scarlettabbott appoints Rowan Manning as chief executive officer

York: 31st July 2024: scarlettabbott has today announced the appointment of Rowan Manning as chief executive officer as the award-winning consultancy embarks on the next phase of its growth journey.

Rowan joins scarlettabbott with over 25 years of experience leading and transforming large scale media, digital and creative businesses, most recently at global advertising network dentsu, where she was president of dentsu Creative. A qualified psychologist, Rowan is widely recognised for using her human-centric leadership style to drive high performance teams. She will take over from current CEO Jeremy Petty, who will move into the newly created role of chief client officer with a remit to champion client excellence and supercharge client growth.

Euan Jarvie, non-executive chair at scarlettabbott, said: “Rowan is a passionate and empathetic leader with a highly commercial mind and an outstanding track record. We couldn’t be more pleased to have attracted someone of her calibre to lead scarlettabbott at this pivotal point in our growth journey. We must also take this opportunity to recognise the leadership and effort that Jeremy has brought to his time as CEO of the business. This new role will allow him to return to focusing 100% of his time on better servicing our clients, whilst building a scalable growth engine at the heart of scarlettabbott.”

Rowan Manning, chief executive officer at scarlettabbott, said: “I could not be more thrilled to be leading the incredible talent at scarlettabbott. For me, stepping into this role is not just a professional milestone, it’s a unique opportunity, and a personal commitment to drive market-leading innovation and excellence in an area I’ve always been passionate about. Together we are on a mission to build better worlds of work, in which both individuals and organisations can truly thrive, and make a lasting impact on the workplaces of tomorrow.”

Specialists in employee engagement, employee experience, behavioural science, and internal communications, scarlettabbott received investment from private equity firm LDC in December 2022. With a strong and growing stable of premium clients, today’s announcement signals the business’ intent to continue to expand its market leading set of services to support those clients at every touchpoint of the employee lifecycle.

Rowan will be joining scarlettabbott from August 2024.