Case Study: Johnson Matthey
Category: B2B Industrial / Sustainable Technologies / Global
Role: Senior B2B Demand Generation & Growth Marketing Lead (Full-time Remote)
1) Context
Joined Johnson Matthey, a 200-year-old British industrial chemicals company (FTSE 100 during tenure), as the sole digital marketer for the hypergrowth Catalyst Technologies sector.
The sector sells physical catalysts and licenses process technology to oil refineries, hydrogen plants, and chemical producers worldwide, with contract cycles ranging from multi-million to nine-figure deal sizes.
2) Problem
The Catalyst Technologies sector was scaling its decarbonization portfolio (hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel, carbon capture, syngas) into highly competitive new markets, but the existing digital marketing function was small and inbound demand for these emerging technologies was thin.
Sales relied heavily on industry relationships and conferences. The team needed structured digital demand generation, CRM-integrated lead handling, and AI-era operational efficiency.
3) Approach
As the sole digital marketer for the sector, expanded the existing function across SEO, paid media, web, content, CRM, and email. Built the CRM-integrated lead-capture system that became the cross-sector template.
Took on a dual role as Product Owner on the matthey.com digital transformation team in the final nine months, leading UX research and the cross-sector lead-capture rollout. Served as the sector's Microsoft CoE Champion, leading Copilot adoption across the marketing function.
4) Results
Martech Stack
Campaign example: LCH™ Low Carbon Hydrogen tech