Award Winning

Marketing Keynotes,
Workshops &
event moderation

Multi-award winning international marketer, speaker and consultant with over 25 years hands-on international experience in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, China.

I advise international blue-chip brands in FMCG, travel, tech, sports and eCommerce brands.

Why Colin?

Multi-award winning international marketer, speaker and consultant with over 25 years hands-on international experience in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, China.

I advise international blue-chip brands in FMCG, travel, tech, sports and eCommerce brands.

Worked for iconic brands such as 1181188, Thomas Cook, bmi-British Midland, as well as eCommerce and tech startups in Senior Marketing Roles.

Columnist for Marketing Week magazine for the last four years.

Founder and Programmer, DMX Dublin, largest marketing conference in Ireland since 2013.

MBA and MSc in Marketing.

marketing keynote speaker

Marketing Keynotes

Known for insightful, actionable and entertaining talks combining marketing, technology and innovation drawing on practical experience heading two UK Superbrands across four countries with $25m+ budgets.

I’m a regular speaker at international conferences and have spoken in London, Madrid, Shanghai, Dublin, Chengdu, Amsterdam and Dublin. Events include Festival of Marketing, Advertising Week London, Marketing Week Live, Eye For Travel, China Travel Summit.

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Marketing workshops

Colin created and delivers the Executive Programme in Digital Marketing for the Irish Marketing Institute and the marketing module for the MSc and MBA course in Dublin Technological University, among others, covering strategy, frameworks and models.

 

 

 

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Moderation and MC

If you need someone to MC, Moderate or Facilitate, you need someone who is neutral, a good listener and a clear and confident communicator. I’ve over 10 years curating and moderating events like DMX Dublin,  the Global Travel Summit, Marketing Week Live, as well as 100+ contact teaching hours a year, I’m the ideal person to guide a discussion or panel, MC your whole conference or facilitate a group to help them make decisions and achieve results.

"The feedback (from the team) has been very good, it was just what we needed as we embark on a new journey. Gets the minds thinking. Thanks again"
Alan O'Grady Bayer
Alan O’Grady
Head of Digital Excellence & Business Insights, Bayer

Partial client list

Startup + ECommerce Clients include:  Crua Tents | ROI Hunter I Bluemetrix I BP Multipage I Parnells I HR Duo I Irish Auto Parts

Topics Colin speaks on (tailored for your audience).

How to See Around the Corner: Understanding Exponentials

Creating The Marketing Mindset in your company

How to be Creative as a Marketer

Becoming an Innovation Factory

Strategic Marketing: what is it and how to Apply It

Awards judge

The Marketing Week Masters celebrating strategic effectiveness and innovative thinking for brands. The Masters reward both the established talents, and the up-and-coming, across the UK marketing industry. I have been a judge since 2015, and have assessed hundreds of case from the UK’s best brands.
 
In Ireland the All Ireland Marketing Awards are run by The Marketing Institute of Ireland and recognises the success of Irish marketing professionals acknowledging their major contribution of marketing to the country. I have been a judge since 2010 and have assessed hundreds of case from Ireland’s best brands.
Marketing Week Marketing Masters Award

Award winning

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Download guide

An easy to follow Marketing Strategy Framework which you can print out and refer back to again and again.

Thought leadership

I’ve been a columnist for Marketing Week magazine for the last four years, writing, researching and exploring the future of marketing, innovation, creativity and technology for brands,  technology and sports companies.

Recent articles and presentations

5G is about to usher in yet another new marketing era
China makes customer experience in the West feel outdated
The secret of direct-to-consumer success is
Today is the Golden Age of Marketing
How to be a modern day marketing mystic
Innovation is the Real Test of Marketers Competence
Rich People’s Habits are the Mainstream Trends of tomorrow
Understanding the Marketing Mindset

What makes a strategy good or bad?

Download this simple, easy to follow Marketing Strategy Framework which you can print out and refer back to again and again.