"I just wanted to make sure you had my new contact information as I’ve relocated back to the US.
I also wanted to reiterate how much value I got out of the last meeting I attended in Dubai and want to make sure you keep my name on the list for future events.
Would also like to inquire about events in the USA that are similar to the ones you’ve coordinated in Dubai.
Appreciate any information you can provide."
Senior Director, Government Services
Damco
www.damco.com
Washington, D.C. USA
"Thank you once again for the invitation to this well-organized event."
Vice President Operations – ICT Division
Mannai Trading Co. WLL
Member of Mannai Corporation QSC
www.mannai.com
Doha, Qatar
"I really enjoyed joining the GEN Executive Dinner yesterday evening. It was a pleasure to meet senior executives from so many different industries and to understand their current challenges in the fast changing digital environment, recognizing a lot of similarities across businesses with regards to digitization."
Head of Strategic Control
E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co KG
www.eplus-gruppe.de
Dusseldorf, Germany
"Thank you for hosting last night's stellar event. It was indeed one of the best networking forums I have attended allowing true networking opportunity for the established executives in the room.
I also truly enjoyed the topic and the various challenges and approach the companies represented last night are taking. The event beat even last night's Bruins game :-)
Please find below my contact information which you are welcome to share with the attendees as well as the GEN team."
Vice President, Engineering
Kronos Incorporated
www.kronos.com
Boston, United States of America
"Regarding feedback – I really enjoyed the evening and the discussions around the starters and the desert. The presentation from the expert was also helping to set the theme an background. The location was also well selected – very good food and ambience. I would be delighted to be invited to a future event again. I made some new contacts in my network which I will follow up on."
VP, Head of Country IT Europe
IT Services
Deutsche Post DHL
www.dhl.com
Frankfurt, Germany
"The Executive Dinner was fantastic ! Lately we were quite bored attending the typical CIO events but the GEN Dinner really made me very happy and excited after meeting so many new people from diverse background. Keep up the good work."
Head IT
L&T Realty
www.larsentoubro.com
Mumbai, India
"Thanks for hosting a very good dinner last evening."
President
Rent.com
www.rent.com
Los Angeles, United States of America
"It was my pleasure attending your event. The Executive Dinner concept was fantastic and gave me the chance to know more about other executives across different industries. Furthermore, it also gave me an opportunity to learn how others are taking up challenges in regard of digitization. Many thanks!"
Director & Head of Distribution
AIA China
www.aia.com/en
Shanghai, China
"Thank you for the evening. The GEN event exceeded my expectation by presenting a timely addressed topic and the breadth of talent in the room. I look forward to joining future events."
Head of Data and Direct Marketing, Global Life
Zurich Insurance Company Ltd., Switzerland
www.Zurich.com
Zurich, Switzerland
"Yes, it was a pleasure to meet you! I appreciate getting the opportunity to meet and network with professionals from other industries in the region. It was a good event I think, with the focus on networking and I had many interesting conversations during yesterdays’ dinner."
Regional Head of Price Management
Region Middle East and NE Africa
Ericsson
Al Salam Tower 17th floor, Corniche Rd. Westbay Area
www.ericsson.com
Doha, Qatar
"Many thanks for your note and the event: It was most useful. I am already in touch with a couple of people I met last evening. Thanks & regards."
Chief Marketing Officer
Samba Financial Group
www.samba.com
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
"I appreciate very much the Executive Dinner concept, it is each time a great topic area and we meet very interesting people. I enjoy the dinner and thanks GEN again for the great organization."
Group Information Management
Veolia Environment
www.veolia.com
Paris, France
"We would like to thank you first for inviting us to "Strategies for Thriving in the Mobile-Cloud Era" event that was held on Monday nov.3rd , 2014. The phenomenal success of this event is a reflection of the ever increasing dedication and enthusiasm of your team in creating the perfect atmosphere to your Executive Dinners."
Financial Expert
Finance Affairs Department
Qatar Olympic Committee
www.olympic.qa
Doha, Qatar
"Thanks for a great evening, this was the perfect event given that I was looking for an event that would get different industry executives to talk around growth. It was very interesting to see how each of our industries intersected and the different perspectives we had on innovation, competition and technology."
Head of ICT
Ericsson Hong Kong and Macau
www.Ericsson.com
Honk Kong
"This is one of the best events I have ever been to. The event was well-managed and organized. I thank you and all your team for excellent work performed to deliver such a wonderful event."
IT Operations Leader
Emirates Investment Authority
www.eia.gov.ae
Dubai, UAE
"I enjoyed the event very much last night."
Country Head, RBS Qatar Branch
Managing Director
Corporate & Institutional Banking, RBS plc
www.rbs.com
Doha, Qatar
"Thanks again for this GEN-Executive Dinner and for the great organization – well done! The topic was very interesting and at the pulse of time. Also the discussion was very lively and enriched my work. Again – thanks a lot and pls."
