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Neale-May serves as President and Managing Partner of GlobalFluency, Inc., the leader in Intelligent Market Engagement™, with 70 offices in more than 40 countries. Collectively, GlobalFluency (www.globalfluency.com) member firms employ 450 professionals, serving scores of clients across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East. Neale-May has been managing and running his respected multi-channel marketing and perception management business since 1987, operating from the company's Silicon Valley and New York offices.

Neale-May is the founder and Executive Director of the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council (www.cmocouncil.org), a global affinity network of more than 7,000 senior marketing and branding executives, who collectively control more than $350 billion in annual marketing spend. Neale-May is also the founder and Executive Director of the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network (www.bpinetwork.org), a global management community dedicated to identifying, exploring and sharing emerging trends and transformational ideas and practices that are reshaping world markets and competitive landscapes.

A native South African and former rugby professional in Italy, Neale-May held senior public relations agency positions in London and New York before moving to Silicon Valley, where he formed Neale-May & Partners, now known as GlobalFluency, after running Ogilvy & Mather's West Coast PR operations in San Francisco and Los Angeles for several years. During his 35 years as an international marketing and brand strategist, Neale-May has consulted with more than 300 leading multi-nationals, new venture starts and emerging growth companies.

Neale-May is listed as one of the Top 100 Most Influential BtoB Marketers in North America by BtoB Magazine. He serves on the board of directors for Travelzoo (NASDAQ: TZOO) and is a member of the Rhodes University Board of Governors in South Africa. He is also an adjunct professor at Seoul National University in South Korea.

Neale-May recently launched a new venture, the SABLE Accelerator, a trusted knowledge network of global South Africans providing mentoring and consulting services to South African companies, entrepreneurs and institutions seeking to fund or commercialize innovation, as well as enter, grow and partner in worldwide markets.