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Currently head of communications at Coretech, a WPP company charged with handling the biggest outsourcing project the media sector has seen. Former member of the PR Council and mentor in PR Week scheme 2 year’s running. Consultant at heart with most of my life spent in technology / media / digital. Preference for corporate and B2B comms. Over 20 year’s experience in PR and communications in the UK and globally.
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Currently a Director at MSLGroup - in recent years Blair has received the largest number of personal and campaign nominations / awards in the PR and comms industry; including Communicator of the Year and Campaign of the Decade accolades from across the PR Week Awards, PRCA Awards, CIPR Awards, Cannes Lions, Sabre Awards, European Excellence and Corp Comms Awards. Blair has specialised in integrating practices within the marketing and communications world - where at Publicis Groupe he is charged with spearheading interdisciplinary campaigns; representing public and private organisations, banks, law firms, media and entertainment organisations, technology companies, public figures, health care and medical companies, international trade organisations, energy and resources companies, and charitable foundations. An innovative, intuitive and enthusiastic senior communications professional, he is capable of leading the most challenging marketing and communications campaigns across public relations, digital influence, thought leadership, internal engagement, crisis/reputation management, and branding. Employing strong leadership and management skills, he has a proven track record of delivering exceptional results for a diverse range of clients, on a local and global scale. Blair was a pioneer in corporate Digital Strategy, and has created collaborative cloud-based communications tools, developed unique media and crisis training products, and become the trusted advisor of his clients from CEO’s to famous faces. Blair regularly lectures and contributes to discussion on effective communications, reputation management, and crisis communications. He also sits on the PRCA Council and is Co-Chair of Creativity at the PRCA.
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George has spent 17 years in the PR industry, firstly in Paris working on international brands like McDonalds, Mars and IBM and latterly as co-founder of international agency The PR Network (www.theprnetwork.co.uk). A tech specialist who learned her trade during the dot com years at Bite PR in their international division, George has worked on Apple, Sun, Iomega, Samsung and The Carphone Warehouse amongst others. With her business partner Nicky, George co-founded a new agency model providing senior expert counsel to blue chip and household brands like Zipcar, Disney and Deloitte - powered by a network of senior communications consultants; offering high calibre support at a fraction of the price of a traditional agency; flexing up and down as needed. For 10 years they've run The PR Network taking clients beyond the UK into new geographies and sectors. They now operate in 24 different countries with a network of over 1200 senior consultants.
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I co-founded Entrepreneurial Spark in 2011 with the aim of creating an entrepreneurial revolution across the country. Having started my own entrepreneurial journey late in life, I quickly found out through starting, running and selling small businesses that getting the right start is so important. Entrepreneurial Spark is the world's largest free accelerator for start-up and growing ventures. Unlike many traditional accelerators we focus on the people behind the business, developing the mindsets and behaviours needed to take your start-up to the next level. Whether you're setting up your own business, or working for an existing company, thinking and behaving entrepreneurially can make a huge positive impact on both your personal and professional life. A Professor of Entrepreneurship, I've worked with over 660 entrepreneurs to date in my role at Entrepreneurial Spark - taking them through the journey from customer validation, knowing your numbers, getting investor ready and then scaling your start-up. This means I have real, first-hand experience of the rollercoaster journey involved in starting your own business - from the highs to the lows and everything along the way. I'm all about innovation and creativity, taking an ordinary problem and creating an extraordinary solution. Do you really want to look back on your life in 20 years time and think 'I had a good life'? No! You want to look back and say 'I had an amazing life and I made a difference'. I don't pull punches, and am not a big fan of sugar-coating something - I'm focused on getting to the heart of startups, leadership, emotional intelligence and innovation. A regular columnist for The Scotsman, BusinessZone and Scottish Entrepreneur I cover a whole range of topics, from all aspects of entrepreneurship through to creating a positive mindset, building a winning team, ensuring you have a positive atmosphere and morale in your business, and everything in between. To give you a flavour of my speaking style here's my TedX Glasgow talk focused around the subject of what's stopping us from living our dreams: http://bit.ly/JDTedXG.
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For over a decade I've spoken for companies like Unruly, regarding video virality and content strategy: ChannelFlip, regarding Influencer marketing and Youtube content: That Lot, regarding social strategy and purpose: Cass Business School, lecturing on entrepreneurialism and more generally, on the business of advertising globally. I'm now a founder of Megadog, a growth consultancy helping start ups, scale ups and businesses with a growth mindset with all things comms, biz dev and structure
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Michael Bayler is one of a handful of international thought leaders and board-level advisors with high-level experience across Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Madison Avenue and Tin Pan Alley. His expertise spans brand marketing, new technology and enterprise transformation. Making sense of ever-changing market conditions has been Michael’s work for a quarter of a century. He consults, writes and speaks across many key industries around the world. He has advised many of the world’s leading brands, media and technology companies and international stars, including Coca-Cola, Unilever, BBC, Team GB, Diageo, Telefonica, PayPal, FremantleMedia, Egg, Bacardi, Warner Bros., The Digital Entertainment Group, BSkyB, BT, Cognizant, HCL, Evrythng, Sitecore, RadiumOne, Sony Music, EVRY, SABMiller, Nokia, Ogilvy & Mather, Robbie Williams and Simon Cowell. His mission is simple: to be a trusted, insightful and empowering resource for every client. Michael has published two acclaimed digital and post-digital strategy books, "Promiscuous Customers: Invisible Brands – Delivering Value in Digital Markets" (co-authored with David Stoughton, Capstone, Oxford, 2002) and "The Liquid Enterprise – How The Network is Changing Value, What It Means for Business, and What Leadership Needs to Do About It" (Infinite Ideas, Oxford, 2016). He writes regularly for Market Leader, and has also written for The Wall Street Journal, Marketing Magazine, Billboard Magazine, Design Week and the Design Management Journal. Among many high-profile international speaking engagements, Michael has delivered master classes for The Marketing Society, MIDEM, AdTech, IESE Business School, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, VMWare, EVRY, Daily Mail Group, FremantleMedia, The Institute of Direct Marketing, ISBA, FEPE and Salesforce. Most recently he has both chaired and delivered keynotes at key Internet of Things conferences, including IoT World in Silicon Valley, The Internet of Retail, and The IoT in Retail in London.
