Deborah Ellert

Deborah Ellert is an accomplished professional in marketing and retail, currently serving as the Senior Commercial and Strategy Manager at WHSmith since April 2022 and as the CEO/Founder of The Suburb since November 2019. Prior experience includes roles as Trade Marketing Manager at Ocado Retail Ltd in 2021, Director of Property Management, Marketing and Sales at Manning Trust LLC from November 2017 to October 2018, and Group Commercial and Trading Manager at SSP Group Plc. from 2014 to May 2015. Deborah's extensive tenure at Tesco spanned from July 2005 to June 2014, where key positions included Brand Manager for own label food brands and Commercial Manager for the online Home wares category. Deborah holds multiple academic qualifications, including an MSc with distinction from Aston Business School and a BA in Politics from the University of Sussex, along with recent certifications from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.