Jared Richardson is a Design leader with over 25 years of brand, design, innovation, strategy and business experience. He is currently the Global Head of Design for Colgate-Palmolive and is responsible for driving the organization to becoming a design-integrated company. He leads the Global Design team, who are responsible for brand and experience design across all business categories and in all Divisions. Before joining Colgate-Palmolive Jared co-founded The Velo Group, as Chief Creative Officer. He tackled diverse growth challenges for companies like Shake Shack, Subway, Audible and Google. Prior to this he was Executive Creative Director at Fahrenheit 212 where he obsessed about better-for-the-planet packaging and future delivery systems for Coca-Cola. Jared has taught Strategy & Innovation at the School of Visual Arts' IxD (Interaction Experience Design) program. Jared grew up in Auckland, NZ, and graduated from the Auckland Institute of Technology with a degree in Graphic Design.