Brett King
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Brett King is one of the founders of the American Academy of Financial Management (http://www.aafm.org), a global organization dedicated to improving the skills and careers of financial professionals. As the CEO (International) of AAFM, King has been directly responsible for the off-shore growth of the Academy’s commercial operations with a membership spanning 145 countries. He also owns a successful niche consulting operation based in Asia, namely UserStrategy (www.userstrategy.com), which consults for companies like HSBC, Standard Chartered, Ping An Insurance, Cathay Pacific, Shangri-La Hotels, National Semiconductor and other world-class brands.
King was awarded an honorary Chair professorship with the China Management Institute in 2002 for his contribution to the China education community and has lectured on MBA and graduate programs such as the Australian Graduate School of Management’s MBA series and as faculty at City University. As a professional speaker, King has presented at conferences in more than 20 countries for organizations like Forbes, The Economist, IIR, DTT Fast 500, HSBC, and others. He currently is an international judge for both The Asian Banker Retail Banking Excellence Awards, and the Middle East Business Achievement Awards for Leaders in Dubai. King was appointed as the deputy chairman of the Dubai Quality Group banking and finance sub-group in 2006, and in that capacity has also chaired panel discussions and the largest ever banking CEO Leadership Forum in the UAE. He has appeared on CNBC Asia, CNBC Arabia, BBC, and in leading newspapers around the world, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, South China Morning Post, Straits Times, Gulf Times, Arab Times, Khaleej Times, and more.
King previously led Modem Media/Digitas’ (NASDAQ:DTAS) regional business in Asia as Regional Managing Director, and prior to that was the Regional Director of the E-Business Service-Line for Deloitte Consulting (Asia-Pacific-Africa). King was a national finalist in the Achaeus Institute entrepreneurship program (1998.) He maintains residences in Dubai, Hong Kong and Melbourne.
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