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Edward Wills

Global Marketing Director at Rieke

Edward Wills has a diverse and extensive work experience in marketing and product management roles. Edward began their career at GLASSOLUTIONS Saint-Gobain, where they worked in various positions such as Sales Estimator, E-Business Project Manager, Pricing Project Leader, Business Development Manager, and Technical Product Manager. Edward then moved on to British Gypsum, where they served as a Product Marketing Manager for Plasters & Jointing. Following that, they joined Ideal Standard International NV as a Product Category Marketing Manager. Edward then worked at AkzoNobel as a Product Marketing Manager for Packaging Coatings in the EMEA region. Currently, Edward is the Global Marketing Director at Rieke, a leading company in dispenser pumps, caps, and closures.

Edward Wills has a diverse education history starting from 1999. In 1999, they attended the University of Warwick and completed a degree in Manufacturing Engineering and Management, earning an MEng. Edward pursued this degree until 2003.

Following their undergraduate studies, Edward Wills focused on professional certifications. In 2010, they obtained a Professional Certificate from the CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing. Additionally, in 2012, they achieved the CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing from the same institution.

In recent years, Edward Wills continued to enhance their skills and knowledge. Edward completed a Certificate in Company Direction from the Institute of Directors (IoD) between 2021 and 2023. In August 2021, they obtained the Account Based Marketing (ABM) Certification: Advanced and the Demandbase Account Based Marketing Solutions Certification, both from Demandbase. Furthermore, in December 2021, they acquired the Strategy for Directors certification from The Institute of Directors.

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  • Global Marketing Director

    August, 2018 - present