Emilia Gallo
Advisor

Emilia Gallo is an MNC operations specialist, with extensive experiences and in-depth expertise of key organizational areas that include: Leadership, Organizational Development, Corporate Restructuring and Evaluations, as well as Learning & Development. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated proven skills that contribute to successful outcomes of transformation and change programs for a range of corporate environments that operate in a global marketplace.

In January 2001, Ms. Gallo founded Excel Global Consulting Limited as Managing Director. She supports a diverse client-base of multinational corporations. Ms. Gallo has been instrumental in identifying strategic initiatives, developing leadership & management development programs, as well as implementing initiatives, training needs analyses and performance appraisal systems within large multinationals and complex infrastructures. She has a solid track-record of delivering within set timeframes and beyond requirements, and her key strength is linking strategic direction to people and achieving outcomes through both systems and human behavior.

Prior to starting her own business, Ms. Gallo was a Senior Consultant for the Forum Corporation. Her professional experience also includes working in ExxonMobil as the Alliance Manager for the Asia Pacific region, as well as the Asia Pacific HR & Training Manager for Bankers Trust Asia.

Ms. Gallo holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Majoring in Human Resources from Swinburne University in Australia. She is also a Certified Train the Trainer, an Accredited International Facilitator, as well as a published author.

Marcela Speert
Advisor

Marcela Speert is an MNC operations specialist with extensive leadership experience in diverse global consumer retail and direct selling organizations. She has a track record to consistently lead large, complex businesses across diverse cultures to achieve unprecedented sales volume, market share and profit growth.

Ms. Speert’s expertise includes establishing an impressive global account base far exceeding sales growth projections. She has devised and implemented strategies to establish new international divisions, expand market share, restructure and optimize effectiveness, efficiency and performance. Her business background includes high-level positions and projects with leading global marketers such as Pepsi-Cola International, Colgate-Palmolive, Deutsche Telecom and Mary Kay Cosmetics.

In 2002, Marcela founded Global Management Associates, a general consulting and services company providing strategic planning, business and interim general management support to start-up, growth stage and mature businesses seeking rapid global expansion. Key clients have included Herbalife, The Longaberger Company and jewelry and giftware marketer Montana Silversmiths. Marcela also serves as an advisor to Oak Hill Capital, CCMP Capital and Thompson Street Capital Partners. In addition, she has served as an advisor of a major European private equity firm.