Gloria N. Garrett Founding Partner, President and Managing Partner of the Marketing Strategy Practice for HMG. Specializes in brand management and innovation to accelerate growth, drive differentiation, and achieve enduring brand leadership.
Gloria Garrett has a broad-based track record building brands and leading teams across a range of product categories, domestic and international. Professional expertise includes:
• Developing brand positioning and marketing plans based on insights, business model capabilities, and market opportunities
• Driving innovation across the marketing mix to add consumer value and profitability
• Growing brands across diverse
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business models, including DSD, JV and hybrids
• Developing and leading marketing training initiatives • Global brand management and organization development
Career progression • EVP Marketing-Interim Executive, Petrus Brands, a restaurant brands growth company • SVP Brand Management, Olive Garden, a unit of $6B Fortune 500 casual dining leader Darden Restaurants • VP Hydration Brands Business Unit, Coca-Cola North America, an $8B operating group of The Coca-Cola Company • EVP, Global Marketing Officer, Microban International, LTD, the leading global bio-tech antimicrobial ingredient brand company • SVP, Marketing, Revlon
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International Division, a $1B global cosmetics and personal care products leader • VP Marketing/Sponsorship, M&M/Mars, division of Mars, Inc., a privately held $28B global consumer goods company • Leadership marketing roles at Mars Alimentaire, Strasbourg, France and Dolma SpA, Milan, Italy, subsidiaries of Mars, Inc. • Began marketing career at Procter & Gamble in Packaged Soap and Detergent
Education
• MBA, Marketing, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• BA, Communication (honors), The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Associacion Escuelas Lincoln, Buenos Aires, Argentina, salutatorian
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