Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Rohit Talwar joined successBC as Non-Executive-Director

We are happy and proud to announce, that the Board of Directors of successBC have elected Mr. Rohit Talwar as Non-Executive-Director of successBC and as member of the Advisory Board of successBC.

Rohit is as well a member of The Evolutiner Club.

Rohit is a global futurist, inspirational speaker, strategist, innovator and change agent. In January 2006, Rohit was profiled as one of the top 10 global trendwatchers by The UK’s Independent Newspaper. In October 2005 he won the prestigious ‘stickiest guru’ award after being voted best speaker for his presentation on the future of travel at Asia’s largest travel conference. As a result, he was then asked to deliver the keynote address on future travel risks and opportunities to the ASEAN travel ministers’ Forum (ATF) in the Philippines in January 2006. In February 2006 he was invited to chair the conference and deliver a keynote address on the World in 2020 at the first World CEO Forum in Dubai.

Rohit is internationally recognized as an innovative thinker and action orientated, insightful, entertaining and thought-provoking speaker on future global trends and challenges. He draws on over 10,000 hours of research from his global analyst team to deliver compelling future business insights.

Rohit advises global corporations, innovative start-ups and governments to address key trends, develop inspiring future visions and deliver innovative change. He is currently helping clients respond to the rise of Asia and is writing a book on China’s impact on 21st century global businesses.

Rohit has launched a personal campaign to raise One million pounds for good causes. He started with a fund raising seminar and dinner for the Pakistan Earthquake Red Cross Appeal in Singapore – an event that received widespread TV, press, radio and web coverage across Asia. Rohit is currently working with a number of parties to develop a programme of fund raising events. Rohit would welcome suggestions for other events and activities that could form part of the fund raising campaign.

He has spoken and consulted on 5 continents and over 20 countries including Australia, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Malaysia, New Zealand, The Philippines, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, the UK, the USA and Zimbabwe.

Rohit’s clients include ABN Amro, The BBC, BT, BAT, BAe, Berwin Leighton Paisner, Cargill, Chloride, Citibank, DeutscheBank, EADS, Electrolux, Ernst & Young, GSK, IBM, Intel, Linklaters, Marks and Spencer, Morgan Stanley, Nokia, Nomura, Novartis, Orange, Panasonic, Pfizer, Playtex, PwC, Shell, Thames Water and Yellow Pages.

In government he has worked with the US Department of Defense, the Singapore National Horizon Scanning Centre and in the UK – the Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Defence Science and Technology Laboratories (dstl), Home Office, Environment Agency, Foreign Office, Health Modernisation Agency, Ministry of Defence and Office of Science and Technology and the Departments for Constitutional Affairs, Trade and Industry and Environment Food and Rural Affairs.

You can reach Rohit via the following e-mail adress: rohit.talwar@successbc.com

Warmest Regards
Markus Roemmen
Chairman & Founder
successBC Limited