Wesfarmers has brought on former Carsales marketing chief, Kellie Cordner, as chief customer officer of its new-look OnePass retail loyalty program.

Former American Express and Luxottica senior marketing leader, Jee Moon, has switched retail and financial services for technology and joined Australia-based data intelligence software vendor, Nuix, as its chief marketing officer.

Pivoting an entire organisation from a sales-led to marketing-led culture is firmly in the sights of Profectus Group’s first chief marketing officer.

Amaysim has promoted its chief marketing officer, Renee Garner, to company head, the youngest and first female leader in the mobile virtual network operator’s 11-year history.

Human capital management consultancy, Smart WFM, has brought on bestselling author, Andrew Griffiths, as its first global advisory board member to oversee marketing, branding and messaging.

Intrepid Travel is boasting of its first all-female regional leadership team following several executive changes announced this week.

Aged care and disability services provider, Mable, has brought on former RedBalloon growth leader and marketer, Matthew Cavalier, as its new chief growth officer.

Payments fintech, Openpay, has confirmed its new A/NZ head of marketing as it takes the wrappers off its annual OpenMay campaign.

​Blooms The Chemist has appointed a new chief marketing officer to build brand strategy and drive visibility as well as build out its marketing team.

Kimberly-Clark’s decision to promote its former senior marketing director to the top job in Australia and New Zealand is one of several appointments to bolster the company’s female leadership representation.

Retail fintech player, Slyp, has extended the role of its head of marketing to chief of staff in a move it says will help streamline executive decision making around strategy and growth objectives.

Regional accommodation network provider, G’Day Group, has appointed Sportsbet’s former head of engagement as its new chief marketing officer.

WWF-Australia chief marketing officer, Yves Calmette, is saying goodbye to Australia and relocating to Geneva to lead the not-for-profit’s brand and network communications internationally.

Qantas has united its airline and loyalty marketing under one chief marketing officer as part of a restructure of the team geared at better uniting the two sides of the business and improving marketing efficiency.

Marley Spoon chief marketing and growth officer, Kate Whitney, has joined the ever-growing ranks of marketing leaders taking on board roles and become a non-executive director at Wisr.

Australian fintech, Till Payments, has promoted its head of brand and customer experience to the newly created executive leadership role of chief customer officer.

Former City Beach and Brisbane Airport Corporation marketing leader, Mike Doyle, has become the new head of marketing for Australian apparel brand, LSKD.

Did you know the median tenure of Australia senior marketing leaders in 2021 sat at about 3 years, 2 months? Or that one in four CMOs found their IT/technology counterparts to be a significant roadblock to success? How about the fact that half of Australian marketing leaders actually increased their budgets last year compared to pre-Covid levels?

Diversity of thought and experience are touted as increasingly important ways for organisations to get ahead, devise competitive advantage, build resilience and innovative thinking culturally, implement change and ultimately, drive growth.

Former Youfoodz CMO, Simon Jarvis, has realised his dream of becoming a CEO and joined Aussie plant-based food meal delivery service, Garden of Vegan, as its chief.

Audible’s director of brand and content marketing has switched audiobooks for the fitness sector and joined Fitness & Lifestyle Group as its new general manager of marketing and PR for A/NZ.