Meet the Team
Think Global Forum Team
Simon Hodgkins
Founder
Simon is the Founder of the Think Global Forum. He is the Chief Marketing Officer at Vistatec, a leading global content solutions provider, HQ in Europe with operations worldwide. Simon is also the Founder of the Think Global Awards and Editor in Chief for VTQ magazine. In addition, Simon is the Founder and Host of VistaTalks, a leading podcast featuring interesting discussions with interesting people from around the world.
María Roa
Communications Director
María has a double degree in Marketing & PR and Business Administration with a major in Marketing from Richmond The International University in London. She has 17 years of experience in Marketing and Events. As Communications Director, María manages all global in-person and virtual events as well as Think Global Forum PR activities.
Teresa Lawless
Development Director - Life Sciences
Teresa has over 20 years of experience in helping to drive localization best practices across different industries, bringing a wealth of commercial experience to the team. Driven by helping clients review how they are currently managing global content, and by helping to introduce change and solutions for greater efficiencies in the localization process, Teresa is focused on delivering successful client outcomes.
Michael J. Asquith
Global Awareness Director
Michael is an established thought-leader in the localization industry with experience in transglobal and cross-cultural work environments working in high-level management positions at Asia-based LSP’s over the last decade. He has contributed to the architecture of sophisticated and impactful “Localization Programs” for many successful global brands.
Aoife Murphy
Managing Director
Aoife supports a portfolio of world-leading organisations with their global revenue objectives, collaborating with multi-disciplinary leaders to achieve product and brand deployment success internationally. Aoife has been instrumental in the expansion of Think Global Forum thought leadership initiative across Europe.
Dominika D’Agostino
Global Awareness Director
With over 12 years of experience in localization, project management, and sales, Dominika has direct experience in building deeper relationships with customers while supporting delivery teams to drive revenue growth across multiple geographies and service lines. Based in the Greater Detroit area, Dominika is passionate about promoting customer success through innovative solutions and services.