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  CHAIRMAN 2009


  • Hemant Sachdev, Joint Managing Director (Consumer & Online International, India) Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd.

  SPEAKERS 2009


  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER : Prof. David Rogers, Exec. Director, Center on Global Brand Leadership, Columbia Business School
    Topic: "The Network Is Your Customer: 5 Strategies for Brands in a Digital Age"
  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER : Prof. Jean-Claude Larreche Alfred H. Heineken, Chair in Marketing INSEAD
    Topic: Momentum Marketing : Renewal for Efficient Growth
  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER : Jody Turner, Founder & Lead Consultant, Culture Of Future. Com
    Topic: TREND ARCHAEOLOGY : BRANDING IN THE NEW BEHAVIOR ECONOMY
  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER : Melissa Dawn Johnson, President Velvet suite Marketing
    Topic: Brand Me : How to thrive in an era of reinvention
  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER : Wally Olins CBE, Chairman, Saffron Brand Consultants
  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER : Gurdeep Singh, COO, Aircel Ltd.
  • Abraham Alapatt, Head-Branding & Corporate Communications, Future General Insurance
  • Abraham Punnoose, Vice President - Global Marketing & Business Development Roamware Inc.
  • Aditya Nath Jha, Head - Global Brand and Communications, Infosys
  • Alok Bharadwaj, Senior Vice President, Canon India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Alex Morrison, VP-Consumer and Brand Strategy Agencynet
  • Anisha Motwani, Executive Vice President - Marketing & Chief Marketing Officer - New Markets SBU Max newyork Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
  • ANUJ SINGH, National Marketing Head and Station Head – Mumbai Red 93.5 FM
  • Arti Mehta, CMO, The Mobile Store Ltd.
  • Arun Mehra, Chief Marketing Officer, Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd.
  • Avijit Nanda, President, TimesofMoney
  • Aubrey Ghose, Chief Executive Officer, AIS Brand Lab
    Topic: "BRANDING IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER"
  • Bill Schley, President and Chief Creative Officer, David ID
    Topic: THE MICRO - SCRIPT RULES: HOW IDEAS BREAK THROUGH IN THE HYPER CONNECTED WORLD.
  • Birger Linke, Executive Creative Dir., TBWA
  • C.V.L. Srinivas, DIRECTOR, Times Private Treaties
  • Eric Weaver, Account Director and Digital Strategist, DDB Worldwide
    Topic: BRANDING, TRUST AND THE EMPOWERED CONSUMER
  • Gabriella Salinas, Global Brand Manager, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  • Gillian Muessig, President & Co Founder, SEOmoz, Inc.
  • Hampton Bridwell, President and Partner, BrandLogic
  • Harmanjit Singh, General Manager, Corporate Affairs Godfrey Phillips India Limited.
  • Harrish Bhatia, Chief Operating Office,r Synergy Media Entertainment Limited.
  • Ishan Raina, CEO, OOH Media
  • Ishwar Jha, CEO Digital Media Convergence Ltd., (DMCL,Essel Group)
  • K. V. Sridhar, National Creative Director, Leo Burnett
  • Marius Ursache, Chief Creative Officer, Grapefruit
  • Nikhil Madhok, VP - Marketing & Communication, NDTV Imagine
  • P. Balaji, Vice President - Marketing & Strategy, Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Pradeep Shrivastava, Chief Marketing Officer, Idea Cellular Ltd.
  • Prakash Bagri, Director – Marketing (South Asia), Intel Technologies India Pvt Ltd
  • Prasad Narasimhan, Chief Marketing Officer, Virgin Mobile
  • Prashant Panday, Chief Executive Officer, Radio Mirchi
  • Rahul Sinha, Chief Marketing Officer, Birla SunLife Insurance
  • Rajesh Chakrabarti, Vice President - Branding (Consumer Finance Division), Reliance Capital Ltd.
  • Rajesh Sawhney, President Reliance Entertainment
  • Rama Bijapurkar, Author "Winning in the Indian Market"
  • Rameet Arora, Head Marketing, Colors - Viacom 18
  • Rana Baruah, Executive VP and Country Head (Programming and Marketing), Radio City 91.1FM, Music Broadcast Pvt Ltd
  • Rohan Vaidya, Regional GM – India and South Asia, Infoprint Solutions
  • Sandy Carter, VP-SWG Channels, IBM
  • Sanjay Behl, Group Head-Brand & Marketing, Reliance Communication Ltd.
  • Sanjeev Kotnala, Vice President - Marketing & Communication Dainik Bhaskar Group.
  • Shantanu Bhanja, Vice President – Marketing Hindustan Times.
  • Shashank Nigam, Founder & CEO, Simpliflying
    Topic: "Brand Loyalty 2.0 : How Social Media is Changing the way you build loyalty."
  • Shruti Bajpai, Country Head, HBO
  • Subhrangshu Neogi, Director Brand and Corporate Communications, Religare Enterprises Ltd.
  • Suman Srivastava, CEO, Euro RSCG India
  • Sunil Lulla, Director, Miditech Pvt. Ltd.
  • Tarun Katial, Chief Operating Officer, Big 92.7FM
  • Thatcher Brown, VP-Brand Strategy & Management, Jumeirah Group
  • Vivek Khanna, Business Head, Mint
    Topic: Mint case study "Building a consumer centric brand in recession"

