Archive for the 'Marketing and Branding' Category

Jun 08 2009

Lior Arussy

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Leading Expert on Customer Experience Management

lior-arussy-rLior Arussy is an author, visionary, consultant and creative catalyst. He is a pioneer of Customer Experience Management (CEM) and uses solid business strategies based on customer focus to help Global 2000 organizations and emerging businesses around the world create lasting profitable relationships with customers and employees. He received CRM magazine’s “2003 Influential Leaders” award for his thought leadership and contribution to the industry.

“Your well crafted and professionally presented presentation was one of the highest points of our event!”- C.M. Rego, Advanstar Brazil
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Jun 05 2009

Tim Smit

Founder of The Eden Project

tim-smit-rTim Smit is Chief Executive and co-founder of the Eden Project, in Cornwall. Eden began as a dream in 1995 and opened its doors to the public for an exhibition in 2000. The press dubbed it “the Eighth Wonder of the World.”

Tim is also on the Board of the Prince’s Trust Business Division, a member of the Cornwall Gardens Trust, and a Director of Kneehigh Theatre. He was also appointed Patron of the Urban Parks Forum.

“Great thinking comes from being liberated from the constraints of curriculum”
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May 29 2009

Martin Glenn

CEO Birds Eye Iglo Group

martin-glennMartin Glenn was appointed CEO of the Birds Eye Iglo Group in November 2006. Previously he was President of PepsiCo UK, one of the UK’s leading soft drinks and snack food manufacturers, where he is acclaimed for creating a new uplifting corporate image for the company. Martin was President of Walkers Snack Foods, whom he joined in 1992, working his way up from Director of New Product Development, Vice-President of Marketing to become Walkers President in 1998, and PepsiCo UK President in 2003.

“An average plan well executed beats a brilliant plan done poorly”
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May 08 2009

W. Chan Kim

Professor of Strategy of International Management

chanW Chan Kim is The Boston Consulting Group Bruce D. Henderson Chair Professor of Strategy and International Management at INSEAD, France. Prior to joining INSEAD, he was a professor at the University of Michigan Business School, USA. He has served as a board member as well as an advisor for a number of multinational corporations in Europe, the U.S. and Pacific Asia. He is an advisory member for the European Union. Kim is also a fellow of the World Economic Forum.

“So powerful is blue ocean strategy, in fact, that a blue ocean strategic move can create brand equity that lasts for decades” Harvard Business Review
The top 50 most influential business thinkers
W. Chan Kim has been ranked among the top 50 most influential business thinkers


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Apr 24 2009

Danny T. Quah

Head of Department of Economics at London School of Economics & Political Science

Danny T. Quah is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Director of the Technology and Growth Programme at LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance. He consults for the Bank of England and serves on the Academic Panels of the Treasury and the Office for National Statistics in the UK.

In July 1998 the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded him a grant for continued study of the weightless economy and the economics of information technology. Quah’s academic research has been further supported by awards from the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council, and the MacArthur Foundation. In economics Quah has made contributions in a number of areas, ranging from time-series econometrics, business cycles, inflation, and international income inequality to, most recently, technology and economic growth.
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Apr 20 2009

Marco Montemagno

Founder and CEO of Blogosfere

Marco is the founder and CEO of Blogosfere, Italy’s biggest web log network. He is currently assistant professor at the Cattolica University, Milan and teaches theories and techniques of online communication at the faculty of Arts and Philosophy. Marco also  hosts his own TV show on SkyTG24 Television channel, Reporter Diffuso, which deals with the Internet, blogs and news.

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Feb 25 2009

Martin Roll

Leading Strategic Advisor on Branding Excellence

martin-rollMartin Roll is founder and CEO of VentureRepublic, the leading strategic advisory firm on Branding Excellence to corporate boards and top-management teams in multiple industries across Asia Pacific and Europe. Martin brings 15 years of senior experience from the global advertising industry, and he also served as Chief Marketing Officer for a global technology company and a healthcare company. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and divides his time between Asia and Europe.

“Martin was instrumental in supporting our initiative, and particularly in focusing the audience”
Andrea Ragnetti, Chief Marketing Officer, Royal Philips Electronics

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Jan 26 2009

Stéphane Garelli

Leading Authority on Global Marketing, Branding and Strategy

Stéphane Garelli is a Professor at both the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), and at the University of Lausanne, Director of The World Competitiveness Yearbook, the most renowned annual analysis of the competitiveness of nations and a reference for government and business leaders around the world

“Competitiveness thrives on unleashing a higher level of ambition everywhere in the firm”
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Jan 24 2009

Rowan Gibson

Best-selling Author and Business Strategist

Rowan Gibson has been called a ‘guru among the gurus’. His last book ‘Rethinking the Future’ is an international best-seller, published in 23 language editions. In it, he argues that rapid, discontinuous change creates the need for radical rethinking in order to keep pace with business and stay ahead of the game. He is currently co-writing a new book that explains how to build and sustain a company-wide innovation capability.

Al Ries wrote recently, “In a world gone crazy, there’s no sounder thinker than Rowan Gibson. He’s a genius when it comes to rethinking the future.”
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Jan 22 2009

Martin Lindstrom

Brand Management Expert

Martin Lindstrom is a world leading expert on branding.

Since defining ten revolutionary branding rules he has provided brand-building advice to a host of international organisations.

His clients include Mars, Pepsi, American Express, Mercedes-Benz, Ericsson and Yellow Pages.

He is also a member of several international boards including Wotch, Hitwise and eKit.com.

A master on the power of brands
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