Richard Attias & Associates is a strategic communications firm that provides private consultancy, idea initiatives and live experiences.
Our mission is to help leaders, corporations and nations build their global influence, catalyze innovation and lead the global exchange of ideas.
Authentic
Our clients are individual leaders on a mission and recognize that each organization or nation reflects their personal vision and values. Our experience operating in different countries, and our close working relationships with their corporate, political and civil leaders, allows us to understand the norms and culture that govern the operating landscape within each country, giving us the ability to decipher the code necessary to help leaders successfully navigate each.
Worldly
Success is correlated to identifying, developing and maintaining close working relationships with likeminded leaders in different countries on multiple continents. Richard Attias has been instrumental in building these cross-border relationships and can visualize the global connections that make up the global "DNA". Our unique ability to monitor and measure the mood and appetite of different countries and their impact on one another allows us to help our clients succeed locally and navigate globally.
Engineering
We believe that nothing happens by chance: everything must be meticulously designed and engineered to able to function effectively. This engineering concept lies at the core of our approach and DNA. We engineer live and dynamic programs that expand our client’s global influence and transform their visions into sustainable realities. Our work will leave a lasting footprint on our clients’ own DNA.
PIONEERING
By bringing together leaders from various countries, industries and disciplines, and challenging them on the pressing challenges of today and the opportunities of tomorrow, RA&A has at its core the ability to predict future trends and identify the parameters that will shape tomorrow's landscape. We work to position our clients ahead of that curve. We are always forward-thinking… and always looking to the future.
Ethical
We differentiate ourselves by how we conduct ourselves with our clients. Ethics is our backbone because we value personal relationships above all else. We treat our clients with complete respect, transparency and accountability. We are proud and confident in our abilities, yet humble in how we offer them our services.
WHO ?
• If you are an informed global citizen that would like to increase your influence and
exchange ideas amongst the circle of international leadership and global influencers
• If you are seeking innovative solutions to local challenges or
global issues
• If you are looking for private introductions to global corporate
and political leaders in developed and emerging markets
• If you are looking to produce experiences to exchange ideas with
other informed global influencers
WHY ?
We work with our clients to establish their competitive positioning and expand their global influence
• Trusted by global leaders
• Extensive local experience on multiple continents.
• Access to a vast network of influencers who shape the future.
• Deep rooted understanding of the social, economic and political
realities of developed and emerging nations
• Innovative ideas and events that provide catalysts to problem solving.
• Peerless event delivery matched with communications campaigns across many channels
No other strategic communications firm has this powerful combination of qualities - and this is the difference that comes from working with Richard Attias & Associates.
OUR EXPERTISE
We work closely and discreetly with corporate and political leaders to develop strategic communication programs that establish their competitive positioning, expand their global reach and influence, and manage their brands and reputations in order to move their agendas forward measurably.
Leadership in the 21st century is not as much about creating knowledge, as it is about being able to organize it, contextualize it and from it, derive informed and inspired insights. Armed with our understanding of different cultures and our ability to recognize future trends, we work with our clients to develop and execute programs that innovatively catalyze their agenda.
• To promote economic leadership, we established the NY-Forum
• To build bridges between East and West, we created China 360
• To address the social challenges of the 21st century, we launched the Nobel Laureates Conference
• To address the urgent needs of global education, we launched The Education Project
• To build a community who share the conviction that sport is a crucial vehicle for social and economic development, we launched the Doha GOALS Forum.
• To address the global challenges of food security in the 21st century, we launched the Global Food Security Forum and The New York Times: Schools for Tomorrow Conference.
Using our strategic and operational expertise, we craft unforgettable experiences: interactive platforms, living laboratories of human capital, and historic cultural exchanges that help foster positive change for the global community.
Some of the work that Richard Attias produced includes:
• The 15th annual African Securities Exchange Association, hosted by the Casablanca Stock Exchange in Marrakech, a gathering of 400+ participants, from more than 100 countries representing all major African and international markets, with some of the key international investors focusing on Africa. www.aseaconference2011.ma.
• Doha GOALS, Gathering of All Leaders in Sport, brings together the top global sports leaders to build initiatives that address the greatest challenges and opportunities in the World of Sport. www.dohagoals.com
• The Global Security Forum seeking to tackle, in an innovative way, the mounting challenge of feeding a growing world population.
www.globalfoodsecurityforum.com
Richard Attias is the world’s top community builder for the “thinking elite”. Over the last two decades, he has built a matchless reputation for helping nations, organizations and corporations catalyze the global exchange of ideas.
This talent for anticipating the most pressing issues of our time, activating global networks of thought leaders, and inspiring innovation is based on his unique experience developing some of the most influential gatherings of global leaders in the last 20 years including the World Economic Forum in Davos; the Clinton Global Initiative; the Middle East Peace Summit in Jordan; the Dalian Economic Summit in China; and the signature of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in Marrakech.
Attias is also the founder and chairman of The New York Forum, an annual invitation-only forum for global CEOs, economists and business leaders to share ideas and provide recommendations for new business models in a post-crisis world. He is also the Chairman of Columbia University’s Center on Capitalism and Society; formed in 2002 to study the workings of well-functioning modern economies, understand how these economies got their dynamism, and how this dynamism impacts employment, among other topics.
Prior to establishing his base in New York, Attias served as a special advisor in 2008 to the Emirate of Dubai to devise a comprehensive strategy to make the city a destination for major conferences,
and cultural and sporting events. This role followed nearly a decade at Publicis Groupe, where he is credited with creating the first worldwide events network Publicis Events Worldwide in 2004, before ultimately being named Chairman of PublicisLive in 2007. With a staff of more than 600 employees, Attias specialized in the conception and production of international conferences and high-profile events.
Richard Attias is a global citizen, born in Fez, Morocco with a degree in civil engineering and a Masters in mathematics and physics. He is fluent in English, Arabic and French and, although he is currently based in New York, he travels regularly across Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.
For employment opportunities, please email your resume to Doreen Bonnami.
email: doreen.bonnami@theexperiencecorp.com
