Institute for Real Growth Announces 'IRG 100' Selected Participants for IRG CMO Leadership Program

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Feb 18, 2020, 20:00 ET

NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute for Real Growth (IRG) today announced the 'IRG 100' – the list of the 100 Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) and other senior growth leaders selected for its 2020 Real Growth Leadership Program.

This year's 'IRG 100' includes senior growth leaders from ABI, Alibaba, AT&T, Bose, Bimbo, The Coca Cola Company, Diageo, GE, Go-Jek, HSBC, Mazda, McDonald's, Mastercard, Nestle, Paypal, Shell, Unilever, and Vodafone.

The IRG Real Growth Leadership Program connects leaders to new research, best practices, benchmarking tools, experts and peer practitioners to help unleash business growth potential for their own organization. The program includes workshops in New York, Oxford, Shanghai and Cannes.

"The IRG program is unique because it focuses on transformative ideas for business growth strategy, structure, and leadership," says Marc de Swaan Arons, IRG Founder.

"The collective wisdom of the participants, combined with the IRG research findings makes for a potent and very practical mix," adds Frank van den Driest, IRG Founder.

The 'IRG 100' – list of this year's selected leaders can be found below. More information, including the participant bios, can be found at www.instituteforrealgrowth.com.

The Institute for Real Growth (IRG) is a not-for-profit and independent institute supported by WPP, Facebook, Google, Kantar, LinkedIn, the NYU School of Professional Studies (NYUSPS), the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, the Exetor Group and Spencer Stuart.

The program curriculum is based on interviews with around 500 senior business leaders, over 4,500 on-line survey contributions from 73 countries, an AI analysis of over 3,500 publications and a behavioral analysis of publicly available LinkedIn data from over 800 million connections across 3 million employees.

For more information, and to apply for the 2021 IRG Real Growth Leadership Program, please visit www.instituteforrealgrowth.com.

The 'IRG 100' – IRG Growth Leadership Program 2020 Participants are:

