Corporate strategist with extensive Asia-based management & operational experience.
Manages the long-term strategic planning of the organization.
Responsible for multi-country team management, PBIT and revenue growth,
geographical expansion, business development, key staff recruitment,
business unit strategy and processes.
Speaks English, French, Vietnamese and "Survival" Japanese.
In Asia Pacific for the past 22 years &a...
Corporate strategist with extensive Asia-based management & operational experience.
Manages the long-term strategic planning of the organization.
Responsible for multi-country team management, PBIT and revenue growth,
geographical expansion, business development, key staff recruitment,
business unit strategy and processes.
Speaks English, French, Vietnamese and "Survival" Japanese.
In Asia Pacific for the past 22 years & in Singapore for the past eight.
Currently Managing Director Asia Pacific at KAE.
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Managing Director, KAE
Public, 101-500 employees, Consulting industry(Public Company; 150 employees; Management Consulting industry)
November 2006 – Present (1 year 10 months)
We are a global strategic marketing consultancy that delivers fact-based, strategic marketing advice focused on:
* Customers
* Markets
* Competitors
* Channels
* Suppliers
We enable our clients to:
* Identify and capitalise on market opportunities
* Stay ahead of competitors
* Instill innovation at the core
Taking the best elements from both, we sit between the traditional
management consultants and the externally focused market research
firms.
This combination ensures that we present a unique combination of
creative and analytical capabilities which in turn ensure that we
always provide our clients with practical, implementable
recommendations.
Our offices in Shanghai, Singapore, London and Washington enable us to
execute hands-on strategy work and to provide a global perspective.
Kae was established in 1969 and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
We are fast growing and we are recruiting ambitious talent in Asia.
Managing Director, Synovate Business Consulting
Public, 1001-5000 employees, Marketing / PR / Advertising industry
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
August 2000 – October 2006 (6 years 3 months)
Synovate Business Consulting (previously known as Asia Market Intelligence Group) is the Market Intelligence arm of Asia Market Research leader Synovate (Owned by Aegis PLC). Took over unit in 2002. Turned around a poorly-run unit with 32 staffs and USD2.2 million of revenue to 106 staffs and USD9.4m in revenues four years later.Owner / Partner, Artemis Asia
Private, Sole Proprietor employees, Consulting industryArtemis Asia, a Vietnam-based boutique market intelligence consultancy
I set up this company in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to help foreign
investors to invest in Vietnam in a market where information was
scarce.
Managed client-specific research projects, mainly in the area of
consumer products, agribusiness, industrial goods, education,
chemicals, and infrastructure.
I was responsible for securing new business as well as all aspects of project and office management.
Successfully turned a start-up into a well-established 12 staff
consultancy firm with regular MNC clients from Europe and Japan as well
as several foreign trade commissions.
Cashed out when I sold the company in December 1999.
RMIT, Australia
Associate’s degree, 1993.
Areas of study: Business - International Trade
Activities and societies: Elected on the board of the RMIT Student Union to represent overseas students.
Victoria University , Australia
Bachelor’s degree, 1994.
Areas of study: Business - International Trade
The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Chicago GSB), Illinois, United States
MBA, 2004.
Areas of study: Strategy & Finance
Awards: Chicago GSB Award - The Rajnish Merha "Best Turn Around" Award
Activities and societies: Set up the now yearly Christmas charity function ("Share option day") at the Singapore Campus on December 2005.
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