Our Experts
ANAEZI MODU
CEO, REBRAND
Anaezi Modu is founder and CEO of REBRAND. She speaks, writes, researches, and consults on brand change resulting from evolving business challenges, M&A, shifting demographics, and employer brand positioning in developed and emerging markets.
Anaezi shares her insights through publishing, teaching opportunities such as at Harvard Graduate School of Design, speaking invitations including a keynote presentation in Madrid at the invitation of ICOGRADA and Spain’s Ministry of Innovation and Design, and various professional organizations and board positions.
Anaezi was Senior Vice President, Brand Experience and Strategy Director at Bank of America. She holds a degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University, and a Master of Architecture and Design from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, with courses at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Anaezi is co-author of Data Points: Strategies for a Branded Benchark Breakthrough How to Create, Curate, and Monetize Your Information Assets
MARC CLOOSTERMAN
CEO, VIM Group
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Marc Cloosterman is CEO of VIM Group, the leading, global firm that helps organizations analyze, administer, implement brand change, and improve brand performance.
As an experienced and passionate consultant to the boardroom, Marc founded VIM Group to develop the discipline of brand implementation and management. While being trained at KPMG and INSEAD, he ‘lost his way’ and started working in marketing, branding and communications. He is a trusted advisor to leading brands including Merck, ABB, BMW, Deloitte, and Deutsche Telekom.
Marc is co-author, with Laurens Hoekstra, of the industry ground-breaking book Future-Proof Your Brand: Data-Driven Insights to Implement, Manage, and Optimise Your Brand Performance
SEYI FABODE
Co-Founder, Varuna
Seyi Fabode is co-founder of Varuna, and founder of Asha Labs. He has more than 16 years of experience developing, deploying, and investing in technology solutions for the utility industry. Prior to founding Varuna, Seyi spent several years consulting with leading utilities in the US and emerging markets on technology strategy and product development. This came after founding, raising venture capital, hiring an amazing team for and eventually selling Power2Switch, the leading retail energy marketplace technology company.
Living, studying and working on three continents give Seyi a unique lens through which he identifies global trends, opportunities and risks. This background helped him to drive success for a venture-capital-backed energy technology company in the US.
Seyi was named a Linkedin Global Top Voice in Technology for two years. He has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and an MSc in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Warwick University in the UK. He is the author of 40 Semi-Obvious Startup Lessons and writes well-received and often-quoted articles on innovation, technology, and global trends.
