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Cigdem Kurtulus

Captain · DISC type DS
Chief Commercial Officer at Sunrise Beverages
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Cigdem Kurtulus is a senior executive with over 23 years of experience in CPG, health, and beverages, driving growth for global brands at Unilever and Reckitt. As Chief Commercial Officer at Sunrise Beverages, she leads sales, marketing, and operations. She holds a Masters degree from the University of Oxford.

Outside of her corporate roles, she is passionate about evidence-based health and wellness, expressing a preference for real science and literature over unsubstantiated diet trends. She also mentors and volunteers for charities in her free time.

Her marketing and brand leadership has earned over 150 global accolades, including a prestigious Gold Cannes Lion award for breakthrough innovation.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Chief Commercial Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Cigdem shows up

Planner & Achiever
Dynamic But Sincere
Long-Term Thinker

Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them. They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.

Priorities

Topics Cigdem cares about

Purpose-led Branding
Her career at Reckitt and her personal posts emphasize building consumer-centric brands that deliver both commercial success and societal impact.
Digital Transformation
She has a proven track record of leading digital transformation and implementing agile methodologies at global companies like Unilever and Reckitt.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Chief Commercial Officer
Sunrise Beverages
8-2023 - 2-2025
Global Vice President- Health / Wellness
Reckitt
3-2020 - 8-2023
Vice President Marketing UK&I , Digital Transformation Lead Western Europe
Reckitt
2-2019 - 2-2020
Senior Global Digital Transformation (Agile) Director
Unilever
7-2017 - 2-2019
Senior Global Brand Director Omo/Persil (DIG) & Disruptive Innovation Director for Global Laundry
Unilever
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1-2020 - 3-2022
Master's degree
University of Oxford
1-2021 - 2-2022
IRG Top 100 CMO Leadership Program
Institute for Real Growth
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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