Donna J. Sturgess
Global Head of Innovation
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare.

Innovator & Brand Strategist. 
A true thought leader and seasoned practitioner in driving growth through innovation, Donna Sturgess is the Global Head of Innovation at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare.  Her deep consumer insight work and proven branding techniques have resulted in numerous product successes to meet the demands of the consumer.  Donna is a visionary proponent of building brands through emotional strategies and sensory branding; she frequently writes and speaks on these elements of creating remarkable brands.  Her articles have appeared in many magazines and books including Harvard Business Review, Brandweek, Advertising Age and other press.

In 2008 Donna has received the following awards:
• Top 15 Women in business from Ernst & Young & PINK Magazine
• The Quantum Leap Award winner for “changing the game” in business, by the Advertising Women of New York

Donna has over twenty-five years of marketing experience with GSK.  In her previous assignments, she has been the Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Planning and held Vice President of Marketing positions.  In those roles she was responsible for a portfolio of brands overseeing all brand management functions.

GlaxoSmithKline is a public limited company with shares listed on the London Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, employing over 100,000 people in 115 countries.  GSK is a global healthcare group engaged in the creation, discovery, development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare products.