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Drive innovation, inspire action, and accelerate progress with Jeremy Schwartz, speaker, innovation expert, and sustainability advocate.
Jeremy Schwartz is a highly experienced and respected business speaker with a background in innovation, management, and sustainability. He has held senior positions at major brands such as Coca-Cola and L'Oréal, where he has successfully integrated sustainability with commercial success. Jeremy's speeches provide valuable insights on how organizations can prioritize environmental protection without sacrificing profitability. As the Founder & CEO of Maxius Advisory ESG, he brings credibility and expertise to his presentations. Jeremy's career highlights include relaunching the iconic 'Because I'm worth it' slogan at L'Oréal, creating the successful Coca-Cola Zero product, and driving growth and customer acquisition at Sainsbury's. He has also held leadership roles at The Body Shop, where he launched the Enrich Not Exploit campaign, and Pandora, where he oversaw a significant cost-saving program. In addition to his speaking engagements, Jeremy is the Chairman of Sustainability and Inclusion at Kantar, a Senior Advisor for McKinsey Business Transformation, and a Non-Executive Director of Revolution Beauty. With his diverse range of experiences, Jeremy is well-equipped to address various business topics, from leadership and innovation to sustainability and team readiness. His informative and engaging discussions provide practical examples and real-world knowledge that can benefit any business audience.
Jeremy's speaking topics include making organizational purpose count, profiting from sustainability consultancy, innovating to inspire consumers, creating new mindsets and culture, recognizing everyone as a leader, and innovating how we work. Jeremy has received positive feedback from past events, with attendees praising his ability to inspire action, provide valuable insights, and accelerate progress.
Topics, sessions and talks
A tipping point has been met with Investors, Governments and Innovators, led by Tesla, putting a value and urgency, on sustainable business actions being placed at the top of the agenda. Do you want to know how your company can take a leadership role, mobilise employees, and create new profitable business models to save the planet? Let Jeremy's extensive sustainability experience and expertise help you to innovate, and then migrate, your business models from existing to the new.
The empowered and fickle consumer has made growing market share a tougher battle than ever before. Do your teams need to spend less time on internal meetings and more outward focused on the consumer? Use Jeremy's Customer Obsession/CX Systems and experience, to help you be inspired to reach out, listen, and act, on the needs of potential consumers to ignite faster growth, and build your brands.
Employees, consumers and investors want to engage companies with an inspiring, authentic purpose that guides and inspires their actions. Are you struggling to create a memorable purpose and see it align, inspire, and mobilise, your employees into action every day? Purpose Is a driver for High Performance Organisations (HPO).
Jeremy brings a wealth of experience from leading global brands, combining innovation with sustainability to achieve commercial success. His insights on integrating environmental protection with profitability are invaluable, offering practical strategies that can transform your business. Booking Jeremy as a speaker will inspire your team to drive progress, innovate responsibly, and lead with purpose.
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Jeremy Schwartz draws on his executive career at Coca-Cola, L'Oréal, The Body Shop, and Pandora to ground his sessions in named campaigns and measurable business outcomes, such as the creation of Coca-Cola Zero and the Enrich Not Exploit campaign at The Body Shop.
Jeremy Schwartz speaks on sustainability and profitable business models, consumer innovation and customer experience, and organisational purpose as a driver of high performance. He is Founder and CEO of Maxius Advisory ESG, with prior senior executive roles at Coca-Cola, where he created Coca-Cola Zero, and at L'Oréal, where he relaunched the Because I'm Worth It slogan.
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