Associates of all trades required to master Growth

Thought Leader & Entrepreneurship Faculty Member - Cranfield

David Molian is a commercial writer and educator. After graduating from Oxford University he worked in advertising on Imperial Brands. Following an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, he served on the faculties of Imperial College Business School and Cranfield, and as visiting professor at London Business School and Insead. His consulting work with major multinationals includes assignments with Unilever, Diageo, Royal Dutch Shell and Cadbury-Schweppes [now Mondelez]. For many years he was also an advisor to Wealth Managers and Private Bankers, Coutts & Co.

At Cranfield he was Director of the prestigious Business Growth Programme, advising some of the UK’s fastest growing companies.

He has personally founded or co-founded three businesses, written several books and award-winning case studies on such businesses as Hotel Chocolat, Cobra Beer and GoApe. He has contributed features and commentary to the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph and Director Magazine. He contributes a monthly column to the website Fresh Business Thinking and has advised numerous business owners on growth strategies for their companies. His most recent book is a Guide to Entrepreneurship for New York publisher Business Expert Press. 

Market Research & Consumer Insights Advisor & Strategic Consultant  - Rome

Patricia has specialized in the areas or market research, market intelligence, consumer and shopper knowledge and insight gathering for new business modelling and value proposition development. Working across Unilever and VF (The North Face, Timberland, Vans, Lee, Wrangler, Kipling, Napapiriji, 7 for all Mankind, Eastpak) International brand Portfolios across most regions.

Business Advisor, Digital Infusion Expert, Marketing Strategist - Lisbon

Francisco counts more than 20 years creating, managing and transforming businesses and brands in different sectors such as FMCG, Food Service, Media and Education Services. Across all these experiences, one silver lining: an immediate impact on growth acceleration and on teams morale, a testament to the excellence and adequacy of his hard & soft skills to todays fast moving environments. 

Recent Management experiences include leading successfully one of the biggest private Education groups and revamping one of the strongest media agencies in Portugal.

Francisco has unique Digital knowledge developed with the creation of a Digital Agency. Strong Marketing skills built as head in McDonalds and managing global Unilever & Reckitt brands.

Francisco believes in leading by example, building high efficient teams, chasing powerful growth & innovation cycles, deciding without fear and bringing a positive attitude everyday to work are the key factors for the success of an Organization.

Entrepreneur & Marketing Communications Advisor - Istanbul

Lawrence is uniquely suited to blending the power of creative thinking with an entrepreneurial vision to re-shape any kind of business. Wide experience across regions and industries including FMCG, durables, telecoms, finance & retail.

Focused on developing inspiring strategic-creative thinking, innovation projects and execution plans built on client engagement and trust. 

Competitive Intelligence Thought Leader,Speaker, Consultant - Lisbon

Luis Madureira is an accomplished and acknowledged global business executive, consultant, keynote speaker, educator, community and thought leader, having received his fellowship from the Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows in 2018. Mastering a unique set of competencies derived from experience as an international business executive for Diageo, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Red Bull, United Coffee, and Heineken, his career spans a variety of leadership roles in Sales, Trade and Consumer Marketing, Innovation and Competitive Intelligence that took him from Trainee to Executive Board member. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of UBERBRANDS, a strategic consultancy boutique leading the Brand Building (R)evolution supporting Growth through Intelligence-driven Strategy and Innovation. Previously, as the Global Competitive Intelligence Practice lead of Ogilvy Consulting, he anticipated disruption and informed winning business and marketing strategy for Top20 Forbes companies. A lifelong learner, he graduated in Economics, specialized in Marketing at NOVA School of Business and Economics, complemented with Executive Education in Ecommerce and Digital Marketing at CATOLICA, and Certificates of Advanced Competitive Intelligence Professional (CIP-II) from the Academy of Competitive Intelligence, and of Professional Social Intelligence (CSIP) from the Social Intelligence Lab. 

Marketing & Strategic Communications Consultant  - Lisbon

Nuno has been a Visiting Associate Professor in the Master of Advertising and Marketing at ESCS since 2010 and was Client Service and Strategic Planning Director at J. Walter Thompson, now Wunderman Thompson, since 2000. He has 28 years of experience both in client and agencies in retail, banking, telcos, energy, FMCG and the third sector in almost all communication disciplines, which he has always sought to reconcile with teaching. Has been a speaker at various professional, academic and industry association lectures, seminars, and conferences throughout Portugal and in Paris, Sarajevo and Maputo. It is his belief that every organization and brand should (re)discover its purpose and organize their offer and communication around it.

