Vice Presidents for EMC

When Uwe Tännler assumed the presidency on March 15, 2018, Andrew Harvey’s (UK) nearly five-year term came to an end. At the same time, the terms of Uwe Tännler and Martin Huisman (Netherlands) as vice presidents also ended.Board members Prof. Jonathan H. Deacon (UK) and Ralf Strauss (Germany) were appointed as new vice presidents for a two-year term. Deacon is a professor of marketing at the University of South Wales and vice chair of the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the United Kingdom.Strauss is a professor of digital marketing and e-business at the Hamburg School of Business Administration, president of the German Marketing Association (DMV), managing partner of Customer Excellence GmbH, managing partner of the CMO Academy, and chairman of the CMO Community.

The EMC

EMC is one of the largest marketing organizations in Europe and represents marketing, sales, and communications associations across Europe. As a nonprofit organization based in Brussels, EMC works with its members throughout Europe to share best practices in the areas of marketing, communications, sales, and service.EMC is the European network of executives that focuses specifically on high-level knowledge exchange, thought leadership, and personal relationships among senior marketing executives and brand decision-makers across a wide range of global industries.EMC publishes programs and studies that bring together the collective knowledge of leading marketing experts who are members of individual associations across Europe. These include: research, initiatives on strategic agendas such as the GDPR, marketing automation, or political campaigning, as well as networking events like the Swiss Marketing Forum or the German Marketing Day, regular member meetings, discussion groups (such as the Competence Circles in Germany), and talent sourcing.A particular focus is placed on knowledge development and the certification of educational programs such as CIM in the United Kingdom or NIMA in the Netherlands. In this spirit, EMC also offers a unique European marketing qualification and certification system called EMCQ, which provides marketers with access to accredited marketing...