  ADVISORY COUNCIL 2009


  • Abdulhameed Abubakar, Brand strategist, Nigeria
  • Adrian Hoon, VP-Asia, Epsilon International
  • Aftab Mahmud Khurshid, Head of Brand Communications & Marketing, The City Bank, Bangladesh
  • Alan Bergstrom, Chief Strategy Officer, Brand Insights LLC
  • Anthony Swart, CEO, The brand Union, Africa
  • Ashish Banerjee, VP-Brand & Communication, Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, PJSC
  • Aubrey Ghose, Chief Executive Officer, AIS Brand Lab
  • Carol Chapman, Principal and Co-Founder, Brand Ascension Group
  • Charith De Chickera, Chief Operating Officer, Starcom Worldwide Sri Lanka
  • Christine IP, CEO – China, ANZ
  • Cleopatra Veloutsou, Sr. lecturer in Marketing, University of Glasgow
  • Dan Mikkin, Partner & Brand Designer, Brand Manuel
  • Derek Turner Smith, CEO, JWT International
  • Donovan Neale-May, Executive Director, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council
  • Elvin Tan, Country manager-Singapore, Pixel Media
  • Francis Dadzie, Executive Director, Advertising association of Ghana
  • Gary Lipkowitz, COO, Wego.com
  • Grant Watts, CEO, DMS Group
  • Geeta Sethi, Country Manager-APAC Pinstorm Technologies
  • George Hodek, CEO, Isifa Image Services s.r.o
  • George Saad, Head of Commercial KV (Dubai Knowledge Village)
  • Giovanni Di Noto
  • Glen J. Barry, Creative Director – IdeaWorks, Head - Brand Experience
  • Prof. Glyn Atwal ESC Rennes, School of Business
  • Himanshu Vashishtha, Director, Nielsen Consumer Research (Middle East North Africa and Pakistan) The Nielsen Company
  • Hsu William, Vice President - News Advertising Sales (Asia Pacific), Turner International
  • Itai Talmi, Founder-Manager, Memphis Consultancy Corporate brand strategy.
  • James Ngomeli, Marketing Officer & Brand Management KPLC-Kenya
  • Jane Kneebone, Director - Corporate Affairs & Communications Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  • Jeanne Lim, Director of Marketing (Asia Pacific), Tandberg Visual Communication Co Ltd
  • Jordan Khoo, Managing Director (South East Asia), Eyeblaster (SEA)
  • Josh Black, Glue Agency
  • Kevin Thieneman, President - Caterpillar Asia Chairman - Caterpillar India
  • Khalid Hadi, Group Brand and Marketing Manager, Emirates National Oil Company Limited (ENOC) LLC
  • Kim Diamond, Bazaaarvoice
  • Dr. Kishore Gopalakrishna Pillai, Dept of Marketing Leeds University Business School
  • Kosala Wickramanayake, President Federation of Chambers of Commerce & Industry of Srilanka
  • Laura Patterson, author, co-founder and president VisionEdge Marketing, Inc.
  • Lisa Watson, Managing Director, Ibis Intelligence Services Chairman, Direct Marketing Association of Singapore
  • Llew Claasen, VP-Online Marketing and Products Clickatell
  • Mario D'Amico, Senior Vice-President of Marketing Cirque du soleil
  • Mark Laudi, MD, Hong Bao Media
  • Mark Stinson, President, Stinson Brand Innovation
  • Mark Wing, MD and Principle, Consultant Marques of Excellence
  • Dr. Michel Phan, Professor of Marketing, LVMH Chaired Professor and Academic Director of Mastercard-ESSEC Luxury Brand Management Executive Program, ESSEC Business School Paris
