Leeya Hendricks is a globally recognised marketing and growth leader, board advisor, and academic with a track record spanning CMO roles at Prytek, Delta Capita, and Rimm, and senior marketing leadership positions at Accenture, Gartner, IBM, and Oracle. A Chartered Marketer, Fellow, and Non-Executive Board Director of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, she holds a PhD in B2B platform ecosystems and value co-creation, with published research in leading journals and lectures at multiple universities, including as Adjunct Professor in International Business and Law at MCI, Management Centre Innsbruck.
As Managing Director of Hark Consultants and Executive Marketing Consultant, she advises on strategic programmes that drive business growth and scale through innovative marketing and communications strategy, digital and technology integration, and ecosystem development—particularly for tech, enterprise, SaaS, fintech, professional services, and private equity-backed firms.
The Platform Playbook draws on her academic and practical experience across enterprise and scale-up contexts to deliver a strategic roadmap for building platform-centric businesses that scale with purpose.