Jacques Briand

Background

About Jacques Briand

SKILLS SUMMARY • Operations Management of an industrial business enterprise. Direct responsibilities included: trade management, export trade management, administrative and financial management, inter-bank relations, and human resources management. • Business buyout and development of a shipbuilding company. Increased sales figures from €3 million to €18 million over 7 years (70% export); organised resale to new shareholders. • Founded an international trade consultancy company specialised in the South East Asian markets. Negotiated trade and contract agreements for the entire exportation process on behalf of French companies: generated €100 million in sales over 10 years. • Export Trade Management covering all aspects of the export process: marketing approach, research and coordination of networks of international agents, contract negotiation, drafted contracts for signature, researched and established export finance, established and monitored payment methods (letter of credit, escrow account), inter-bank relations, relations with “institutional bodies” for export in France and world-wide. • Business Development: General Management of a Development Agency, economic development action, researched and monitored company start-up projects. • Employment sectors: Industrial Equipment, International Trade, Shipbuilding/Shipping, Media. • Geographic experience: Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola), Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait), South East Asia (Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia). Specialties: LANGUAGES French Mother tongue English Fluent Indonesian Fluent Spanish Conversational INTERESTS & OTHERS Interests International and Foreign Policy / Geopolitics Sports Football and Tennis International Lived in Jakarta (Indonesia) for 10 years and travelled South East Asia experience