Finn Raben

Finn Raben is an Irishman who was born in the Far East and grew up in Europe and the Middle East. He went to university in the Netherlands and Ireland, is an Honours graduate in Languages, with Post-Graduate degrees in Business Administration & Marketing Management and speaks four languages fluently. He has spent most of his working career in Market Research. Raben’s career started at Millward Brown IMS in Dublin, followed by AC Nielsen. At TNS, he firstly turned around the ailing Irish business, and subsequently instigated the Global Accounts programme, working with a number of major global clients, including Procter & Gamble, McDonald’s and Microsoft as Global Director of Planning and Coordination for Key Accounts. Most recently at Synovate, Finn was CEO of Southern Europe where he was responsible for integrating and harmonizing the many companies acquired in the region, into the Synovate offering. Finn is currently the Director General of ESOMAR, the global data, insights and analytics association.