Top 25 Global ABM Thought Leader
Riaz Kanani, named as a top account based marketing thought leader.
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Honoured to be recognised by B2B Marketing in their top 25 Global ABM Opinion Leaders list alongside such an amazing group of people.
About Riaz
I've spent over 25 years founding and scaling B2B companies - as COO, CEO, CMO and CTO, often across the same company's lifecycle. An engineering degree from UCL and an MBA from Bayes means I understand both the technology and how a business actually runs around it.
I co-founded Digital Oxygen, which was acquired by Silverpop and later by IBM. I scaled Profusion from 15 people to 100. I founded and led Radiate B2B for nine years, building the first MCP-based AI connector for LinkedIn Advertising, before closing it in 2026 rather than rebuild around a declining display-advertising market.
Today I run Connected Paths, an AI implementation consultancy, and work directly with a small number of B2B founders and CEOs through advisory, fractional COO/CMO work, mentoring and speaking. I've mentored 50+ founders through Techstars, UCL and Bayes, and chaired the Cass Entrepreneurs Network for its 3,000 alumni and investors.
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