Interviews

Hear it straight from the mouth of
marketers. Check out our engaging
Q&As with marketing experts.
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and sharing your insights?

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Kirsten Allegri Williams

CMO
Optimizely

Get to know this experienced and future-focused marketing leader, and her two cents on how customers and organizations alike are adapting to the expected recession. More

Executive Perspective

Foo Siew Ting

Chief Marketing Officer
HP Asia

Get to know the marketing reinventor with two decades of diverse international marketing experience. More

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Claus Kristensen

VP, APAC Marketing & Ecommerce
LEGO Group

Meet the experienced marketing leader from LEGO to learn about his strategies to identify and harvest opportunities across all customer channels. More

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Francesco Federico

Global Marketing Executive Director
JLL

See how this expert leader rose from entrepreneur to becoming a key player at several of the world’s top companies. More

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Elliot Wilson

CGO/CMO
CEO of Hanss Business Development Inc.

Meet the forward-thinking leader and his strategy to maximize customer value creation & campaign effectiveness. More

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Gavin Cowley

Former Marketing Director
Adidas

Get to know this experienced leader and his secrets to better collaboration and go-to-market enabling digital marketing innovations. More

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Kath Sharfman

CMO and Chief Platform Officer
Sun Exchange

South African platform-as-a-service innovator invites individual investors to warm up funding for solar installations that have social value and impact in developing countries.   More

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Anil Malhotra

CMO
Bango

Meet the innovative Marketing leader's take on shifts impacting customer and competitive dynamics in the payment industry, and how to prepare for the "cookie-less" world. More

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Russ Somers

CMO
Lytho

Meet the creative leader and his take on the vector of marketing in the future and how he leverages data to improve his CX. More

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Natasha Maharaj

Director of Marketing
Distell Southern Africa BU

Meet the forward-thinking marketing leader for Distell ZA, and how she manages to keep an authentic human connection despite the constant digital advancements. More

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Bahriye Goren

Professor
NYU, School of Professional Studies

Meet the inspiring leader and teacher, and her journey from corporate executive to preparing the future generation of leaders. More

Executive Perspective

Gonzalo Garcia Villanueva

CMO
GFK

Marketers are becoming masters of the information that drives brand direction, yet less than one in four of the top-performing marketers have the real-time data access they need. More

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Hussein Dajani

Partner
Deloitte Digital

Get to know the award-winning and growth-driven leader Hussein Dajani, and his rise to become one of the top global marketing executives. More

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Simon Anholt

Author
The Good Country Index

Exploring the way national imagery, social responsibility and country of origin labeling is shaping global commerce. More

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Mike Schaffer

CEO
Echo-Factory

Check out this interview with Michael Schaffer, where he talks about the marketing techniques that set his company, Echo-Factory apart from others.  More

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Nav Thethi

Senior Manager for Web and Digital Experience
Hitachi Vantara

Meet Nav Thethi, his diversified portfolio of experience, and his take on why companies need flexible DXPs to adapt to a dynamic marketing environment. More

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Nicolas Marchon

Director of Marketing
Thermo Fisher Scientific

How has digitalization shifted marketing focus in today's atmosphere? What are some key leadership styles do's and don'ts? See Marchon's key insights and his tips and tricks on how to stay ahead of the game. More

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Aziz Amine

Group VP of Marketing & Country Head of Fintech Services
Virgin Mobile KSA

Meet the passionate change agent-focused leader with worldwide experience and his insight on advances and innovations in digital marketing. More

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Annie Headley

VP of Corporate Marketing
Nutanix

Meet the battle-ready VP of Nutanix and her rise up to becoming a strong, charismatic, and results-driven leader, taking her team to the next level. More

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Peter Weingard

Global Head of Brand at Wipro

Award-winning CMO Peter Weingard shares his philosophy on digital content and how trust and marketing go hand-in-hand. More