Alison Owen, Seasons, Gifting & Galaxy UK Portfolio Director, Mars Wrigley

Alison proudly leads the Seasonal, Gifting and Galaxy Portfolio at Mars Wrigley. Alison joined Mars Wrigley in 2007 on their prestigious Mars graduate development programme and has enjoyed a fast track career working across many of the nation’s favourite Chocolate and Gum brands including Mars ®, Maltesers ® and Extra ®.

Alison is a highly driven, compassionate marketing leader fuelled by the desire to make a meaningful difference. Passionate about personal development and coaching, Alison believes in the power of engaged, empowered, and connected teams to unlock transformational results.

Alison is a Mum of two pre-schoolers, Caitlin and Sophia and is an advocate of conscious parenting, currently studying NLP for kids. Alison loves taking on big personal challenges climbing Mt Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief and abseiling Guys Hospital Tower in London for the British Heart Foundation.

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