Pete Markey, the chief advertising and marketing officer of Boots UK, has stepped down from the place after four-and-a-half years.
Markey was chargeable for all advertising and marketing exercise throughout the UK and Eire, together with model, advertising and marketing communications, information and loyalty.
‘Boots is an unimaginable enterprise and it’s been an honour to work on such an incredible model and with such a gifted group of individuals over the previous 4.5 years,’ he stated in a LinkedIn publish.
He added, ‘I’m excited in regards to the subsequent chapter in my profession and need everybody within the Boots UK and Irish enterprise continued success.’
Pete Markey
Markey is an completed advertising and marketing skilled at each international and regional ranges, specialising in information and analytics, and buyer expertise.
He has acquired 4 ‘Marketer of the 12 months’ awards, and has labored at firms throughout numerous industries, together with TSB, Aviva, The Put up Workplace, and British Gasoline.
He served as the chief sponsor for Walgreens Boots Alliance’s Pleasure Alliance (LGBT+) enterprise useful resource group within the UK.
He was additionally an government sponsor for Boots UK’s Advertising and marketing for Change initiative, which helps to foster variety and inclusion throughout its advertising and marketing exercise.
Final yr, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) appointed Anthony Hemmerdinger as managing director of Boots UK and Eire, succeeding Seb James who stepped down after six years on the helm.
In March of this yr, Walgreens Boots Alliance introduced it might be taken non-public by Sycamore Companions for $10 billion (€9.2 billion).
The worth is a fraction of the $100 billion the second-largest US pharmacy chain was value a decade in the past, in response to Reuters.
