Speakers

Ajit Kambil is the global research director for Deloitte’s CFO program. After leading Deloitte’s think tank, and creating Deloitte Review, it’s flagship journal – he pivoted to create and execute a focused, role-based research program around CFOs. Its products include CFO insights with 39,000 subscribers, the daily Deloitte CFO Journal content on WSJ.com, and the CFO Signals quarterly survey of large company CFOs. He also created its transition lab which has served over 3,000 executives Including 1,800 CFOs and DRINCs – digitally rich interactive conversations to move ideas to practice and transform client experiences.

Cathy leads thought leadership development, digital marketing strategy, and public relations for Innosight, a leading innovation and growth consulting firm. At PTL 2020, she will talk about the CMO/CEO partnership in fostering a culture for thought leadership and bringing compelling insights to life.

With a career that spans both consulting and alumni relations in over 20 years at McKinsey, Sean currently leads external relations and communications and virtual knowledge dissemination for the firm’s Strategy and Corporate Finance practice. In this role, he has moderated over 200 live web-based knowledge events and moderates the firm’s podcast, Inside the Strategy Room. At PTL 2020, he’ll lead a discussion on the ins-and-outs of running webinars, podcasts, and virtual events.

After developing the firm’s research teams in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific, Francis took the role of global research lead and merged two teams dedicated to thought leadership and research. At PTL 2020, Francis will talk about the role of thought leadership in driving eminence in the firm’s key domains.

With over 25 years placing executives in thought leadership, editorial, and digital marketing positions, Sara Noble is in a unique position to share what it takes to build a successful career in thought leadership. At PTL 2020, she will lead a discussion on the state of thought leadership careers and the skills most in demand in 2020 and beyond.

With over fifteen years’ experience as a content expert in journalism, corporate marketing and publishing, Eben ghostwrites and edit articles by global management thinkers for HBR’s print and digital editions. At PTL 2020, he’ll lead a unique discussion with a contributing HBR author on tips and tricks of working together to produce leading management insight.

As the global lead for thought leadership at Infosys, Jeff has oversight on many of the firm’s research programs, its management publication, and hosts its podcast. At PTL 2020, Jeff will talk about his 24-month journey establishing a global knowledge institute for one of the world’s leading IT services firms.

A published author and PhD’ed researcher, Mark has been overseeing thought leadership research and publishing for one of the world’s leading voices on personal professional development for over 3 years. At PTL 2020, Mark will share his experience leveraging thought leadership research to drive sales success through a network of global, independent sales-driven franchises.

Serge leads TCS’ institute for thought leadership and oversees the firm’s content strategy, research and data collection, and development and standardization of the firm’s global thought leadership programs. At PTL 2020, Serge will share his learnings from 10+ years building, developing and growing the firm’s management journal, Perspectives.

Since the late 1980s, Bob Buday has been regarded as a pioneer in the theory and practice of thought leadership. Bob has helped clients across a range of B2B sectors publish their thinking in the right places (including numerous books, 20+ Harvard Business Review articles, and opinion pieces in the Financial Times, Business Week, Forbes, CIO magazine and other leading publications). At PTL 2020, Bob will speak about how to develop unassailable arguments — both with research and without.

Having developed six LInkedIn Learning courses on the topic, Bill is one of the world’s leading voices on data visualization. Additionally, he collaborates with clients to bring their data to life through static infographics and interactive animations. At PTL 2020, Bill lead attendees through an interactive session to helps them up their game when it comes to working with and visualizing data.

As Principal of Rattleback, Jason helps services and SaaS firms from all over the world develop their growth strategies and translate them into successful thought leadership and digital marketing programs. At PTL 2020, Jason will speak about connecting your thought leadership strategy with your firm’s growth strategy.

As a partner in one of the fastest growing research and intelligence firms, Binayak partners with clients on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative thought leadership research. At PTL 2020, Binayak will lead a panel discussion of Fortune 1000 senior executives on the experience of providing input into the research process and the frustrations they have in consuming thought leadership when it emerges on the other side.