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Keynote SpeakerNenad Pacek

Renowned Global Strategist, Founder and President of Global Success Advisors EMEA Business Group

Nenad and his businesses (founded in 2009 in Vienna, Austria) currently advise global and regional directors of over 500 multinational corporations via various subscription programs. Approximately 90% of clients are multinationals from the Fortune 500 and FT 500 lists. He is the founder and president of Global Success Advisors, which... Read more

Biography

Nenad and his businesses (founded in 2009 in Vienna, Austria) currently advise global and regional directors of over 500 multinational corporations via various subscription programs. Approximately 90% of clients are multinationals from the Fortune 500 and FT 500 lists. He is the founder and president of Global Success Advisors, which is (via “Global Trusted Advisor” agreements) helping global executive leadership teams anticipate the impact of geopolitical, economic and business megatrends and understand outlooks for various markets around the world. He is also founder and president of the EMEA Business Group (corporate subscription program for regional presidents running Europe, Middle East and Africa), helping executives understand economic, (geo)political and business outlooks for EMEA markets via country reports, global economy reports, regional presidents’ meetings across Europe/Dubai, corporate benchmarking surveys and one-on-one speeches/consultations.

Nenad is the author of acclaimed books such as “The Future of Business in Emerging Markets: Growth Strategies for Growth Markets”, “The Global Economy”, lead author of “Emerging Markets: Lessons for Business Success and Outlook for Different Markets” (two editions), and a contributor to the book “The Future of Money”. He is the lead author of the new book/special report on “The Rise of China and Chinese Multinationals” designed to help incumbent “western” multinationals properly understand the rising threat of Chinese competition. He is one of the world’s leading authorities on economic, geopolitical, political and business issues that concern multinational corporations seeking faster growth internationally. He performs hundreds of speeches per year at various corporate meetings (F2F and virtual) on issues ranging from global, regional and country level economic/business outlooks, to best business practices for international growth. In corporate circles he is well-known for not using any notes or power point slides while speaking and engaging in discussion.

Nenad is a former Executive Vice President of The Economist Group (Economist Intelligence Unit) where he spent nineteen years between 1990 and 2009, advising multinationals on economic and business issues and managing several business units globally (including Economist’s corporate advisory and government-related businesses). He chaired over 100 Economist Government Roundtables with Prime Ministers/Presidents and their cabinets throughout Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America.

He is guest faculty at Duke Corporate Education (globally no. 1 provider of corporate education) and a number of corporate universities/learning programs. Nenad was until recently the Supervisory Board member of the Center for Creative Leadership (globally no. 1 provider of leadership education). He studied economics, international business and finance in Vienna. Nenad lives with his wife and three daughters near Vienna and partly on an island near Dubrovnik. He spends his rare free time mostly with his family, but occasionally sneaks out to play basketball, tennis and golf.

“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