I SEEK OUT OPPORTUNITIES to develop young, fast-growing businesses: I understand how to deal with the GROWING PAINS positively and create STABILITY. I am a multilingual businessman (fluent French & German) with strong company start-up and development skills acquired over decades in driven, entrepreneurial, technology business environments around the world. Trained mentor, Performance Coach and NLP Practitioner. Recent major project: (re)structuring of internet shopping website in USA, yielding major profitability improvement.Goals:- Have fun by getting most positive results from talented young entrepreneurs- Promote highest standards of ethics and positive, inclusive behaviours in companies- Nurture/build young enterprises into valuable, sustainable companies- Provide cash/board-level grey hair/hands-on hard work to evolve business- Prepare companies for liquidity eventSpecialties: Company Building: International biz dev; leadership and revenue growth of sales teams in Europe, Asia and USA; identifying, attracting exceptional performers at all levels; retention and development of outstanding contributors and upgrading under-performers; transformation of under-performing organisations; establishing and driving major partnering initiatives; negotiations of large contracts in English, French and German; integration of acquisitions; robust improvement of financial performance/profitability.