Alev Gokce

Alev is a globally respected strategist, educator, and thought leader known for bridging brand, innovation, culture, and aesthetics. With a career spanning three continents and more than twenty countries, she brings a rare blend of strategic clarity and creative intelligence to everything she does. She developed her expertise through a global career that includes 14 years at The Coca-Cola Company, including eight years on the global marketing team in Atlanta, where she worked on brand and innovation strategy across multiple regions. Earlier in her career, she held brand-building roles at Unilever and PepsiCo Restaurants International. Today, through her consulting and advisory work, she helps organizations build meaningful, differentiated, and future-fit brands. Her work focuses on brand purpose, growth strategy, sustainability, customer centricity, innovation frameworks, and design-led thinking. Drawing on a multicultural, multi-functional background — and formal education in both business and design — she brings a unique lens to the challenges of modern leadership and creativity. Whether speaking about branding, innovation, or the human dimensions of strategy in an AI-powered world, Alev brings clarity, warmth, and cultural depth to every stage.