Roger Clarkson is a member of Spencer Stuart's global Consumer Goods & Services Practice, the Chief Marketing Officer Practice as well as the Board Services Practice, and is located in the firm's Toronto office. Additionally, Roger also is a leader in the Human Resources Practice in Canada. Within Spencer Stuart he has twice been a recipient of the firm’s annual Lou Rieger Quality Award. He has recruited senior management for a variety of retail, packaged goods, as well as hospitality and leisure clients. From a functional perspective, he has completed a range of assignments including president, chief operating officer, marketing, sales, finance, operations, human resources, technology and general counsel. Additionally, he has placed a number of key executives into the technology, professional services and media sectors.
Roger brings more than 20 years of experience in a variety of general management and marketing positions in the packaged goods industry, as well as five years as a management consultant. Before joining Spencer Stuart, Roger was Senior Vice President of Marketing at Southam, Canada's largest publisher of newspapers. His primary focus was on directing the development of the strategic plans for the newspaper group's 20 daily papers, as well as development of the corporate plan.
Previously, he was senior vice president of marketing and a member of the executive committee at Molson Breweries, where he had profit and loss responsibility for all 48 brands in Canada. Roger also managed the marketing resources and sports group responsible for Molson's international business and the company's various marketing services departments, as well as all business matters associated with the National Hockey League, Indy Cart and Grand Prix racing car programs.
After 10 years with Colgate-Palmolive and General Foods, Roger spent close to five years with Tandem International, a management consulting firm that specializes in marketing and general management.
He holds an M.B.A. degree in marketing and organizational behaviour from York University and a B.A. in psychology and economics from Wilfrid Laurier University. Roger has also been a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board for the Faculty of Business, Ryerson University for the last seven years.