Eric Nordin is a strategic advisor and equity investor with over 20 years of experience primarily with Bain & Company, where he was a leader in the Private Equity, Technology & Telecommunication, and Finance Services Practice Groups , and Aflac, a Fortune-200 insurance company, where he helped lead a strategic transformation following the 2008 financial crisis. Eric currently serves as a Partner of Helix International, a Europe-based strategic advisory firm with offices in the US, Africa and Asia. Prior to Bain, Eric worked as an electrical engineer in various R&D positions for technology companies such as IBM and Cisco Systems and started a technology consulting business in Tokyo in 1988. He earned an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD in 1993. and founded Nordin & Associates in 1997 primarily as a private equity investment vehicle. Eric has lived and worked in North America, Europe and Asia. He is particularly effective in the US, Japan and China. He is an expert in strategy, M & A, transformation, divestiture, market entry, growth, R & D, sales & marketing, retention, financial services, tech & telecom, retail & consumer products and all aspects of private equity investment.