz; Mars; Premier Foods; General Mills; Twinings; McDonald's & GSK.
-Well versed in complex qual and quant research techniques, speciality demand spaces; future opps; complex conjoint; segmentation; equity & ad testing/tracking and innovation. AI informed.
-Expert in customer; consumer; shopper & category.
-Strong brandbuilding strategist; 360 advertising development and tracking/all channels & specialist in innovation pipeline development/stage and gate KPIs.
-Leader of high performing cross functional and multicultural teams.
-Strong communicator and partner to C-Suite, driving customer insight into the heart of business to influence and deliver ROI and commercial impact.
-Creator of strong agency partnerships and rosters, driving strong budgetary efficiencies and delivery of strong insight impact, transforming businesses.
-Managed budgets up to £10m.
-Certified and EMCC/ICF accredited Executive Leadership Coach, bringing motivational leadership to fast paced environments.
-Multilingual Customer Champion: English; French; German; Italian & Spanish.
-AI literate (Oxford Uni.)
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Global Strategic Insights & Analytics Director (AI informed)

FPR Executive Coaching

-I have coached over 150 hours, partnering Senior Marketing Leaders (Snr Directors; C-Suite) from organisations such as Unilever; L'Oréal; McDonald's; Toluna; YouGov; Quantilope; HSBC; TWC Group; Circana as well as Founders and CEOs of MRX agencies.
-A Henley Business School certified Executive Coach. (Triple Accredited Exec Coaching Programme AC; ICF & EMCC.)
-Successfully completed Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching at Henley Business School in 2023.
-Successfully completed Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching for Behavioural Change at Henley Business School in 2024.
-EMCC accredited at Practitioner Level.
-EMCC accreditation at Senior Practitioner Level.
-ICF ACC accreditation.
-Leadership & Career Coaching in Global Marketing, Advertising & Strategic Insights Industries.
-Executive Coaching can be conducted in English/Italian/French & German.
-Unlocking the Growth Potential of Senior Marketing Professionals in Global Teams to Fulfil Career & Leadership Ambitions.
-Leveraging 20 years experience in Global Strategic Marketing Insight, leading high performance teams for world famous brands like Cadbury-Schweppes; Diageo: Heineken; Carlsberg; Mars; Heinz, General Mills; McDonald's; Twinings & GSK.
-An Executive Leadership Coach, who has first hand experience of the pressures of leading teams in global, fast paced, multinational corporations.
-A leader who has experience of cross cultural team leadership across multiple categories and brands.
-Passionate Leadership and DE&I Advocate.
-Empowerment of Female Leaders, building resilience through coaching.
-A Top 10 University Mentor in UK at Durham University; Lancaster University; Henley Business School & The EMCC.
-Frequent podcast guest discussing Marketing/AI/Leadership & Executive Coaching topics.
-Motivational expertise to add to my Marketing Team Strategic Insight Leadership.
-Am also wellness informed. Level 3 PT and nutrition.
-Am also trauma informed.

Dual Accredited Executive Leadership Coach for Senior Marketers (EMCC Snr Pr; ICF ACC)

Women In Research (WIRe)

Mentoring high performing females in the Strategic Insights/MRX Sector.

WIRe is an award winning mentorship programme, mentoring top insight/mrx leadership talent globally from clientside and agency.

Professional Mentor

Durham University Student Leadership Framework

Providing Mentoring to Durham University Student Leaders via the Leadership Framework.
Guest lecturing on Marketing and Business topics.

Joined Lancaster University too as a Career Mentor Michaelmas term 2023.

Joined Henley Business School as a Marketing Mentor in Summer 2023 - Oct 24.

Durham University Leadership Academy Mentor

Twinings

Head of Insights Developing Markets Ovo/Twinings:
-Strategic insights planning across Africa, Asia, KSA and European regions.
-Brand building; communication and innovation planning.
-Global MLT Member.
-In house Executive Coaching - pro bono.

Head of Insights - Developing Markets

A short term strategic insight contract in Global EX:
-Dedicated to bringing my global FMCG and OTC consumer and strategic expertise to complex, high investment, corporate assignments, placing the employee voice at the core of developing future facing innovation across the organisation.
-Agile innovation pipeline development.
-Working agile/2 week sprints.
-Deploying cutting edge research techniques for fast harvesting of business critical insights.
-Undertaking in depth interviews in Italian.
-Health & wellness team advocate.
-Office of the CEO

Global Insight Partner (Consultancy)

GSK Consumer Healthcare - leading strategic insight across portfolio of GSK Skin Health Brands globally in consumer healthcare division value in excess of $1bn.

