Mona Hussain

Lead Consultant, Marketing & Sales Practice

Areas of Expertise

  • Brand Activation
  • Developing Winning Brand Strategies and Plans
  • Designing and Delivering Product Launch
  • Driving Brand Growth

Biography

As a lead consultant at Learning Minds Marketing & Sales Practice, Mona helps clients drive profitable growth, with a focus on brand planning & strategy, winning innovation, developing effective communication and shopper marketing.

Glimpse of major projects she led as Marketing leader:

  • Major product launches and relaunches of global and local brands in the leading categories of beverages (Lipton, Supreme), foods (Wall’s, Knorr, Rafhan, CandyLand, Bisconni, Dawn Bread), beauty (L’Oreal & Kerastase hair care, styling, treatments & Essie nail color) and Homecare (Suurf Excel, Sunlight, Vim, Domex, Comfort)
  • Increasing the footprint of a diversity of brands across categories in rural and urban areas, across channels and regions
  • Headed the Marketing Forum, Innovation Process Management, and Ethics Committee at Unilever & L’Oréal

In her decorated career of over 19 years, she has served as Marketing Director at Unilever, General Manager and MC Member at L’Oréal, Marketing Manager at Candyland, and Marketing & Sales Consultant with Dawn Bread.

With Learning Minds, she partners with clients on their transformations, including:

  • Brand Activation
  • Developing Winning Brand Strategies and Plans
  • Designing and Delivering Product Launch
  • Driving Brand Growth

An IBA graduate with majors in Finance and Marketing, Mona has successfully explored the frontiers of entrepreneurship, as she successfully launched and managed a desserts boutique store. She frequently works with academia and social sector organizations to share her insights, perspectives, and experiences.