Route to Market Senior Advisor & Global Business Leader - Mumbai

PK is a global citizen & business leader with 29+ years of proven track record in FMCG now established as start-up advisor, entrepreneur and NED.

PK has consistently delivered high impact growth through driving change management, pioneering new business models across both B2B and B2C, accelerating business profitability and driving operational excellence in a global business environment.

Wide ranging experience gained through working with 3 world class companies with diverse cultures/across multiple continents/in both operational and strategic roles.

Until very recently PK spearheaded Unilever's multi Billion Ice Cream business in OOH channels and the Global Retail Operations (GRO- The Retail/Parlor formats with 2000+ stores) for the Foods & Refreshment Division in Unilever. PK was also a key member of Unilever’s 4GS (The top leadership operational Board of Unilever) and the F&R Divisional Leadership Team that sets and owns the Foods and Refreshment Division strategic agenda.

Commercial Digital Transformation Consultant - Singapore

Micole has built a career focused on successfully growing the revenues and capabilities of the clients and companies he has worked with. He works with leaders and teams in various companies that deliver competition-beating Sales Effectiveness, Commercial Leadership, and Corporate Learning.

Micole's 20+ year career has led him to roles and projects in Asia, Australia, Western Europe, and the US. He has extensive experience in line roles spanning Sales, Marketing, and HR across a range of industries in Consumer Packaged Goods, Biotechnology, Retail, and Agriculture. His most recent corporate roles have been as Global Director of Unilever's Customer Management Academy, and as European Director for Leadership and Organization Development for Genzyme.

International Food Service Entrepreneur & Consultant - Porto

João is a senior consultant with a wide management and operational experience in multi-cultural and multi-regional environments. Strong vision, attention to detail, negotiation, communication and coaching skills that enable him to lead people and companies to superior levels of performance and consistency.
Proven track of success in business management and corporate development with special focus on Supply Chain Management. 

Commercial Strategy & Implementation Consultant - Lisbon

Sara is an expert in Strategic Sales Planning (for Markets and Key Accounts), P&L management, Customer Segmentation, Goal Setting and KPI alignment.

Sara brings 18 years' experience in multinational companies (including Nike and L'Óreal), with roles in Marketing, Sales and Strategic Planning.

She has extensive experience in working with leadership teams in strategic redefinition, and in leading teams through profound transformation processes.

Following an MBA from EAE Business School (Barcelona), and formal certification in business coaching, she has worked as an external advisor to McKinsey and Company.  

Strategic Financial Services Senior Advisor - Kerala

Nathan is passionate to find the hidden stories behind numbers, his wake up call came when he was just 11 years old.

Nathan become a Chartered Accountant by the age of 22, gaining the CFA Charter by the age of 30 all while working and worked across two different continents in three different countries before  35, covering investments/assets in the six continents (Antarctica got away!). 

Currently Nathan assists small to medium sized clients move their financial roadblocks to become successful.

Key focus areas are #1 Strategic Finance &Transactions (Deal screening, origination and sourcing, researching, structuring, finalizing term sheets, execution, monitoring, restructuring, spin-offs and exit of assets) and #2 Business Valuation (from buy-side and sell-side for private businesses, intellectual property - software, mobile apps, football player contracts, service management contracts and other intangibles & non-traded derivatives).

Senior Consultant  in Sales & Operations Performance IT Tools - Lisbon

Ricardo is Managing Partner in Sonum Portugal and lead consultant in Anaplan. The combined Sonum-Anaplan mission is increase chances for a brighter future by increase control and insight of the present. This is done by increasing control and transparency of current operations and making the right decisions more evident.

Supporting Enterprises in building integrated planning and forecasting models, acrosss different areas of like integrated planning / S&OP, Workforce planning, SCM, Procurement and overall financial planning.

Senior Financial Advisor & Management Consultant - Lisbon

José has a remarkable background in Management Control Systems, rooted in a strong academic background - PG in Advanced Management & Finance, BsC in Financial Control (Portugal).

Long career in FCMG as controller, Finance, IT & Legal Director of Unilever and Senior Business Advisor of several businesses.

Founder & Managing Director of JAFIGA, Ltd., a Portuguese private company and co-founder of GPS - Growth Performance Success Lda. 

Management Control Thought Leader, Counsellor & Senior Consultant - Lisbon                        

Prof. Paulo Pardal is am Executive Education Professor at Catholic Lisbon School of Business & Economics, Invited Consultant of World Bank and United Nations Industrial Development Organization,  Commentator at RTP (Portugal), Founder & Managing Director of USA, Ltd and co-founder of GPS - Growth Performance Success Lda.