Global Directors
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| Clay Brendish CBE |
| Non Executive Chairman
The former Deputy Chairman of CMG plc and founder and Executive Chairman of the International IT consultancy firm Admiral plc, Clay Brendish CBE, was appointed Non Executive Chairman in May 2002. Clay is Non-Executive Director of British Telecommunications plc and Herald Investment Trust plc, Non Executive Chairman of Anite Group plc and Close Beacon Investment Fund. He is also External Chairman of the Meteorological Office Board, a trustee of Economist Newspapers Limited and Chair of City University's IS Group |
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| Sandra Macleod |
| Chief Executive of Echo Research Limited and Board Member of Echo Research Inc.
Sandra has more than twenty years' experience in communications and reputation analysis and evaluation. Sandra's International career spans Canada, France and the UK, including PA Management Consultants. Author and lecturer across five continents, Sandra has contributed to books on professional accountability and corporate social responsibility. Sandra is the first international Trustee of the Institute for Public Relations in the USA, a Companion of the Chartered Institute of Management, and on the Board of the Finance and Performance Review Committee of the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF). |
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| Simon Summers |
| Non Executive Director
Simon is Senior Bursar St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Previously Co-Head of the Global Technologies Group in Barclays Capital's Investment Banking Division and Corporate Director for Barclays in North London. |
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| Michael Morley |
| Earlier, during a 40-year career at Edelman, Michael founded and built the public relations agency's global network, now the leading independent PR firm with 40 offices worldwide. He served at various times as Edelman's President of International Operations, President of Edelman New York and as Deputy Chairman of Edelman Worldwide. He continues to advise the firm and its clients in an "of counsel" capacity. Michael has managed multi-national PR programs for
companies that include United Parcel Service, AMADEUS Global Travel Distribution, NCR, VISA International, British Airways, Ernst & Young, Roche, Philips, Schering Plough, Warner Lambert, Samsung, S.C. Johnson and Hertz Corporation. He has served as Chairman of the Jury of the IPRA Golden World Awards, and is the author of the book "How to manage your Global Reputation," published by Palgrave Macmillan and in the USA by NYU Press. He is the holder of the CIPR's Alan
Campbell - Johnson Medal and is in the ICCO Hall of Fame.
He was created Knight of the Order of the Lion by the President of Finland for his contributions to international communications on behalf of that country. |
| Susan Restler |
| Non Executive Director
Co-Founder with Diana Woolis and President of Knowledge in the Public Interest, has had a 25 year career in financial services with JP Morgan. She was a Managing Director and head of Marketing for JP Morgan Private Banking and JP Morgan Investment Management. Prior to joining Diana in forming KPI, she developed the marketing strategy for an Internet-based personal financial management service. Susan has served on the Board of the Brooklyn Kindergarten Society, a network of five publicly funded day care centers and is now a trustee of the Connelly Center, a middle school for at risk girls. She also chaired the Board of Trustees of the Packer Collegiate Institute, an independent school in Brooklyn, New York. She is a graduate of Radcliffe College/Harvard University and has an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. |
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| SylvieTestard-Ramirez |
| Managing Director, Echo Research, France
Sylvie is a specialist in International External and Internal Communication, a member of the International Committee of the French Association for Internal Communication (Afci) |
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| Dr. David Michaelson, Ph.D |
| President of Echo Research Inc
Dr. Michaelson combines experience and management skills with his role as a recognized thought leader in this field. Not only has he run the research function at three of the largest global PR agencies, Ogilvy, GCI and Burson-Marsteller, but he has also successfully managed his own independent firm. |
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| Dan Soulas |
| Executive Vice President of Echo Research Inc
Dan Soulas is former EVP at ICR/International Communications Research and has over 20 years of experience in the market research industry. He has led large-scale US and international research programs on customer satisfaction, loyalty and segmentation research, message testing, strategic positioning, brand tracking and corporate image. |