Albert Garcia, Head of Marketing Volkswagen, Volkswagen Spain
Andrew Geoghegan, Global Head of Consumer Planning, Diageo
Ann Gitao, Africa Head of Marketing, Vivo Energy
Annabel Jack, Chief Commercial Officer, Made
Annabel Venner, Global Brand Director and Hiscox Partner, Hiscox
Antoine de Carbonnel, Chief Commercial Officer, Go-Jek
Arvind Chintamani, Vice President Marketing, Colgate Palmolive India
Bear Weng, Chief Executive Officer, C.P. Lotus
Brad Hiranaga, Chief Brand Officer, General Mills
Can Wang, Chief Executive Officer, Interfocus
Carl Stanaway, Chief Operating Officer, Mitra Adiperkasa Group Indonesia
Carlos Fonseca, Senior Vice President Data & Solutions, Sales & Services, Mastercard
Carol Chen, Global Lubricants Marketing Vice President, Shell
Carole Irgang, Executive Partner, Marketing Transformation, IBM
Charlene Zappa, SVP Growth and Consumer Engagement, The J.M. Smucker Company
Chris Pitt, Chief Marketing Officer, HSBC UK
Chris Turner, Director of Corporate Affairs, Royal Bank of Scotland
Christina Peyton, Vice President, Marketing & Growth APAC, WPP
Christine Xu, Chief Marketing Officer, McDonald's China
Dan Rubel, Customer Communications & Brand Director, Dixon's Carphone
Daniela Lobo, Global Head of Brand and Digital Marketing, Johnson & Johnson
David Kim, Vice President CBU Head of Chocolate, Greater China Region, Mars China
Dean Aragon, Chief Executive Officer Shell Brands International & Global VP Brand, Shell
Debora Koyama, Global Growth Operations Officer, Unilever
Derek Sun, Global Senior Brand Director, OPPO Mobile Telecommunications
Diana Luu, Head of Marketing Solutions Canada & Business Services NA, LinkedIn
Donovan Hegland, Director Growth and Innovation, Distell Group
Douwe Bergsma, Chief Marketing Officer, Piedmont Healthcare
Elana Rosenfeld, Founder & Chief Executive Office, Kicking Horse Coffee
Emma Woods, Chief Executive Officer, Wagamama
Femke Anna van Zanten, Business Director Consumer Tech & Services, Facebook
Francesco Tortora, Chief Marketing Officer, Ariston Thermo
Francisca Rahardja, Marketing Director & Board of Directors, Sampoerna
Gaby Vreeken, Former Chief Marketing Officer, Bayer
Gannon Jones, Former Senior Vice President Marketing, Allstate
Guido Sciascia, Chief Marketing Officer, illycaffè
Guy Kellaway, Communications Director, Nestlé Indonesia
Heike Linnemann, Brand General Manager, Kiko Milano
Iris Meijer, Chief Marketing Officer, Vodafone Business
Jaap Kalma, Group Chief Commercial Officer, SBC - Sports Betting Community
Jan van Twillert, Vice President Marketing Dairy Eastern Europe, PepsiCo
Javier Meza, Chief Marketing Officer Sparkling, The Coca-Cola Company
Jeremy Gilley, Founder, Peace One Day
Jia Hyun, Vice President, Head of North America, Marketing Solutions, LinkedIn
Jill Cress, Vice President Consumer Marketing, PayPal
Jiunn Shih, Chief Growth Officer, Zespri
Jodi Harris, Global Vice President, Marketing Culture & Capabilities, ABI
John Abel, Director of International Marketing, Mazda Corporation
Jurgen Bloemers, Marketing Director, Europe and Global Marketing Functions, BP
Kate Stanford, Global Managing Director, Ads Marketing, Google
Katja Ohly-Nauber, Head of Marketing-Communications, Mercedes-Benz Cars Germany
Keren Cheung, General Manager, Hasbro China
Kirsten Allegri Williams, Chief Marketing Officer, SAP SuccessFactors
Kristof Neirynck, VP & Chief Marketing Officer, Global Brands, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Kyla Jacobs, Executive Vice President, Marketing & Growth North America, WPP
Kyle Dropp, Co-Founder and Chief Research Officer, Morning Consult
Leanne Marshall, Chief Marketing Officer, Yoti
Lili Zhu, Head of Marketing Greater China, Colgate Palmolive
Mike Zhao, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cupshe
Madhusudhan Rao, Executive Vice President - Home & Hygiene, Unilever
Marc Schroeder, Chief Executive Officer, Pepsi-Lipton
Marion Deridder Blondel, Directrice Marketing & Communication, Engie
Mark Giesbers, Managing Director, Products, Liberty Global
Matt Vagg, Chief Marketing & Customer Officer, GMHBA
Michael Breen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Human Rights First
Mim Haysom, Chief Marketing Officer, Suncorp
Molly Miao, Chief Marketing Officer, Shein
Nicola Emsley, Head of Global Consumer Marketing, Bose
Noel Hamill, Chief Commercial Officer, Prevayl
Olga Osminkina-Jones, Chief Innovation, R&D and RTD Officer, Beam Suntory
Oliver Joyce, Head of Worldwide, Mindshare
Oliver Pacht, Local Head, Mexico, Institute for Real Growth
Onur Kirci, Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Digital, Allianz Sigorta
Rahul Malhotra, Head of Brand Strategy & Stewardship, Shell
Ray Zhang, Chief Marketing Officer, Cupshe
Rebecca Messina, Former Chief Marketing Officer, Uber
Reid Li, General Manager China Demand, Mars Wrigley
Rhonda Walker, Chief Marketing Officer, ITRenew
Ricardo Pérez, Global Marketing Director, Grupo Bimbo
Richard Tolley, Partner, Kantar, Consulting Division
Rodolfo Echeverria, Global Vice President, Creative, The Coca-Cola Company
Rosangela Guerra, MD for Mexico, Puerto Rico and The Caribbean, Lincoln Mexico
Sandra Howard, Vice President Corporate Brand Marketing, AT&T
Scott Gregory, Vice President Pharmacy and Health Services Marketing, CVS Health
Shyam Venugopal, Vice President, Global Media and Consumer Data Strategy, PepsiCo
Stacie Hoffmeister, Head of Home Office Learning, Diversity & Inclusion, Morgan Stanley
Stacie Henderson, Head of Digital and E Commerce, DIVERSA LLC
Steve Axe, Chief Marketing Officer, Nomad Foods
Tarun Malkani, Category Business Head Wyeth Nutrition, Nestlé
Tiger Shang, GM for Digital Transformation, Yili
Tricia Weener, Global Head of Marketing CMB & GBM, HSBC
Vanessa Schotes, Global Marketing Director, IWGPLC
Victor Hisao Misawa, Head of Marketing, Alchemy-Rx
Vikram Bawa, Vice President and Head of Marketing - Asia Pacific & EMEA, Logitech
Vincent Bouin, CMO / Directeur Marketing France, The Coca-Cola Company
Will Aldington-Smith, Agency Partner Lead EMEA, LinkedIn
Yolanda van Die Global Brand, Marketing & Communications, EY
Yvonne Chang, President Alimama, Alibaba
Zara Mirza, Director of Global Brand, General Electric
Zou Le, Chief Executive Officer, Banggood