Grant Steadman Named President of Dunnhumby North America

Grant Steadman has been promoted to president of dunnhumby North America, taking over for influential predecessor Jose Luis Gomes, who has departed the customer data science firm for a new role as managing director of U.S. retail industry sales for Google Cloud.

Grant Steadman

Steadman has held a number of leadership roles since joining dunnhumby in 2007, most recently SVP, head of client serrvices for North America since 2017. In 2011, he was president and CEO of dunnhumby Norway, where he founded dunnhumby’s joint venture company with Coop Norge, the second largest retail group in the region. During his tenure, Coop Norge grew its share of the retail market by 10%. Steadman originally joined dunnhumby in 2007 and ran the Consumer Markets division across 16 countries from the global headquarters in London.

In his new role, Steadman will report to Marc Fischli, chief client officer of dunnhumby.

“We are thrilled that Grant, a key member of my team for the last 10 years, is the new president of North America,” said Fischli. “For the last three years he has helped develop and lead partnerships with key retailers and their CPG suppliers in North America and is the right leader to continue delivering on the strong momentum and growth. He is the consummate business development leader, a great and empathetic people leader, and his work with our many clients and partners around the globe has been brilliant.”

“I am thrilled to take the helm as president of North America for dunnhumby,” said Steadman. “I know firsthand how fantastic this team is and the great trajectory we are already on, but I also believe there are new opportunities for us to grow and evolve. I’m looking forward to leading our North America team in delivering on these opportunities and helping our clients win.”

Dunnhumby North America says it helps its clients improve retailer-supplier collaboration and co-creates retail media businesses to deliver Customer First experiences for sustainable growth. Current partners include Meijer, Raley’s, Metro, SpartanNash, Casey’s General Stores, Southeastern Grocers and Ahold Delhaize.

“North America is one of the key pillars for dunnhumby’s global growth strategy, and with Grant’s background and strong leadership skills he is the ideal choice to lead the region,” said Guillaume Bacuvier, CEO of dunnhumby. “I know Grant will be laser-focused on delivering great value and impactful results for our retail and CPG clients, as well as providing guidance and growth opportunities for the North America team.”

Gomes, a 12-year veteran of dunnhumby and its North America president since 2017, said in a LinkedIn post that he would lead the U.S. retail and consumer teams at Google Cloud, the enterprise cloud platform.

“Experiencing what Google Cloud did for dunnhumby whilst working closely with retailers and CPGs on their own data-driven, digital transformations, I knew that Google was the best place to enable digital transformations at scale,” Gomes said.