Sophie Devonshire

Sophie is the Chief Executive Officer of The Marketing Society (a global community of senior marketers whose purpose is to empower brave leaders).

She is an experienced business leader, entrepreneur, marketer and bestselling author who has worked in and with multinational companies, successful start-ups and agencies.

Her highly creative and commercial approach comes from a career which began with classic management training at Procter & Gamble and then Coca-Cola. She later moved agency-side with Leo Burnett in the Middle East and Interbrand in London. She has personal experience of being a successful entrepreneur, setting up her own award-winning e-commerce business in the middle of the recession which she sold before running a luxury gifts business and then moving onto become CEO of The Caffeine Partnership, an award-winning business consultancy which helps leaders to work with purpose and pace.

In July 2020, Sophie became CEO of The Marketing Society, an organisation founded in London in 1959 which now has hubs in the UK, the UAE, the US, India, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Sophie has worked and lived in London, Tallinn and Dubai as well as consulted for brands across the globe. She’s on the board for the Hammersmith & Fulham Industrial Strategy, helping to provide oversight and strategic steer of the borough’s industrial strategy – the first in the UK. She is also a commentator on the future of marketing and brands and in addition has won awards for innovative business set-ups which support a futuristic way of working. She’s a passionate advocate of flexible and dynamic working as the future of effective companies (having won awards for her own business ‘sexi-flexi’ approach), and regularly discusses innovative approaches to balance business and family life.

Sophie is an acclaimed keynote speaker, speaking regularly at organisations and events about brands, business and leadership. Her book on 21st-century leadership ‘Superfast: Lead at Speed’ was published by John Murray Press and was shortlisted for Business Book of the Year as well as reaching the no.1 spot on Amazon.