26Mar, 2025

How to become a Chief Marketing Officer in financial services

Summary

We are delighted to invite you to our latest event for marketers in the financial services sector. This time, we'll be exploring how to reach the Chief Marketing Officer level.

Speaker

Jaemien Serrano

Manager

Guest Speakers

Sumeet Vermani

Founder & Chief Marketing Officer at SKV Consulting

Sarah Conrad

Advisor at Napo Pet Insurance and Founding Partner at One Two Six Ventures

Kate Thunnissen

Chief Marketing Officer at NatWest Boxed

About this event

Climbing the career ladder to the Chief Marketing Officer role can be daunting. To help you navigate the journey yourself, Jaemien Serrano will be bringing together a panel of leaders in the Financial Services space to talk through their career journeys and provide you with useful insights on how you can chart your own path.

  • Sumeet Vermani, accomplished CMO with experience leading marketing and digital transformation for some of the biggest companies in media, technology and financial services including ESPN, Symantec and Worldpay. Sumeet now operates as a Strategic Advisor, working with investors, boards and leadership teams at large enterprises and scale-ups as they navigate the transformation of go-to-market strategy in an AI world.
  • Kate Thunnissen, established CMO, having led marketing teams across multiple geographies at large corporates and scrappy start-ups. Most recently the CMO at NatWest Boxed (the bank's embedded finance arm), Kate fell into financial services, managing various marketing initiatives at JPMorgan's investment bank and asset management divisions, and leading marketing at Dealogic and AlphaSense, successful fintechs backed by PE
  • Sarah Conrad, experienced Chief Marketing Officer. Most recently the CMO at Monzo, Sarah is a Senior Marketing Leader and Board Advisor with a proven record of marketing success at groundbreaking brands, such as Google and HBO, and growing start-ups, such as Culture Trip.

They will be sharing thoughts around:

  • Navigating the career path & progression
  • Skills & experience and how do you stay ahead in a rapidly changing landscape?
  • Challenges and the reality of the role
  • Personal branding and visibility
  • How do you position yourself for a CMO role if you haven’t been a VP of Marketing before?

Join us to hear all of this and more, including the opportunity to ask your own burning questions to our panel of CMOs.


Where: 3Search offices, 5th Floor, 7 Soho Square, W1D 3QB

When: Wednesday, 26th March 2025, 08:30 - 11:00am (08:30 - arrival and networking, 09:00-10:00 panel discussion and Q&A, 10:30 - networking and finish)

Date and time

Wed 26 Mar, 2025
08:30 am

Location

3Search offices, 5th Floor, 7 Soho Square, W1D 3QB

3Search | England and Wales, (Registration Number 09135328)
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