About this episode
Carla Hassan is the newly appointed Chief Marketing Officer at Citi. Carla has been with Citi since 2017 as their Chief Brand Officer, now she is focusing on merging the marketing and branding organizations to streamline Citi's messaging. Before joining Citi, Carla was the CMO at ToysRUs, PepsiCo and Kellogg’s. In this conversation, Jim and Carla talk about the importance of driving business by building the brand to drive growth. She also talks about how she lobbied Citi's leaders to change their marketing strategy by merging marketing and branding, how Citi plans on practicing performance through purpose, and how she plans to shine a light on inequality and reducing the pay gap at this role. Support our sponsor Deloitte and experience their guidance on resilience for brands in navigating the Covid-19 Pandemic. Learn more at Deloitte.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .