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Keynote SpeakerNenad Pacek

Renowned Global Strategist

Nenad Pacek is the founder and president of Global Success Advisors and the EMEA Business Group (founded in 2009). He is the author of five books, including “The Future of Business in Emerging Markets”, “Global Economy” (both published by Marshall Cavendish), and the most recent publication “The Rise of Chinese... Read more

Biography

Nenad Pacek is the founder and president of Global Success Advisors and the EMEA Business Group (founded in 2009). He is the author of five books, including “The Future of Business in Emerging Markets”, “Global Economy” (both published by Marshall Cavendish), and the most recent publication “The Rise of Chinese Multinationals” that also discusses China as a rising global power. He is the lead author of two book editions of “Emerging Markets: Lessons for Business Success and Outlooks for Emerging Markets” (published by Profile Books).

Nenad is one of world’s leading authorities on global economy, global geopolitics, emerging markets, global business trends and corporate strategies for faster international growth. He regularly interacts with global and regional managers of large corporations, performing hundreds of client sessions every year around the world face-to-face or over video links. He is well known in corporate circles for his “no written notes” and “no slides” presentations and consultations. Nenad, via his holding company Global Success Advisors, acts as a trusted advisor to global executive teams of major multinationals helping them understand and predict future developments.

He is the former Executive VP of The Economist Group (Economist Intelligence Unit) where he worked from December 1990 to August 2009. He chaired over 100 Economist Government Roundtables with Presidents, Prime Ministers and their cabinets across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Nenad is passionate about emerging markets, economic history, economic development issues in emerging markets, global economics and geopolitics, as well as ever evolving corporate growth strategies. He resides near Vienna and partly near Dubrovnik with his wife and three daughters. As an avid sportsman, he uses his rare free time to play basketball, tennis and golf. And he also loves to spend time skiing and swimming.

“Nenad, I would like to extend my gratitude for your contribution to our executive leadership team meetings. Your insights on the dynamic economic and geopolitical landscape and its potential impact on multinational corporations are truly valuable. Your expertise has played a pivotal role in shaping our global strategy, enabling us to navigate the rapidly evolving and challenging business environment with confidence. Furthermore, your insights have been instrumental in guiding our regional teams to develop tailored action plans for specific countries, thereby significantly contributing to our ongoing success. I am looking forward to the opportunity to benefit from your and your team’s profound expertise also in the future.” Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare, Member of the Executive Board, Merck
“Nenad brings invaluable expertise and insightful guidance to the table. His deep understanding of global markets and strategic foresight have consistently delivered transformative insights for our leadership teams. His ability to navigate complexity and predict trends have played an important role in shaping our success. Highly recommended for any leader seeking to navigate and excel in the global marketplace.” President & CEO International, GE Healthcare
“Nenad, I would like to thank you most sincerely for your speeches at our Global Operations Leadership Team meetings. It was an honor to hear your expertise. Your global presentation and your focus on various regions and markets captured the audience's attention and greatly contributed to the success of our events. The quality and level of the discussions, your perspective and your unique skills were invaluable to our sessions. We look forward to welcoming you back to the next editions.” Executive VP, Global COO, Member of the Executive Committee, CEVA Animal Health
“Global Trusted Advisor service by Global Success Advisors and EMEA Business group is a fabulous resource for us on all aspects of global and emerging markets strategy. Nenad and his team are right up there with the best as an advisor to our global executive group, offering sound, objective analysis, but also not being afraid to offer an opinion when asked.” President, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Board, WD-40
“Our global leaders regularly invite Nenad Pacek to talk for several hours in front of our Top Executive Leaders including our CEO and CFO, about global economic and business trends and particularly emerging markets both from the business and economic perspective. Both our CEO and our Top Executive Leaders have all been very impressed and have used Nenad’s input when reviewing Tetra Pak’s long term strategy. Nenad’s unusual depth and breadth of both economic and business knowledge makes him very unique and adds a lot of value to any global company who wants to get a better understanding of global economic and business trends. He is a great, extraordinarily knowledgeable and engaging speaker who looks equally competently at past, present and the future of the world economy, its regions/countries and international business strategy issues. Nenad shared with us his views on an incredible number of countries without written notes, which made the sessions very dynamic. The business discussions which were triggered were fantastic and Nenad gave us very good input what we need to consider to continue to be successful in international business in the future. We will continue to seek opportunities and events, where we can get Nenad’s input to anticipate market and strategic changes and to feed our strategic business plans.” VP Global Learning & Organisational Development, Tetra Pak
“Thanks Nenad for sharing your insights. Your fact-based and clear headed review was extremely valuable. You have always proven to be a focused and productive counsel to us. We do appreciate the guidance and energy you stimulate with us.” Global Chief Operating Officer, Du Pont
“Nenad, on behalf of Honeywell Aerospace I would like to thank you for sharing your expertise on emerging market strategies and managing through challenging times. This was a wonderful educational experience for our global leaders. Your breadth of knowledge and willingness to engage in honest dialogue about difficult issues provided us with the most thought-provoking session we had in the history of our Executive Forum in Arizona. I was so impressed that I forwarded your material to Dave Cote, the CEO of Honeywell.” CEO Honeywell Aerospace
“Nenad is a passionate and thought provoking speaker! He presented his views of the EMEA economic development to our global Executive Committee headed by Charles Bunch, our CEO. His comprehensive and insightful views on the region and particularly on EU provided us with very useful information for our strategy session. Nenad's no slides, no paper presentations are fascinating and demonstrate his great understanding of the different factors that drive the long term evolution of the global economy and business.” President EMEA, PPG Industries
“Nenad Pacek is a great speaker and one of the most knowledgeable people in the world on subjects such as business and economic trends in emerging markets and global economy. Both me and Microsoft leadership team in Europe have learned a lot from Nenad with whom we have worked for more than a decade.” Chairman, Europe, Microsoft
“Nenad, your contribution to our “accelerated growth” in-house meeting in Switzerland was brilliant. All experienced Nestle directors were particularly pleased to interact with an external speaker who definitely knew what he was talking about and was inspiring at the same time! I have always enjoyed your continuous valuable inputs and I am looking forward to the next meeting.” Regional Director, Nestle

Popular Talks by Nenad Pacek

  • Understanding Geopolitical Forces That Will Impact Business
  • Understanding Global Economic Forces That Will Impact Business
  • Understanding the Latest Evolution of Best Business Practices for International Expansion
  • Understanding Economic Outlooks for All Countries Around the World
  • Understanding Emerging Markets and Why So Many of Them So Frequently Malfunction for Business