Nicos Rossides is an accomplished CEO and organizational development consultant. Having studied in the U.S. as a Fulbright scholar, he earned his doctorate in engineering from Japan's prestigious Kyoto University, where he studied as a Mombusho scholar. He later received his senior management training at MIT's Sloan School. He lived in Japan for 7 years in the late 70's and early 80's, is married to a Japanese, and has frequently visited Japan since then on business as well as to visit friends and family. Dr. Rossides is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Advisory Board of DigitalMR, an international digital marketing insights firm, based in London. He also runs, as CEO, his own management consultancy firm. He was previously CEO of Synovate's Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region as well as its Head of Global Solutions, and CEO of Medochemie, a global generic pharmaceutical company. Dr. Rossides currently devotes most of his time to writing, managing his management consulting company and his Boardroom duties.