SUMMARY
Krishna De is an international author, broadcaster, journalist, speaker and business and personal development mentor and executive coach in the fields of corporate branding, employer branding and personal branding.
She teaches executives how to position themselves as the expert of choice so that they realise professional success and personal lifestyle they desire and is an expert in both traditional and new media solutions including business blogging and corporate podcasting.
BIOGRAPHY
Krishna De is an international broadcaster, writer, professional speaker and business development mentor and the Managing Director of Oneocean Ltd (www.oneoceangroup.com), a business strategy and development consultancy for professional services firms, and is Ireland’s leading Personal Branding Strategist.
She is also the host of "Biz Growth Live" (www.bizgrowthlive.com), Europe’s leading virtual branding and business development programme, where each week Krishna is in conversations with experts from around the globe and they share strategies and tips on how to build your brand and grow your business.
BRING YOUR BRAND TO LIFE
Krishna guides executives in how to build distinctive corporate, employer and personal brands, positioning themselves as industry thought leaders through business development, branding, marketing and networking including using the new-media platforms of business blogging and corporate podcasting.
As a result they unlock new streams of revenue from their business and enjoy greater success with less stress.
NEW MEDIA FOR A NEW WORLD
Krishna is considered an expert in new media and consults with businesses on how to use these new cost effective platforms to build your corporate brand, your employer brand and personal brand online. She currently hosts 4 business blogs and 4 corporate podcasts within her own business.
Through her business blog and podcast "The Podcast Sisters" her goal is to encourage women to venture onto the world of the web to expand their professional and personal success.
Her own corporate podcast “Todays Women in Business” (www.todayswomeninbusiness.com) was described by the Irish leading business newspaper, the Sunday Tribune as “a must listen to resource”.
Krishna’s business blog “Biz Growth News” (www.bizgrowthnews.com) was a finalist is the Best Business Blog Category of the Irish Blog Awards 2007.
With over 20 years expertise in growing global businesses, she is considered by the media to be one of Europe’s leading Personal Branding and Marketing Strategists.
GLOBAL EXERTISE
Krishna has worked in over 30 countries and lived in 3 continents and is now based in Dublin, Ireland with her family and continues to work internationally.
Since the mid 1990’s, she has held board positions in leading consumer goods organisations and was the youngest person and first ever female to be appointed to the board of Guinness Ireland in the 250 year heritage of the company.
Krishna subsequently led merger and integration of Guinness Ireland with Gilbey’s of Ireland, creating Diageo Ireland, the leading premium alcoholic beverage company in Europe with a turnover on the order of €1 billion (US$ 1.28 billion).
An expert in business development, branding, marketing, networking and media strategies, she has been responsible for guiding the performance and growth of major global and national premium consumer brands within the FTSE 20.
Krishna has also led a number of organisations to become winners of the prestigious ‘Best Company to Work For’ awards – a testament them having strong employer brands.
EXCELLENCE IN COACHING AND MENTORING
Krishna would be considered as an expert in the field of coaching and mentoring having worked in the field over 17 years and with expertise in building coaching and mentoring capability inside organisations.
Krishna is actively involved in developing and implementing industry standards and accreditation of business and executive coaches as a Founder of The Association for Coaching in Ireland and has recently launched an online business blog and podcast, Talking Coaching, were she provides access to the leading thinking in the world of coaching and mentoring for performance
INSPIRING YOUR AUDIENCE
Krishna’s company Oneocean is one of Europe’s expert consultancies in making use of new media and leading edge technologies including webinars, podcasts, on-line video or teleconferences which means that you can expand your reach and deliver your live event to your community no matter where they live.
Krishna is a sought after speaker on the subjects business development, busness blogging, corporate podcasting, employer branding, personal branding, networking for success and how to create inspiring and high performing workplaces.
Some of her recent engagements have included speaking at the European Podcasting Summit, The Irish Times Talent Management Conference, the European Online Recruitment Conference, the European Executive Recruitment Conference, The International Podcasting Expo and the BNI Dublin Networking Conference.
Krishna regularly appears as a guest expert on the “Life! with Orla Barry” show on Ireland’s popular national radio station Newstalk, and has been featured many pulbications including the Wall Street Journal, Irish Times, Sunday Times, The Sunday Business Post, The Irish Independent and Cara magazine covering subjects from business development, entrepreneurship, branding , personal branding and marketing.
She is also a guest author at Small Business Branding, The Huffington Post and Coachamatic.
In 2007, you will also find Krishna as a featured columnist in the Sunday Tribune in her column about opportunities and challenges facing women in business in Ireland.
You will find Krishna building her online brand at her portal (www.krishnade.com) and at her "Biz Growth News" blog (www.bizgrowthnews.com).
