ABOUT SUMMIT MEMBERS
Hillary Summit:Kevin Roberts Kevin Roberts is the New York-based CEO Worldwide of Ideas Company Saatchi & Saatchi, one of the world’s leading creative organizations with a team of 7000 people across 83 countries. Under his leadership, Saatchi & Saatchi has grown revenue year by year and achieved record creative awards. Clients include Procter & Gamble, Toyota, Lexus, General Mills, Visa International, Ameriprise, JC Penney, Wendy’s and Novartis. Roberts started his business career in the 1960s with the influential fashion house of Mary Quant. He then held senior leadership positions at Gillette, Procter & Gamble and Pepsi-Cola in Europe, the Middle East and Canada. In 1989, Roberts moved with his family to Auckland to become Chief Operating Officer with Lion Nathan, a position he held for seven years. Roberts is the author of three Saatchi & Saatchi books (Lovemarks: The Future Beyond Brands; The Lovemarks Effect: Winning in the Consumer Revolution; and sisomo: the future on screen), and is co-author of Peak Performance – Business Lessons From The World’s Top Sports Organizations. Renowned for his vision and acumen, Roberts’ pursuits span business, sports, art, mentoring and education. He is the inaugural CEO in Residence at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School, and Professor of Sustainable Enterprise in Waikato Management School at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He is a trustee of the Turn Your Life Round Trust, an Auckland charity that mentors at-risk teenagers, and is a Sponsor Governor of Lancaster Royal Grammar School in the UK. In 2004, Roberts was awarded the New Yorker for New York Award by The Citizens for NYC, and was appointed ambassador for the New Zealand United States Council in the US, to complement government-to-government relationships. A former director of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union, he is current Chairman of the USA Rugby Board of Directors. |
