Sarah Warby is Chief Customer Officer at Nando’s and a non-exec director at Moneysupermarket Group. Before Nando’s, Sarah was CEO of Lovehoney and she launched a FinTech start-up called HyperJar. She was also CMO at Sainsbury’s for five years, part of the Operating Board and accountable for all Sainsbury’s communications, including nectar, in-store experience and partnerships like the Paralympics and Comic Relief; as well as being the chair of the Trading Board and accountable for Christmas.
Prior to Sainsbury’s, Sarah spent 8 years in the brewing industry; working for Scottish & Newcastle (which was latterly acquired by Heineken). During her time there Sarah was Foster’s Marketing Manager, then Innovation Director and ultimately Marketing Director – running the largest portfolio beer & cider portfolio in the UK (Foster’s, Strongbow, Kronenbourg 1664, Bulmers, John Smith’s to name a few). Prior to S&N Sarah was a planner at Leo Burnett in Sydney, having learned the ropes as a grad trainee at Unilever. Her first proper job was as a welder in a steel works in South Wales.
Sarah has an Engineering masters from Oxford and loves being outside – walking, cycling, climbing or scuba diving. However the swashbuckling-ness of these hobbies has been temporarily curtailed by having two young sons.
