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People’s Choice CMO Poll Update: It’s A Two-Horse Race As Finish Line Nears!

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Published on: 10th May 2021 at 12:45 PM
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There’s just over 48 hours left until the voting lines close for the People’s Choice CMO, and it looks like we’re headed for a nail-biting finish!

Flight Centre’s Clinton Hearne has extended his lead ever so slightly over the still second-placed Lara Thom from Guzman y Gomez, while Manelle Merhi from Kennards Hire continues to make inroads, moving up from fifth to third.

This means that KFC’s Kristi Woolrych and Seismic’s Iris Chan have been bumped down to fourth and fifth respectively.

People’s Choice CMO leaderboard

Rank Name Position title Company/brand Percentage of votes
1 Clinton Hearne Head of marketing Flight Centre Travel Group 23.93%
2 Lara Thom Chief marketing officer Guzman y Gomez 23.34%
3 Manelle Merhi General manager of marketing and customer experience Kennards Hire 12.54%
4 Kristi Woolrych Chief marketing officer KFC South Pacific 11.21%
5 Iris Chan Marketing director, Asia Pacific and Japan Seismic 11.02%

 

There’s not long left now to have your say on who deserves to be the People’s Choice CMO, with the polls closing on Wednesday 12 May.

Oh, and did we mention there’s a magnum bottle of Veuve Clicquot’s Yellow Label champagne up for grabs for those who vote?

Click HERE now to cast your votes for the People’s Choice CMO!

The People’s Choice CMO is part of B&T’s inaugural CMO Power List, presented by Are Media.

Nominations have closed for the CMO Power List, so we’re now busy whittling down the nominees to 20.

The big reveal of B&T’s first CMO Power List and People’s Choice CMO will take place on Monday 28 June, and will include interviews with each of the top 20 marketing leaders who made the cut, along with the People’s Choice CMO.

Best of luck to all of the nominees!

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