Digital Move Report
Digital People Moves Report: Autumn 2020

As we head into the second UK lockdown, we’ve seen of late a significant amount of hiring of digital leadership at the executive level, right across the consumer sectors, as you will see in our Autumn Digital People Moves report below.
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Rob Weston | x Samsung | Joins Beauty Pie as CMO |
Lou Jones | x BrightHouse | Joins Virgin Active as Marketing Director |
Sheena Sauvaire | x Belstaff | Joins YNAP as CMO |
Neil Dodd | x Compare the Market | Joins Cera as Product Director |
Simon Jackson | x Connect Airways | Joins Screwfix as Customer & Digital Director |
Christianne Amodio | x Glu Mobile | Joins Moshi: Sleep & Mindfulness as Chief Product Officer |
Alan Walsh | x Bud | Joins Duedil as Director of Marketplace |
Andy Botha | x Secret Escapes | Joins Purple Bricks as Group CFO |
Pascal Wharton | x Google | Joins Youtube as Director, Subscriptions, Growth and Artist Relations, EMEA |
Michael Rouse | x Klarna | Joins InPost as CEO International |
Paul Hornby | x Matalan | Joins the Very Group as Digital Customer Experience Director |
Steve Pimblett | x wejo | Joins the Very Group as Chief Data Officer |
James Rawlinson | x Virgin | Joins the Very Group as Interim Brand & Customer Director |
Dave Burke | x Myjar | Joins The Very Group as Chief Commercial Officer – Financial Services |
Susanne Given | x SuperGroup | Joins Hush as Non-Exec Chair |
Gareth Helm | x Mcdonalds | Joins Homeserve as Global CMO |
Rachel Eyre | x Sainsburys | Joins Morrisons as Chief Customer & Marketing Officer (2021) |
Daniel Azzopardi | x Hometree | Joins Honest Food as Senior Director |
Thor Mitchell | x Crowdcube | Joins Miro as Head of Platform (Product) |
Tom Griffin | x OVO Energy | Joins Jumptech as COO |
Josefina Garat | x Vitl | Joins Onto as CMO |
Conrad Ford | x Funding Options | Joins Allica Bank as Chief Product & Strategy Officer |
Emma (Knott) Collett | x Ambassador Theatre Group | Joins Tapi Carpets as COO |
James Stringer | Promoted to Digital Director at Tapi Carpets | |
Kamal Hathi | x Trader Interactive | Joins DocuSign as CTO |
Lori Cunningham | x Countrywide | Joins Vodafone as VP of Digital and Business Development |
Michelle Grover | x Techtonica | Joins Twillio as CMO |
Alex Khan | x Smaato | Joins Unruly as Group MD International |
Alastair Bathgate | x Blue Prism | Joins Upscale Group |
Jason Weston | x Amazon | Joins MATCHESFASHION as COO |
Tamer El-Emary | x WorldRemit | Joins Thunes as COO |
Neil Brettell | x Labrador | Joins Itch Pet as COO |
Peter Duffy | x JUST EAT | Joins Moneysupermarket Group as CEO |
John Connolly | x Receipt Bank | Joins Benevolent AI as SVP Product Management |
Jeremy Muras | x Lion Capital | Joins Givenchy as CDO |
Andrew Verbitsky | x OYO | Joins Gett as Deputy CEO |
James Moore | x Trainline | Joins YourParkingSpace as Investor & COO |
Natalie Thng | x Majestic Wines | Joins Vivino as UK Customer Director |
Faisal Masud | x Alphabet | Joins Fabric as CEO |
Nadja Bellan- White | x Ogilvy | Joins Vice Media as Global CMO |
Stephen Langford | x Asda | Joins M&S as Director of Ecommerce |
Angelo Perna | x Reiss | Joins Aesop as Global Marketing Director |
Emma Lowry | x Avon | Joins GSK as Global Digital Product Director |
Mark Hodson | x Howsy | Joins AA Cars as Marketing & Product Director |
Saeed Anslow | x Iceland Foods | Joins Walrmart Canada as Senior Director : Omni Channel & Online Grocery |
Jesper With-Fogstrup | x HSBC | Joins ULS technology as CEO |
Rachel Swift | O2 | Promoted to CMO Tesco Mobile |
Jody Ford | Trainline | Promoted to CEO |
Tom Eilon | x Funding Circle | Joins accuRx as VP Strategy |
Cassandra Hicks Bergsland | x Charlotte Tilbury | Joins John Lewis as Director of Omnichannel (Interim) |
Lou Ashton | x Vivobarefoot | Joins River Island as Marketing Director |
Rob Silsbury | x The Dune Group | Joins Cath Kidston as Digital Director |
Kenneth Hervik |
x Fredensborg | Joins Hyatt as Regional VP Digital EMEA |
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