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Ian Bertrand has spent a career turning stores into stories
After nearly three decades building global brands, the longtime Nike marketer and youth coach has arrived at CCM Hockey with a practical idea: make heritage useful to the next player who steps onto the ice.
Alejandra Gonzalez learned English from Friends and built a career selling chicken across 40 countries
From a bank teller's desk in El Salvador to the marketing chair at KFC's 40-country Latin American business, on a passport full of stamps and a habit of applying for jobs she wasn't ready for.
The $2.2 Billion Candy Machine Hiding in Plain Sight
Ferrara turned a Chicago almond shop into a global portfolio of 40-plus candy brands. Its real advantage is not nostalgia - it is a repeatable system for turning texture, retail data and old names into new growth.
The Beer Giant Learning to Think Local Again
Molson Coors spent two centuries getting very good at scale. Its next act depends on making that global machine move at the speed of a neighborhood bar.
Mondelēz International
The company that turned Oreo, Cadbury and Toblerone into a $38.5 billion snacking empire has one job: be the thing you reach for between meals - in 150 countries, at any hour.
The HEINEKEN Company
HEINEKEN sells beer, but its harder-to-copy product is a global machine for making a local ritual travel. Now that machine is being rebuilt around alcohol-free occasions, connected breweries and a sharper portfolio of brands.
Restaurant Brands International
Behind four familiar counters sits a less familiar machine: a mostly franchised platform turning coffee, burgers, chicken and subs into royalties, data and global restaurant growth.
Emily Coleman
Emily Coleman is the Chief Executive Officer of (MALIN+GOETZ), the New York apothecary-inspired skincare, fragrance and personal care brand. A 20-plus year veteran of luxury beauty, she spent two decades at L'Oreal across Paris, Hong Kong, New York and California in digital, marketing, travel retail, retail operations and supply chain, finishing as Senior Vice President of Urban Decay. She then served as CEO of Chantecaille Beaute, succeeding founder Sylvie Chantecaille, before taking the top job at (MALIN+GOETZ) in March 2025. She is known for building global brands with local relevance.