Archive for December, 2008

Dec 26 2008

Fulvio Zendrini

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Italian Marketing Expert, Communications Director of the Piaggio Group

Fulvio Zendrini is currently communications and marketing director of the Piaggio Group in Italy. Previously he was worldwide communication director of the Italian clothing and fashion house Ferragamo working around the world in Europe, Japan, Asia, USA and South America. He was previously head of development at the Italian Media giant Interactive as well as holding various high level executive positions at Telecom Italy.

“One of Italy’s most successful and renowned advertising and marketing executives”
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Dec 17 2008

Shaun Smith

A Leading Expert on Customer Experience

Shaun has been a catalyst in expanding management focus from the tactical issues of customer service to the wider of customer experience. Shaun now runs his own customer experience consultancy, Smith+co, which is firmly rooted in the ‘keep it simple’ ethos. Over the last 25 years, Shaun has built up a wealth of practical experience with organisations throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and the US, working with senior executive teams on key issues such as brand strategy and implementation, leadership, customer experience and organisational alignment.

“Shaun is one of the world’s most recognised experts on Customer Experience”

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Dec 12 2008

The Hon Lord Morris of Handsworth OJ

Published by editor under --, Economy / Finance, Media

Expert on Leadership and Former General Secretary for the UK TGWU

Lord Bill Morris is renowned for his achievements as one of the UK’s most prominent union leaders. Now retired from the TGWU, he is involved in a range of activities. These include being a member of The Panel for Mergers and Takeovers, Chair of Midland Heart and serving as a lay Judge on the Employment Appeals Council. He is a regular broadcaster on current social, economic and political issues, and he presented a BBC Radio Four series, Workaday World which looked at the changing patterns of work in the UK and further a field.

”Diversity is the compass which guides our moral pathway”
Bill Morris

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Dec 10 2008

Prof. Chuck Freilich

Expert on the Middle East and Former Israeli Deputy National Security Adviser

Professor Chuck Freilich is a highly respected specialist on the Middle East. As co-director of a Middle Eastern affairs consultancy, his primary areas of expertise are US-Mid East policy and Israeli national security policy. He teaches political science at Tel Aviv and Hebrew Universities and is also a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard’s Kennedy School, where he is writing a book on Israeli national security decision making.

“A revitalized U.S.-Israel strategic dialogue is more vital than ever”
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Dec 08 2008

Tim Foster MBE

Published by editor under Strategy, Teamwork

Olympic Coach and Gold Medal Winning Rower

Few Olympians have made the transition from athlete to coach as smoothly as Tim Foster.
After achieving his goal of winning a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 Tim Foster retired from international rowing. Continuing to be involved in the sport at the highest level, Tim joined the UK Sport-sponsored Elite Coach Programme in 2004. In January 2007, he became the Head Coach of the Swiss national rowing squad.

“Tim Foster is one of the UK’s most determined and dedicated athletes”

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Dec 03 2008

Nando Parrado

Published by editor under --, Leadership, Teamwork

Andes Aeroplane Crash Survivor

Nando Parrado is one of the survivors of the dramatic aeroplane crash on October 13, 1972 when a plane carrying a Uruguayan old boys rugby team over the Andes lost its bearings in bad weather and crashed in the remote mountains. Despite spending 74 days on a glacier at 18000 ft, without suitable clothing, training, equipment or supplies and against all odds Nando walked out of the mountains to raise the alarm to save his stranded companions

“It is better to decide and make a mistake, that not to decide. There is always time to turn back”
Nando Parrado

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Dec 01 2008

Thierry Malleret

Former Head of Global Risk – World Economic Forum & Former Chief Economist and Strategist

Thierry Malleret is an economics and strategy expert. Until 2007, he headed the Global Risk Network at the World Economic Forum, a network that brings together top-end opinion and policymakers, CEOs and academics to look at how global issues will affect business and society in the short- and long-term. He is now a managing partner at Rainbow Insight an advisory boutique that provides tailor-made intelligence to investors, business leaders and high-net-worth individuals.

“A highly respected Head of the Global Risk Network of the World Economic Forum”
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