Head of Corporate Strategy
Peek & Cloppenburg KG, Germany
www.peek-cloppenburg.de
Dusseldorf, Germany
"Thanks a lot for sharing the photos of the last Executive Dinner in Doha. Looking forward to meet you all in another event."
Country Head
QATAR-UAE Exchange Est.
www.uaeexchange.com/qat
Doha, Qatar
"Thank you and your team to hold this great event."
Strategic Development Department
China Resources Power Holding Co.,Ltd
www.crc.com.hk
Beijing, China
"I found the event to be very useful and very well organised. I was particularly impressed by the calibre of the attendee’s and the understated openness, trust and engagement to truly share and learn best practise and common issues. I GEN in the future."
Senior Director Operations, Mother & Childcare, Philips Avent
BG Health & Wellness
Phillips
Philips Consumer Lifestyle
London, United Kingdom
"Thanks for a fun and interesting evening. Have a nice weekend!"
SVP
Innovation & Client Solutions Asia Pacific | Global Payments & Cash Management
HSBC
www.hsbc.com.hk
Hong Kong
"I think it was a marvelous event yesterday, a very good key note speech followed by good discussions of interesting people. Very inspirational. I hope I have the chance to attend one of the next Executive Dinners again."
Head Partner Solutions, Germany
Telefónica Germany GmbH & Co. OHG
www.telefonica.de
Munich, Germany
"I really enjoyed the informal nature of the Global Executive Network dinner I attended in Los Angeles. There were just the right number of Senior executives from diverse industries all interested in networking which made the night enjoyable, informative and fun. This is the best way to expand your network, much more effective than networking at conferences or other business functions. Thank you GEN!"
Director, Digital Strategy
Disney and ESPN Media Networks
https://affiliate.disney.espn.com/login
New York, United States of America
"Presentation: short, captivating and interesting.
Guest list: well balanced and selected. Seldom one is able to meet with a group where such productive discussion takes place.
Attention to detail: small, round tables provided the perfect set up for guest to debate and conclude on ideas.
Conclusion: no better/more efficient way for Senior Executives to meet. Highly recommended ."
Vice President-Finance Emerging Markets
Beiersdorf (Nivea) AG
www.beiersdorf.com
Dubai, UAE
"It was my first time at one of these dinners and I really enjoyed the experience. The location, food and wine were all excellent. More importantly, I thought the format for the meeting and the facilitation by GEN was first class. I engaged with lots of people and the conversations were extremely interesting. So well done!"
Life Analysis Actuary
NFU Mutual
www.nfumutual.co.uk
London, United Kingdom
"Thanks for hosting such a well-run event. I found it of very high value and had some great discussions with attendees. The talk by the subject matter experts was also quite relevant to some of the challenges we face in our business and will be looking at their offerings. The one suggestion for improvement would be to provide guidance sooner on the expected duration of the event as I would have liked to have stayed longer if I had known to plan more time as I ended up with a conflicting appointment so had to leave earlier than I wanted after dinner."
Director of Product Marketing
Aruba Networks
www.arubanetworks.com
San Francisco, United States of America
"This is to express my at most appreciation to GEN for inviting me to the “Drivers of Innovation and Growth” Executive Dinner held yesterday at Burj Al Arab. The event was very well planned & organized, fantastically executed and professionally directed. It was a real delight to be amongst such a wonderful and high caliber group of executives from various industries discussing, sharing and presenting various experiences from their own organizations. Once again, thank you very much for your kind assistance and support and once the event’s photos are published, please drop me a note."
EVP FINANCE (D) & VP INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Saudi Arabian Airlines | VP IT OFFICE
www.saudiairlines.com
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
"Great experience to meet the people from different industries and share challenges and insights on Digital Marketing."
SVP, Head of Cards Products Department
Citibank Korea Inc.
www.citi.com
Seoul, South Korea
"Thanks for organizing a great event. A very different format to a lot of these types of events and it works really well. I look forward to the next event."
Acting Head : Enterprise Information Risk Security Governance & Compliance
Transnet SOC Ltd
www.Transnet.net
Johannesburg, South Africa
"Thank you for the interesting evening yesterday. I got new nice new insights in how other companies manage the challenge of implementing new IT tools to improve collaboration among their employees."
Managing Director
TÜV SÜD Product Service GmbH, Germany
www.tuev-sued.de
Munich, Germany
"Thank you very much for the invitation. The conversations were very interesting, in particular hearing about the various business challenges, and how companies were addressing them, or planning to address them.
I had a number of thought-provoking interactions about my specific business challenges, and discovered a very interesting technology area that I had only heard about briefly, but now understand very well. In fact, the additional knowledge I gleaned from that conversation may actually lead to a very real solution for one of my issues.
I can honestly say that I left the gathering feeling energized."
General Manager
Ion Laser Business Group, Coherent, Inc.
www.coherent.com
Bay Area, United States of America
"This was a very unique and exciting opportunity to meet professionals from various business sectors and background. It allowed for in depth discussions and rich exchange of ideas and experiences. The venue provided an amazing networking opportunity with exclusive insight about future and emerging trends. Thank you for hosting this event and definitely looking forward to attending more in the future."
