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A meticulous, motivated and highly competent and versatile CEO with considerable strategic, sales and marketing skills and extensive experience developing business and markets in the top echelons of the highly competitive retail sector.

A highly versatile proactive leader with a passion to deliver and extensive managerial and financial skills, and the natural ability to identify and capitalize upon opportunities to maximize sales and optimize company profits.

A resourceful, multilingual, results-orientated professional, with strong communication and interpersonal skills and proven ability to surpass targets within deadline, regardless of pressure.


CAREER AND ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE

CEO (July 2004 - Present)
Fargo
London

Responsibilities
- Strategic vision, planning and direction.
- In charge of developing sales and marketing strategy for overseas operations.
- Financial planning and management.
- Analyzing market intelligence relating to consumers, new market and competitors.
- Negotiating at senior level with clients, vendors and suppliers.
- Devising strategy, restructuring and re-engineering markets to optimize sales and performance.
- In overall charge of HR policy and strategy.

Key Achievements
- Developed highly successful strategic business and marketing plans for the market.
- Streamlined and successfully restructured business operations to enhance revenue turnover.
- Ensured success of international sales campaigns via intense planning, marketing & promotions.
- Consistently achieved steady growth in sales, turnover and profits.
- Developed and implemented many successful operational and business strategies to boost sales.
- Successfully repositioned the company locally and internationally as per company goal.
- Personally networked at executive level to forge strong business relations & key partnerships.
- Initiated and secured new client accounts while retaining long-standing clients.
- Successfully identified and interpreted key business opportunities and threats.
- Initiated and maintained a valuable open strategic dialogue with the board.
- Developed & successfully presented a major revitalization/ restructuring plan to all shareholders.
- Developed business strategies to address key issues of domestic, growing & potential markets.
- Spearheaded a comprehensive analysis of the company and its product segments by market.
- Successfully analyzed and streamlined administration company-wide to boost efficiency.
- Counseled and motivated workers to achieve all targets within deadline and budget.
- Continually achieved or surpassed personal targets within deadline.

CEO (2002 - June 2004)
Fusion
Paris

Key Achievements
- Served as CEO of the branch and coordinated all operations with the European group.
- Lead consultant appointed by Secretary of State for Industry to aid administration commissioners.
- Streamlined and restructured the management and organization to improve efficiency.
- Designed a three-year business plan to increase sales growth and achieve revenue objectives.
- Established and expanded the company's presence.
- Key protagonist in successful re-launch and development of new technological investments.
- Optimized inter-company processes to ensure continuous supply of preserved food products.
- Successfully managed all preparatory procedures to help facilitate the company's merger.
- Devised and implemented successful sales, marketing and customer support strategy.


QUALIFICATIONS

Michigan State University (1967 - 1971)
- B.A. degree with major in Economics.


SKILLS

- Extensive senior and board level management skills and experience.
- Extensive consumer sector experience and expertise.
- Strong leadership networking and communication skills.
- Extensive sales and business development skills.
- Excellent strategic, marketing and promotion skills.
- Excellent management, training and motivational skills.
- Expert business and technical knowledge.
- Excellent team building and team leading skills.
- Advanced budget and financial management skills.
- Excellent team building and team leading skills.
- Natural ability and flair to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Highly numerate with strong reporting skills.
- Multilingual: Fluent in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and basic German.
- Strong IT skills: Expertise in numerous office software packages.


KEY COMPETENCIES

- Ability to improve quality and performance via key management strategies.
- Ability to engage at all levels, delegate and motivate teams to deliver.
- Calm leadership in pressurized or sensitive situations.
- Leading by example, making effective decisions even when difficult.
- Devising tailored strategies and implementing detailed action plans.
- Creative thinking and providing innovative solutions.
- Assured risk management and swift problem identification.
- Friendly with a natural capacity to connect and build strong client rapports.
- Highly efficient, pragmatic and results-orientated.