Alex Gibson

Current

• Presenter at The Media Show
• Director at Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International
• Member at The Marketing Institute of Ireland

• Senior Lecturer - Marketing at Dublin Institute of Technology

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Past

• Managing Director at FZK Europe
• Podcaster at The Persuaders Podcasting
• Head of Department of Tourism at DIT

• Visiting Professor IMHI at ESSEC Business School
• Product manager at Nabisco/Danone
• Product Manager at Nabisco Biscuit Company

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Education

• University College Dublin
• Dublin Institute of Technology

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Connections

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Industry

Hospitality

Alex Gibson’s Experience

• Presenter

  The Media Show

  (Media Production industry)

  March 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)

  I presented a monthly television show called The Media Show on an Irish cable television station from March 2007 until February 2009. The show addressed all topics related to the world of media, marketing and advertising.

• Director

  Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International

  (Hospitality industry)

  January 1998 — Present (11 years 11 months)

  I am on the Board of HSMAI Ireland as a Director and Head of Education Committee. I am a former President of HSMAI Ireland, sit on the Europe Board of HSMAI and a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.

• Member

  The Marketing Institute of Ireland

  (Education Management industry)

  1994 — Present (15 years )

• Senior Lecturer - Marketing

  Dublin Institute of Technology

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 1991 — Present (18 years 3 months)

• Managing Director

  FZK Europe

  (Hospitality industry)

  August 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 1 month)

  Full service hospitality marketing agency and consultancy with clients in the US, Caribbean and Europe.

• Podcaster

  The Persuaders Podcasting

  (Media Production industry)

  April 2000 — August 2009 (9 years 5 months)

  I received the Net Visionary Award 2008 for Best Business Podcaster. In October 2009, I received the Best Podcaster Award at the Irish Web Awards.

• Head of Department of Tourism

  DIT

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2004 — August 2008 (4 years )

  Head of Department of Tourism. Responsible for academic management of four undergraduate and one post-graduate degrees and strategy for the Department.

• Visiting Professor IMHI

  ESSEC Business School

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)

  September 1996 — December 1996 (4 months)

  In residence as a Visiting Professor of Marketing at Institute de Management Hotelier International. (IMHI) Paris. This school is part of the leading business school in France, ESSEC. I have delivered several courses on the MBA programme over the past years at this Institute, which has for the past 6 years received the accolade of best post-graduate educator of hospitality students in France.

• Product manager

  Nabisco/Danone

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Food & Beverages industry)

  October 1987 — November 1991 (4 years 2 months)

• Product Manager

  Nabisco Biscuit Company

  (Education Management industry)

  1987 — 1991 (4 years )