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Amersham, England, United Kingdom

Trieste Area, Italy

Design and manufacture of wireless fire detection and alarm products

Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Manufacturer of fire detection and alarm products for commercial and industrial applications with sales offices in the UK, US, China, Germany, UAE, India and Singapore and production plants in the UK, US and China

Venice Area, Italy

• General Manager for an Italian company specialized in the production and sales of paints and varnishes for the building industry with 9 Commercial and Production operations in Italy, Bosnia, Slovakia, Poland and Norway.
• Acquisition of Eurocolori, a company manufacturing colouring pastes for architectural coatings and developing digital solutions for tinting systems.

Valence, France

• Build-Up and Management of a newly created division, gathering all sales and operations within Continental Europe
• Alignment of European-wide commercial strategies and sales organizations to shift towards organic growth
• Rationalization & simplification of the product lines and brands

Middelfart, Denmark

• Management of sales and operations for the wood fastening business in Europe and the associated divisional P&L
• Simplification of a fragmented structure into a European functional organization
• Restructuring of the manufacturing footprint to reduce cost and increase productivity
• Divestiture of non-core activities, focus and alignment of product and commercial strategies throughout Europe

Padova, Italy

• Management of all sales countries/units in Western and Eastern Europe and of the European Marketing team
• Acquisition of the company Bravoll in the Czech Republic, specialized in fixing solutions for external wall insulation

Copenhagen, Denmark

• Management of 7 business units in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Estonia
• Simplification and alignment of our go-to-market strategies in the Nordic area

Melbourne, Australia

• Management of the Ramset business in Australia, with the successive additions of the Reid business in Australia following an acquisition, and later on of the New-Zealand businesses
• Acquisition of the company Modfix, specialized in plastic concrete accessories
• As an interim role following a management vacancy, managed the sales subsidiary in Hong Kong for one year
• Opening of a new sales subsidiary in the Emirates

Padova, Italy

• Management of the company P&L and functional departments
• Acquisition of an injection-molding company and creation of a distinct business unit focused on plastic anchors and accessories
• As a side project, created and managed a European Marketing Team to gather better market insight and ideate & align European growth strategies

Padova, Italy

• Management of two manufacturing plants in Italy with 40 people
• Redefinition of the manufacturing organization, definition and implementation of an investment plan to increase manufacturing capacity, in-line and automate the packaging and improve the efficiency of the production.

Torino & Padova, Italy

• Management of all marketing activities in Italy, as well as the management of a marketing team covering product management, communication and sales support
• In the earlier part of the role, radically redefined the commercial strategy and took an active part in the restructuring of the company
• In the latter part of the role, took part in the acquisition of the company Elematic in Padova, and consequently managed the integration of the newly-acquired business, with in particular the redefinition of the sales.

Valence, France

• Market studies, definition and launch of new products
• Marketing, commercial and technical support to the sales organizations in Europe

Rochefort, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Military Service in the French Navy as English Teacher for trainee pilots in the Navy Air Force

Business School Graduate

Master Of Social Sciences