Kit Blackburn spent 18 years living the adventures of marketing leadership on both sides of the Atlantic -  thriving in the publishing and broadcast chaos of News Corporation, challenging convention and championing disruption at Virgin, before trekking to jungles and mountain tops while leading the iconic ‘Red Beer Fridge’ campaign during 8 years at Molson Coors. 

Those experiences inspired him to launch Beneath the Surface in 2020 — a leadership practice built on a simple conviction: high-impact breakthrough work is what grows both people and business, yet it's also the work we resist the most. Kit helps CMOs and their teams reclaim the curiosity they've grown out of and find the courage to pursue the expansive thinking and bold ideas they need most — taking brave ownership when uncertainty urges us to play "safe". He works with senior commercial leaders across North America through workshops, offsites and 1:1 coaching.

Born on the tiny Channel Island of Guernsey, Kit now lives in Toronto with his wife Les and their two sons Rory and Finn.