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Richard Marriott

Chief Digital Officer Landmark, ex-Amazon Country Manager
28.3 yrs experienceRetail
Mar 2026

The move

MoveAmazon → Landmark Group
TitleCountry Manager Amazon Turkiye → Chief Digital Officer
LocationIstanbul / Dubai → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
First time at this levelYes ★
Cross-border moveYes · Istanbul / Dubai → United Arab Emirates
Years in UAE6.8
Total experience28.3 years
Landmark Group headcount10,001+ employees
Landmark Group industryRetail
Landmark Group HQDubai
Landmark Group typePrivately Held

Career arc

  1. Chief Digital OfficerMar 2026 — Present
    Landmark Group· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time
  2. Country Manager Amazon TurkiyeMay 2019 — Dec 2025
    Amazon· Istanbul / Dubai· Full-time
  3. Director, GM Amazon Marketplace UKApr 2018 — Apr 2019
    Amazon· London, United Kingdom· Full-time
  4. Director Home, Kitchen, Musical Instruments, Warranties and ProgrammesSep 2015 — Apr 2018
    Amazon· London, United Kingdom· Full-time
  5. Commercial DirectorOct 2013 — Apr 2015
    British Gas· Oxford· Full-time
  6. Head of SavingsJul 2010 — Sep 2013
    Nationwide Building Society· Swindon· Full-time
  7. Head of Banking - Sainsburys BankAug 2008 — Jul 2010
    Lloyds Banking Group· Full-time
  8. Leader Perfect Sale project – HBOS Retail DivisionDec 2007 — Jul 2008
    HBOS· Leeds, England, United Kingdom· Full-time
  9. Head of Household & Ancillaries InsuranceMay 2006 — Nov 2007
    HBOS· Full-time
  10. Head of Customer MarketingSep 2005 — Mar 2006
    Telewest plc· Full-time
  11. Marketing manager - Adult brandsFeb 2005 — Sep 2005
    The Coca-Cola Company
  12. Senior Brand Manager - Coca-ColaFeb 2003 — Mar 2005
    The Coca-Cola Company· Full-time
  13. Consultant, then promoted to Senior ConsultantAug 2001 — Jan 2003
    Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
  14. European Brand Manager PersilJan 2000 — Jul 2001
    Unilever
  15. Category ManagerMar 1998 — Jan 2000
    Unilever

Education

Top skills

AdvertisingBankingBrand DevelopmentChange ManagementCoachingBusiness Strategy

About

I am a global B2C/B2B2C CEO with 25+ years of leadership, delivery and learning across e-commerce, financial services, energy, telco, consulting and FMCG, with leadership roles in the UK, Turkey and UAE. My career has been leadership and delivery: building strong fundamentals, then creating industry-challenging impact at product level, and ultimately building scalable businesses by combining people and culture, systems and processes, capital and technology, learnt and practiced at Amazon. After Oxford, I learnt my foundations: how to obsess over customers in FMCG; how to ask good questions and listen as a strategy consultant; and how to operate at pace in Telco. I applied my learning to financial services, not known for customer obsession, bringing fresh eyes and a customer-first perspe

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