Bachelor of Science, Marketing and Finance, New York University; Chicago Management Institute, University of Chicago. Expertise in marketing and general management across classical consumer goods, lifestyle, and luxury sectors. Began career in 1989 with Kraft Foods with roles of increasing responsibility across multiple functions (finance, sales, and marketing) and business categories (beverages, cereal, desserts, and snacks); last role at Kraft was Vice President of the $2 Billion Cookie category featuring iconic brands such as Oreo, Chips Ahoy and Fig Newtons. Joined Diageo in 2011 as Senior Vice President leading a multi-billion dollar portfolios comprised of categories such as Vodka, Rum, and Whiskey portfolios; leading brands included Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Smirnoff, and Captain Morgan. In 2014, co-founded a tech start-up in country of birth, Armenia, to promote economic development. Recognized as one of “Top 50 women in brand marketing”. Member of the Board, Armenia Fund USA.
Single-use plastic usage has soared during the past 50 years, infiltrating many aspects of our lives. Growing up in Armenia, when it was part of the former Soviet Union, plastic bags or p...
Las personas viven más tiempo, pero eso no significa necesariamente que lleven una vida más sana. De hecho, las investigaciones han demostrado que las enfermedades crónicas están aumentando.
People are living longer but that doesn’t necessarily mean they are living healthier lives. In fact, research has shown that chronic disease is on the rise.
Concern about environmental issues is at an all-time high – globally, two-thirds of consumers see climate change as a “very serious” problem with significant and growing proportions of pe...
人間が生活の中で出す廃棄物の量は、エコシステムや経済にとってますます大きな脅威となっています。固形廃棄物の排出量は、1990年の25ギガトン（250億トン）から、2020年には86ギガトン、2050年には140ギガトンに増加すると予測されています。
The amount of waste generated by humanity represents a growing threat to our ecosystems and economies. The output of solid waste has grown from 25 gigatons (yes, that’s 25 billion tons) i...
More than 55% of the global population now live in cities and this percentage is expected to rise to 68% by 2050 according to the United Nations. However, cities often struggle when it co...
新型コロナウイルス感染拡大により、消費財産業は大きな打撃を受けました。消費財産業の労働者数は世界中の労働者の20％を占め、小売業は、民間部門における世界最大の雇用主となっています。パンデミックの影響で業績が低迷し、倒産にまで至る企業が増える中、従業員の働く場所と働き方を見直すことを余儀なくされています。パンデミックは、古くから続く働き方の慣行を変えるきっかけになったのです。
COVID-19 has hit consumer industries hard. These industries employ 20% of all workers worldwide with retail as the world’s largest private-sector employer. In addition to staggering busin...
尽管新冠疫情将对经济造成重大影响，可能导致2020年的GDP收缩，并可能蔓延至2021年，但东南亚国家联盟（东盟）的10个成员国即将迈入社会经济飞跃式进步的的阶段，这会成为该区域的长期基本情况。在未来十年，该地区将成为世界第四大经济体，拥有4万亿美元的消费市场。虽然这十个成员国的发展方式各不相同，但它们都将提供丰富的增长机会。
While COVID-19 will cause a significant economic impact with potential GDP contractions in 2020 and likely spilling over to 2021, the long-term fundamentals of the ten Association of Sout...
The coronavirus pandemic is fuelling the growth of the stay-at-home economy. How consumers learn, work, shop and play is poised to change forever.
Providing the masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment needed for medical, retail, factory and other essential workers has been one of the key challenges of this crisis. Our ...
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), driven by a combination of genetic, physiological, environmental and behaviour factors, account for 71% of all deaths globally, killing 41 million people...
アジア地域のGDPは、2020年にはアジア以外の世界各国のGDP合計を追い抜き、2030年には世界の成長の約60％を占めると予想されています。アジア太平洋地域はまた、世界経済に新たに参入する24億人の中流階級の圧倒的多数（90％）を占めることになります。
