Bio

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Ashley Konson is the President of Global Brand Leaders Inc., a new kind of brand consulting company dedicated to making brands and their teams leaders across the globe. He is a brand strategy specialist, business consultant and award-winning educator and a recognized thought leader and fervent advocate of the premise that strong brands and businesses achieve and sustain their market positions because they are Strong On The Inside™.

He has worked in senior and executive level marketing positions in South Africa, Canada and the United States with Nestle, The Walt Disney Company, Imax Ltd and Holt Renfrew. His consulting work has covered a broad cross-section of clients in financial services, wealth management, automotive, gaming entertainment, retailing (food and general merchandise), technology, recruiting, education, marketing communications and the Ontario Provincial Government.

Ashley is a Course Director for the MBA Brand Management program at the Schulich School of Business, York University, in Toronto, Canada and Adjunct Faculty at the S P Jain School of Global Management based in Dubai, Singapore and Sydney, Australia, where he teaches EMBA and MBA Brand and Marketing Management programs. He is regularly recognized for “Teaching Excellence” and is a two-time winner of the prestigious Seymour Schulich MBA Teaching Excellence Award.