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Steve Hildebrand
Head of Consumer + Shopper Marketing Practice
Steve began his career as an account manager with AC Nielsen UK for 3 years, which was followed by a 4 year stint with TNS, as Client Service Director of the Impulse business in the UK, where he gained an in depth knowledge of Consumer and Shopper behaviour.
Steve then joined McVitie's, part of UB where he was responsible for sales development as the UK Category Development Director across all trade channels including Grocery, Impulse and Cash & Carry / Wholesale. Whilst at McVitie's the Category Development team won the POPAI GOLD (2000) Award for Merchandising execution in Sainsbury's.
Steve then joined The Partnering Group, a US based consultancy, where he gained an in depth knowledge of grocery retailing working on behalf of Sainsbury's leading 10+ Category Management projects with leading FMCG manufacturers.
Steve then moved back home to Australia for a short stay, joining Glendinning (Asia Pacific) in January 2002, based in Bangkok. Since 2002, Steve has consulted with numerous clients in all areas of the Consumer and Shopper Marketing practice, across multiple geographies including the UK, Europe, Asia, USA and Australia.
Steve now leads the Global Consumer & Shopper Marketing Practice