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CSA SPEAKER BULLETIN SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT
Shazam, Co-Founded Porter Erisman, Thomas Köhler,
by Dhiraj Mukherjee, former Alibaba VP, Expert on the
Bought by Apple Appointed to Board Connected Society,
Corporation of Blue Umbrella Releases New Book
Dhiraj Mukherjee co-founded Porter Erisman is a global expert Thomas Köhler is an
Shazam, one of the top 20 most on ecommerce, with more than internationally recognised expert
downloaded apps of all time 20 years of experience working and speaker on technological
which has become so successful in China and emerging markets. change and the connected
it has been bought by Apple. He He was one of Alibaba's first society. He is the founder and
has also been Head of Banking Western employees and its head initiator of various IT companies
Innovation at Virgin Money, where of international marketing from and author of several books on
he was responsible for developing 2000 to 2008. At various times he information technology and society.
and implementing disruptive new led the company's international He advises leading businesses
digital banking products. Dhiraj website operations, international in the automotive industry, the
is an experienced digital business marketing, and corporate affairs as financial services sector, retail and
entrepreneur, with a proven track one of the company's first American communication and underlines the
record in both corporate and employees. All of which helped to importance of being connected for
start-up environments. He has build the behemoth that's sweeping both organisations and society as a
a wealth of valuable experience the ecommerce world today. Porter whole.
and knowledge around driving believes that future ecommerce
innovation within emerging will no longer be shaped by the Thomas’ latest book is
technologies, raising investment, Western world, but by far more Understanding Cyber Risk:
managing product and delivering interesting models coming out of Protecting Your Corporate Assets.
revenues. Eastern powerhouses. This contains a wealth of real world
examples from diverse industries
Dhiraj is a regular speaker at major He is an entrepreneur and an from around the globe on how
conferences on entrepreneurship, award-winning film-maker. company assets are attacked via
FinTech and emerging technologies. Erisman is involved in consulting the cyber world. The cases clearly
He was elected to the Digital to ecommerce companies in Asia, show that every organisation
Banking Club’s “Power 50” Africa and Latin America. Most can fall victim to a cyberattack,
Influencer in Financial Services recently he has been appointed regardless of the size or country
in 2016 and selected for Smith & to the Board of Directors of Blue of origin, but demonstrate how to
Williamson’s “Power 100” in 2017 Umbrella, one of the fastest growing protect your corporation.
for supporting innovation and research companies of its type in
entrepreneurship in the UK. the world.
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