We are experienced customer chiefs, marketers and analysts, turning fragmented data and stalled CRM & loyalty programmes into a strategy your team can actually run.
Five signs you're not as customer-first as you think ↓

You don't understand your customers enough to know whom to prioritise

You send a lot of emails and messages without knowing its value & impact

You give points and discounts without truly fostering brand preference

Your experiences are not designed to encourage desirable behaviours

Your team isn't structured nor supported for customer growth


From diagnosis to execution, we help teams build the capabilities behind customer growth.
Turn customer data into decisions your teams can actually use.
Build CRM around customer behaviour, not just campaigns and calendars.
Create reasons for customers to stay, return and choose you again.
Design experiences around the moments that drive customer value.
Give teams the structure, skills and ways of working to deliver customer growth.

We don't believe customer insight belongs in a silo.
It should shape the decisions, experiences and priorities of the people running the business.
Start with what customers actually value — not what the organisation assumes they value.

Use data to create clarity and make better decisions, not simply to produce more dashboards.

Build the teams, skills and ways of working that allow customer strategy to survive after the consultants leave.


We have more customer metrics than ever. That hasn't necessarily made us better at understanding customers. The problem isn't measurement, it's knowing which measures should actually change a decision.
Read more of our posts on Linkedin↗Our founders are from the UK and the Philippines, met in Singapore, and have lived and worked across Europe, Asia, Australia and the US. Between us, we’ve spent decades building businesses and leading teams across borders.
We understand the obvious complexities — currencies, languages, time zones and regulation — and the harder ones: how culture shapes the way people work, buy and make decisions.
We’ve seen European businesses approach Asia with executives who barely know the market, or manage it from an HQ twelve hours away. We’ve seen Asian businesses enter Europe assuming what worked at home will translate unchanged.
It rarely does.
Successful expansion means knowing what to keep, what to adapt and what to rethink entirely.
Whether you’re a Western business looking East or an Asian business looking West, we bring decades of professional experience across both, backed by lives that genuinely straddle the two.

Customerist is a customer strategy consultancy that helps brands with customer insights, CRM, loyalty, CX and the teams behind them.
Founded by two data analysts turned C-suite leaders with 20+ years at global brands.

With a degree in Mathematics and Philosophy, Chris built his career globally as an analyst and leader in industries including grocery, FMCG, airlines, gaming and hospitality, consumer finance, beauty and fashion. He led customer insights at Qantas Frequent Flyer and was Head of Customer and Vice President Marketing for Sephora across Asia Pacific.

With a degree in Statistics, TP began her career in data & customer analytics for global banks before pivoting into beauty and luxury. She grew her scope to include CRM, loyalty, and customer experience. She was Chief CX Officer at L’Oréal Luxe, leading omnichannel customer initiatives across Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.