Adnan Sarwar, BSc, MBA
Adnan Sarwar, as Marketing Director, has worked for some of the biggest and best brands in the world.
His background spans HULT University as a Teaching Assistant for all Marketing Professors; the Victoria and Albert Museum as a Marketing Executive; Merrill Lynch Bank in Investment Banking; Scotiabank as a Senior Personal Banker; and Hudson's Bay Company as Sales and Marketing Department Head.
In academia, Adnan has served as a Part-Time Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and a Full-Time Professor at University Canada West. He is also an Advisory Board Member for the University of California, Riverside's Design Thinking Program.
As an entrepreneur, he has led marketing for financial services and AI startups, combining global institutional experience with hands-on company-building.
In order to lead a Branding Agency specializing in Marketing, one has to prove their mettle in the hyper-competitive local and global economy — and in the Age of AI, marketing needs to be MORE HUMAN. Adnan plans to utilize his vast local and global networks to build the world's best brands, now and forever.
- AI-native marketing strategy and adoption
- Global brand marketing and positioning
- Financial services and fintech go-to-market
- Entrepreneurship education and design thinking
- Executive networking and partnership development
- Marketing Director, evolve
- Teaching Assistant — HULT University (Marketing Professors)
- Marketing Executive — Victoria and Albert Museum
- Investment Banking — Merrill Lynch Bank
- Senior Personal Banker — Scotiabank
- Sales and Marketing Department Head — Hudson's Bay Company
- Part-Time Professor — University of British Columbia (UBC)
- Full-Time Professor — University Canada West
- Entrepreneur — Marketing Financial Services and AI Startups
- Advisory Board Member — University of California, Riverside, Design Thinking Program
- MBA — business administration and strategy
- BSc — undergraduate degree in science
- 26,000+ LinkedIn followers as "The Business Monk"
- Faculty voice on AI, entrepreneurship, and future-of-work
- Advisory board member for UC Riverside's Design Thinking Program