Senior SIS Administrator
Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi
www.gsad.sch.ae
Dubai, UAE
"It was a very nice dinner event yesterday evening with lots of new exiting contacts.
Thank you very much for organizing!."
Head of Global Capital Markets
Siemens Treasury GmbH
www.siemens.com
Munich, Germany
"The event was one of the best networking dinners I have attended. The venue was amazing and the amount of guests allowed for a more intimate gathering of the minds. I made several connections with professionals from various businesses that I never thought I would have so much in common with. Thank you for hosting this memorable event and look forward to attending more in the future."
Vice Principal
Glenelg School of Abu Dhabi
www.gsad.sch.ae
Abu Dhabi, UAE
"Thank you very much for the invitation. It was a great opportunity to do networking, to meet very interesting and professional people, and to know more about the GEN experience.
Feedback:
Thanks again for the invitation."
Marketing Senior Manager
The Coca-Cola Company Mexico
www.coca-cola.com
Mexico City, Mexico
"I found the event to be very useful and very well organised. I was particularly impressed by the calibre of the attendee’s and the understated openness, trust and engagement to truly share and learn best practise and common issues. I GEN in the future."
Senior Director Operations, Mother & Childcare, Philips Avent
BG Health & Wellness
Phillips
Philips Consumer Lifestyle
London, United Kingdom
"I very much enjoyed the dinner. It was well orchestrated, the speakers were interesting and addressed topics relevant to me/my company, and the caliber of the other attendees was excellent."
P&C CFO
Kemper Corporation
Chicago/USA
www.kemper.com
Bay Area, United States of America
"It was indeed a friendly yet beneficial gathering. I really enjoyed the executive dinner on June 9 at Burj Al Arab and very much appreciated the discussions that I had with the attendees. It did help me stay in touch with the latest developments and trends in 3rd generation technology platform including cloud computing and virtualization. Thank you for organizing such a useful event and thank you for inviting me."
Europcar International | Group Revenue Manager
France
www.europcar.com
Paris, France
"Congratulations for hosting this very informative event. Such a lovely venue was the ideal setting for a key subject like information security. I have enjoyed the possibility to get together with a variety of attendees, and appreciated the smooth organization your staff have provided."
Program Chair - CIS
Higher Colleges Of Technology
dubai.hct.ac.ae
Dubai, UAE
"Thank you. It was a very professional event."
Vice President, Enterprise Services
Global Sales Enablement – Americas
Hewlett-Packard Company
www.hp.com
Bay Area, United States of America
"I felt delighted being invited in this exceptional dinner event. The topic chosen and the participant invite created a nice and compelling environment for open and in-depth discussion, sharing personal view of senior managers and best practice examples of leading companies of different industries."
Head of Organisation and Information Management
RWE Innogy GmbH
www.rwe.com
Dusseldorf, Germany
"Axel, thanks for hosting such a well run event.
I found it of very high value and had some great discussions with attendees. The talk by the subject matter experts was also quite relevant to some of the challenges we face in our business and will be looking at their offerings. The one suggestion for improvement would be to provide guidance sooner on the expected duration of the event as I would have liked to have stayed longer if I had known to plan more time as I ended up with a conflicting appointment so had to leave earlier than I wanted after dinner."
Director of Product Marketing
Aruba Networks
www.arubanetworks.com
Bay Area, United States
"I want to thank you and GEN for the very well organized dinner!"
Managing Director
Voith Turbo Schneider Propulsion GmbH & Co. KG
www.voith.com/marine-technology
Frankfurt, Germany
"Simply brilliant, the agenda was very clear, the attendees introduction was very helpful (knowing on who are the participants and their responsibility within their company and such), the guest speaker has 5 stars knowledge on the presenting topic, the networking session/discussion was very useful and I have seeing some of potential collaboration opportunities. Definitely worth of my travel and time and looking forward for similar even in the future."
General Manager, Applications Engineering And Customer Development
Sandvik Mining
www.miningandconstruction.sandvik.com/au
Sydney, Australia
"Thank you for the opportunity to discuss actual IT trends. The format and content of the dinner was efficient and productive indeed."
Group CIO, Member of the Board
Financial Group BCS
www.bcs.ru
Moscow, Russia
"Thank you for the great event. Tokyo has plenty of networking events, but I do confirm that the GEN event was outstanding, specifically with regards to the selection of participants and location."
Executive Officer
Bosch Corporation
www.bosch.com/worldsite_startpage/en
Tokyo, Japan
"Thank you for hosting last evenings event.
Hope to be invited in the future for The Netherlands or Belgium."
Global Industry Director EMEA - Logistic Service Providers
TNT
www.tnt.com
Brussels, Belgium
"I just wanted to drop you a quick email to thank you and the team for a very interesting and enjoyable evening last week. In fact, I was very pleasantly surprised by the event and the excellent hospitality. If anything, the discussion time was too brief and there are several points that have occurred to me since that I would have liked to hear from the group on, but the time just flew by."
