Speaker Bio
Iris Meijer
Chief Product & Marketing officer
Verizon Business
About Iris
Iris Meijer is Chief Product & Marketing Officer at Verizon Business. She is responsible for leading a customer-centric strategy across Verizon Business product portfolio and experience, as well as overseeing Verizon Business’ global marketing. Her focus is on highlighting how Verizon Business is driving disruption, embracing innovation, and delivering for its customers. Iris leads a global team and is responsible for more than 1000+ employees.
Her approach is driven by the belief that brands should represent the values of their people; that the customer experience should be at the centre of product development and marketing strategies, and that customer relationships are created and nurtured using the right commercial frameworks and latest marketing tools.
Before joining Verizon, Iris was the global Chief Marketing Officer for Vodafone Business, where she was responsible for value propositions, commercial, digital and brand strategy as well as communications. Prior to that, Iris was Vice President of Customer Marketing and Communications at Nokia, responsible for a globally dispersed team and their diverse digital, solution and customer marketing strategies.
Iris holds an MS in Economics and Business Administration from the Aalto University. She is multilingual, fluent in English and Finnish, and conversational in Swedish, French and Spanish