Banco GanaderoChief Marketing Officer
Mar. 2005 - Sep. 2010• Chief executive responsible for marketing strategy development and implementation • Headed business pre-search, research and trends analysis in the search for key consumer insights • Managed weekly meetings with advertising, BTL, digital and public relations agencies • Responsible for image overhaul and brand repositioning adopting a differentiated regional segmentation strategy with “Solutions” campaign launch and TV media ownership of 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany; a case study for Excellence in Brand Management at Marketing Forum 2010; brand jumped to 4th place • Introduced high impact sequential tech initiatives: Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, CRM, Sales Force, and Balanced Scorecard, achieving net income annual growth ranging from 20-50% • Asset growth: Developed “Got your back”, an SME´s loans package for office expansion, inventory or investment capital; combined launch with sales force restructuring and process reengineering; linked to our exclusive television sponsorship at 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa • Liabilities: Conceived Savings Account “Pays Double Every Day!” campaign that attracted $50M in additional deposits paying only 0.50% annually, out of the box geniality for financial cost reduction increasing deposits • Created Visa “Women Only” credit card campaign, a Visa success case study. Benefits included: travel miles, express lane at airports, free extra suitcase, VIP Lounge access plus deep discounts at 100+ exclusive shops • Negotiated exclusive agreements with the 5 most important trade shows; brand surged in surveys • Launched Visa Aerosur, the best miles program catapulting the bank from last to first in credit card customers • Cross selling strategy to increase operations income: remittances from abroad including Money Gram; up volume in credit card commissions; lead money exchange market • Overall result: Took bank to double NIAT, each year from 2005 to 2010. ROE: 20%, 2nd best in banking system