Ruth Rowan is Global Chief Marketing Officer with Avanade, a leading provider of innovative digital cloud and advisory services, where she holds responsibility for global marketing strategy, brand, and corporate communications. She brings a wealth of experience of working closely with teams around the world to support their growth ambitions through building a differentiated brand, value proposition, client experience, demand generation, and engaging external and internal communications and has previously held senior marketing roles with NTT, Dimension Data and BT. She holds a Master of Human Sciences from Oxford University, and a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) diploma. She’s an active member and Fellow of the Marketing Society and was the Founding Chair of the Society in Asia in 2013.