Veronique Escarmelle 
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A marketing and communications manager at RICS Europe (the European organization of the UK-based Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), Vero previously worked in marcom positions at Research International (a WPP company), and for a U.S. company. Prior to that she was the co-founder of the reporting unit at The Enterprise Group later spun off into e.com and set up the Annual Report on Annual Reports, for which she reviewed hundreds of annuals. In that context she spent six years on the annual report coordination for financial institutions. She has stayed a consultant and panelist to the company ever since. E-mail: vero.e@reportwatch.net |
Kaevan Gazdar 
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Kaevan Gazdar is responsible for corporate reporting at HypoVereinsbank, one of Germany's largest banks, now part of Italian-based Unicredit Group. The bank was awarded many times in German report rating competitions. Kaevan is co-author of the annual report book "Geschäftsbericht ohne Fehl und Tadel" and also published books on corporate citizenship and corporate communication (including "Unternehmerische Wohltaten: Last oder Lust?"). He is a member of the jury of the Good Company ranking, the author of "Reporting Nonfinancials" and has held seminars and talks at various venues, including FT Knowledge, MCE and Ethical Corporation. E-mail: kaevan.gazdar@unicreditgroup.de |
Mike Guillaume 
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Mike is the co-founder and manager of e.com-ReportWatch, a Europeanrooted, U.S.-headquartered and London-based company that specializes in report assessment and benchmarking. He has reviewed thousands of reports, consulted for hundred-plus international report teams, and has been the editor of the Annual Report on Annual Reports that he co-founded in 1996. Prior to that, his track record has included an extensive entrepreneurial and international management consulting experience in Europe, North America and Southeast Asia, as the co-founder and then executive director of The Enterprise Group. An economist and financial analysis and communication specialist, he has contributed to various publications, analyses and seminars, and has written a book about "The Seven Deadly Sins of Capitalism. And some ways to reinvent free markets for welfare". E-mail: mike.g@reportwatch.net |
Jakob Ivarsson 
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Jakob Ivarsson is a highly respected communication consultant with a rich experience acquired through the production of several annual reports for some of the largest Swedish companies. He contributes with strategy, structure and contents in order to clarify the company's message and the report as a vehicle towards stakeholders. Jakob runs the Stakeholder Communication company from Gothenburg. Prior to his present occupation he held a position as senior advisor and partner at Solberg, one of Sweden's leading corporate communication consultancies on financial reporting. He is also a deputy board member of the Swedish IR Association. E-mail: jakob.ivarsson@stakeholder.se |
Dennis Larsen 
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Dennis has more than ten years' experience in management consulting at academic institutes and consultancies in Rotterdam, New York and London. He contributed to the Erasmus University research "Fame and Fortune- How Successful Companies Build Winning Reputations". Currently he operates as an independent consultant through Acuity Insight. Specialising in research based consulting in corporate communications, Dennis delivers insightful ideas to senior executives of large multinationals and smaller firms. Projects are tailored to each specific situation whilst maintaining a strong rooting in scientific methods. Dennis also teaches organisational communication at the Norwegian School of Management. E-mail: dennislarsen@acuityinsight.co.uk |
Reg Pauffley 
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Reg Pauffley is acknowledged as one of the most widely experienced figures in contemporary global corporate communications. His offering is simple: original, pragmatic and creative solutions based on many years of experience at the forefront of the industry. Reg's credentials stem largely from his experience as the founder of what is now Pauffley FHD, a major UK corporate design consultancy. Under Reg's direction (1984 to 2001), Pauffley became a reference in both corporate brand development and global reporting and communications. Clients included BP, Nokia, GSK, Aegon, Ahold, Credit Suisse, BT, Novartis, Marks & Spencer and many other FT European top 300 companies. After having been in charge of business development at Merchant (part of the Brunswick Group) for a few years, early in 2008 Reg took the Chairman’s role at the UK-based design consultancy Likemind (formerly known as Corporate Edge). E-mail: rjpco@btconnect.com |
