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Martin Roll

Martin Roll MBA'99D

Distinguished Fellow, INSEAD Wendel International Centre for Family Enterprise Entrepreneur-in-Residence, INSEAD Centre for Entrepreneurship Business & Brand Strategist, Senior Advisor, Martin Roll Company

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Martin Roll is an experienced global business strategist, senior advisor and facilitator to Fortune 500 companies, Asian firms, family-owned businesses, and family offices. He advises clients on strategy, transformation, leadership, family business and family office topics.

Martin Roll is the founder and CEO of Martin Roll Company, and brings with him more than 25 years of board and C-suite counselling experience. He is an advisor to several global boards and prominent business families, and a mentor for next-generation leaders in business families, start-ups and high-growth companies.

He is a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company focusing on global family business & family office topics.

He is very experienced in engaging and advising clients at all management levels from business owners and C-suite leaders to functional staff across multiple industries and cultures. Martin Roll is an experienced keynote speaker, conference moderator and executive workshop facilitator.

Martin Roll is a Distinguished Fellow (family business), editor & host of the INSEAD Family Business Podcast”,  and an Entrepreneur in Residence at INSEAD. 

He has mentored 650+ Next Generations from global business families and family offices and runs a successful INSEAD Next Gen Mentoring Program for 100+ participants every year.

He teaches MBA, EMBA and Executive Education programs at INSEAD, CEIBS and Nanyang Business School, and is a frequent guest lecturer at ESSEC, IE Business School, Wharton, Harvard, and other leading business schools.

Martin Roll is faculty and keynote speaker at The Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) - a student-run organization of Harvard University. He is a member of the HPAIR Board of Advisors.

Martin Roll is a lecturer and keynote speaker at The Academies by Harvard Student Agencies.

He has been a member of the Global Advisory Council of Welspun Group (Mumbai) and a former Senior Advisor to Cocoon Capital (Singapore).

Martin Roll is the author of global bestseller “Asian Brand Strategy” (2015) and co-author of "The Future of Branding" (2016) with two new books in the pipeline: “Family Business Strategy” (2024) and “Family Office Strategy” (2024). He is a business columnist with INSEAD Knowledge, a prolific management writer, and a regular commentator in global business media.

Martin Roll has lived in Asia for two decades and serves clients on all continents. He holds an MBA from INSEAD.

www.martinroll.com