Jeremy Schwartz

Accelerating Growth, Brands, Marketing & Innovation

Categories: Adventure, Asia, Branding, Business, Corporate Social Responsibility, Customer Experience, Leadership, Marketing, Motivational, Performance, Personal Growth, Strategy, Sustainability

Jeremy Schwartz is a global business leader renowned for driving transformative growth through innovative strategies in branding, marketing, and innovation. As a speaker, Jeremy draws on his remarkable track record, which includes leading Pandora as CEO, reversing its decline to generate €20bn in market value. At L’Oréal UK, he propelled the company to market leadership and spearheaded the globally iconic “Because I’m Worth It” campaign.

His tenure at The Body Shop saw accelerated growth in Asia, culminating in a €1bn acquisition, while at Sainsbury’s, his groundbreaking marketing strategies turned a decade of decline into ten years of sustained growth. At Coca-Cola, his innovative products delivered over $10bn in annual sales. Jeremy’s entrepreneurial spirit also shone through with the successful exit of Glorious! Foods, a business he co-created with Marco Pierre White.

Jeremy currently serves as Chairman of the Sustainability Practice for Kantar, the world’s leading brand valuation and research company. As a consultant he works with business leaders to maximise their exit multiples through impactful branding, marketing, and innovation strategies.

Pioneering AI for Competitive Advantage

Jeremy anticipated the game-changing impact of artificial intelligence in 2018, creating the BBC programme Retail’s AI Revolution. In it, he highlighted how AI could transform competitive advantage through innovations like programmatic content creation, real-time algorithmic testing, and optimised marketing strategies. Today, Jeremy continues to develop cutting-edge AI use cases that help businesses accelerate growth and remain competitive in an ever-changing landscape.

AI Supported Audience Ideation Sessions

Clients are offered the opportunity for audiences to participate in a growth ideation session which he facilitates as part of his keynote speech. The ideas for growth that the audiences generate are processed by Jeremy’s proprietary AI system to produce a strategy report for clients. “Interactive, high energy, insightful and extremely productive.” is what audiences and clients feedback.

Expertise That Drives Results

Jeremy captivates audiences with actionable insights, blending visionary ideas with practical execution. His presentations are designed to educate and inspire business leaders and teams to:

Transform Brand Growth: Learn how to craft powerful brand narratives and strategies to create, amplify and stretch brands. Add to this breakthrough marketing strategies to deliver growth with measurable financial impact.
Innovate for Success: Leverage cutting-edge AI, macro & micro trends with consumer insights to develop market-leading products and services.
Maximise Competitive Edge: Implement strategies that foster rapid decision-making, employee engagement, talent acquisition and stakeholder alignment.

Sustainability as a Driver for Growth

With a 20-year track record of integrating sustainability into profitable growth strategies, Jeremy’s keynote topics, such as “Profit from Sustainability” and “Turn Challenges into Competitive Advantages,” showcase his expertise in aligning environmental initiatives with business success.

What Clients Say

“Jeremy’s session was excellent. He exceeded expectations with highly engaging and actionable content. It was a true highlight of our event.” – COO, US Tech Company
“Jeremy is a professional and talented speaker who perfectly understood our brief, delivering a session that was insightful and impactful.” – CEO, Retail, German Car Company

Upcoming Book

Jeremy’s forthcoming book, Act Fast to Beat Your Competition (launching in 2025), shares his proven methods for empowering leaders to make faster, better decisions that drive growth and market share.

Why Jeremy?

If your organisation is struggling with stalled growth, lack of innovation, or staying competitive in a rapidly evolving market, Jeremy Schwartz offers the solutions you need. With a proven track record of turning around global brands like Pandora, L’Oréal, and The Body Shop, he combines visionary thinking with practical strategies that deliver measurable results.

Specialising in growth, AI-driven innovation, and sustainability. Jeremy equips audiences with actionable tools to overcome challenges and seize opportunities.

Turning Today’s Business Challenges into Opportunities

In an ever-evolving business landscape, companies face unprecedented challenges that need to be transformed into growth-driving opportunities. Jeremy’s talks deliver actionable solutions derived from CEO-level experience to accelerate a company’s intrinsic value. By creating value for consumers and talent externally, and for employees internally, Jeremy focuses on key areas such as branding, AI-driven innovation, marketing, sustainability, and faster decision-making—all to seize today’s opportunities, overcome challenges, and deliver transformative results.

Amplify & Stretch Brands

Are your brand strategies stagnant or failing to resonate in an increasingly competitive market? Many companies struggle to evolve their brand’s narrative and leverage their brand assets to create new value, resulting in declining market share and consumer relevance.

With a proven track record of amplifying brand impact, Jeremy demonstrates how businesses can increase their brand’s relevance in today’s atomized cultures. He reveals how to stretch a brand’s potential to unlock new opportunities and sources of profitability.