-Leading global strategic consumer insight strategy on brand equity, positioning and communication development  for range of leading iconic OTC Skin health brands across the globe.
-Supporting global commercial leaders with winning consumer understanding to develop 360 marketing campaigns. 
-Leading innovation insight projects.
-Future opportunity projects.
-Supported senior stakeholders driving category strategy.
-Member of Global Insights Committee who designed, led and speaker at the Global Insights Conference 2016.

Global Insights Consultant: Skin Health

Heineken UK

-Head of strategic consumer, brand and communication's insight for HUK's iconic  portfolio of Cider & Beer brands: Strongbow, Bulmers, Heineken, Foster's, K1664 and Desperados value in excess of £1bn.

-Head of team of 2 insight professionals and leading strategic projects across multi-functional teams and supporting marketing team upwards of 40.
-Leading all communications testing and development for multi-channel ad campaigns across the 6 iconic strategic brands.
-Leading implementation of cutting edge communication's tracking and brand equity programmes.
-Implementation of strategic ways of working across multi-agency partner teams and best practice.
-Brand positioning expert, strengthening positioning of leading alcohol brands in UK.
-Led repositioning insight programmes for secondary brands.
-Designed, created and speaker at team conference with marketing colleagues.
-Implementation of holistic brand equity reporting.

Head of Brand Intelligence - HUK Portfolio

McDonald's

-Leading Consumer Insight Strategy across Food/Marketing/Innovation.
-Leading Consumer Insight Team, coaching and development.
-Planning for consumer driven Franchisee programmes 2014.
-Regular scenario planning/Exec reporting.
-Management and planning of consumer insight budget 2014.
-Leading of relationships across research agencies/communications partners.
-Recruitment into expanding Consumer Insight team.

Head of Consumer Insight (Consultant) - Business Strategy & Insights

Multilingual Global Strategic Insights Director FMCG&OTC/CIM Mktg/Cadbury/Diageo/Heineken/GSK/Twinings/Leadership Mentor Durham & Lancaster Uni/WIRe/FPR Executive Coaching/Henley Business School MSc/Mktg Mentor/Speaker

Febronia Ruocco is a multilingual, commercially impactful Global Strategic Insights & Analytics Director, with a proven track record of inspiring transformation & delivering winning insight; successful marketing strategy & commercial growth for iconic £1bn global brand portfolios in FMCG & OTC. 

Febronia has led insights across multiple categories: food & drink;premium spirits;beer;cider;mum & baby; telcos;luxury;QSR;OTC and biopharma for world famous brands. 

Febronia has championed the strategic insight, brand building, innovation & campaign development agendas for a range of top brand names, both in the UK & globally. She has brought insight to the heart of organisations & landed commercial impact, by partnering senior marketing stakeholders & influencing C-Suite teams. She has led high performance, international insight teams, all disciplines, for drinks companies: Diageo; Heineken; Carlsberg; Cadbury-Schweppes & Twinings and for food companies: Premier Foods; Heinz; Mars; General Mills & McDonald's.

Recently Febronia brought global consumer insight expertise to EX high investment, corporate assignments (in the prestigious office of the CEO) in biopharma at GSK; led global insight strategy for iconic OTC skin health brands for GSK Consumer Healthcare and headed up insights planning for IM markets at Twinings.

Febronia is also a certified Executive Leadership Coach (Henley Business School) & accredited at Senior Practitioner Level EMCC and ACC ICF. In addition to her Insight career, Febronia has coached over 150 hours, Senior Directors, C-Suite and CEOs from Top Companies in Marketing/Advertising/Insight & MRX. 

Febronia is also a Professional Mentor, supporting WIRe; Durham University Student Leadership Framework; Lancaster Uni; Henley Business School & EMCC UK.

Expertise:
-Raising the strategic insights profile within complex, global, matrix organisations, driving impact & commercial growth for iconic brand portfolios.
-Expert in brand building, communication development 360; innovation & portfolio growth strategy.
-Strong MRX technical skills across all quant & qual methodologies. 
-Powerful strategic influencing at C-Suite level.
-Effective leadership: Coaching & performance management of high performing teams.
-Impactful strategic workshop creator, facilitator & presenter.
-Fluent Italian, German, French & working Spanish.
-CIM International Mktg. Powerful cultural understanding of global markets.
-Advocate of DE&I and health & wellness.
-Lived in 3 different geographies, successfully led agile global projects across multicultural teams.

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