Episodes

May 2023
David speaks with Raja Rajamannar, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Mastercard and WFA's President, about the importance of WFA and Global Marketer Week in building communities within the industry and how his roles at Mastercard and WFA interconnect.

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April 2023
David speaks with Rob Cameron, Global Head of Public Affairs at Nestlé, about the role of marketing in driving companies sustainability agenda and the role of business in achieving the SDGs.

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March 2023
David speaks with Gordon Crovitz, co-founder and CEO at NewsGuard, about balancing brand safety concerns with funding quality journalism.

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February 2023
David speaks with Rudy Khaw, Chief Brand Officer at AirAsia, about marketing in postpandemic times and the process of turning an airline into a travel super-app.

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December 2022
David speaks with Tom Standage, Deputy Editor of The Economist and Editor, The World Ahead, about tech people’s Messiah complex, upcoming regulation and his three reasons to be optimistic about 2023.

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October 2022
David speaks with Roel De Vries, Group Chief Operating Officer at City Football Group, about the ins and outs of the football business, brand building, and the similarities and differences between Tokyo and Manchester.

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September 2022
David speaks with Susan Akkad, SVP Global and Local Innovation, about the lessons she learned during her long career at The Estée Lauder Companies and the importance of brands that speak to diverse audiences.

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July 2022
David speaks with David Droga about his journey from the mailroom in Australia to the highest seat in Accenture Song – and where the agency’s name came from.

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June 2022
David speaks with Rupen Desai, former Global Chief Marketing Officer at Dole, about what marketers need to change to face the climate crisis and his leadership role in APAC.

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June 2022
David speaks with Matt Brittin, EMEA President at Google, about about marketing, DEI, and sustainability. 

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May 2022
David speaks with speaks with Professor Byron Sharp, Director of the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, about brand loyalty, double jeopardy, and consumer experience and satisfaction.

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March 2022
David speaks with speaks with Peter Field, CEO of Peter Field Consulting, and Karen Nelson-Field, CEO of Amplified Intelligence, about what marketers need to know about effectiveness and the attention economy.

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February 2022
David speaks with David Porter, former Unilever VP of Global Media, about the lessons he learnt after a decade of business in Asia.

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January 2022
David speaks with ad legend Sir John Hegarty about the value of creativity, building iconic brands and the secret to making the perfect marmalade.

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December 2021
David speaks with Folake Ani- Mumuney, Global Head of Marketing & Corporate Communications at First Bank, about why brands need to start focusing more on the African continent.

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November 2021
David speaks with speaks with Sonia Thimmiah, head of Sustainable Brands & Customer Partnerships at Reckitt, about how brands can play a decisive role in shaping the sustainable future the world needs.

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October 2021
David speaks with by “The Ad Contrarian”, Bob Hoffman, about his past as an ad-man, and how the internet changed the industry for ever.

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June 2021
David speaks with the inimitable marketing professor and industry commentator, Mark Ritson, on the perils of purpose, the fundamentals of marketing and how brands should be more like Tom Hollander and less like Orlando Bloom.

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May 2021
David speaks with Lisa McKnight, SVP and Global Head of Barbie & Dolls at Mattel, Inc., on the strategy fueling Barbie's reinvention and growth and the company's new toy line challenging stereotypes.

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April 2021
David speaks with Conny Braams, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer at Unilever, about sustainability, courageous marketing and ‘purposeful creativity’.

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March 2021
David speaks with Ivan Pollard, Senior VP and Global Chief Marketing Officer at General Mills, about coming to America, the importance of humour, why marketing can’t be replaced by machines and catching the ‘F-train’.

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February 2021
David speaks with Lubomira Rochet, L'Oréal's Chief Digital Officer, about digital transformation, how her diverse background feeds into her leadership role, the rise of e-commerce and TikTok, and service-based marketing in a ‘cookie-less world’.

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January 2021
David speaks with Raja Rajamannar, CMO of Mastercard and WFA President, about his early days in marketing in India, what Covid has changed, the global marketing agenda and Rajamannar's new book on next-generation marketing.

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December 2020
David speaks with Sir Martin Sorrell about what Covid has changed, his advice for marketers, DEI, Brexit and some regrets on not managing the work-life balance.

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October 2020
David speaks with WFA’s Global Diversity Ambassadors, Belinda Smith and Jerry Daykin, on how brands and the industry have responded to amplified issues of racism in the US and globally. The trio also discuss the WFA’s D&I Taskforce, the internal and external facets of diversity and inclusion, as well as issues regarding representation and stereotyping.

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