Jon Evans

Marketing & Advertising

United Kingdom

Jon Evans is the creator and host of the Uncensored CMO marketing podcast, which he launched in 2019 and has since built into a show of more than 200 episodes with over 3 million downloads across 150-plus countries.

Based in Chelmsford, England, Jon began his marketing career at Britvic, running a Seed Brand Unit in conjunction with Pepsi, and went on to hold senior roles including Marketing Director at Suntory's Lucozade brand and, most recently, Chief Customer Officer at marketing effectiveness company System1, which he joined in 2019 and where he became a founding sponsor of the podcast.

His work centres on the role of emotion in advertising, and Jon argues that emotion is directly correlated with profit and that roughly half of a campaign's business outcome depends on its creative message, drawing on System1's analysis of campaigns.

In early 2026 he announced his departure from System1 to focus on Uncensored CMO full time, expanding the brand into live events that have featured figures such as Scott Galloway and Rory Sutherland.

Jon describes his vision as creating the world's most influential marketing media, one that inspires a generation of marketers to reach the top.

Most recently Jon engaged Chanel Clark as community manager. Chanel is in charge of building Uncensored Backstage after flying Jon from the UK for The Marketing Club Expo in Sydney in May 2026 as a highlight keynote speaker.