Keith is an independent board director, trustee, and advisor to businesses and not-for-profit organisations. He is a Board Director of WPP plc and Sainsbury’s plc, President and Chair of the Board for the Royal Horticultural Society, President of the Advertising Association, Board member of Business in the Community, Advisory Board member of McLaren F1, President of the History of Advertising Trust and Board member of Grange Park Opera. He is also an angel investor in start-ups and early-stage companies.

Keith retired from a long career at Unilever in May 2019, where latterly he was on the Executive Committee for nine years, and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer responsible for marketing, sustainability and communications.

Awards include a CBE in the 2021 New Year Honours list, Forbes’ The World’s Most Influential CMO in 2017, 2018 and 2019, the World Federation of Advertisers’ Global Marketer of the Year 2017, and The Drum’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.