Martin Roll is a leading global expert on leadership, strategy and branding. As a business strategist, he advises top executives and corporate boards across the globe, including several companies in Asia and the Fortune 500 list worldwide. He facilitates business leaders on bold thinking for future strategies.

He is the founder and CEO of Martin Roll Company, and brings with him more than 25 years of C-suite counselling experience. Martin Roll is a valuable contributor to any executive discussion on the subject of leadership, innovation, growth, organisational excellence and brand equity, its close link to management and how it drives outstanding performance through shareholder value. In 2010 he was voted “#1 Brand Guru” among The World's Top 30 Brand Professionals.

Martin Roll is the author of global bestseller “Asian Brand Strategy” (2015), which was names “Best Global Business Book” by Strategy+Business magazine and a co-author of “The Future of Branding” (2016). He is currently writing two new books - How Successful Leaders Raise the Bar (2019), and Family Businesses Strategy (2020).

He is a Distinguished Fellow and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at INSEAD Business School. Martin Roll is a business columnist with INSEAD Knowledge, a prolific management writer, and a regular commentator in global media. He is often quoted in global media the likes of BBC World, CNN, CNBC, Asian Wall Street Journal and others. He is a regular lecturer for MBA and Executive MBA programmes at INSEAD, Nanyang Business School and CEIBS and is a very popular guest speaker at other leading business schools worldwide. Martin is a member of the global Advisory Council of Welspun Group (Mumbai) and Senior Advisor to Cocoon Capital (Singapore) and a former senior advisor to McKinsey & Company.

Martin Roll is a highly accomplished keynote speaker at global conferences, an experienced conference moderator and executive workshop facilitator. Typically, he delivers keynote speeches at major business conferences but also presents and engages in dialogue in more intimate, interactive client forums.

The key issues that Martin addresses in his speeches and executive workshops include:

• Leadership in the 21st Century
• Lead With Impact: How Authentic Leaders Drive Sustained Success
• Successful Global Change and Transformation Strategy
• The Customer-Centric and Growth-Driven Board: A New Board Agenda
• Transforming Global Business and Organization for the Digital Age
• Family Business Transformation and Transition – Best Global Practices
• Darlings and Dragons: How China and Asia Reshape The Global World
• Asian Brand Strategy: A New Paradigm

Martin can be asked to structure presentations around a number of topics related to globalisation, strategy, global leadership strategy, business and brand strategy and around Asian brands focusing on all markets in Asia.

Martin is a Danish citizen, currently based in Singapore.