European eCommerce Product Manager
ACE European Group
www.acegroup.com/eu-en
London, United Kingdom
"Thank you very much for organizing this event. I had some very interesting conversations and with one participant I have already planned a follow-up meeting to discuss possible opportunities for a cooperation."
Division New Business
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
www.gi-de.com
Munich, Gemany
"Thanks a lot for the very interesting meeting! Will definitely try to participate at future GEN events!"
Senior Controller, Finance Medicines Business Planning
F. Hoffmann – La Roche Ltd.
www.roche.com
New York, United States of America
"Many thanks for inviting me for the Executive Dinner in Hamburg. I very much enjoyed the evening as I had a couple of very interesting discussions. In particular I liked the setting of a small group of people from various industries linked by a joint topic. Looking forward to attending another event in the future."
Head of Corporate Development New Media
Otto Group
www.ottogroup.com
Hamburg, Germany
"First of all I would like to thank you very much for your very kind invitation. It was a very good networking opportunity."
General Manager & SEO
Assicurazioni Generali SpA - Middle East Regional Office
www.generali-middleeast.com
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"Thanks for hosting a splendid Dinner Event, revealing provoking insight and rewarding networking.."
CIO/Head of BIS-LO-DK & Central Europe
Post Danmark Logistik A/S
www.post.dk
Copenhagen, Denmark
"I think the participants were extremely well selected and represented a wide range of industries."
Head Group Talent Management
OC Oerlikon Management AG
www.oerlikon.com
Zurich, Switzerland
"It was great to attend the dinner yesterday. It has been for me the first time to experience such a meeting format, and although a bit surprising, it’s effectively achieving its objective of facilitating informal but good interaction between all of us in a relaxed environment. I would recommend it."
CIO
Airbus Military
www.airbusmilitary.com
Madrid, Spain
"Once again, thank you very much for the invitation. I found the event to be highly informative and a great opportunity to discuss common issues amongst our peers."
Group IT & Operations Executive
Peermont
www.peermont.com
Johannesburg, South Africa
"Thanks for the invitation and all your hospitality yesterday. The function was well organized and the varied guest list was good. Look forward to attending more such meets. It was a wonderful evening. The subject of discussion was also interesting.
Thanks once again."
President – International Operations
CEO – Forbes Professional | Eureka Forbes Limited
www.eurekaforbes.com
Mumbai, India
"Thank you very much for your invitation to the dinner. It was very well organized and I met very interesting people. The exchange with other high level executives having a similar background offered the possibility to exchange experiences and to obtain some valuable impulses for future project management."
International Urban Mobility Project Director
Europcar International
www.europcar.de
Hamburg, Germany
"It was a great event. The discussion on social network implementation was very apt."
Director, Global eBusiness
Chartis
www.chartisinsurance.com
London, United Kingdom
"Thank you for organizing yesterday's Executive Dinner - an excellent opportunity to meet and connect with peers facing similar challenges."
Head Corporate Talent Management
Baloise Group
www.baloise.com
Zurich, Switzerland
"I enjoyed the dinner and found it informative in terms of other people/organisations challenges and thoughts. The mix of people and industries was good and the size of the group meant that it was easy to get some time with all attendees. I would recommend to others."
CIO
Balfour Beatty Services
www.balfourbeatty.com
London, United Kingdom
"I was very joyful to join that meeting last week. My detail information is the end of this e-mail as my signature. Hope to see you again at another GEN."
General Manager
SA Biz Dev Team / Convergence Biz Office
SK Telekom
www.sk.com
Seoul, South Korea
"It was a very successful event with very interesting participants. Especially the small, select circle allowed for very intensive conversations. I'm looking forward to the next opportunity to participate."
Head of Corporate Audit
Sky Deutschland AG
www.sky.de
Munich, Germany
"First of all thank you very much for the invitation. That was one of best events I´ve ever participated. The possibility to expand my network with other CIO´s was fantastic and the balance between networking and presentation was very adequate. Again Thank you very much."
CIO
Sandoz do Brazil
www.sandoz.com
Sao Paulo, Brazil
"Thank you for inviting me to last night's event, highly enjoyable with some good quality conversations making it a very worthwhile event."
Digital Director, Business & Commercial Banking, Corporate Banking Division
RBS
London, United Kingdom
"Thanks for the email, and thanks again for the invitation. The dinner with interesting subject and lecture was very helpful for my knowledge enhancement and network enlargement. The pre-arrangement, setting of the venue and menu, especially your hospitality were all excellent."
General Manager, Marketing Dept.
Retail Banking Group
Citibank Korea Inc.
Seoul, Korea
"I enjoyed the dinner and the group I had the pleasure to meet quite much. Rob’s presentation was also inspiring, so all in all it was a very good, positive and rewarding evening for me. Thank you again very much for this opportunity. With kind regards!"
