A few years ago, when I was interviewing with the CEO of an asset manager for the position of Head of Marketing, I asked him the question: « What do you expect from Marketing?” » The answer was instantaneous: « I don’t know, you tell me. » Head of Marketing was a new position for…
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PRESS RELEASE Jean-François Hirschel launches strategic marketing consultancy H-Ideas New agency to advise financial services, technology and fintech companies on strategic marketing Geneva, Switzerland – 10 April 2018 Jean-François Hirschel, a leading financial services marketer, has launched a strategic marketing consultancy H-Ideas. H-Ideas advises financial services, technology and fintech companies on all aspects of marketing…
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I recently attended a conference on ESG. I was impressed by the passion, expertise, and commitment of the speakers. However, I was disturbed by the extent to which they made themselves unapproachable: an endless succession of jargon, acronyms, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals presented with their numbers, assuming that the audience knew the corresponding theme…
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An article from Finews.ch to discover here: https://www.finews.ch/news/banken/32414-jean-francois-hirschel-marketing-fonds-emotionen-luxus-jargon or read below (English translation): “Investment jargon does not trigger emotion” 05 July 2018 – by Samuel Gerber Jean-François Hirschel led the marketing for a Swiss fund manager for many years. Now he has set-up his own consultancy and explains to finews.ch why the industry does not…
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Most industries have their own codes, habits and language. A successful marketing approach in any of them must take full account of these particularities. Financial management is an example and the focus of this discussion. In fact, the work is twice as hard because the marketing effort must take place at two levels: inside the…
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Interview, 20th November 2022 fundplat.com Jean-François Hirschel, CEO & Founder, H-Ideas S.A., Geneva Mr. Hirschel, you are one of the well-known marketing specialists in the financial centre of Geneva and in the whole of French-speaking Switzerland. Can you say a few words about your career? My entire professional life has been in the financial sector. Before…
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A talent to smoothly convince people, coordinate teams to reach common goals, a skilled presenter and native English speaker, Eric can:
