Kiran Singh, Group Head of Marketing

Kiran Singh

Group Head of Marketing

Fortes Holdings

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Marketing
Experience
19 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 4 Months

Group Head of Marketing at Fortes Holdings
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since May 2014

A large business group that owns and manages a diverse portfolio of companies in Education, Real Estate & Construction, and Health & Fitness verticals. Owns and operates International Schools, Nurseries, Fitness Club, and several freehold properties in Dubai.

• Responsible for driving core marketing strategies and initiatives across the group to ensure sustained growth and competitiveness
in the market place.
• As a member of senior leadership team, work closely with the Board of Directors and key stakeholders to design and implement
organizational growth plans and improve profitability and ROI for key stakeholders.
• Responsible for creating and controlling the marketing budget and tactical plans across the group.

Co-Founder and Director at NextPurple Consulting and Solutions
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2012 to May 2014

Set up a product studio startup and helped a bunch of companies with their product strategy and marketing strategy.

• Launched several brands such as MeraLibrary.com, BookFalcon.com, Conferitus.com among others in diverse markets.

• Operations of the company suspended after about one year due by mutual agreement between founders.

Head of Marketing at Impelsys
  • India - Bengaluru
  • June 2008 to December 2011

Marketing Strategy and Implementation, Publisher Marketing Services and Online Transactional Revenues, Product Marketing, Public Relations, Branding and Marcom.

Head - Global Marketing at Edutech Middle East
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2006 to June 2008

Managed a global marketing team across geographies, and responsible for Organizational Marketing and New Business Development strategies, Branding and Marcom.

Marketing Manager at Sasken Communication Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
  • India - Bengaluru
  • January 2005 to January 2006

Managed the Marketing Communication mix of the company including Planning, Strategy, and Execution.Market Intelligence / Customer Intelligence, Analyst Relations.

Education

Master's degree, Marketing
  • at University of Wales
  • October 2010
Bachelor's degree, Science
  • at Bangalore University
  • June 1997

Specialties & Skills

Marketing Strategy
Global Branding
Team Management
Marketing Mix
Business Development
Media Relations
New Business Development
Marketing Strategy
Product Marketing
Online Marketing and eCommerce

Languages

English
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Hobbies

  • Nature, Conservation, Singing, Reading, Traveling