President (COO)
arvato eCommerce
www.arvato-e-commerce.de
Dusseldorf, Germany
"The pleasure was shared. I want to thank you again for this invitation. I really appreciated this event, for the location of this venue of course, but mainly for the quality of the discussions that spawned between the attendees. In case you need a speaker for a future event around the Banking or the Retail business, or around innovation in the IT and telco space, please do not hesitate to contact me and I will happily respond should my agenda allow it."
CTO Global Banking
BT Global Banking and Financial Markets
www.bt.com/france
Paris, France
"Congratulations to you for organising a brief and meaningful event."
Chief Technology Officer – Vice President
Crompton Greaves Limited
www.cgglobal.com
Mumbai, India
"Thanks for the invitation to last night’s dinner – it was most stimulating and I made a number of highly relevant business contacts. I hope to be invited to further such dinners in the future."
Business Development & Alliances UK
Hitachi Consulting
www.hitachiconsulting.com
London, United Kingdom
"I was really impressed by the seniority and quality of people you were able to gather for that dinner. I look forward to receiving an invitation for future event so that I can get other executives of my company benefiting from such function. The venue was also greatly selected."
Head of Strategic Projects
AXA Insurance (Gulf) B.S.C. (c)
www.axa-gulf.com
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"Excellent gathering. Thanks so much for inviting me."
Managing Director
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
www.novartis.com
New York, United States of America
"Thank you for the invite and for a very enjoyable and informative evening. I would very much welcome the opportunity to attend again – obviously dependent on the topic to be covered."
Strategy Director, Costa Coffee
Whitbread Group PLC
www.whitbread.co.uk
London, United Kingdom
"It was a really pleasant night with very interesting people!"
Marketing Group Manager
L’Oréal Headquarter, Brazil
www.loreal.com
Sao Paulo, Brazil
"As shared with you yesterday, I found the format of the meeting really unique as the dinner and drinks atmosphere allows people to exchange in a non-formal and relaxed way. The level of seniority of all attendees was great and I also find that the venue was perfect so globally it has been a very pleasant and fruitful evening with very good networking outcomes."
Business Solution Manager
Commercial, CRM and HCM Pharmaceutical Wholesale Division
Skills in Healthcare and Alcura
Alliance Healthcare
www.alliance-healthcare.co.uk
London, United Kingdom
"It was pleasure attending the Dinner meet last night: The whole show was wonderful, well organized and well attended, I never felt that I was new to the group, the discussion was also very healthy and meaningful, the people were very warm and last but not the least the souvenir was very good, worth a treasure for every person from the service Industry.
Thanks,"
CEO
HDIL Entertainment
www.hdil.in
Mumbai, India
"It was a great pleasure to meet you and all attendees in such a nice place. The timing and the different moves during the dinner allows very easily to exchange with different persons. Good place, good organization, executive attendees, it all makes it to have a good evening. And I really appreciated this moment."
Responsable SI entité Reporting et International
www.vinci-facilities.com
Paris, France
"I would like to thank you for organizing the dinner which was very pleasant, relaxing and at the same time thought provoking. The evening was informative and without doubt facilitated better understanding of the modern ways of organizing and improving business processes. I particularly liked the atmosphere with a relatively small number of participants so everyone was involved in the discussion and had a chance to listen and to be listened to. The presenter was addressing the issues of my professional interest in an engaging and concise way.
I was also impressed by the caliber of the people attending and appreciate the opportunity to exchange opinions with the executives from various industries. Please accept my complements to GEN for flawless organization and service – can’t really suggest any improvements. Hope to be part of your events in the future."
Operations Manager
CommScope
www.commscope.com/company/eng/aboutus
London, United Kingdom
"Congratulations for the event:
I appreciate the invitation and hope to participate in future events."
Diretoria Estratégia, Inovação e Marketing
Suzano Papel e Celulose
www.suzano.com.br
Sao Paulo, Brazil
"The whole event was very well organized, and everybody felt very comfortable to exchange experiences and network."
Marketing Director
Walmart Brasil Ltda.
www.walmart.com.br
Sao Paulo, Brazil
"Firstly, let me appreciate the way you organize and drive the whole event. To me , the meeting was of great importance. The topic “Customer experience edge” was thought provoking as speaker Vinay has added the newer perspective to reach out the customer with technology & how IT can help the organizations to create competitive edge. The interaction with delegates was of high quality & mutually benefited all present there. Thanks for your invite and cheers to GEN entire team for hosting a successful & intellectual event."
Division Head ( Sales and Marketing )
Wockhardt Limited
www.wockhardt.com
London, United Kingdom
"Thank you for your hospitality. As the feedback please note that I really enjoyed the evening and I think that the event was organized at a highest professional level. The issues raised, although not detailed, but they definitely reflect recent trends of development of IT industry and roles of IT executives. Moreover, the opportunity to exchange views and ideas with your colleagues, exchanging contacts is always helpful."
