Chatime taps former Guzman y Gomez marketing head as new CMO

She brings 20 years of experience with her.

Chatime Australia has appointed Alison Walsh as Chief Marketing Officer, strengthening its executive leadership team as the brand sharpens its focus on sales growth and market relevance.

Walsh is a commercially focused brand and growth leader with more than 20 years’ experience delivering results across highly competitive consumer brands.

She joins Chatime following a 17-year career at Guzman y Gomez, where she helped scale the business from a start-up into a multi-billion-dollar global brand operating across Australia, Singapore, Japan and the United States. As the company’s first head-office hire, Walsh worked closely with Founder and CEO, Steven Marks and Global CMO, Lara Thom, to define the core brand values and to build the marketing foundations that enabled rapid, sustainable growth.

Across her career, Walsh has delivered consecutive record-breaking sales results, driven significant market expansion and led category-defining campaigns that turned Guzman y Gomez into a household name.

In her role as Chief Marketing Officer, Walsh will lead Chatime’s brand, marketing, product development and growth agenda, with responsibility across national and local area marketing, digital, delivery, social and product innovation.