SOLD OUT: FCS CMO EXCHANGE Talk Series, Vol. 3

Jennifer Grazel currently serves as Managing Director and Chief Marketing Officer leading U.S. Brand, Business Marketing and Philanthropy at RBC Capital Markets.  She sits on RBC’s US Foundation Board along with US Regional Operating Committee.

She joined RBCCM from LinkedIn where she was Global Director of Vertical Marketing for LMS business where she oversaw global strategy and full-stack marketing activities for a $200 million portfolio covering eight industries and 100 person sales team. Prior to LinkedIn, Jennifer served as Vice President of Digital Strategy and Marketing at Prudential where she launched and directed a corporate digital marketing practice that developed enterprise-wide mobile, social and interactive marketing programs supporting lead generation, brand marketing and product promotion initiatives for Prudential’s Insurance, Retirement, and Institutional Investment businesses. A digital marketing FinServ veteran, she has dedicated the past 15 years to pioneering digital marketing landscape by building and leading interactive marketing teams at Prudential, GE Money, and Citigroup.

She has an MBA from NYU Stern and BA from Brown University, where she currently mentors college students through the Women’s Launch Pad program and is a board member of New York City Center.  Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Jennifer draws on her rich cultural heritage to be a strong advocate and sponsor of Diversity and Inclusion.

Russell Findlay is the Chief Marketing Officer of international specialist insurer Hiscox. Besides being CMO, he is the President of the Hiscox Foundation USA, the company’s non-profit charitable organization. Prior to Hiscox, he was the CMO of Major League Soccer and a marketing executive for PepsiCo, where he launched the Sierra Mist and PepsiMax brands. Mr. Findlay started his career at Unilever where he was their global expert in e-commerce prior to roles in brand management. He is an award winning marketer having won EFFIE’s, ACE Awards, and Financial  Communications  Society Awards among others. Mr. Findlay has been named one of the most influential marketers in the world by The Internationalist.  In 2018, Findlay and his team won Marketer of the Year from the Association of National Advertisers, the world’s largest marketing industry trade group. Outside of work, Mr. Findlay volunteers his time giving back to the marketing community. He is on the following Boards: Board of Directors of the Association of National Advertisers, Americas governing body for the advertising community, as well as being Chairman of their Sponsorship and Events Committee; A member of the National Advertising Review Board, the group which acts as the arbiter for companies disputing competitors advertising; Board of the Business Marketing Association of New York. Mr. Findlay is also a sought after speaker on the topics of marketing, advertising and branding. He has lectured at Harvard Business School, the Wharton School of Business, the Kellogg School of Business and Yale school of Business, among others. Outside of work, Mr. Findlay owns a real estate development firm, runs his family’s 501c-3 non-profit foundation which provides college scholarships to underprivileged students and is a maple syrup producer.