CIO
“Independence” Group of Companies
www.indep.ru
Moscow, Russia
"Greetings! At the outset, let me thank for your courtesies during the GEN Meeting on “the Customer Experience Edge”. It was indeed great to interact with spectrum of people with different ideas and experiences unique to their own! I am also thankful for having given the opportunity to meet up with some business contacts who were not in my radar, this will bring in a new segment/avenue for my business.
Thanks once again for this effort!"
Vice President - Auto Components and Composites
Time Technoplast Limited
www.timetechnoplast.com
Chicago, United States of America
"My thanks and appreciation for the dinner and meeting last night. I found the interactions very informative and useful."
Country & Sub-Region CIO
ABB South Africa (Pty) Ltd, ZA
www.abb.co.za
Johannesburg, South Africa
"It was absolutely fabulous business networking event. I am proud to be part of guest list of the Executive Dinner hosted by GEN- The Global Executive Network. It was a remarkable networking event with eminent business leaders across the business value chain. I am thankful to you for inviting me to such a high-caliber event."
Head - Marketing, Sales and Business Development
Gujarat Gas Company Limited
www.gujaratgas.com
Mumbai, India
"Thanks for a great event. Thoroughly enjoyed it. For future events, please will you extend an invite to the Group CIO."
Chief Technology Officer, Information Technology
Alexander Forbes Financial Services (Pty) Ltd, Group South Africa
www.alexanderforbes.co.za
Johannesburg, South Africa
"First of all many thanks for sending the invite to attend the “ The Customer Experience Edge”. It was a wonderful and knowledgeable experience. Mr. Vinay Iyer’s presentation and views exchanged were very very impressive. I am also very touched by the kindest courtesy extended to me as well as to others who attended the meet. The food, courtesy, venue and all was excellent and outstanding."
Sr. Manager Marketing & Sales
Parksons Packaging Ltd.
parksonspackaging.com
Mumbai, India
"Thank you very much for the invitation and your kind e-mail. I enjoyed the dinner and the interesting presentation very much and was pleased to meet you as well as some of my former colleagues."
Lawyer
KPMG Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
www.kpmg-law.de
Munich, Germany
"It was a great event yesterday evening with you all guys for 5 hours. I had gained some knowledge from Mr. Vinay Iyer speech, and the dinner was very good with red& white wines and desserts. Time worthy to be spent with all high officials in the market to get to know each other even more friendly and closely. Thanks to GEN. Please do send me the snap shots for my references to whom I have met along with their names and details in the snap shots taken."
Assistant Vice President
Discrete Motion and Automation - Machine services
HEAD - Sales & Marketing. (Motors & Generators)
www.abb.com
Mumbai, India
"Thank you so much for such a great event and networking opportunity. It’s truly valuable to see what your peers are up to and experiencing. I’d love to join in any future events and hopefully be able to add value."
JD Group Executive – IT Governance
www.jdg.co.za
Johannesburg, South Africa
"This was first of a kind get together where you end up knowing all attendees, allowing more networking, open communications and discussions on the current challenges. Format of the event is good with focus on opening up the participants to talk about themselves, their companies, initiatives and challenges. We need more such events for the CIO community to get together and interact openly and leverage on each other’s experience, I look forward to attending such future event."
Acting Head of ICT & Senior Manager, I.T. Applications
Masdar - A Mubadala Company
www.masdar.ae
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"Thank you once again for the invitation as I felt it was a great platform to exchange and share ideas. Hope to see you soon."
Executive VP Sourcing & Operations
Groupe Beaumanoir
www.groupe-beaumanoir.fr
Paris, France
"It was my pleasure to make your acquaintance. Thank you for the invitation and the possibility to spend a very interesting evening. I would also like to thank you for the excellent organization and the informative speech of Mr. Kummer. I also appreciated the chance to discuss with the other colleagues about the subject of this evening and different organization matters. In summary it was a very pleasant and interesting evening. [...] I look forward to meet you at the next opportunity and remain"
Fachanwältin für Bau- und Architektenrecht
Schultze & Braun GmbH Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft
www.schubra.de
Munich, Germany
"Thanks for the interesting evening. Effective way of networking, exchanging first hand experiences and getting new inspiration from and with peers."
Human Resource Manager
H & M HENNES & MAURITZ SA
www.hm.com
Lausanne, Switzerland
"It was my pleasure attending the Executive Dinner last night and getting connected to professional executives in the IT industry. It was interesting to hear that most of the attendees are sharing common obstacles in their organizations despite the diversity of their business industries. The main topic and the side discussions where very helpful and valuable in sharing the ideas and the experiences of everybody. Personally speaking, I consider it a successful event and please accept my congratulations for the topic and the arrangement."
Chief Information Officer
Nakheel PJSC
www.nakheel.com
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"Many thanks, it was a pleasure meeting you yesterday. Please find my contact details below. Thanks for the opportunity to participate at yesterday’s event. Besides the fine food and drinks I really enjoyed the high profile conversation with the other attendees as well as the stimulating presentation by the charming sponsor of the event."
