Customer driven marketer and corporate trainer, Aftab Khan is passionate about helping people achieve their personal and professional goals.  He has 15 years of experience in understanding the needs of internal and external customers and delivering innovative solutions and enjoyable trainings leading to measurable and significant results. He has worked at some of the best managed multinational companies in the world i.e. Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson across Middle East, Far East and South Asia. His areas of expertise are Strategic Marketing Management and Personal Effectiveness.

Employers

Johnson & Johnson Middle East 1997-2006

Procter & Gamble 1995-1997

Colgate-Palmolive 1995

Training Courses Delivered

Conducted trainings in ‘Customer Focused Marketing Strategies’; ‘Planning & Organising’; Time Management; ‘Problem Solving’.

In a Global 5-member Marketing Training Development team developed a program for J&J’s senior management, leading the module on addressing customer needs.

Delivered in-house training in J&J on several Management and Marketing competency areas like ‘Iconic Brands’, ‘Business Planning’, ‘Leadership Challenge’, ‘Media Planning & implementation’, ‘Market Research’, ‘Packaging Artwork Development Process’, ‘Global Graphics Management’, ‘Global New Products Process’.

Developed a team of marketing professionals across Middle East North Africa as internal customers: led recruitment, guided and supported on the job according to their needs and helped them identify improvement and opportunity areas through ‘Management By Objectives’ based performance appraisals.

Received training and qualified as a trainer for ‘Developing the Leader Within You’ (based on content from Dr. John C. Maxwell), ‘Who Moved My Cheese’ (based on content from Dr. Spencer Johnson),‘Time Management’ and ‘Presentation Skills’ by Logic Management Consulting.

Clients

Johnson & Johnson Middle East & Malaysia (2007-2008)

Al Talayi – Bridgestone Saudi Arabia (2009)

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) (2009)

Interests

·        Nework: http://www.linkedin.com/in/aftabahmedkhan

·        Research on ‘Marketing in Muslim Countries’ archived at www.aftabakhan.spaces.live.com

·        Facilitator at WideView, Cisco Entrepreneur Institute Training Center UAE.

·        Conducted training on ‘Socializing Skills’ at S.P. Jain Center of Management. Dubai International Academic City, July 2009.

·        Presented at Asia Business Forum’s seminar on ‘Marketing to Women’ on the topic of ‘Transparent Marketing’. Kuala Lumpur, August 2007.

·        Guest Speaker at International Management class of undergraduate students at International Islamic University Malaysia on ‘Working for a multinational company’. Kuala Lumpur, August 2007.

·        Guest speaker at Skyline College’s marketing class for BBA students; presented ‘Product Portfolio Management’. Sharjah, 2006.

·        Speaker at Gulf Marketing Review’s seminar on ‘Change or Perish’. Delivered talk on ‘Think Global, Act Local’. Riyadh, 2003.

Certifications

Corporate certifications:   Process Excellence Greenbelt, The Leadership Challenge, Fundamental Leadership Skills, Appraisal Skills (appraiser), Appraisal Skills (appraisee), Time & Performance Management, Total Quality Implementation, Time Management, Effective Meeting Leadership, MS Project, MS Frontpage.

Functional certifications:  Marketing Excellence II Equity Builder, Skintuition, Marketing Excellence I Fundamentals, Advertising Leadership Process I and II, Thinking That Inspires Great Advertising, Media Planning, Basic Storyboard Seminar.