NatWest Group

Research Consultant

Noggin The Brain People

🧠 Noggin The Brain People 🧠

Sainsbury's Bank

Head of Research, Planning & Brand

Head of Propositions & Innovation

Head of Customer Insight & Innovation

The Marketing Society Scotland

Chair Of Marketing Society Scotland

Heineken UK

Head Of CMI (Consumer & Market Intelligence)

Category Insights Controller

PepsiCo Intl

Consumer Insights For All PepsiCo Portfolio Of Beverage Brands across Western & Eastern Europe

European Consumer & Market Insights Director

PepsiCo

Worked on creating new International Trademarks for PepsiCo to play in exciting growing Asian beverage categories e.g. Healthy Whites (RTD Soymilk/Drinking Yoghurts) in China, India, Vietnam & Thailand.

Asia Regional Innovation Insights Manager

Quorn Foods

Consumer & market insights for the Quorn brand.

Consumer Insight Manager

Procter & Gamble

Consumer & Product Researcher Working In Skin Beauty Care (Oil Of Olay).

Products Research

🧠 Noggin - helping improve the cognitive health of the nation 🧠 | P&G | PepsiCo | Heineken | Sainsbury's |

I have over 25 years of insight, marketing, and innovation leadership experience in FMCG and FS sectors, I know, I don't look THAT old.

I've enjoyed working for some of the world's leading brands in various categories (health & beauty, food & beverages & financial services) and regions, delivering impactful consumer and market intelligence, brand strategy, and product innovation. My time spent working on Oil Of Olay made me my mum's favourite son.

Currently, I'm a research consultant at NatWest Group, where I'm supporting the bank's customer, technology and data-driven approach to enhancing its products and services. 

I'm a co-founder at Noggin The Brain People, on a mission to improve the cognitive health of the nation & founding investor in Gutzy Organic which makes having a healthy, happy gut, fun and easy. Active investor in the technology & health & wellness arena.

I'm a former chair and current fellow of the Marketing Society in Scotland.

Mick Doran

'What we fail to notice quietly shapes what we fail to do.'


My latest What I Underlined book review The Marketing Society Scotland

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#discovery #useyournoggin #marketing

We need to anticipate better.



It was Drucker who said "The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic"

And if we're honest, lots of us are doing just this. 

I have an ask / request .... 

What's shaped your thinking on this?

Books, courses, people to follow, tools you actually use for strategic foresight?

Drop them below. I'll compile everything and share it back.

Thank you in advance, please share as I'd like to get a diverse viewpoint. 🙏🏽


#StrategicForesight #FuturesThinking #UsingYourNoggin

Credibility is overrated. Seriously. 

#nofluff #training #2026goals

If work feels exhausting, it’s probably not because you’re working too hard.


But it might be because your brain never gets to switch off.

Most corporate work doesn’t tire people out with effort.

It tires them out with constant cognition. Think about it ....

Notifications.

Messages.

Decisions that feel almost too small to matter, but never stop coming.

We’ve seem to have built jobs that demand continuous attention without recovery, and then act surprised when people feel drained by mid-afternoon.

Our noggins didn’t evolve for that.

They work best in bursts .... focus, effort, rest, and ready to go again.

Work used to have more boundaries, but now it just leaks into everything.

Somewhere along the way, most also confused being busy with doing good thinking.

Fast replies.

Full calendars.

Visible responsiveness.

But clarity comes from giving the appropriate space to THINKING.

Many organisational systems are optimised for efficiency and scale. Not a bad thing mind.

However, let's not forget that human brains need context, meaning and recovery.

When those don’t line up, the system might keep running but the people absorb the cost.

Which is why so many well intentioned fixes fall flat.

We tell people to be more resilient.

We add wellbeing initiatives on top of overloaded days.

We introduce new tools that promise efficiency and quietly add another layer of 'mental noise'.

The organisations doing better are taking a different approach.

They’re reducing unnecessary decisions.

Protecting thinking time.

Simplifying priorities.

Rewarding clarity, not constant availability.

Because recovery shouldn't be an afterthought.

It’s a performance input really.

so this year, remember this ....

Burnout isn’t normally a failure of people, it’s a failure of systems....

and Tony Schwartz puts it's brilliantly

The no.1 enemy of performance is not stress. It’s the absence of recovery.

Look after your noggin, so it can look after you.

#productivity #useyournoggin #brainhealth #cognition

Margaret Molloy 🙋‍♀️

Board member and three-time Chief Marketing Officer with deep experience in enterprise brand building, strategic marketing, and executive convening. I’m an operator who harnesses the power of networks, designing gatherings and platforms that deepen relationships, strengthen brands, and unlock growth.

Trusted for simplicity, substance, and a global network.

I work with founders, boards, and executive teams seeking brand building, elevated convening, and go-to-market expertise. A LinkedIn Top Voice and media contributor, I’m known for discernment, strong moderation, and a track record connecting brand building to demand generation and commercial impact.

I curate and facilitate roundtables and salons that bring senior leaders together with intention. As CMO of Siegel+Gale, I recruited and interviewed hundreds of CMOs for our award-winning Future of Branding series and the How CMOs Commit podcast, combining a marketer’s fluency in audience engagement with an owner's entrepreneurial passion.

With in-house leadership experience spanning Siegel+Gale / Omnicom, GLG, and Siebel Systems (Oracle), and over a decade working with agencies and senior executives globally, I understand how disciplined brand systems and artful convening shape long-term business impact.

How I Work:
As a CMO, I build marketing teams that grow pride, profile, and profit.
As a board member, I provide a marketing lens, an instinct for simplification, and a commitment to sustainable growth.
As a host, I create environments where people think sharply and connect easily.
As a coach, I guide leaders on personal brand, LinkedIn, and network strategy.
As a content creator, I help brands reach executive audiences through storytelling.
As a connector, I introduce trusted people with purpose and personalization.

Approach and Beliefs:
• Raised on a farm in Ireland, I learned early that you reap what you sow.
• Networks compound when built with intention.
• Simplicity and connection sit at the heart of strong brands.
• Elegance is not decoration; simplicity is its highest expression.
• Execution is the ultimate differentiator; it requires systems, discipline, and stakeholder partnership.
• Staying close to youth through guest lecturing keeps my perspective fresh.

Deep Expertise:
Marketing Strategy; Brand Building; Demand Generation
Executive Programs; Convening and Moderating Roundtables;
Content Creation; Media Relations; Thought Leadership;
Business Development; Social Selling; Growth.

Industries:
B2B, tech, agencies, professional services, media, travel, nonprofit,  government, and more.

Global Chief Marketing Officer 

One of the world's top branding agencies, part of Omnicom Group (5,000+ clients in 70+ countries).  I'm a member of the leadership team responsible for setting the firm's growth strategy and its execution. 

Working with a brilliant team, I oversee new business and marketing, including demand generation, content marketing, thought leadership, public relations, social media, events, and new business pitches. I represent the firm at conferences and in the media globally, host our award-winning global CMO roundtable series, and direct our flagship World’s Simplest Brands study. I serve on the DEIB committee, actively working to create belonging for everyone.

• On the turnaround team that steered the firm from a 2013 reduction in force to record profitability.
• Modernized and grew firm awareness via creative content, thought leadership, and events. 
• Built an integrated demand-generation engine that connects events, CRM, digital, and sales.
• Secured unprecedented top-tier media mentions, including NYTimes, WSJ, CNN, and more. 
• Personally contributed articles to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Campaign, and more.
• Hosted and recruited 125+ top CMOs, 7K+ guests, and 24 episodes of virtual event series (2020/22).

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