Partner
KAYE SCHOLER (Germany) LLP
www.kayescholer.com
Munich, Germany
"I thoroughly enjoyed the evening – the presentations were extremely interesting and the conversations and discussions that followed were lively and thought-provoking. I am reaching out to my newly made contacts to continue the dialogue you have graciously initiated. Thank you again for the opportunity to spend time with you and the group. Dinner was wonderful and the new relationships I have established are even better."
Senior Director Cardiovascular Clinical Development
Daiichi Sankyo Pharma Development
www.dsi.com
New York, United States of America
"Thanks again for the nice event yesterday: I met some interesting people and enjoyed the atmosphere and your hospitality!"
Vice President Corporate Human Resources: Gateway Europe South
Schindler Management Ltd.
www.schindler.com
Zurich, Switzerland
"It was a fantastic evening at GEN. It actually far exceeded my expectations : caliber of attendees, quality of discussion and constructive discussions and facilitation from GEN. Please include me in any appropriate events"
General Manager
American Home Assurance Company
www.chartisinsurance.com
London, United Kingdom
"It was my pleasure as well to meet you in person at the Dinner last night. I look forward to be invited to another event soon. It was a useful session, a great opportunity for sharing ideas, benchmarking and networking. I truly enjoyed the evening, meeting interesting people. The venue setting, the food and the drinks were super. Thank you for inviting me. I look forward to another session in the near future."
Senior Internal Auditor
TomTom International BV
www.tomtom.com
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"Thank you for the chance to participate at yesterday's dinner. The conversation, food and speaker were very good."
Fachanwalt für Bau- und Architektenrecht
Graf von Westphalen, Rechtsanwälte Wirtschaftsprüfer Steuerberater
www.gvw.com
Munich, Germany
"Thank you again for this pleasurable and informative evening at the Park Hyatt. I have enjoyed the interaction with your staff and guests and have made some very interesting contacts. My feedback: Very well organized, very nice place to meet. I liked the way each guest was personally introduced by your hostesses to the participants during Cocktails. Name tags are not really "en vogue" anymore but it would have made it a little bit easier to interact."
Managing Director, Global HR Business Partner, Legal & Compliance
UBS AG
www.ubs.com
Zurich, Switzerland
"This was a very nice event and made some good connections. I learned a lot and hope to be able to attend some future events. If I can be of any help please give me call."
Senior Vice President, Head of Global Regulatory Affairs
Bayer HealthCare
www.bayer.com
New York, United States of America
"Thank you very much for your email and please find attached my full contact details below. It was a great pleasure to meet you and many colleagues on Tuesday evening at Hugo’s restaurant. I found it very interesting and delicious as well. Thank you very much for your invitation. Of course, it would be great for me to have the chance to attend the next meeting again."
Lawyer
BEITEN BURKHARDT, Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
www.beitenburkhardt.com
Berlin, Germany
"Many thanks for the invitation yesterday evening. In my opinion the organization, the evening program, the type of venue chosen and the limited number of participants allowed everybody to network and interact with all the other attendees. I have appreciated the level and the skills of all the other invited executives and I had the possibility to entertain interesting conversations and discuss topics of mutual interest. The evening and the dinner other than profitable was very pleasant and enjoyable for everybody. "
Senior Manager - Reinsurance
Assicurazioni Generali SpA - Middle East Regional Office
www.generali-middleeast.com
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"It was a distinct privilege to have met you and new industry peers. The topic was very relevant and evoked excellent conversation. Please keep me in mind for future dinners."
Executive Director, Global Medical Affairs, Medical Disease Lead--Solid Tumors
Celgene Corporation
www.celgene.com
New York, United States of America
"Thank you very much for a successful Executive Dinner arrangement. It was an interesting presentation and relevant participants. I hope my signature file is sufficient information for you."
Chief Executive Officer – Nordic Region
aCROnordic A/S
www.ecronacunova.com
Copenhagen, Denmark
"It was a pleasure to meet you as well and thanks so much for inviting me. It was great to interact with like-minded folks in the same field as mine. My full business contact information is listed below."
Associate Director, Global Medical Affairs
Genzyme Corporation
www.genzyme.com
New York, United States of America
"It was a pleasure to attend this very interesting meeting at a fabulous location. The presentation was very informative and I had a lot of good conversations."
Knowledge Management Lawyer
LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
www.lw.com
Munich, Germany
"Thank you for the invitation to attend the GEN dinner at the Armani Hotel. I found the evening very useful and the size of the event ensured that all attendees could meet each other. "
Head of Property & Specialties Underwriting, Personal Lines
Zurich Financial Services, Middle East GI
www.zurich.com/middleeast
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"It was a pleasure to meeting you, the Presenters and executives. The dinner presentation gave me a good overview and I will try to investigate if we use this or similar solutions. The networking was excellent. Thank you for an excellent event."
Business Technology Country Lead
Pfizer Denmark
www.pfizer.dk
Copenhagen, Denmark
"Thank you for the follow up. I greatly enjoyed meeting you and the other attendees. It was great sharing and exchanging perspectives on various topics with other leaders. The food was terrific and so was the ambience. I will indeed be looking forward to attending more in the future. Are these meetings by invitation only or do we sign up ourselves according to the event calendar?"
