Speaker Profile: David Taylor Founder & Managing Partner, the brandgm

About David Taylor "One of the world’s 50 leading marketing thinkers” according to the CIM Founder of the brandgym, a network of brand coaches with clients including Tesco, Unilever, Mars, Royal & Sun Alliance, Kraft, Friesland Foods, SAB Miller and Danone. Highly rated speaker, appreciated for his straight-talking, practical and enertaining style 21 years of experience combining brand management, board-level consulting and an MBAfrom INSEAD

"One of the world’s 50 leading marketing thinkers” according to the CIM

Founder of the brandgym, a network of brand coaches with clients including Tesco, Unilever, Mars, Royal & Sun Alliance, Kraft, Friesland Foods, SAB Miller and Danone.

Highly rated speaker, appreciated for his straight-talking, practical and enertaining style

21 years of experience combining brand management, board-level consulting and an MBAfrom INSEAD

A leading brand thinker Front-line experience with top companies, and brandgym R&D from 6 books and one of Europe's top 10 branding blogs

Front-line experience with top companies, and brandgym R&D from 6 books and one of Europe's top 10 branding blogs

Speaking experience David speaks on a range of branding and marketing topics: Brand it like Bond: C ore brand renovation T he risks and rewards of brand stretching What the hell is branding all about? Speaking experience includes: Brand Fuel Express 24 Marcus Evans The Marketing Society The Marketing Forum Food & Drink Innovation Network LBS MBA programme Unilever Marketing Academy Mars University Century Communication The CIM

David speaks on a range of branding and marketing topics:

Brand it like Bond: C ore brand renovation

T he risks and rewards of brand stretching

What the hell is branding all about?

Speaking experience includes:

Brand Fuel Express 24

Marcus Evans

The Marketing Society

The Marketing Forum

Food & Drink Innovation Network

LBS MBA programme

Unilever Marketing Academy

Mars University

Century Communication

The CIM

Feedback on speaches made "David really inspired the audience by making complex issues accessible, and giving new insights on the fundamentals of branding. His speech was combined highly relevant content with a dynamic and vital presentation." Brand Fuel Express 24, 2008 "David's presentation was particularly inspiring and the ‘professional fun’ approach highly engaging. His no nonsense, straight-talking style is refreshing and the content, very thought-inducing." Food & Drink Innovation Network, 2007 "I could not ask for more, the session was superb!"; "It's a very enriching programme." ; "Quite an eye-opener. Useful, helpful and fantastic." Mars Seminar, Shanghai, 2007 "Thank you for your excellent presentation last night - the delegates were universal in their praise with quotes such as 'Great speaker and good reminder to focus on what the real brand issues are' and 'Excellent presentation - totally agree!'" CIM Event, 2007 " Thanks for helping m ake the Leading Brand stewardship workshop brim over with so much external inspiration. The feedback show s that the content will have an impact back on the job as they apply the thinking for real. Which is what it's all about really! " Helen Lewis, Unilever Marketing Academy, 2006

"David really inspired the audience by making complex issues accessible, and giving new insights on the fundamentals of branding. His speech was combined highly relevant content with a dynamic and vital presentation."

Brand Fuel Express 24, 2008

"David's presentation was particularly inspiring and the ‘professional fun’ approach highly engaging. His no nonsense, straight-talking style is refreshing and the content, very thought-inducing."

Food & Drink Innovation Network, 2007

"I could not ask for more, the session was superb!"; "It's a very enriching programme." ; "Quite an eye-opener. Useful, helpful and fantastic."

Mars Seminar, Shanghai, 2007

"Thank you for your excellent presentation last night - the delegates were universal in their praise with quotes such as 'Great speaker and good reminder to focus on what the real brand issues are' and 'Excellent presentation - totally agree!'"

CIM Event, 2007

" Thanks for helping m ake the Leading Brand stewardship workshop brim over with so much external inspiration. The feedback show s that the content will have an impact back on the job as they apply the thinking for real. Which is what it's all about really! "

Helen Lewis, Unilever Marketing Academy, 2006

Contact David Taylor the brandgym 134 Felsham Road London SW15 1DP United Kingdom M: + 44 (0) 77 89 20 25 64 T: + 44 (0) 208 785 6760 F: + 44 (0) 208 785 6761 E:david@thebrandgym.com W: www.brandgym.com Blog: www.brandgymblog.com

David Taylor

the brandgym

134 Felsham Road

London SW15 1DP

United Kingdom

M: + 44 (0) 77 89 20 25 64

T: + 44 (0) 208 785 6760

F: + 44 (0) 208 785 6761

E:david@thebrandgym.com

W: www.brandgym.com

Blog: www.brandgymblog.com