Luc Speisser is Global Chief Innovation Officer at Landor. He began his career in AIDS communications at the San Francisco Aids Foundation and the French health education committee (now Santé Publique France) before working in advertising at Australie, Lowe & Partners and BETC, and then joined Landor in 2005. For 25 years now, he has been working to transform some of the world's biggest brands.
His appetite for solving complex problems, his endless curiosity about people and his conviction that everything can be changed for the better have been the common thread running through his career dedicated to innovation. Innovating in AIDS prevention, in communications and now at Landor in strategy, to reinvent working methods and lead teams, offices and a region by transforming them into champions of strategic, creative, and business excellence.
Today, as Global Chief Innovation Officer, Luc is deploying his ability to innovate throughout the Group, both internally and externally. He brings together the best Landor teams in the world to bring customers a fresh approach to innovation. He is also proud to have put sustainable development at the heart of the whole company, by creating The Landor Good Squad, the largest community in the sector, with over 350 volunteers devoting up to 10% of their working time to sustainable development innovation.
His favourite quote? Bill Gates: "Most people overestimate what they can do in a year, and underestimate what they could do in ten years". It was with this in mind that, 10 years ago, Luc started learning to play the guitar from scratch.