Director, Medical Affairs
Mannkind Corporation
www.mannkindcorp.com
New York, United States of America
"It was my pleasure indeed to attend such a distinguished dinner meeting. The food, the venue and the people involved were so caring and professional; I have not had such a quality time in a long time. Thank You."
General Manager, Life & Investment
Gargash Insurance
www.gargashinsurance.com
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"I enjoyed the dinner and will connect on LinkedIn to some of the people that I met. The venue was well chosen and the food very delicious. If such meeting is arranged in Copenhagen again, then I would definitely consider participating."
International Clinical Trial Manager
Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S
www.ferring.com
New York, United States of America
"Thank you very much again for the invitation to this very informative dinner in a truly excellent location. The information about state of the art searching functions broadened my horizon of what is actually possible to achieve."
Lawyer
DLA Piper UK LLP
www.dlapiper.com
London, United Kingdom
"The executive dinner was very interesting; I enjoyed the small participants circle."
Customs Compliance
BMW Group
www.bmwgroup.com
Munich, Germany
"I am grateful to all of you at GEN for inviting me. It was a wonderful and useful session and look forward to more. I presented my visiting card to one of your colleagues and contact details can be obtained from it."
General Manager - General & Health Takaful
Salama Islamic Arab Ins. Co
www.salama.ae
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
"Good event with stimulating and entertaining discussions. I would attend again and recommend it to others."
Vice President Strategic Projects
Infineon Technologies AG
www.infineon.com
Munich, Germany
"It was pleasure attending the meeting, we had very fruitful discussions."
Director, Clinical Development
GlaxoSmithKline
www.gsk.com
London, United Kingdom
"Thanks for the great evening. I really enjoyed the diversity of the group members introducing their role and short-term challenges. I guess it was good to have had the longer introduction phase as it offered a broader view on the different sectors and strategists’ mindsets compared to the very nice but limited talks to neighbors at the table during the excellent dinner course."
Vice President, Corporate Strategy Development & Implementation
Beiersdorf AG
www.beiersdorf.com
Frankfurt, Germany
"Thanks again for the fruitful and interesting discussions I was given the opportunitiy to participate. I enjoyed the seniority and management level of all participants a lot. Additionally the framework at the Jacob was very pleasant."
Head of Operations Management
HSH Nordbank
www.hsh-nordbank.com
Hamburg, Germany
"My feedback, it was a very good event, no aggressive selling, enough time to network in a real executive group and good and interesting content of the presentation – it really met my expectations!"
Head Global Procurement Finance and Control
Nokia Siemens Networks
www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com
Munich, Germany
"I would like to thank you again for this evening at The Hyatt in Paris. Everything was perfect : The DinnerSpeaker´s project is very interesting and will surely improve clinical trial procedures in pharmaceutical companies, people were so congenial, exchanges were enriching... and, the last and not the least, your organization was perfect : the hotel, the fish dish, .. your welcome. This is what I have spontaneously in mind now, I will keep you informed if I have something else."
Drug Safety Physician
Schering Plough
www.merck.com
London, United Kingdom
"It was a pleasure meeting you and i appreciated the opportunity to partake in the executive dinner. The executive networking platform was very useful and the exchange lively. Thank you."
Senior Vice President, Project & Process Management
Global Brands, adidas Group
www.adidas.com
Munich, Germany
"GEN - The Global Executive Network event was both a most enjoyable evening as well as an invaluable opportunity to meet with other senior members of my industry with whom some very interesting and useful discussion took place. I would certainly recommend these events to other Executives a thoroughly worthwhile and enjoyable experiences."
Executive Director
Simplyhealth Group
www.simplyhealth.co.uk/sh/pages/homepage.jsp
London, United Kingdom
"Thank you for your invitation to the workshop yesterday. The guest talks presented not only interesting products but also methods, goal-setting, and added-valued potential, and the presentations were comprehensive and competent. In this connection, I was glad that the questions presented in advance were discussed explicitly. Last but not least, your perfect organization and presentation contributed to this efficient, professional event. Workshops of this type are definitely an attractive alternative way of creating a “buzz” without attendance at tiring trade fairs."
Applications Consultancy
SAP Competence Centre, Development
BASF
www.basf.com
Hamburg, Germany
"Thank you for your message. Indeed, it was a pleasure meeting you at the Porterhouse dinner last week. Please see my full contact information below. I found that the event was enjoyable but also very well organized and executed. It was a great venue for networking and I found the product highlight to be informative and very interesting. I also found the duration of the event to be appropriate and not too long or too short for what was covered.
I look forward to attending another event in the future."
Vice President and Head of Clinical Operations
Pearl Therapeutics, Inc.
www.pearltherapeutics.com
New York, United States of America
"Thanks for dinner, was very interesting!"
Marketing and Business Development General Director – Ecommerce
Walmart Brasil
www.walmart.com.br
Sao Paulo, Brazil