Dianne Everett, General Manager – Brand, Sponsorship & Social, CBA

Di Everett joined Commonwealth Bank of Australia as the General Manager of Brand, Sponsorship and Social in December 2019.

Prior to joining Commonwealth Bank, Di held various roles at Optus, working across segment and product marketing roles where she had P&L accountability and delivered E2E marketing programs. Di has worked across multi-national organisations, in Australia and UK, spending the majority of her career driving both iconic and new brand growth within Unilever and The Coca-Cola Company.

As a respected culture builder, Di is passionate about growth – both commercial and personal, and has a strong desire to help people achieve excellence in their pursuits. She is a three-time Effies Awards judge, Ad Council judge and judgement-free youth mentor.

Di was a UNSW CO-OP Scholarship graduate, with passion for organisational and consumer psychology, the entire craft of marketing and sport! She sits on the Advisory Board of NSW Gamechangers and is undertaking her Australian Institute of Company Directors qualification.

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