  • Nick Cross, Proprietor-The Game Plan
  • Nicolas Colinos, Deputy Sales Director, Eurosport Asia Limited
  • Nnamdi Ndu, Managing Director, Chini Productions
  • Nomahlubi V Simamane, CEO, Zanusi
  • Pam Bryson, Vice President – Marketing MAF Shopping Malls-UAE
  • Pamela Yap, Director of Digital Sales & Ad Operations, Digital Five Sdn. Bhd.
  • Patrick Collings, Founding Partner, Sagacite Brand Agency
  • Pei Hua Lin, Asst. Vice-President (Marketing & Communications), TANGS
  • R Seetharaman, Dy., CEO, Doha Bank
  • Randall Hensley, CEO, Industrie Brand Partners
  • Ravin S. Lama, Managing Director, International Media Network Nepal Pvt.Ltd (The Himalayan Times)
  • Reginald D Laryea, Managing Director, MMRS Ogilvy Ghana
  • Rhett Lego, CEO, The Conjoint Marketing Group
  • Richard Ettenson, Associate Professor and Keickhefer Fellow of Global Marketing and Brand Strategy, Global Business Faculty The Thunderbird School of Global Management.
  • Rob Corwin, Creative Consultant
  • Robbie Hills, CEO, Asia Pacific GroupM Search
  • Robert Campbell, Managing Partner / Creative Strategist Sunshine
  • Robin Parker, Managing Director, Bizcommunity.com
  • Rohan Fernando, Head-Plantations and Business Development Aitken Spence
  • Rohit Dadwal, Managing Director - Asia Pacific Mobile Marketing Associationa
  • RTS Masli, Strategy Advertising PT Strategy Komunindo
  • Sandy Agarwal, Director, Head Nokia Interactive Asia Pacific
  • Sanjay Lal, Managing Director, ASSETZ FZC
  • Sarmad A. Ali, Managing Director, (Marketing and Advertising Sales) Jang Group
  • Sean McCoy, Founder member and Chief Executive, HKLM Group
  • Shakir Moin, Region Manager, Coca-Cola Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei
  • Shafiq Uz Zaman, Managing Director, Coats Bangladesh Ltd.
  • Shauna Li-Roolvink, CEO, Brand Hub Pte. Ltd.
  • Sicco van Gelder, Director, Placebrands
  • Siva Ganeshanandan, Head-APJ Marketing Autonomy Interwoven
  • Stephen Byrne, Director of Strategy Diffusion
  • Staphnie Tang, Director (Marketing, Advertising and Promotions) Yellow Pages-Singapore Ltd.
  • Steven Tan, Regional Marketing Director (Asia Pacific, Japan and Middle East) Aspect Software (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd
  • Sze-Ki Sim, Head of Marketing – Asia Pacific (Home & Networks Mobility) Motorola Electronics Pte. Ltd.
  • Tamera Kremer, Founder and Chief Strategist Wildfire Strategic Marketing
  • Terry Behan, Founder, The Fearless Executive
  • Teodora Migdalovici, Founder, Migdale Amare
  • Thebeetsile Ikalafeng, Founder, The Brand Leadership Group
  • Thierry Montocchio, Strategic Creative & Managing Director-Circus Advertising Co. Ltd.
  • Thys de Beer, Brand Strategy Navigator, VEGA school of brand innovation
  • Timothy Maurice Webster, President and CEO, Timothy Maurice & Associates
  • Vida Cornelious, VP & Group, Creative Director, Global Hue Advertising
  • Vishnu Mohan, CEO, Havas Media Asia Pacific
  • Dr. Vladimir Evstafiev, President, Publisher IMA Press
  • Prof. Waldemar A. Pfoertsch, Professor Business Marketing, China, Europe International Business School (CEIBS)