I am Canadian by birth and North African by adoption. Improbable, I know. I wanted to become a History professor, and then a diplomat, but I ended owning two marketing and communications agencies... thousands of kilometers from my birthplace. Life has a way of sneaking up on you sometimes.I have co-founded a leading marketing and communications consulting agency now covering North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia). From a two-person startup, I have gradually built a 40+ integrated marketing & communications consultancy with a strong reputation for delivering consistent quality in difficult markets. I have also piloted our affiliation with TBWA Worldwide (Omnicom), and am now trusted with supervising North Africa on behalf of the collective. My most recent challenge (Sept 2019) is purchasing a majority stake in our Casablanca-based agency and "re-founding" it.I have acquired significant experience in business development and project management, mainly in the marketing, advertising, PR, brand planning, digital strategy, crisis communications and events spaces. I have also trained and lectured on these topics, in both public and private settings. Finally, I have learnt a thing or two about leading diverse teams in challenging cultural and economic environments.I am passionate about management theory and practice, always trying to become a better manager and human being, while driving ambitious business goals. I am trained as a corporate coach, even though I did not complete the certification process.Originally from Montréal, Canada, I have lived, studied and worked in 8 countries on 3 continents: Canada, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Ivory Coast, Ukraine, Algeria and Morocco. I have traveled to over 30 countries so far. I am fluent in French and English, with near-fluent Italian and very good Spanish. I also manage pretty well in North African Arabic.I am curious about everything, but my passions are my children, reading (see my reading list here: http://bit.ly/3UHmc5b), history (Ancient Rome, WWII, Italian Renaissance) and international relations.