Equinet Academy
Trainer's Bio
An entrepreneurial CMO with extensive experience helping global firms expand into new markets across Asia Pacific, Maneesh has a track record of transforming the marketing function to deliver revenue and growth powered by content and conversations.
His international career includes leadership roles with companies such as Aon, Oracle, Willis Towers Watson, Dun and Bradstreet, Novell, Cambridge Technology Partners and Reuters. He helps organisations shift from brand awareness to demand generation and from reactive PR to proactive reputation building delivering commercial outcomes. These initiatives have been underpinned by commercial insights and thought leadership.
Highly regarded for building trusted advisory relationships, he translates business needs into integrated marketing and communications plans enabled by data and analytics. Passionate about nurturing talent, he has built and sustained high-performing teams while managing agencies and leveraging marketing automation platforms.
His expertise spans lead generation and pipeline development through digital strategies including Meta ads, SEM, Account Based Marketing (ABM), and strategic events. In communications, he specialises in capability and character narratives, media relations, and PR powered by customer advocacy, social media, and paid media.
Maneesh is a regular keynote speaker at major industry conferences across Australia, Singapore, and Southeast Asia, and a published author of the Amazon best-seller A NEW Marketer, endorsed with a 5-star rating by Gary Bencivenga, world’s top copywriter. The book brings real-world insights and proven frameworks to develop tomorrow’s marketing leaders.
His commentary has appeared in Channel News Asia, Money FM, and Marketing Interactive, and he has been recognised by LinkedIn as one of the Top 10 Most Engaged Marketers in Singapore.
Today, as a coach, consultant, and WSQ certified adult educator (ACLP), he mentors emerging marketing leaders and delivers impactful, practice-driven learning experiences that empower professionals to evolve from tactical execution to strategic leadership.
