ESOMAR CEO Forum Webinar | Navigating the Tide: Strategic Leadership Through Market Volatility
Join fellow CEOs for an exclusive executive forum designed for leaders steering organizations through periods of significant revenue fluctuation and market transformation. This high-impact session brings together experienced chief executives who have successfully guided their companies through challenging business cycles to emerge stronger and better positioned.
Our panel of accomplished CEOs will share actionable insights on:
Recalibrating strategy during periods of market disruption
Maintaining organizational resilience while implementing necessary adjustments
Converting market headwinds into competitive advantages
Balancing short-term imperatives with long-term vision
This candid, solutions-focused discussion will provide valuable perspectives from leaders who have transformed organizational challenges into platforms for renewed growth and market leadership.
Speakers:
Kristin Luck, ESOMAR President ex-Officio
Dave Sackman, Former Chairman & CEO, Material+
James Gregory, CEO at System1
Dave Gordon, CEO at PSB
What time is this for me?
This 60-minute webinar will commence at 15:00 UTC | 16:00 CET.
Unable to join us? Register to ensure you receive a recording of the session.
Platform:
The discussion will be hosted on Microsoft Teams.
You will be sent the link to join after you have registered.
How do I register?
This session is curated for CEOs. Your invitation has been sent. Please contact events@esomar.org if you have not received your invitation.
What is the ESOMAR Global CEO Forum?
It is a series of meetings, discussions and programs curated by and for CEOs to facilitate collaboration, mentoring and thought leadership.

Speakers
Kristin Luck
ESOMAR Council Member, Ex-Officio at ESOMAR, Founder and Managing Partner at ScalehouseKristin Luck serves as an advisor and growth strategist to several cutting-edge marketing and analytics technology and services firms through her consultancy, ScaleHouse. She is the founder of two marketing analytics companies that she led to successful exits. Kristin co-founded OTX, an online research business named the fastest growing research firm in the world in 2002 and 2003 and was subsequently acquired by Pilot Group and again by Ipsos in 2007. She then founded Forefront Consulting Group, a research technology firm that Decipher acquired. Decipher was acquired by FocusVision in 2014 after seven consecutive years of double- and triple-digit growth.
Kristin is a licensed investment banker with Oberon Securities and a founder focused on helping fellow founders and executive teams scale and monetize their businesses. Her deal expertise on both sides of transactions comes from participating in both acquisitions and exits from $30 million to $225 million. She is also passionate about supporting founders in international markets executing their entry into the U.S.
In addition to her non-profit association work with ESOMAR as President Ex-Officio, Kristin is the founder of Women In Research and sits on the boards of The ESOMAR Foundation, The Nature Conservancy and International Women's Forum.