About
About Jeffrey L. Bowman
Mr. Jeffrey L. Bowman is a highly strategic, transformative and growth driven C - level executive with profit and loss (P&L) experience leading high performance teams across professional services(consulting), technology, consumer packaged goods, beverage, retail, beauty, health & wellness, financial services, hospitality, travel and consumer durables industries. Mr. Bowman has been an operator with revenues exceeding $1B to $1MN, served in strategic leadership, consulting and advisory roles helping leaders transform their enterprise, audience and go-to-market approach.
Over the course of Mr. Bowman’s career, his work has impacted brands like Pepsi, P&G, Unilever, Dell Technologies, Verizon, Wyndham, United, British Airways, Restaurant Associates, Prudential, MetLife, Gap, Sears, IKEA, Whirlpool, Delta Faucet, Behr Paint, Unilever, Planned Parenthood, Estee Lauder and CoverGirl to name a few. Bowman is an industry thought leader, two-time award-winning Wiley published author, Campaign US 40 Over 40, pocstock 2025 Top 50 Future of Black America and recipient of the David Ogilvy Beacon Award.
Prior to starting Reframe Consulting Services in 2015, Mr. Bowman was a senior partner, managing director at Ogilvy, one of the world’s largest advertising and communications agencies. At Ogilvy he disrupted the $1T industry by starting the first cultural agency while pioneering a change operating system - The Total Market Approach that helped leaders accelerate growth that reflected the total addressable audience. Since leaving Ogilvy, Mr. Bowman has served as the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Reframe Consulting Services helping F500 leaders accelerate marketplace growth and enterprise change. He is currently a board member of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As) Foundation.
Mr. Bowman’s work and research has been featured at The White House, The New York Times, The Economist, Fast Company, The Guardian, Campaign US, Black Enterprise, Fortune to name a few and he speaks frequently at industry and trade events across the United States, Europe, and South America.
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Author
Writing did not come easy to Mr. Bowman. He did not know how to read and write on a high school grade level until the urging of his school English teacher, Mrs. Arbuckle. Bowman discovered the power of words through reading and writing. She made him join the yearbook staff to practice writing and build his confidence while covering high school sports.
Flash forward to 2008 he was taught about the power of thought leadership while at Ogilvy and today he is an award winning, 2X Wiley published author of "Reframe The Marketplace: The Total Market Approach to the New Majority" and a white paper, “Leadership, Marketing and the New Majority”. Other published works include: The Cross-Cultural Report, The Brand Cross-Cultural Index, The State of the Total Market Industry Vertical, How to Assess Your Organization’s Cultural Maturity, Reframe Workplace Change Guide and Reframe Marketplace Change Guide.
Speaker
Speaking, talking and sharing stories about how leaders are accelerating growth using the Reframe Marketplace Change approach. Mr. Bowman's core audience is marketing professionals, C-Suite executives, creators and founders. Because of the work he does everyday, he speaks about marketplace change across multiple industries from technology (tech), consumer packaged goods (CPG), retail, beauty & wellness, financial services, hospitality to arts & culture. Bowman speaks frequently at industry and trade events across the United States, Europe, South America and Africa is the next continent on his list.
Podcaster
In 2024 Mr. Bowman took on a new title, podcast host of "The Change Podcast by Reframe”. A new venture, Bowman and his guests discuss how brands and businesses are accelerating growth and change across their organizations. Sticking to his core audience, Bowman interviews marketing professionals, C-Suite executives, creators and founders.