Colette Burke

Colette Burke joined the LEGO Group as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer in January 2021.

She is responsible for the LEGO Group’s global commercial strategy which includes e-commerce, B2B retailer partnerships, omnichannel development, branded retail channels and geographic expansion into new countries. Reporting to Colette are the company’s Market Groups including the Americas, Western Europe, CEEMEA, Asia Pacific and China; as well as LEGO Retail, Global Commercial Development, and Markets & Channels Marketing.

Prior to joining the LEGO Group, Colette had a 25-year career at consumer electronics company, Bose Corporation. Most recently she was responsible for the company’s global consumer sales and was a member of the Executive Team. Before this she held a wide range of commercial, general management and marketing leadership roles at a global, regional and national level, including 19 years working in the United States. She began her career as a consultant with German firm, SAI.

Colette is also a member of the Board of WH Smith PLC.

She studied International Marketing and Languages at Dublin City University, Ireland and Cologne University, Germany and completed post-graduate studies in Finance at Harvard University in the United States.