Vanessa Cohen

Partner

Vanessa is a Partner in Prophet's London office. She brings more than 20 years experience in marketing and brand strategy and specializes in branding, strategic marketing, customer experience, and customer insight. Vanessa has worked with global companies in financial services, retail, energy, utilities, luxury goods, telecoms, and travel/leisure industries, as well as the government sector.

Prior to joining Prophet, Vanessa was the UK and Ireland lead of Accenture's Global Customer Experience and Branding practice, where she was responsible for helping leading organizations create value by living their brands. Prior to Accenture, she was a senior executive in the WPP and Grey advertising groups, where she created brand execution strategies for the retail clients of a leading international store design group, consulted on consumer demand creation with PwC, and held line marketing positions in ladies fashion, heavy engineering and chemicals organizations.

Vanessa speaks frequently on the subjects of branding, customer strategy, strategic marketing, and globalization and is a quoted source on branding and marketing topics in the press. 

She holds an MBA from the University of South Africa and an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

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