Becky Brock, Group Customer Director – Tesco and NED for The Marketing Society

Becky Brock was previously the Global Executive Commercial & Customer Director at Costa Coffee. In this role, she is accountable for customer strategy, proposition development, commercial buying and trading, plus the full marketing mix.

Becky began her career at Unilever, developing as a classically trained marketer across Regional and European roles before moving to premium spirits at The Edrington Group where she held a series of Global marketing and commercial roles. She has subsequently become an experienced retail leader in very different types of businesses; rejuvenating the Homebase brand within a venture capital organisation, leading the sale and merger of two businesses at Outdoor and Cycle Concepts and most recently transforming the digital and data capabilities as Marketing Director of John Lewis.

She has built a reputation for galvanising team performance, bringing clarity of vision and commercial acumen to her roles. This has contributed to being included in Marketing Week’s Top 100 Most Effective Marketers 2022, Management Today selecting her as one of 2015 ‘35 Women Under 35’, being named The Marketing Society’s ‘Young Marketer of the Year’ and winning awards from the Cannes Lions, Marketing Society, Effies, Retail Week, and Marketing Week Data Strategy. She is a NED for The Marketing Society and a proud Fellow of the Marketing Academy.

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NOMINATIONS FOR 2026 ARE OPEN!

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APPLICATIONS FOR THE GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 2026 ARE OPEN

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