Stephan Czypionka

Former Global CMO

CJ Foods

Stephan is a Global Chief Marketing Officer with extensive experience building brands, marketing ecosystems, organisational capability, and engaged teams across Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Europe. Most recently, as Global CMO of CJ Foods, Korea’s leading food company, he built a globally connected marketing organisation across 40+ markets and helped shift the business toward a modern growth model, supported by global brand positioning, unified VIS, and contemporary digital and social infrastructure.

Previously, at The Coca-Cola Company, Stephan helped drive one of the company’s most significant marketing transformations, working with the global CMO and senior leaders to create a new strategy and growth algorithm centered on behavioral segmentation, precision targeting, and Weekly+ drinkers.

Earlier, he served as CMO for Africa and the Philippines, rebuilding regional marketing engines, strengthening people engagement, reversing market decline, and scaling culture-led platforms such as Coke Studio. He is recognised for driving transformation and building marketing ecosystems that scale.