Books that influenced me

Pietro Leone, chief executive of G2 EMEA, talks about the books he has found most influential, including: Herman Melville's Moby Dick ("It is people like these who have forged our world"); Competitive Branding by Torsten H Nielson ("The theory is inspiring and supported by many cases.

Books that influenced me

Pietro Leone G2 EMEA

Pietro Leone became chief executive officer of G2 EMEA in early 2010. He was previously EMEA chief operating officer. He is spearheading the growth of a unique model in the marketing service space – a suite of capabilities in data analytics, direct, shopper and digital marketing, delivered using proprietary business processes.

He joined Grey over 20 years ago, working across key regions in EMEA and becoming chief executive for Grey Central Eastern Europe, where he spent eight years managing Grey's marketing communications efforts across 22 markets.

1 MOBY DICK

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