Britvic: New marketing director
UK soft drinks company Britvic has appointed Munnawar Chishty as its new Marketing Director in Great Britain.
The appointment follows Bruce Dallas moving to a new role as Commercial Growth Director.
Chishty will join Britvic later this year from Walgreen Boots Alliance, where she is Vice President & Global Category Director, Beauty and leads their global portfolio of beauty brands No7, Soap & Glory and Liz Earle. She also leads the incubator team responsible for digital consumer experience transformation, the multi-million-dollar revenue gifting team and local marketing teams across the globe.
In her career, Munnawar has worked across FMCG (Gillette, Scottish & Newcastle, J&J & GSK) and retail (Walgreen Boots Alliance) and where she held several senior global strategic and local leadership roles.
Munnawar brings with her considerable expertise in commercial, innovation, digital marketing and developing iconic campaigns – including the John Smith’s adverts featuring Peter Kay and working with the Spice Girls and Gary Lineker on campaigns for Walkers.
Munnawar is also a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, having been business sponsor of the Racial Equity and Cultural Heritage Business Resource Group at Walgreen Boots Alliance and worked with numerous organisations in the diversity, equity and inclusion sector.
Munnawar Chishty is a Non-Executive Director on the board of Bucks & Berks FA.