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10 chief marketing officers
These ten chief marketing officers currently hold the CMO title at the companies listed with their names. Readers can learn how a CMO sets brand and growth strategy, builds a marketing team and decides where marketing budget goes.
Professionals to explore
01—10David Mogensen
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Cadillac
Chief Marketing Officer at Cadillac since 2026, where his profile says he oversees global marketing for Cadillac. He was previously VP of Global Marketing at Uber (2022–2026), Senior Director, Head of Marketing, EMEA at Uber (2020–2022) and Director of Marketing, Northern Europe at Google (2017–2020).
Debbie Woloshin
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Stitch Fix
Chief Marketing Officer at Stitch Fix since 2022, and former Chief Marketing Officer at Marc Jacobs (2018–2022) and at The Frye Company (2015–2018). Her listing also shows Senior Vice President of Marketing Ann Taylor Brand at LOFT (2012–2014) and Senior Vice President of Marketing at Jones New York (1995–2012). The profile describes Stitch Fix as a retail apparel and fashion company.
Emily He
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Gong
Chief Marketing Officer at Gong since 2024. She was previously Corporate Vice President, Business Applications Marketing at Microsoft (2021–2024), Senior Vice President, Global Marketing at Oracle (2017–2021) and Chief Marketing Officer at DoubleDutch (now part of Cvent) (2015–2017). The profile describes Gong as a software development company.
Emmanuel Orssaud
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Duolingo
Chief Marketing Officer at Duolingo since 2023. His other Duolingo roles are VP of Marketing (2022–2023), Head Of Global Marketing (Senior Director) (2021–2022) and Head Of International Marketing (Director) (2020–2021), and he was Chief Marketing Officer at Urban Sports Club in 2020. The profile describes Duolingo as a higher education company.
Hannah Hughes
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Plaid
Chief Marketing Officer at Plaid since 2025; her profile says she focuses on making the financial ecosystem's infrastructure legible, differentiated and compelling for all participants. She was previously Head of Product Marketing at Cash App (2024–2025), Head of Consumer PMM, Lifecycle, and Creative at Affirm (2019–2024) and Global Product Marketing Lead at Airbnb (2015–2018).
Leandro Barreto
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer, Unilever and Beauty and Wellbeing · Unilever
Chief Marketing Officer, Unilever and Beauty and Wellbeing at Unilever since 2026 and former CMO Beauty & Wellbeing at Unilever (2024–2026). His other Unilever roles include Senior Vice President - Global Dove Masterbrand & Skin Care Head of One-Dove North America (2021–2024) and Vice President Global Marketing - Skin Cleansing & Baby Care (2018–2022), and his profile describes championing and elevating brands as Unilever's Chief Marketing Officer.
Liran Peterzil
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Valentino
Chief Marketing Officer at Valentino since 2026. The listing also shows Senior Global Advisor at Richemont (2018–2026), Managing Director at LANOA (2018–2026) and Group Head of Worldwide Brand Relations, Marketing & Entertainment at Giorgio Armani (2013–2018). The profile describes Valentino as a luxury goods and jewelry company.
Melissa Abola Friebe
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Pizza Hut
Chief Marketing Officer at Pizza Hut since 2024 and former Chief Brand Strategy Officer at Taco Bell (2021–2025). Her other Taco Bell roles include VP & SVP, Brand Marketing & Insights Lab (2016–2021) and VP, Insights Lab (2014–2016), and her profile describes connecting consumer insight, creativity and business strategy into ideas that grow brands.
Sheila Joglekar Vashee
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Figma
Chief Marketing Officer at Figma since 2023 and former Chief Marketing Officer & GM at Ethos (2022–2023). Her listing also shows Venture Partner at Basis Set since 2022 and Founding Board Member at Persistence since 2019. The profile describes Figma as a design services company that provides design systems.
Sofia Colucci
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Molson Coors Beverage Company
Chief Marketing Officer at Molson Coors Beverage Company since 2023; her profile headline gives the role as CMO North America. Her other Molson Coors roles include Global Vice President - Miller Family of Brands & Economy Portfolio (2021–2023), Global Vice President - Miller Family of Brands (2020–2021) and Vice President - North America Innovation (2019–2020), and she was Vice President Innovation at MillerCoors (2018–2019).
Choose the right perspective
Choose someone whose business model is closest to yours, since marketing a consumer brand, a restaurant chain and a business software product call for different channels and metrics. Check each person's other listed roles to see whether their background is in brand, product marketing or regional marketing, and match that to the problem you need solved.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you split budget and attention between brand building and performance marketing, and how do you defend that split to the CEO and CFO?
- 02What did you change first when you took over the marketing team, and how did you decide what to change?
- 03Which metrics do you report to the board to show marketing's contribution to growth?
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