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Erin Flaxman

Commercial & Revenue Strategy Advisor

Erin Flaxman

About

I help marketing services firms and agencies turn growth ambition into a more structured, scalable, and predictable revenue engine. I’ve spent 30 years leading global growth organizations, contributing to more than $3B in revenue growth and building teams and commercial systems across 30 international markets. My work sits at the intersection of positioning, prospecting, and pitch execution, with a focus on helping organizations win the right business, not just more business. I typically work with leadership teams who are ready to scale but need clearer direction, stronger commercial discipline, or more experienced growth leadership to get there. Through Chameleon Collective, I play a dual role: I work directly with leadership teams to improve how they position, pursue, and win business. And I bring in the right category leaders and subject-matter experts to solve specific commercial, transformation, and growth challenge. This allows clients to access senior expertise without overbuilding internal teams. Where I Lead I bring structure and accountability to growth, aligning positioning, pipeline development, and pitch execution into a more cohesive revenue model. Business Development Transformation I redesign how organizations pursue and win business, improving pipeline governance, qualification, and decision-making. Positioning & Market Strategy I help companies define where they can win and translate that into a clear, credible market story that supports growth. Prospecting & Pitch Strategy I strengthen pipeline quality and improve conversion by building more disciplined outreach and pursuit models. Commercial Strategy & Revenue Design I help leadership teams connect business strategy to revenue. When to Call Me Pipeline is active but not converting. positioning feels broad or unclear, leadership is aligned on ambition, but not on how to get there and you need senior growth leadership without hiring a full-time CGO.

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How Erin helps

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Role

Chief Growth Officer I Business Development Advisor

Erin Flaxman helps marketing services firms and agencies turn growth ambition into a more structured, scalable, and predictable revenue engine. Across 30 years leading global growth, Erin has contributed $3B in revenue growth and built teams and commercial systems across 30 international markets. Her work sits at the intersection of positioning, prospecting, and pitch execution, with a focus on helping organizations win the right business, not just more business. She works with leadership teams that are ready to scale but need clearer direction, stronger commercial discipline, or more experienced leadership to get there. Through Chameleon Collective, Erin plays a dual role: working directly with leadership teams to improve how they position, pursue, and win business, and bringing in the right category leaders and subject-matter experts to solve commercial, transformation, and growth challenges. Erin leads by bringing structure and accountability to growth, aligning positioning, pipeline development, and pitch execution into a more cohesive revenue model. In business development transformation, she redesigns how organizations pursue and win business, improving pipeline governance, qualification, and decision-making.

Selected work in this role

  • Global Chief Growth Officer at Havas Media Network

    Responsible for leading over $2B in client wins & retentions, achieving a 46% pitch conversion rate.

  • Global Chief Growth Officer at Assembly

    Responsible for $1B in new business wins and redesigning the new business process to improve pitch conversion rates.

  • SVP, Global Director, Marketing & Business Develop at Initiative

    Responsible for global brand relaunch and winning over $4B in new business.

Focus areas

growthleadershipmarketingbusiness developmentstrategy

Experience

  • Chameleon Collective

    Fractional Chief Growth Officer at Chameleon Collective

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    Flaxman + Co.

    • Founder & CGO
    • Founder & Business Development Consultant
    • Marketing & Business Development Consultant
  • Havas Media Network

    Havas Media Network

    • Global Chief Growth Officer
    • Global Chief Growth Officer
  • Assembly Global

    Global Chief Growth Officer at Assembly Global

  • Kinetic

    Kinetic

    • Marketing & Business Development Consultant
    • Marketing & Business Development Consultant
  • PHD

    PHD

    • SVP, US Director, Marketing & Business Development
    • SVP, US Marketing and Business Development
  • Initiative

    Initiative

    • SVP, Worldwide Director, Marketing & Business Development
    • SVP, Worldwide Client Director
    • SVP, US Director, Marketing & Business Development
    • SVP, Global Director, Marketing & Business Develop
  • Mindshare

    Group Strategy Director at Mindshare

  • T

    Leadership Program at The Home Depot

  • S

    Group Strategy Director at Starcom

  • Assembly

    Global Chief Growth Officer at Assembly

Education

  • Columbia Business School

    Certificate, Digital Marketing Intensive

  • Schulich School of Business - York University

    MBA, International Business and Operations

  • Wilfrid Laurier University

    HBA, International Relations

Expertise

Thought LeadershipGrowth PlanningBusiness PlanningStrategic PartnershipBusiness StrategiesBusiness DevelopmentRevenue GrowthStrategic CommunicationMedia PitchMedia StrategyIntegrated Marketing CommunicationsStrategic Marketing+17 more

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