Speaker of the day: Veit Etzold — Communication

Every day we spotlight one voice from the UnoMe network. Today: Veit Etzold, Communication — one of the keynote speakers we recommend for corporate events and conferences in Salalah, Al Ain and across the GCC.

Who is Veit Etzold?

Prof. Dr. Veit Etzold – Storytelling Master, Strategy Expert and Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Communication and Sales

Veit Etzold is one of Europe’s leading experts on storytelling, strategy, and emotional selling. Known as Germany’s number one authority in leadership communication and corporate storytelling, he combines over 20 years of management and consulting experience with academic excellence and bestselling authorship.

Veit’s background includes leadership roles at Allianz Group, Dresdner Bank, Boston Consulting Group, and as program director at ESMT Business School in Berlin. Today, he is a professor of strategy, sales and neuromarketing, and head of the Neuromarketing Competence Center at Aalen University.

As a 12-time Spiegel bestselling author with over 2 million books sold, he knows how to captivate an audience. His work shows how powerful storytelling can turn strategies into action, complex ideas into clear messages, and change initiatives into success stories.

🏆 Notable Achievements

• 12 Spiegel bestsellers, over 2 million copies sold

• CEO of Dr. Veit Etzold GmbH – Strategy & Storytelling

• Professor and head of the Neuromarketing Competence Center at Aalen University

• Former executive at Allianz Group, Dresdner Bank, consultant at BCG, and program director at ESMT

• Advisor to global corporations, including BCG, McKinsey, Siemens, SAP, Lufthansa, Continental, Pfizer, Roche, and many more

Languages:

• German
• English

🧭 Key Themes & Expertise:

• Leadership Communication That Moves People

• Storytelling That Drives Change

• Emotional Selling for Measurable Sales Growth

• Strategic, Change and Crisis Communication

• Creating Equity and Corporate Stories that Win Stakeholders

• High-Performance Team Coaching

• C-Level Speech and Vision Coaching

Veit Etzold inspires audiences by blending strategic insight with compelling storytelling. His keynotes deliver clear, actionable frameworks that help leaders, sales teams, and organizations move from data overload to emotional connection, from plans to execution, and from complexity to clarity.

What makes his talks impactful:

• Clear tools for immediate application

• Emotional engagement that drives action

• Expertise grounded in both practice and science

• Tailored messaging for diverse industries and audiences