KCG Partners & Consultants

KCG features the bios of other partner team members and consultants who - although not directly employed as KCG staff - are key members of the extended KCG organization throughout the world.

Biswas Nair - Managing Partner - KCG - India

Biswas started his career in EDS Technologies in the CAD / CAM/ CAE group. He moved on to Gartner Inc in 1998 who at that time were initiating their operations in India. In a span of 4 years he moved up the ladder as Regional Manager handling all major accounts in various industries which spanned banking, pharma, software, insurance, and auto. He was also responsible in getting Gartner's biggest Asia- Pac consulting order. In 2001 he helped start Forrester’s Indian operation and till July 2004 was involved in Business Development and Strategy. Biswas is currently the Managing Partner - Asia Pacific at Knowledge Capital Group based out of India and focuses on building up the Asia-Pacific growth for KCG. Biswas is an Electronics Engineer from Nagpur University and has an MBA from Pune University

Dave Noble Managing Director - Intelligen - KCG Strategic Partner for APAC

An astute observer of the IT industry for more than two decades, Dave Noble is managing director of Intelligen, the leading IT analyst relations consultancy in the Asia/Pacific region. Since establishing Intelligen in 2002, he has developed the region's benchmark Understanding the Influencers AR effectiveness audit and delivered AR strategy, program development and training services to many leading IT vendors, including HP, Symantec, CA, SAP, Microsoft, Unisys and Accenture. Prior to this, Dave was responsible for analyst relations and market intelligence in Hewlett-Packard Asia/Pacific's enterprise business, and previously spent 11 years in analyst, sales and management roles with International Data Corporation. He began his career as a journalist and was regarded as one of the leading IT writers of his era. His media roles included IT editor of The Australian Financial Review, editor-in-chief of Computerworld Hong Kong and Computerworld Southeast Asia, news editor of Computerworld Australia, and computer writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.

David Rossiter - Practice Director - Sunesis - KCG Strategic Partner for EMEA

David is practice director of Sunesis, part of the Bell Pottinger group. He is also a board member of the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR) and leads its taskforce on “Measurement and Evaluation”. David has over 15 years experience in technology public relations. He has specialised in industry analyst relations since joining Sunesis in 2001. He has developed and implemented effective, targeted EMEA AR programmes for blue chip companies such as Adobe, CSC, Hitachi Data Systems, HP, Motorola and Vodafone as well as SMBs and start-ups. Before this, David worked for Harvard PR, advising companies such as Accenture, Lucent, Motorola, News International and Symantec on media relations, speaker programmes and internal communications. He blogs on analyst relations at Analyst Insight (http://analystinsight.blogspot.com) and is an occasional contributor to the IIAR blog (http://iiar.wordpress.com).

Nancy Shapira-Aronovic - Manager - GK Analyst Relations- KCG Strategic Partner for Israel

Nancy is the Manager of GK Analyst Relations. Prior to establishing GK Analyst Relations, Nancy worked for the Formula Group for 9 years as the Director of Corporate Marketing and gained vast experience working with a wide range of Information Technology Companies in Analyst Relations, Public Relations, Branding and Positioning Strategies and Marketing and Marcom Management. Nancy is a Mentor for the Ben Gurion Honors MBA Program and a member of the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR). Nancy lectures on the topics of Global Public Relations and Analyst Relations and Blogs on http://postioningpower.blogspot.com Nancy has an MBA from the University of Maryland and a BA in International Studies from the University of Texas at Austin.