Dr. Niklas Schaffmeister is an expert in brand management and growth market strategy based on the specific needs of local markets and their consumers. He specializes in the development of market-driven positioning concepts for leading global brands. He is also experienced in digital brand development, lower-tier marketing approaches and the introduction of emerging-market brands to the world stage. Dr. Schaffmeister looks back on 15 years of project experience in the automotive, retail, chemical, technology, white goods, consumer electronics and financial services industry. Numerous global blue chip clients, both B2B as well as B2C, have benefited from his industry knowledge. He is often-cited in leading global business publications. He is the founder and Managing Director of globeone – a strategy consultancy focused on the world’s key growth markets. From its offices in Germany, South America and across Asia, globeone combines global strategy and local opportunity to help brands withbrand adjustment and market-driven positioning where it matters most. Before founding globeone, Schaffmeister led the Asia-Pacific operations for BBDO Consulting as Vice President based in Shanghai and worked for the Strategy and Innovation Center of KPMG in Berlin. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Marketing and a Master of Business Administration from the Free University of Berlin. During his Master and Ph.D. studies, Schaffmeister was a visiting scholar at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and Chinese University of Hong Kong, and served as guest professor in the global MBA program of Shanghai University. He has published numerous articles and surveys, among them the comprehensive globeone BRIC Branding Survey as well as the globeone Emerging Brands Survey. He is fluent in English, German and Mandarin Chinese and spent eight years of his career living in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong.