Erik Saelens is the founder and executive strategic director of Brandhome group, which makes companies grow faster than their markets. With over 25 years’ experience in brand marketing and communication, Erik Saelens specialises in rebranding and renaming, and has executed and researched more than 300 brand-change operations worldwide. He is... Read more
Erik Saelens speaks at Get tomorrow 2017
Erik Saelens speaks at AHIC 2017
Erik Saelens speaks at CHARGE Energy Branding Conference 2017
Erik Saelens is the founder and executive strategic director of Brandhome group, which makes companies grow faster than their markets.
With over 25 years’ experience in brand marketing and communication, Erik Saelens specialises in rebranding and renaming, and has executed and researched more than 300 brand-change operations worldwide. He is also an expert on brand management and M&A and IPO strategies, and draws on a strong operational background when putting these strategies into practice.
Until 2002 Erik Saelens worked as senior brand advisor to the board of Royal Dutch Telecom KPN in The Hague and Brussels. He was previously employed at Sodexo as a member of the international brand management team, having started his career at Walibi, a European amusement park group.
His expertise has earned him a place on the boards of companies such as Unbox (BE), CQ (US) and Stackin (US), where he contributes to decisions on the businesses’ strategies and future.
Erik Saelens focuses on what makes branding meaningful today and how to make marketing relevant tomorrow. He addresses how brands can maintain or initiate contact with their customers and what these customers really want from the brand.
Saelens has written more than 15 books on brand marketing in order to share his expertise and insights with the widest possible audience.
“A brand is an immaterial asset, a belief system.”
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Erik Saelens speaks on Business & Management, Marketing, Strategy. Talks can be shaped around your audience, industry and strategic objectives - share your event brief with London Speaker Bureau and we will work with Erik to align the content with your delegates and goals.
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Erik Saelens delivers keynotes in Dutch, English, French. This profile may not list every language available; ask London Speaker Bureau to confirm. If you require simultaneous interpretation or a multilingual format, please mention this in your enquiry and London Speaker Bureau will arrange it for you.
Erik Saelens's areas of expertise include Business & Management, Marketing, Strategy. To get a clear sense of Erik's style, credentials and how they engage an audience, please review the biography, popular talks and any videos or testimonials shown on this page, or request a detailed speaker brief from London Speaker Bureau.
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