Christine Watson

CIM - the world’s largest organisation for professional marketers. CIM play a key role in training, developing and representing the marketing profession. Christine Watson - Bsc (hons) DipM MCIM Chartered Marketer - A multi award winning Chartered Marketer, Christine is a grafter, working in the tourist town of Newcastle, County Down from the age of 13. With specialisms in business improvement and retail marketing since graduating from Queen's University and subsequently the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Christine has delivered double and triple digit growth with sales ranging up to £1.4m per week as a cross border marketing manager and business mentor in large and small organisations. Christine's career to date includes Head of Marketing for The OUTLET village, Banbridge from launch in 2007 to its position as a shopping destination with an all-Ireland customer base in 2010, a knowledge transfer partnership with Centre for Competitiveness and Queen's University, Business Mentoring on the Western Innovation Network for the EU, market research for Maritz and front line retail experience in Tesco Stores Ltd. across NI and Scotland. Self employed from 2005 in addition to full time employment Christine took her leap off the hamster wheel in 2010 to fulfil her childhood ambition to be her own boss and develop a number of successful companies. 'Going for it' as a fledgling etailer she achieved Ebay Top Rated Power Seller status. With her Chartered Marketing consultancy, business mentoring and training services business Watson & Co. Chartered Marketing, Christine has built up an enviable client list across NI, Ireland, Scotland and France. Her latest venture is an online platform for the training industry - trainingmatchmaker.com Highly results driven and very much an ideas girl Christine challenges those in her path to think positively and commit to innovation and continual improvement at every juncture.