Donovan Neale-May

Neale-May is the founder and executive director of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council, the Growth Officer Council (www.growthguidancecenter.com), and the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network (www.bpinetwork.org), a global community of executive change agents driving business reinvention, IT transformation, and process improvement across the enterprise. Neale-May serves as president and managing partner of GlobalFluency, Inc., the leader in Intelligent Market Engagement™. He is also managing partner of The SABLE Network, an international group of expatriate South African domain experts dedicated to helping South African innovators access global markets.

A native South African and former professional rugby player in Italy, Neale-May held senior agency positions in London and New York before moving to the Silicon Valley, where he formed Neale-May & Partners, now GlobalFluency, after running Ogilvy & Mather's West Coast PR operations in San Francisco and Los Angeles for several years. During his 40 years as an international marketing and brand strategist, Neale-May has consulted with over 300 leading multi-nationals, new venture starts and emerging growth companies. Neale-May served on the board of directors for Travelzoo (NASDAQ: TZOO) for nearly 20 years and is on the board of governors for Rhodes University in South Africa. He previously served as an adjunct professor at Seoul National University in South Korea.