CMO Award - 2009

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The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council, founded in 2001, is dedicated to high-level knowledge exchange, thought leadership and personal relationship building among senior corporate marketing leaders and brand decision-makers across a wide-range of global industries. The CMO Council's 5,000 members control more than $125 billion in aggregated annual marketing expenditures and run complex, distributed marketing and sales operations worldwide. In total, the CMO Council and its strategic interest communities include over 20,000 global executives across nearly 100 countries in multiple industries, segments and markets. Regional chapters and advisory boards are active in the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Latin America . The Council's strategic interest groups include the Coalition to Leverage and Optimize Sales Effectiveness (CLOSE), Marketing Supply Chain Institute, and the Forum to Advance the Mobile Experience (FAME).

 The US based Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council, having a presence across 100 countries and over 20,000 global executives today conferred the important Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the Year award to Alok Bharadwaj, Senior Vice President, Canon India in the Office Automation Category. The conference on marketing held in Indore is the first by the CMO India Council, under the guidance of its US partners.

The 1st CMO Awards were organized to recognize the topmost Marketing Leaders and the topmost brands in the country. The Award Ceremony was preceded with a full-day Conference on Marketing. This was a very unique platform where the Top Guns of Marketing in the country came together for the first time to discuss ‘Winning Marketing Strategies’ for the future, as well as to felicitate the best Marketing Leaders for their performance.

The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council is dedicated to high-level knowledge exchange, thought leadership and personal relationship building among senior corporate marketing leaders and brand decision-makers across a wide-range of global Industries. The CMO Council and its strategic interest communities include over 20,000 global executives across nearly 100 countries in multiple industries, segments and markets.

According to Dr RL Bhatia, Founder, CMO Council India , “We would like to congratulate the award winners as well as the nominees as they are visionaries and risk-takers who are motivated by passion in their respective fields. These individuals not only contribute to building brands but also provide inspiration to others. ”

The CMO Council is a dedicated organization that provides high-level knowledge exchange, thought leadership and personal relationship building among senior marketing decision makers and brand decision-makers across a wide range of global industries. The CMO Council Asia Pacific will help marketers on both sides of the Pacific acquire competencies and best practices to address global business challenges.

The theme of this years award function was aptly Change Ahead, Lead Confidently, Navigate Now to Next, Regain Control. The event was well attended by marketing professionals from prominent organizations like Reliance India Limited, Bennett Coleman & Company Limited, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, Godfrey Philips, Aircel Limited, Zapak Digital Entertainment, etc.