Why now? Consumers today are more selective than ever, demanding authenticity and innovation from the brands they support. A strong, adaptive brand is no longer optional; it is the foundation of sustained competitive advantage in a fast-paced digital world.

Apply AI to Drive Innovation

Are you integrating AI into your operations effectively, or are missed opportunities holding you back? Without targeted adoption across functions, businesses risk losing competitive advantages and making costly mistakes.

Drawing on hands-on experience with AI systems, Jeremy demystifies how companies can harness AI for real-time insights, consumer-driven innovations, and marketing efficiencies. He provides actionable frameworks, supported by AI strategic analysis, to make AI a powerful growth driver. Ideation sessions within his talks further enhance these insights.

Why now? AI is transforming industries at breakneck speed. Companies that fail to adopt AI risk falling behind agile competitors who leverage data to predict trends, personalize customer experiences, and drive efficiencies.

Marketing to Grow Super Spenders

Are your managers effectively growing the number of super spenders—the 20% of consumers who drive 60-80% of sales and profit? Without targeted strategies, these high-value customers remain an untapped potential, limiting business growth.

With expertise in creating data-driven marketing strategies, Jeremy teaches businesses how to pinpoint and grow their super spender base. From advanced segmentation to personalized campaigns, he shares proven methods to maximize the value of these critical consumers and ensure sustained growth.

Why now? In the battle for attention, focusing on high-value customers is a proven way to accelerate growth. As resources tighten, investing in these consumers ensures the highest returns and protects profitability.

Corporate Branding to Mobilize Talent

Is your business struggling to attract and retain top talent in today’s competitive labour market? Does your corporate brand lack the clarity and purpose to act as a magnet for the best talent and inspire employees to perform at their peak?

Jeremy provides actionable techniques to position your organization as an employer of choice. From recruitment innovations to fostering a culture that aspires to big goals and challenges convention, he shows the power of a memorable, actionable purpose to inspire innovation and attract top talent.

Why now? The battle for talent is a critical factor in growth for companies worldwide. By applying the very best practices in branding and marketing, businesses can secure the human capital needed to drive future success.

Faster Competitive Decision-Making

Are slow or ineffective decisions frustrating progress and delaying speed to market? In today’s world, speed is a key driver of competitive advantage, rewarding brands that act quickly and launch innovations faster.

Leveraging proven frameworks, Jeremy shares strategies and tactics to accelerate decision-making, enhance cross-functional collaboration, and reduce the time taken to develop and launch new offers. From super simple business cases to setting ambitious timelines, Jeremy equips organizations with the tools to achieve greater agility.

Why now? Rapid market shifts demand decisive action. Delayed decisions waste opportunities and allow competitors to gain ground, making speed an essential capability for survival and success.

Profit from Sustainability

Do your leaders view sustainability as a cost rather than a source of profitable growth? An overfocus on governance and compliance often leads to missed opportunities for differentiation and innovation.

With over 20 years of experience integrating sustainability into profitable business models, Jeremy helps organizations unlock the financial potential of environmentally conscious strategies. From inspiring employees to engaging investors, his approach turns sustainability into a competitive advantage.

Why now? While political commitment may waver, competitors and regulators remain intensely focused on sustainability. Companies that innovate solutions will gain an edge, while those that fail to act risk penalties and eroded market share.

Jeremy Schwartz’s talks transform challenges into opportunities with actionable insights that drive measurable results. By addressing key areas that shape today’s business landscape, he equips companies to thrive in an increasingly complex and competitive world.

“Jeremy’s session was excellent. He exceeded expectations with highly engaging and actionable content. It was a true highlight of our event.”
COO, US Tech Company

“Jeremy is a professional and talented speaker who perfectly understood our brief, delivering a session that was insightful and impactful.”
CEO, Retail, German Car Company

“A fantastic keynote to close out the conference.”
Global sustainability & social audit conference. Organiser. UK

“The global client service directors loved Jeremy’s speech which was the top rated at 4.8. It reflects his amazing depth of expertise and the thought and planning Jeremy put in.”
Multinational data & analytics. Board Director. UK.

“Jeremy’s session was excellent. He nailed (and exceeded) the brief; he was very engaging and entertaining, and the content was highly insightful and actionable which is exactly what we were after. It was a great highlight to our event.”
US $100bn Private Equity in workplace tech. Managing Director . New York.

“Jeremy’s session was absolutely awesome! Jeremy is a talented & very professional speaker, who really understood the message we wanted to convey. On top of that, it was a real pleasure to work & share insights with Jeremy in advance to prepare the final presentation.”
Global IT software provider. President. 500 Europewide CIO clients. Sweden.

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