HARRIET MOUCHLY-WEISS

Founder and Managing Partner Strategy XXI Partners

Biography

Harriet Mouchly-Weiss has received industry–wide recognition for her work in the communications field. Over the years, she has earned a reputation as a bold thinker, astute strategist, and firm believer in communications programs that incorporate a component of social responsibility.

Harriet’s broad experience in crisis and issues management has established her as a key advisor to heads of government and CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies. Harriet has been working with China for the last 15 years as an advisor to multinational companies and to the government.

Harriet specializes in bringing together the corporate world, government, international organizations and activists on such issues as obesity, marketing to children, vaccine distribution, micronutrients and healthy lifestyles. Her work with the US Toy Industry Association and the International Council of Toy Industries has involved her in providing advice to the full toy supply chain, from factories in China to major toy brands and retailers worldwide. She has helped to develop the toy industry’s Code of Business Practices and their social compliance monitoring system, known as the ICTI CARE Process, which is recognized by governments, NGOs and major retailers as a standard for all industries.

A recent initiative is the creation of ReputationRiskMap, a global dashboard that provides near real-time insight on potential trouble spots for CEOs, corporate boards and others. In the corporate world, some of her principal clients include Nestlé, Wyeth, MasterCard International, Wal-Mart, PepsiCo International, McDonald’s and DANONE.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Muhlenberg University and a Master’s degree in psychology from Hebrew University.

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