In 2017 we brought you the most inspiring data, research and insights event out there…for 2018 we’re doing it all over again. But…Bigger. Bolder. Braver. With your brilliance at the forefront.
It's where creativity, innovation and insights collide.
ESOMAR Congress has been leading the way in insights innovation for 7 decades, and this year is no exception. The data, research and insights profession has seen more change and evolution in the last five years than ever before, and we’ve been there since day one…bringing you the content that will impact your success.
1200+attendees
70+countries
80+speakers
Johnson & Johnson, McDonalds, MetLife, SONOS, PepsiCo, Microsoft, BBC, DANONE and Unilever are just a few of the industry-defining global brands you’ll see on our stages this year.
You’ll be in good company… 1,200+ data, research and insights professionals joined us last year… In 2017 we pushed Congress further than it’s ever gone before…just wait until you see what we’ve got in store for you this year…
Programme Committee
ESOMAR MemberSenior Partner
Global Insights & Analytics transformational leader with 30 years of experience in driving brand growth through embedding consumer & shopper understanding in business strategy.
At present Maria is a Senior Partner at Brand Leadership Group, a "growth driven, people fuelled" brand strategy firm.
Previous roles include Vice President and Global Head of Insights & Analytics for Mondelez International and Head of Consumer Insights & Strategy for Kraft Europe.
Across her career in General Mills, Kraft and Mondelez International, Maria has...
- Led Insights & Analytics teams, driving business impact, with maximum efficiency (ZBB).
- Launched globally a program inspired by marketing science based principles of growth, impacting strategy, innovation and brand communication.
- Designed and implemented consumer landscape maps to set the foundation for corporate growth strategy.
General Manager
ESOMAR MemberProgramme Committee Chair
Managing Partner
Chief Research Officer
Julie began her career in research with a summer job as an interviewer at her cousin's fieldwork agency in Texas and has loved it ever since. She began agency-side in Analytics, but has spent the majority of her career in country, regional and global leadership roles in Consumer, Shopper and Retailer Insights at Nabisco, PepsiCo, Allied-Domecq, Kraft and SABMiller, across North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
In 2017, she joined Kantar as Chief Research Officer, with the remit to leverage her client-side experience to ensure client needs are always at the heart of offer design and delivery. She believes passionately in the power of Kantar, having experienced its benefits as a client, and thus is excited about the limitless opportunities to bring the Kantar (and WPP) operating brands together to develop compelling and differentiated solutions.
ESOMAR MemberChief Strategy & Insights Officer
Elaine joined Danone as Chief Officer of the Strategy & Insights function in January 2017. She is responsible for leading Danone's continued efforts at keeping the consumer at the centre to drive sustainable growth, and achieve the company's mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible #oneplanetonehealth. A key part of her role is to lead the transformation of the S&I function to be future-ready in today's disruptive consumer-market paradigm. She is based in the Paris HQ of the company.
Over the course of her career, Elaine has led teams across various CPG companies, global and regional, developed and developing markets. She started her career in academia, and spent a number of years in research agencies before moving into CPG in 2001.
Prior to joining Danone, Elaine built teams in both Global and Regional positions in Mondelez International. Joining the company in 2007 in Kraft Asia Pacific, Elaine led the regional Consumer Insights & Strategy team across 14 countries. In 2013, she moved to a role in the Global Biscuits Leadership team, where she was responsible for insights across all markets including North America, Europe, and Developing markets with particular focus on China, Brazil and India. In her 9+ years in Mondelez, Elaine legacy lies in building high-performing teams that led the company on a path towards becoming a truly consumer-centric organisation that put consumers first. Adding the "science" to the "art of insights", Elaine and her team also drove the use of advanced analytics for better marketing investment choices, and built shopper insights capabilities in countries.
Prior to joining Kraft Foods, Elaine was in Reckitt Benckiser, where she spent 7 years in a variety of roles in the Market Research function spanning a Global Category MR Director position in the UK HQ, as well as a Developing Markets Market Research Director in Singapore. Prior to this, Elaine spent some years in research agencies Research International (Kantar) and Synovate (Ipsos).
Elaine has a Ph.D in Marketing, and Bachelor of Business (Honours) (Marketing) from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. She tutored and lectured for 4 years at Monash while completing her degrees.
Elaine lives in Paris with her husband and two daughters, which is the fourth country she is living in after Singapore, Australia and UK.
Global Market Research Manager
ESOMAR Member2017 Congress committee member and General Manager
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