Stuart Aitken
Stuart Aitken is the President and CEO of Circana, effective January 1, 2025.
Last updated Oct 25, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team
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Bio
Stuart Aitken is the President and CEO of Circana, effective January 1, 2025. He joins from Kroger, where as Chief Merchant and Marketing Officer he focused on data and insights, shopper transformation, and building customer-centric merchandising and marketing capabilities, including high-margin digital revenue streams in data/analytics and retail media. Prior to his Kroger executive role, Aitken served as CEO of 84.51°, Kroger's data analytics arm, and its predecessor, dunnhumby USA. Earlier in his career, he held leadership roles at Michael's Stores and Safeway, Inc., gaining experience across marketing and analytics. Source 1: vestarcapital.com — Circana Announces Leadership Transition
Career
CEOCurrent
Chief Merchandising and Marketing Officer
The Kroger Co. · 2020–2024
CEO
84.51° · 2015–2020
CEO of dunnhumby USA, LLC
Dunnhumby · Until 2015
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Expertise & education
Education
- Degree in Business/Marketing, University of Strathclyde (unconfirmed — degree details not publicly verified)