Julian Kulkarni is the easyFairs Group’s Chief Marketing Officer, advising the easyFairs Group in his capacity as Managing Director of Market Execution SPRL. He is responsible for the group’s marketing, communication, operations, sales processes and training.

Kulkarni has a track record of setting up successful businesses and helping others to establish themselves and grow in Europe.

He was previously head of Marketing at FreeMarkets (now Ariba) from April 2002 and during his tenure doubled the company's European customer
base and local revenue each year.

In 2000 Kulkarni co-founded JobPartners, an HR and recruitment applications service provider (ASP) where he was Group Marketing Director. Earlier Kulkarni spent four years as a European Marketing Manager with leading software vendor SAS, where he led European marketing activity in areas such as customer intelligence and financial reporting.

Kulkarni has degrees in European Business Administration from Middlesex University, UK and in European Management from Reims Management School, France.