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Brand Finance revealed the most valuable B2B brands in the world today at this exclusive event, hosted by WARC & IAA (International Advertising Association) in New York City, which will unveil the first-ever B2B Brand Valuation report.
Brand Finance shared its first bespoke-for-B2B ranking and report, with a presentation of the results delivered by Alfred DuPuy, Valuation Director and Declan Ahern, UK Director, and at Brand Finance.
The exclusive breakfast gathered delegates from some of the world's leading brands to learn first-hand, for the first time, the top 100 B2B brands in the world.
The presentation was followed by a roundtable discussion with the following guest speakers:
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The IAA has established itself as the "global compass" of the MARCOM industry. With our global influence, vast network, and grass roots operations, the IAA is the natural resource for the issues that confront today’s demanding and fast-changing business environment.
Alfred is a brand specialist with over 20 years of experience leading client engagements across research (qualitative and quantitative), analytics, insights, strategy, brand architecture, valuation, modeling, and return on investment. His work spans a wide variety of sectors, markets, and geographies.
As Managing Director for North America, Alfred leads new business development, manages key client and senior leadership relationships, leads project teams, and helps extend Brand Finance’s analytical capabilities into deeper strategic insight. He is known for developing innovative techniques to address complex brand challenges and has led cross-functional teams of researchers, strategists, designers, architects, and naming specialists.
Throughout his career, Alfred has worked with clients in financial services, telecoms, industrials, manufacturing, logistics, automotive, retail, hospitality, higher education, and the not-for-profit sector. One of his earliest and most memorable projects involved pioneering a new segmentation approach to support John Deere's brand strategy and identity refresh, one of his favorite boyhood brands.
Alfred has provided expert commentary on brand valuation and the role of brand as a business asset on various media channels and news programs.
Declan joined Brand Finance in 2016 as an Analyst. During his time at the company he has progressed to his current role as a Valuations Director at Brand Finance Plc and a Director of Brand Finance Africa.
Declan leads Brand Finance in Financial Services, with particularly focus on the banking sector. Declan leads the team that produces the annual Most Valuable Global Banking Brands study in collaboration with The Banker magazine (the FT). He has both written and contributed to various industry thought leadership and academic papers, and is regular speaker at various conferences such as the IAA Africa Rising conference.
Declan has extensive experience in market research, brand and business valuation, brand strategy and positioning, sponsorship evaluation and brand architecture. Declan's clients include ABSA, Access Bank, Citi Bank, TD Bank, First National Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, QNB among others.
Declan is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England Wales, having previously studied at the University of Cape Town in South Africa graduating with a Bachelor of Business Science in Finance with Economics.