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I'm a long-time writer, editor and marketing communications expert, almost entirely in the life sciences. I can take complicated scientific concepts and make them simple and palatable. On the flip side, I can also work with scientists to hone down messages and presentations that can attract the attention of the public. I work with any groups, any size, any structure.
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Mathilde Desselle is a project manager at QUT, working towards the establishment of the Herston Biofabrication Institute that will apply 3D imaging, modelling and printing to medicine (a partnership between MNHHS and QUT). An award-winning biomedical research manager, she has 10 years’ experience driving strategic life sciences research initiatives in Europe and Australia, and is passionate with finding technology-based approaches to advance human health. She is a founding Board Director for the Tech Girls Movement foundation, promoting positive role models to encourage and raise awareness of STEM careers for girls. Previously, she served on the board of directors of Women in Technology for three years. She is a co-founder and coordinator for the National Science Week “Catch a Rising Star: Women in Science in Regional QLD” program. Mathilde is the winner of the 2016 Women in Technology – InfoTech Professional Award, and holds a double Masters of Business and Biotech Engineering from the Catholic University of Lille, France, and a Masters of Management and Economics from the Littoral University of the Opal Coast, France. She is an ABC Radio Brisbane Community Correspondent for science, and an Advance Queensland Community Digital Champion.
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Throughout my life I've been involved in the world of entrepreneurship and startups, from launching a “tartan affinity” credit card with a US bank aimed at the Scottish Diaspora, to creating my own board game, Scottish Quest. Having experienced the highs and lows of the entrepreneurial journey, and knowing only too well the potential barriers faced along the way, I set up Entrepreneurial Spark alongside my co-founder Jim Duffy in 2011. We wanted to provide a programme which takes entrepreneurs through every step of the journey and really pushes them to achieve their best. Entrepreneurial Spark is the world's largest free accelerator for start-up and growing ventures. Unlike many traditional accelerators we focus on the people behind the business, developing the mindsets and behaviours needed to take your start-up to the next level. And honestly? I love it. I love working with entrepreneurs across the UK and India and seeing them grow from refining their business idea through to trading and securing investment. It's a fascinating job, and I'm lucky enough to have worked with over 660 entrepreneurs to date. The fact that 88% of companies we've worked with are still trading today also makes me incredibly happy, because it shows the value of what we do and how much of an impact our business accelerator is having across the country. Having previously worked as an awareness life and business coach, I pride myself in my motivation skills and ability to turn a dreamer into a do-er. There is so much potential, not only just in the UK but also internationally, to create award-winning businesses. The difference between success and failure? Whether you have the drive and determination to take a risk, create an innovative solution to an existing problem, and really #GoDo to accelerate your business. A regular columnist for BusinessZone I cover a whole range of topics, from all aspects of entrepreneurship through to how we encourage more females to start their own business, right through to positive mindsets and behaviours and motivational speeches. Drop me an email to find out how I can use my experience and skillset to help your event become a success.
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Alex Chachava was born in 1979 Alex graduated Moscow National University of Food production, with the software engineer degree. In 1999-2003 Alex worked in IDES "Computerra", and then - in RBC media holding at a position of the leading analyst. He participated in the organization of the first IPO in the IT market and media – RBC. That IPO also became the first in the history of Russia public capital raising in domestic market. Further he participated in realization of M & A strategy of RBC. In 2003 Alex became the co-founder of the LETA company which was included subsequently into 50 largest IT companies of Russia. In 2005 Alex headed the Russian representation of the international company ESET entering in First 20 the largest developers in the field of information security. ESET NOD32 antivirus for some years became one of leaders of the Russian market, having taken the second place from shares about 30%. Now the ESET Russia company is included into LETA Group, is the world's largest partner of ESET and exclusively develops ESET business in 11 countries, most successfully developing in Russia, India and Kazakhstan. For today the company has more than $40 million annual revenue, and the Mr. Chachava remains it majority owner. In 2008 in connection with acceptance of new strategy of development Alex created LETA Group holding and took President position. He acted as the investor in a number of successful IT projects which then were included into LETA Group holding. For 3 years, despite crisis, the revenue structure significantly changed and the rate of return grew more than twice. The Damask and Group-IB companies which have included into LETA Group, became leaders in the segments of the market in Russia – electronic turns and investigation a cyber crimes respectively. Capitalization of LETA Group grew for 3 years several times and made more than $100 million, and Alexander Chachava became the main owner of the company. In 2012 he initiated of the basis of corporate venture IT fund LETA Group Investment&Venture. Investments into technological startups became strategy of fund. Already to the middle of 2012 in a portfolio of LETA GIV there was 3 well-known startup, the winner of numerous competitions: Displair, Budist.ru and RedHelper.
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