Advantage Solutions CEO and leadership

Advantage Solutions CEO Tanya Domier joined Advantage in 1990, quickly rising through the company’s ranks, holding a variety of executive-level positions in sales, marketing and operations. She has served on the company’s board of directors since 2006.

In 2000, Domier led the formation of Advantage’s award-winning marketing division, Advantage Marketing Partners. As president and chief operating officer, a position Domier held from 2010 until assuming her CEO role in January 2013, she developed a new strategic plan for the company with a focus on five pillars: People, Culture, Creating Raving Fans of Clients and Customers, Operational Efficiency and Growth. This strategy fosters a performance-driven culture that emphasizes the importance of proactively adding value and delivering results for each of Advantage’s clients and customers. Her efforts led to the transformation of Advantage from a sales and marketing company to a leader in outsourced business services and solutions.

In addition to her duties as Advantage CEO, Domier is a member of the board of directors of Nordstrom Inc., Yum! Brands Inc. and Enactus, an international nonprofit organization promoting entrepreneurship for college students.

President and Chief Commercial Officer Jill Griffin shares executive leadership responsibility for the Advantage sales organization and has sole leadership responsibility for the Advantage marketing division. She led Advantage Marketing Partners from a primarily shopper marketing practice to a top-ranked omnichannel marketing solutions provider that embraces consumer, brand, experiential, digital, social, mobile, multicultural and foodservice marketing practices. In 2019, it ranked seventh on Ad Age’s list of the largest U.S. marketing agencies from all disciplines and 15th on its list of the world’s largest agency companies.

Her career has included leadership roles in marketing, sales, client service and operations at high-growth, outsourced services companies. Prior to joining Advantage, Griffin served as president of Navarre Corporation’s interactive publishing division, providing outsourced brand marketing and retail distribution for leading entertainment properties. She began her career with TMP Worldwide in business development and client service.

She was inducted into the Top Women in Grocery Hall of Fame in 2018.

Chief Financial Officer for North America Dean Kaye is responsible for all aspects of finance and accounting, including financial business support, financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, accounting, audit, tax, payroll and treasury.

Since joining Advantage in 2005, Kaye has held leadership roles in finance and business operations, including vice president of client services and business operations within the marketing segment. He is certified by the California Board of Accountancy with a CPA and earned his Chartered Management Accountant designation in the United Kingdom prior to relocating to the United States.

Chief Information Officer Deanna Steele is responsible for the development of Advantage’s information technology strategy and leads day-to-day IT operations, integrating the enterprise’s business and technology; identifying high-value, revenue-generating solutions; focusing on the development of new, business-critical applications; and delivering projects and a high standard of service.

Prior to joining Advantage, Steele served as executive vice president, chief information and digital officer for J.Jill. She has led IT and digital organizations in companies in various stages of startup, acceleration and turnaround, including Ingram Content Group, Ascena Retail Group (Lane Bryant, Catherines and Justice) and Express Inc., among others.

Brian is a Partner in Centerview Capital’s consumer private equity business. Prior to joining Centerview Capital, Brian was Partner and Head of U.S. Private Equity at Pamplona Capital Management. Prior to joining Pamplona in 2012, he was Managing Director and Head of Consumer at Vestar Capital Partners, which he joined in 1998. Brian also previously worked at ’21’ International Holdings, a private investment firm, and in the Investment Banking Group at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. Brian holds a BA from the University of Michigan, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Dave West is a Vice Chairman at Simply Good Foods, Board Of Directors at Simply Good Foods, and CEO at Conyers Park and is based in San Francisco, California. He has worked as Chief Executive Officer at Conyers Park Acquisition Corp, Senior VP/CFO at The Hershey Company, and Board Member at The Hershey Company. David works or has worked as President at Simply Good Foods. He studied at Bucknell University.

Advantage Solutions CEO Tanya Domier joined Advantage in 1990, quickly rising through the company’s ranks, holding a variety of executive-level positions in sales, marketing and operations. She has served on the company’s board of directors since 2006.

In 2000, Domier led the formation of Advantage’s award-winning marketing division, Advantage Marketing Partners. As president and chief operating officer, a position Domier held from 2010 until assuming her CEO role in January 2013, she developed a new strategic plan for the company with a focus on five pillars: People, Culture, Creating Raving Fans of Clients and Customers, Operational Efficiency and Growth. This strategy fosters a performance-driven culture that emphasizes the importance of proactively adding value and delivering results for each of Advantage’s clients and customers. Her efforts led to the transformation of Advantage from a sales and marketing company to a leader in outsourced business services and solutions.

In addition to her duties as Advantage CEO, Domier is a member of the board of directors of Nordstrom Inc., Yum! Brands Inc. and Enactus, an international nonprofit organization promoting entrepreneurship for college students.

President and Chief Commercial Officer Jill Griffin shares executive leadership responsibility for the Advantage sales organization and has sole leadership responsibility for the Advantage marketing division. She led Advantage Marketing Partners from a primarily shopper marketing practice to a top-ranked omnichannel marketing solutions provider that embraces consumer, brand, experiential, digital, social, mobile, multicultural and foodservice marketing practices. In 2019, it ranked seventh on Ad Age’s list of the largest U.S. marketing agencies from all disciplines and 15th on its list of the world’s largest agency companies.

Her career has included leadership roles in marketing, sales, client service and operations at high-growth, outsourced services companies. Prior to joining Advantage, Griffin served as president of Navarre Corporation’s interactive publishing division, providing outsourced brand marketing and retail distribution for leading entertainment properties. She began her career with TMP Worldwide in business development and client service.

She was inducted into the Top Women in Grocery Hall of Fame in 2018.

Brian is a Partner in Centerview Capital’s consumer private equity business. Prior to joining Centerview Capital, Brian was Partner and Head of U.S. Private Equity at Pamplona Capital Management. Prior to joining Pamplona in 2012, he was Managing Director and Head of Consumer at Vestar Capital Partners, which he joined in 1998. Brian also previously worked at ’21’ International Holdings, a private investment firm, and in the Investment Banking Group at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. Brian holds a BA from the University of Michigan, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Dave West is a Vice Chairman at Simply Good Foods, Board Of Directors at Simply Good Foods, and CEO at Conyers Park and is based in San Francisco, California. He has worked as Chief Executive Officer at Conyers Park Acquisition Corp, Senior VP/CFO at The Hershey Company, and Board Member at The Hershey Company. David works or has worked as President at Simply Good Foods. He studied at Bucknell University.