General Manager with 15 years of experience in international business and a strong background in sales, marketing and leadership of cross-cultural teams. Achieved double-digit growth in B2B in chemical and life science industry through setting up digital marketing, empowering direct sales, marketing and service teams and developing distributors in more than 30 countries. Proven hands-on mentality, resilience and creativity while being the first representative of the company in China and setting up a subsidiary in Korea from scratch. Convincing in negotiation, relationship-building and empowering people thanks to a high level of empathy, enthusiasm and leadership while communicating in 5 languages.