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Chris Burton

Fractional CMO (South East England)

Experience
  • Construction and Property
  • Consumer Goods
  • Hospitality and Leisure
  • Manufacturing
  • Retail & E-commerce

"Turning Ambitious Goals into Measurable and Enduring Marketing Success"

  • Delivered consistent sales and profit growth at SC Johnson across major household brands including Glade and Mr Muscle.

  • Led global innovation for Toilet Duck, with Fresh Brush becoming the brand’s most successful market innovation in a decade.

  • Created and rolled out the Panopolis bakery café brand across 12 countries at Select Service Partner, achieving sales growth of 25 to 45% above the units it replaced.

  • Outperformed competitors including Costa Coffee on customer satisfaction and product quality scores through stronger brand experience and customer proposition.

What Chris Burton brings

  • Brand Growth Strategy

    Strong brand thinking that helps businesses sharpen their market position, strengthen customer appeal and create clearer routes to growth.

  • Customer Proposition Development

    The ability to turn customer insight into stronger propositions, products and experiences that improve relevance, preference and commercial performance.

  • Multi-Market Rollout

    Experience taking brands and concepts across multiple markets, balancing consistency with the practical realities of local execution.

  • Commercial Marketing Leadership

    Senior marketing leadership across corporates, start-ups and family-run businesses, with a focus on practical strategy, profit growth and measurable outcomes.

Profile

A commercially focused marketing leader who helps businesses build stronger brands, sharper propositions and more effective routes to market. With experience across international corporates, start-ups and family-run businesses, Chris brings clear commercial thinking, customer-led brand development and practical delivery across retail, healthcare, leisure, professional services and consumer markets.

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