Ivan Moss
European Champion of Public Speaking 2004 and New Zealand National Champion of Public Speaking 2002, Ivan Moss is an expert in the theory, practice and teaching of presentation skills.
In 2004 Ivan represented Europe in the 2004 World Championships of Public Speaking. To develop his own skills, Ivan has been coached by 3 former World Champions of Public Speaking and taken extensive professional voice and drama training.
Ivan’s passion for excellence in presentation skills was sparked by a professional need. He first realized the importance of excellent presentation skills - and then discovered his talent - as finance leader of a biotechnology company and a management consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
Ivan Moss has an honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, UK chartered accountancy qualifications and a passion for cycling and triathlon – completing an IronMan triathlon in 2001.
Public speaking and presentation skills experience:
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Corporate presentations — to CEOs and boards of numerous large organisations
Examples of recent engagements:-
Vice-President of Marketing Europe, major medical
devices group [Global sales US$ 3.6 bn, European sales US$ 0.7 bn]
- Individual coaching for keynote address to annual sales and marketing convention, audience of 350
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IMD Executive MBA
- Presentation skills masterclass for 75 "high-performing, internationally experienced managers" from more than 25 nationalities (Class profile, EMBA program information)
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Logitech Group
- Advisory role in the development of the Logitech® Cordless 2.4 GHz Presenter, a wireless controller/mouse for professional presenters
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Vice-President of Marketing Europe, major medical
devices group [Global sales US$ 3.6 bn, European sales US$ 0.7 bn]
- Competition-winning speeches — audiences of 500+ guests
- After dinner speeches — dinner functions of 200+ guests
- Master of ceremonies — weddings and dinners of 200+ guests
Career history
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2004 - 2006 Program Manager — IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland,
Ivan's profile
[No.1 executive education institution in Europe--Financial Times, 2004] -
2002 - 2004 Research Associate — IMD Lausanne, Switzerland
Subject areas:
- Leadership – sustaining individual high performance Featured article
- Finance – dynamics and causes of corporate failure Featured case study
- 2000 - 2002 Finance Leader — CHH Forest Genetics, New Zealand [Biotechnology division of New Zealand’s 2nd largest company]
- 1998 - 2000 Management Consultant - PricewaterhouseCoopers, New Zealand