Michel Guidi

“Where I can start - one of the key people "responsible" for getting me in Dynata, starting the Sofia office and unforgettable European blender events. So much vision and passion in work, while keeping focus on people. So many good memories, from our direct discussions when I was hired and working in Philippines, through "How we can have an office in Sofia next month?", my visit in Paris when he personally walked me around town even that I was still working as a Survey Programmer and trainer, through "Walk me out in the cab on the way to the airport so we can have time to chat about the future", to "We want to do best technology that ever existed in Market research". I learnt a lot from Michel during that journey and he is a true example of professionalism and leadership.”

“In the past 12 years I worked with Michel on several occasions and the first thing that comes to my mind right away is: Michel cares. He truly and always cares deeply about “his” people, he cares immensely about the business as a visionary, yet hands-on-leader and he also cares about the world and the bigger picture of the business environment. With his inspiring, clear, and polite attitude Michel can very quickly transform a (large) group of individuals into a team focusing enthusiastically on a shared goal. When I attended my first EMEA-company event many moons ago, I was absolutely blown away by the fact that Michel knew basically everyone in a team of several hundred employees by name. I became a fan of Michel that day and that feeling only intensified the more I had the chance to work closer with him in the following years. Over his tenure as SSIs and later Dynatas EMEA-Leader Michel was pretty much the impersonation of many of the things I wanted the company I work for to stand for: Ambition, Teamwork, Emphathy, clear values, impeccable drive and motivation to grow, customer centricity, …Michel is a role model in all of these aspects, which explains why he built an outstanding reputation and following with Dynata-Staff and countless clients and why literally everyone I know respects Michel a lot, up and down the “hierarchy-chain”. I could probably go on for much longer about how impactful and defining Michel has always been for SSI’s and later Dynatas success and culture, the yearly-blender events (which are 100% his “baby”, without him and his passion, these would never (!) have materialized) are a huge testament to that, but in the end it’s just the tip of the iceberg. I feel super grateful that I had the chance to work with and learn from Michel, congrats upfront to any future employer!”