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Specialist in market entry, sales tactics, sales stimulation, partner motivation, channel harmony and the execution of top tier placements.Experience gained in CPG industry specifically audio products and headphones until 2019, the last few years I have been involved in the emerging legal cannabis market in Europe working for two of the biggest brands in the industry managing strategy to access a complex network of over 2000 resellers. At Davinci I worked alongside the C-Suite prior to their acquisition by Greenlane Holdings LLC (GNLN), the first cannabis company in history to list on the Nasdaq. Products placed in a huge number of doors from independents and industry specialists to a who's who list of the biggest retailers in the world including multi continent Amazon, Walmart, Costco, Tesco, Auchan, Metro AG, Carrefour, El Corte Ingles, JD.com, FNAC, Zalando, Media Markt, Rakuten, Tmall. Partnership experience including multiple concession projects in Harrods London and product placements in Selfridges London, John Lewis London, KaDeWe Berlin, Collette Paris, De Bijenkorf Amsterdam, 10 Corso Como Milan, K11 Shanghai, Dover Street Market Tokyo, Lane Crawford Hong Kong and David Jones Melbourne.Brands represented among the most highly regarded in the world. During explosive growth in the personal audio industry managed projects with some of the biggest artists in the world including Avicii, Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold and Radiohead as well as brand collaborations with companies such as Leica Camera, Louis Vuitton, A Bathing Ape, Ermenegildo Zegna and Zero Halliburton.During the last 20 years, starting out as an employee but for the most an independent consultant I have been involved in sales development for some incredible brands, all of whom have been subject to high profile acquisitions or mergers:#Richer Sounds #Cambridge Audio #Audio Partnership #Tannoy #TC Electronic #Behringer (Now Music Tribe)#Line 6 #Yamaha #Beats by Dre #Apple #Numark #ION #Akai #Alesis #Denon #Marantz #V-MODA #Roland #Master & Dynamic #Thirty Five Ventures#Davinci Vaporizer #Greenlane Holdings LLC#Dynavap - Inc5000 and growing fast