Diego Villaveces (The crazy Colombian)

Current

• Head of Sales & Marketing effectiveness at Foxtel
• Founder and movement facilitator at Pass It Forward, The Australian Kindness movement

Past

• Marketing Manager at Westpac
• Team Leader, Predictive Modelling at Westpac Banking Corporation
• SAS Integration Manager at Westpac Banking Corporation

• Marketing & CRM Specialist at McKinsey & Company
• Analytical Services Specialist at McKinsey & Company

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Education

• Australian Graduate School of Management
• Universidad de Los Andes

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Connections

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Industry

Entertainment

Websites

• My company - Foxtel
• My blog
• My new venture

Diego Villaveces (The crazy Colombian)’s Summary

I am a strategy consultant at heart with over 15 years of experience in blue-chip organisations across Asia, Latin America, and Australia during which time I have developed a deep understanding of analytically driven marketing.

My six year career with McKinsey & Company provided me with the unique opportunity to develop world-class strategy development skills. During this period, I created an internal division which offered specialised analytical services to consultants on client engagements throughout Asia and America. The desire for less travel persuaded me in 2003 to leave McKinsey & Co and join Westpac. I joined this blue-chip Financial Services organisation as a key contributor to the CRM program, with a mandate to transform the operational model for Analytcial CRM and Direct Marketing. As the Head of Sales & Marketing effectiveness at Foxtel, I am on a mission to create a world-class customer insights & direct marketing campaign delivery team, and having a great time while doing it.

Diego Villaveces (The crazy Colombian)’s Specialties:

Analytical marketing
Business Development
Facilitation Coaching & Ladership

Diego Villaveces (The crazy Colombian)’s Experience

• Head of Sales & Marketing effectiveness

  Foxtel

  (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  October 2008 — Present (10 months)

• Founder and movement facilitator

  Pass It Forward, The Australian Kindness movement

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  December 2007 — Present (1 year 8 months)

  In 2007, I decided to start a movement to make the world a better, kinder place. My goal is to inspire 1 million people to do an act of kindness they otherwise would not have done by the year 2012. If for some weird reason I achieve this goal before the year 2012, My stretch goal is to achieve the same for 5 million people.
  
  To learn more about this movement and how to become part of it, please visit our web site at pifaustralia.org

• Marketing Manager

  Westpac

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WBC; Banking industry)

  January 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 10 months)

• Team Leader, Predictive Modelling

  Westpac Banking Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WBC; Banking industry)

  January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years)

• SAS Integration Manager

  Westpac Banking Corporation

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WBC; Banking industry)

  June 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 7 months)

• Marketing & CRM Specialist

  McKinsey & Company

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  January 2000 — May 2003 (3 years 5 months)

• Analytical Services Specialist

  McKinsey & Company

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  April 1997 — December 1999 (2 years 9 months)

Diego Villaveces (The crazy Colombian)’s Education

• Australian Graduate School of Management

  1995 — 1996

• Universidad de Los Andes

  Engineering , Industrial Engineer - Major in Business & Finance , 1988 — 1992

Additional Information

Diego Villaveces (The crazy Colombian)’s Websites:

• My company - Foxtel
• My blog
• My new venture

Diego Villaveces (The crazy Colombian)’s Interests:

reading novels & business biographies, exercising outdoors, watching movies, spending time with my family

Diego Villaveces (The crazy Colombian)’s Groups:

•    Next Best Action Marketing Think Tank - Customer Experience Management
•    twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
•    Future Trends
•    IAPA - Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia Limited
•    Marketing Directions Networking Group

Diego Villaveces (The crazy Colombian)’s Honors:

Winner of the McKinsey competition "The Australian Practice Olympics" (2000)
Selected as one of the top 50 performers across Westpac in 2003, and invited to the "Simply the Best" conference overseas.

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