Mr. Ian Thomas Director, Marketing Generics, Oxford, UK

Ian is founder and director of Marketing Generics, a management consultancy which specialises in Strategy, Marketing and Sales, and has helped over 100 companies around the world to find and exploit competitive advantage. Prior to becoming a consultant, Ian held senior line management positions in sectors as diverse as pharmaceuticals... read more(TJSmith+Nephew; Johnson & Johnson), automobile manufacturing (FIAT Auto); computers and software (RMplc); and the semiconductor industry (STMicroelectronics). Ian works at both the strategic and tactical levels of marketing, with extensive experience of the whole marketing mix in a wide range of markets and industries. He holds an MBA from ESCP Paris and is Visiting Professor of Strategy at Euromed School of Management, Marseille, and JiaoTong University, Shanghai.