Meet neve.
Neve Rabbou has 15 years of international experience shaping, building, transforming, and accelerating some of the world’s most recognisable consumer brands across the UK, US, Europe, and MENA markets.
She has held Global Marketing Director and Board level roles and worked directly alongside Founders, CEOs, Private Equity, international boards, and global leadership teams; structuring, leading and scaling marketing functions, driving large scale brand and business transformation, and delivering high impact commercial and creative outcomes.
Neve’s expertise lies in delivering tangible, profitable growth through marketing - driving revenue, repeat visits, and long term loyalty, without compromising brand equity or long term brand strategy. With the majority of her experience being with Private Equity backed businesses, Neve’s strategy is always ROI driven.
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A senior marketing partner who brings both strategic perspective and hands on delivery, without the overhead of a large senior team. Someone who can build and lead marketing commercially; shaping brands, managing budgets and KPIs, and creating clear growth and opportunity frameworks that deliver real results. A trusted partner who naturally connects the dots across the entire ecosystem, from operations and F&B to business development, creative, and commercial teams. Equally comfortable diving into the detail or stepping back to see the bigger picture, with a focus on eliminating wasted spend, driving growth, and ensuring marketing operates as a true revenue generator, not just a support function.
Her expertise lies in delivering tangible, profitable growth through marketing: driving revenue, increasing frequency and repeat visits, and building long term customer loyalty without compromising brand equity or strategic intent.
As a consultant and fractional CMO, Neve partners with high growth global businesses across hospitality, F&B, luxury and retail to deliver commercially grounded marketing, brand and business strategies.
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As Group Marketing Director and Board Member at Busaba, she worked directly with the CEO and Private Equity owners to deliver strategic growth across the estate; leading a major brand and digital transformation and multi-site pricing and commercial strategies. Her remit also included new market entry, product development, delivery strategy, the launch of two new concepts from ideation to opening, and the group’s expansion across MENA through franchising.
At Le Pain Quotidien, she led the global marketing function across 280 locations in 21 countries, spanning restaurants, retail, grab-and-go, catering, and e-commerce. She delivered a full international rebrand, global franchising, digital and CRM transformation, and strategic partnerships - contributing to the largest EBITDA uplift in the company’s history.
Her agency background saw her delivering marketing and brand strategies for global names including Nike, Adidas, Burberry, Marc Jacobs, Agent Provocateur, YO!Sushi, The Restaurant Group, Scotch & Soda, VF Corp (Eastpak), while her early career at Unilever included brand management roles across household names such as PG Tips, Domestos, Dove, and McCain.
Neve sits on Boards as a Non-Executive Director and Board Director, advising on brand, marketing, and new market growth strategy.Neve has a BA, MA and is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.
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Neve works as a long term, trusted partner to leadership teams, not as a consultant who delivers a deck and disengages. Neve is deeply committed, hands on, and embedded, operating as an extension of your leadership team to help structure, build, and scale a marketing function that delivers both immediate impact and sustained long term value.
Neve is both a thinker and a doer. She brings seniority without ego - equally comfortable advising boards on long term growth strategy and value creation, as she is working closely with founders and cross functional teams to execute, iterate, and deliver results.
Neve values honesty, clarity, and accountability, and likes working with brands with similar values.
Based in Dubai, Neve operates across London, New York, and MENA, delivering impact wherever brands and leaders need it.
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Neve is a dedicated marathon runner, an avid painter and reader. Curious by nature, Neve is a lifelong explorer of the human form, always questioning the deeper meaning of life.
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Available for project-based, day-rate or fractional CMO engagements, Neve works flexibly to suit each client’s goals and pace.