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Judith Asher

Founding Partner  •  Keynote Speaker  •  Personal Impact Excellence Coach

Judith Asher is a widely regarded and sought-after Executive Trainer, Coach and Consultant with 15 years’ experience working across multiple industries with clients ranging from multinational Fortune 500 companies to startups. Highly skilled in communications training, Judith brings a unique cross-cultural expertise to her work. This, combined with her passion and ability to lead by example, allows Judith to enrich the skills of individuals and teams who need to communicate successfully in any business context, including within matrix and global organizations. In addition, her track record of coaching successful pitches brings added value to innovators within the startup community. Judith is a long-serving senior faculty member of Accenture's Strategy College and recipient of a Microsoft Award for outstanding training. ,An early adopter and enthusiast of virtual training and coaching, Judith is both highly skilled and innovative in her virtual work. Her sense of humour and genuine commitment to fostering the personal and professional development of others are distinctive features of her engagement with clients.

In her first career, Judith worked as a consultant, researcher and trainer in public health, with an internationally reognized expertise in the area of human rights and health. Working in a variety of countries, including for the Commonwealth Medical Association, Judith actively participated in multiple UN conferences and round tables on the subject. She is the author of "The Right to Health: A Resource Manual for NGOs" which has been translated into several languages and is used both by NGOs internationally and in university public health and human rights courses. She continues to lecture and speak on the Right to Health. 

Frank O'Halloran

Founding Partner  •  Keynote Speaker  •  Personal Impact Excellence Coach

Frank O’Halloran is a highly reputed training consultant and executive coach, who specializes in developing individuals for leadership roles and helping professionals enhance their sales, management, communication and problem-solving skills.  As a long-serving senior faculty member of Accenture's Strategy College, as well as an executive coach for senior sales management teams with some of the world's foremost brands, and Lead Trainer for several international management development programs, Frank expertly prepares managers, professionals and C-level executives for strategic presentations, meetings and speaking events.

He also regularly conducts seminars in communications, leadership, sales, and career and project management for sales, marketing and business administration teams. Frank is the recipient of the Golden Trophy Award from Microsoft for his high-scoring training evaluations .    

Prior to his 20+ year career working with leading private-sector companies in more than 50 countries around the world, Frank was Director of HR and Public Affairs at the Multinational Force and Observers, as well as a Professional Staff Member at the United Nations. In addition to training and coaching, he is often solicited to deliver speeches, and manages a team of trainers based in Europe. 

Having lived in Italy for 30 years, Frank works in both English and Italian. In addition to his consulting, he is the Director of the Venice-based theatre company the Pantalon Players. He lives in Venice with his wife, opera singer Liesl Odenweller, and their daughter. 

Ken Dobell

Strategic Partner  •  Brand Identity, Presentation Design & Data Visualization Expert 

With nearly twenty-five years' experience in integrated marketing communications strategies and an award-winning creative background, Ken possesses an exceptional breadth and depth of industry expertise. He has specialized in digital and multichannel brand-building, advertising and marketing since the advent of the Internet. In addition to an insightful, big-picture view and strong conceptual thinking abilities, he has a proven track record of strategy and execution.

Currently a consultant and 'outside' executive, Ken draws on his international management experience, multi-disciplinary skillset and subject-matter expertise in adtech, media, martech, content and analytics to help brands drive and measure their omnichannel marketing performance.

During his mandate as President of DAC Digital, he spearheaded the transformation of a traditional advertising agency into a leading-edge, multinational data-driven performance digital marketing shop powered by unique, proprietary technology. Prior to DAC, he held a progression of senior leadership roles within the global interactive function of Monster Worldwide, both in North America and Europe, and pioneered a range of innovative online initiatives as Vice-President of Marketing with a global franchisor. More recently, he localized a mobile-first data-driven programmatic media offering and led a digital transformation project for a large consumer beverages company. Ken began his career in creative and design studios, where he achieved success as a Creative Director, copywriter, translator and editor.

[Interactive] Talks

7 Steps to an Engaging Presence
Take Up More Space: Presentation Skills for Women
Secrets to Creating Compelling Content
Organize your Thoughts Quickly
Speak in Public without Fear
Remote Teams 2.0: Leverage the transformative potential of the webcam
Dealing with Challenging Questions

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