Global Strategic Advisor | Venture Investment | Private-Public Equity + Capital Fund(raising) | Innovation Cluster Development | ESG & Impact Investing + Venture Philanthropy | Investment Banking + Corporate Finance (M&A) Georges brings +30 years of global experience in Corporate Finance, combining Board-level & Management Consulting with Advisory Services in Private Equity & Venture Capital (Investment, Capital Raising, Innovation Funding) including international Investment Banking (cross-border M&A, Strategic Partnering/Alliances) in the Advanced Technologies sectors of InfoTech, LS & HealthTech + NBIC. A consummate Corporate Advisor with global experience at Founder, CEO, and Managing Director levels both in industrial innovation and strategic management consulting of high-growth enterprises. Provides first-in-class strategic Advisory Services (Corporate Finance & Capital Raising) to international clients ranging from Family businesses to Multinational Corporations and Governments, from Start-Ups to Private Equity & Public-Private Partnerships, to Foundations and Philanthropies.Specialties: ¤ Expertise in international enterprise transactions in InfoTech, Life Sciences, Bio & HealthTech (NBIC) Technologies and Innovation Services in America, Europe, Israel, AsiaPac¤ Shared value,customer-centric, focused on global business development, capital raising, strategic partnering, and mastering the negotiation process until the closing transaction ¤ First class relationship builder/enhancer with end-to-end experience across C-Suite business life-cycle - Canadian & European national, multi-lingual, multi-cultural, having resided and operated in diverse markets/countries in EMEA, Can-US, Asia. ¤ Advises globally Boards of Social Enterprises, Foundations, Non-profits and Philanthropies¤ Supports Gov'ts & local authorities, corporations, financial institutions, and leading entrepreneurs by Enabling Local Cluster Development on the deployment of their funding strategies in their fields of global innovation and social impact