Challengers & Icons Podcast Series

Season 1. Episode 3: Mark Palmer, Director of Green & Black’s Jonathan Ford, Designer and Founding Creative Partner of Pearlfisher, speaks to the people behind the brands of the future who understand the need to harness creativity, design and bold ideas to create success. Here Jonathan speaks to Mark Palmer, Director of Green & Black’s. Mark Palmer is well known for his role as Marketing Director of Green & Black’s organic chocolate. When he took on the role in 2001 Green & Black’s was a niche chocolate brand. Under Mark’s leadership, sales rose from £4m to over £60m, ultimately leading to international expansion and a full acquisition by Cadbury for an undisclosed sum (thought to be around £20M). The brand continues to grow under Mondelez. Mark now works as a Non-Executive Director for Green & Black’s and Marketing Director for juice brand Cawston Press. Mark also runs his own marketing consultancy, listing Pret A Manger and Goodwood Estate among his clients. http://www.pearlfisher.com Subscribe to the s