Chris Smith

Group Director of Commercial Marketing

Northampton, England, United Kingdom

About

I'm an experienced and award winning (most recently B2B Marketing Team of the Year) Marketing Director with a demonstrated history of creating and launching brands and propositions in both the automotive and FM sectors. Skilled in business strategy and planning with a laser focus on commercial goals and delivering an ROI. I love the creative process and working with awesome teams to produce content that stands out from the crowd. Outside work I'm a busy father of four who tries to fit in the odd game of rugby, definitely only watching these days, and the odd meal and drinks with friends and family.

Experience

  • Mitie (Full-time · 7 yrs 6 mos)
    • Group Director of Commercial Marketing
      Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

    • Marketing and Bids Director
      2020 - Jan 2026 · 6 yrs 1 mo

    • Head of Marketing & Bids - Business Services
      2019 - 2020 · 1 yr

  • Head of CRM and Data (UK & Ireland) at Northgate plc
    2017 - 2018 · 1 yr

  • Head of Group Marketing at Go Plant Fleet Services Ltd
    2016 - 2017 · 1 yr

  • Head of CarKeys (Contract) at CarKeys.co.uk
    Jun 2015 - Sep 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • LeasePlan UK (13 yrs 9 mos)
    • General Manager - SME & Consumer Marketing
      Jul 2012 - May 2015 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      Leading the SME Marketing team, incorporating the Network and LeasePlan Go brands, as we moved the organisations Marketing into the Digital age. • Brand creation; delivered the full rebrand of FleetLine to LeasePlan Go • NPD; launched a new Personal Leasing product in the UK • Budget; responsibility for Marketing budgets of c£2 million in 2014 and £3m in 2015. • Strategy; created and launched the digital marketing strategy for LP SME & Consumer • NPD; introduced the concept of, and operationally launched, Marketing Automation (Marketo) • ROI; created and implemented a lead generation and ROI model within the Marketing function. • Marketing mix; delivered multi channel campaigns across outdoor, radio, events, and consumer print advertising. • TV; end to end responsibility for the delivery of the LeasePlan Go national TV advertising campaign. • CRM; commercial lead in CRM project including market analysis, requirements scoping and implementation of salesforce.com within the LPGo brand

    • Brand Manager
      Jun 2011 - Jul 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Full Marketing mix activities. Preparing the FleetLine brand for it's rebrand to LeasePlan Go!

    • Sales and Marketing Development Manager
      Jun 2007 - May 2011 · 4 yrs

      Responsible for batch and stock vehicle purchase and sales, project management, marketing activities