Global Marketing Leader

Consumer Goods.
Technology.
Global Retail.

A global marketing leader shaped by senior roles across consumer goods, technology and retail transformation. Now leading global marketing for IKEA Retail across 30+ markets, 620 stores and 4 billion annual customer touchpoints.

Vincenzo Riili, Global Marketing Leader
Vincenzo Riili — Sweden
Currently: IKEA Retail, Global Marketing
Previously: Google EMEA Senior Leadership
Foundation: Unilever & PepsiCo
Scope: Brand, Media, CRM, Performance
Focus: Marketing Transformation
Conviction: AI for Growth
Currently: IKEA Retail, Global Marketing
Previously: Google EMEA Senior Leadership
4
World-Class Companies
30+
Markets
B2C & B2B
Full Spectrum
Global + Local
Leadership

The Story So Far

I started my career at Unilever, where I learned that marketing is not just a creative function, but a commercial discipline. Over more than a decade, I worked across brand, portfolio, innovation and P&L leadership, managing global and regional businesses, relaunching portfolios and building brands across different markets.

From there I ran marketing for the Pepsi Lipton joint venture across EMEA. That experience taught me how to build consensus and drive growth in a complex partnership model, working across two major companies, multiple markets and different commercial priorities.

Then came Google, where I spent almost a decade as part of the EMEA senior marketing leadership, with CMO responsibility for key European markets. I led both B2C and B2B marketing for products used by millions of people and businesses, including YouTube, Android, Google Assistant, Gemini and Made by Google.

Today I lead Global Marketing for IKEA Retail, across 30+ markets, 620 stores and 4 billion annual customer touchpoints. The challenge is to help one of the world’s most loved brands stay relevant as the way people discover, compare and buy keeps changing.

Leadership DNA

Voice of the Industry

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“The best marketing organizations protect long-term brand meaning while building the AI-driven capabilities that modern growth demands.”

Recognition

The Marketing Academy

Selected Fellow, EMEA.

Forbes

CMO recognition.

Compass Award

Competitive strategy recognition.

Selected Work

Publications & Analysis