Advanced Marketing Management

Nikolaos Dimitriadis is an award-winning communications professional, educator and consultant. He is the co-author of the books Neuroscience for Leaders: A Brain Adaptive Leadership Approach and Advanced Marketing Management: Principles, Skills and Tools, both published by Kogan Page. He spoke at TEDx University of Strathclyde for the urgent need for Brain-Based Communication, he is a certified NeuroMarketer, and he lectured at the NeuroMarketing Manager Program at Hamburg Media School. He is a highly sought-after speaker and consultant, teaching regularly in MBA and corporate programs around the world. Nikolaos Dimitriadis has studied more than 5,000 brains in 25 countries for marketing, leadership and HR purposes. He has worked with major brands such as IKEA, IBM, JTI, Nestle, Johnson&Johnson, AstraZeneca, T-Mobile, DELL, Pierre Fabre, Coca-Cola, Banca Intesa Sanpaolo, Microsoft, CISCO, SAP, Unicredit, VMware, Emirates NBD, Raiffeisen Bank, Societe Generale and Credit Agricole USAID. He is the Head of Neuro Consulting Services at OptimalHRGroup, offering neuro-research, neuro-advisory and neuro-training services. In 2017 he co-founded and managed the applied neuroscience startup Trizma Neuro. Based in Serbia, he is also the Country Manager for Serbia for The University of Sheffield International Faculty, City College.

Dr. Neda Jovanovic Dimitriadis (PhD, MA) is an academic researcher with considerable practical experience in marketing-related project management. She is amongst the pioneers in the SEE region on behavioural research in media planning, and her work has been featured at major marketing conferences. She is a guest lecturer on brand strategy, consumer behaviour and marketing communications.
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Dr Jillian Ney is the UK's first Dr of Social Media and a Digital Behavioural Scientist. She works as a consultant to marketers helping them to analyse and use social data to understand how their customers make decisions. Her clients include Manchester City Football Club, General Mills and Vanquis Bank. Her work has been presented to NATO, the Market Research Society and the Internet Advertising Bureau. Dr Jillian Ney was voted one of the 10 most influential women in digital marketing under the age of 30 by The Drum in 2012, she was shortlisted as the Most Inspiring Young Business Leader in 2014 by the People Make Glasgow Inspiring Cities Awards.