Ross Dawson

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Ross Dawson is recognised as one of the world's leading authorities on client relationships, knowledge, e-commerce, and dynamic business strategy. He is the CEO of Advanced Human Technologies, an international consulting firm based in Sydney, Australia, that specialises in client relationship, knowledge, and strategy development in major investment banks, professional service firms, and other knowledge-based organisations.

Ross' client list reads like a who's who of professional and financial services, including Westpac Institutional Bank, Macquarie Bank, Deutsche Bank, Lend Lease and Austrade, as well as many other leading investment banks, fund managers, accounting firms, law firms and other knowledge-based organisations.

Ross is author of of a new book 'Living Networks: Leading Your Company, Customers, and Partners in the Hyper-Connected Economy' and 'Developing Knowledge Based Client Relationships: The Future of Professional Services', which has been the #1 selling book on Amazon.com from Australia, and is currently a professional services bestseller in the US and UK. He has written over 50 articles on international business and knowledge management for publications such as International Financing Review, The ABN Report, Australian Financial Review, The Bulletin, Asiamoney and Company Director, and is a regular speaker at international conferences.

Ross worked with GBN Australia, Austrade and Global Business Network to develop the framework and content and facilitate the GBN Australia Asia Worldview conference on the long-term future of Asia, which brought together 80 people from Australia, Asia, Europe and US.

He worked with Austrade's strategic development unit to develop the framework for Austrade's (and Australian exporters') strategy in the Information Age. He has participated in various other scenario planning exercises, including Macquarie Bank's Y2K scenario development and Lend Lease's Insight 2000 futures processes.

Prior to establishing Advanced Human Technologies Ross's positions included working in London as Global Director-Capital Markets at Thomson Financial Services, in Tokyo as Asian Director-Capital Markets, and in international stockbroking with Merrill Lynch. He holds a B.Sc.(Hons) from Bristol University, UK, and is certified as a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). He has extensive international business experience, and speaks five languages.