Philippe Marmara is a dynamic and accomplished executive with a distinguished career spanning strategic and operational leadership roles. He has served in pivotal positions such as chief marketing officer, head of new products and innovations for Europe, president, CEO, general manager, and head of customer service. His leadership experience extends across globally recognized blue-chip companies, including American Express and The Coca-Cola Company.
Philippe brings a robust and diverse consulting portfolio, having advised senior leaders across the globe in industries such as fast-moving consumer goods, telecommunications, and travel & lifestyle. His client roster includes prominent names like Vodafone, McCain, Unilever, Heinz, AB InBev, Adidas, KLM, ExxonMobil, Zain Telecom, JCDecaux, Pernod Ricard, Suntory, Carlsberg, Heineken…
Widely acknowledged as a forward-thinking and creative change agent, Philippe is celebrated for his thought-provoking leadership in innovative marketing, revenue growth management, route-to-market strategies, and customer-centric transformation. He thrives on challenging the status quo and consistently drives impactful client outcomes. Beyond his corporate engagements, he also serves as a personal coach to senior executives and contributes as an advisory board member for several organizations.
Currently, Philippe holds the roles of senior partner and senior vice president at Globalpraxis Group. He has previously served as a visiting professor at CEIBS/Zurich Institute of Business Education and as an advisory board member at Cass Business School in London.
Philippe earned his MBA with Honors from City University London (now Bayes Business School) and holds a master’s degree in business and economic studies from the Institute of High Economic and Commercial Studies in Bordeaux.
A French national, he is fluent in French, English, and Italian, with proficient working knowledge of Spanish.