Tristan Watkins
Name: Tristan Watkins
Nationality: Australian
Link to RB: Tristan has been working with RB for the last 6 months as the manager for the AIESEC and RB Global Partnership. AIESEC and RB have launched a number of initiatives together, including RB’s first partnership launch at the AIESEC International Congress 2010 in India and the AIESEC RB 2030 Product Challenge.
Career: After completing a commerce and arts degree at the University of Melbourne, Tristan began his international career with AIESEC in the Sultanate of Oman as the Business Development director in 2009. After a successful year he was selected to the global team and currently works as the Sales and Marketing Manager for UK, Asia and Africa.
In this role he is challenged on a daily basis managing four partner companies in different countries, as well as communicating with new prospects and partners across 10 different time zones and a diverse range of business cultures.
Tristan was also responsible for the Global Youth to Business Forum, which hosted 700 delegates and 20 companies from 100 countries at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India, in August 2010.
About AIESEC: Present in over 110 countries and territories and with over 50,000 members, AIESEC is the world’s largest student-run organisation. Focused on providing a platform for youth leadership development, AIESEC offers young people the opportunity to be global citizens, to change the world, and to get experience and skills that matter today
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