Welcome to episode #56! Our guest today is the President and CEO of Effie Worldwide. Effie is an organisation best known for championing and improving the practice and practitioners of marketing effectiveness. Prior to joining Effie Worldwide, our guest spent 13 years at Cadbury Schweppes in a variety of marketing and business roles, up to Global Business Development Director. And she also spent almost 7 years at Shell International.
Her roles at Shell included General Manager of Global Consumer Brands — Global Head of Brand Strategy in Retail — And Vice President of External Relations, Asia Pacific. Amongst her impressive career life, she’s also a mum, so you can see why I’m so honoured AND excited to introduce her.
Some of the topics we spoke about include:
If you’re someone who is interested in the fusion of marketing, leadership and people skills, then this is for you.
I present to you … the highly experienced, intelligent, superwoman of marketing ... Traci Alford!
More on Traci can be found via the links below:
Traci’s LinkedIn profile
Effie Worldwide website
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