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AIT Translation
- Managing Director
2003 - maintenant
- Acquired a very small translation agency in Paris and restructured it
- Focused on Price, Product and People to offer first class quality translations at competitive prices
- Dematerialised most of the operations in order to lower the overheads and optimize the use of new technologies
- Invested in translation and DTP software
- Developed the company's clients portfolio
- Now preparing the next corporate development step through negotiations with potential partners for merger/acquisision
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Global Media Television (US)
- Director, European Development
2001 - 2003
(Global Media TV was founded by Tony Scotti, former owner-CEO of All American Communications, who owned Fremantle International among others)
- established 2 wholly-owned subsidiaries in Europe (London and Paris)
- recruited local staff
- provided support to the US VP Development in Europe
- structured and drafted coproduction agreements
- compiled preproduction budgets
- managed both subsidiaries and liaised with local accounting firms
- reported to the US company
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Manchurian Media
- Director, TV Development
2000 - 2001
Based in Manchester, Manchurian Media was an internet start-up funded by Tiscali.
The company focused on developing large-scale quiz shows across 3 platforms (Internet, Mobile telephony and Television). The Internet bubble burst spelled the death-knell of the company.
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Pearson Television
- Head of Business Affairs, International Production
1998 - 2000
Pearson acquired Fremantle International where I was Head of Business Affairs, International.
Pearson sold its entire TV division to RTL Group in 2000.
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Fremantle International
- Director, Business Affairs
1992 - 1998
- supervised all game show license deals outside North America
- restructured the sales information reporting system to produce an accurate daily sales and production report worldwide
- set up an audit division for all coproduction deals
- generated additional revenues of $6M in 3 years
- set up music subsidiary to collect music royalties for all ongoing productions
- set up system to access and collect cable secondary revenues from compulsory licensing
- set up production subsidiaries in France, Germany, Italy, India and Hong Kong
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EC Television
- Budget Controller
1990 - 1992
ECTV was a subsidiary of Lintas France (InterPublic Group). It was set up to produce a European soap opera for European prime time broadcasting.
Budget: $25M
- set up accounts department and guidelines
- supervised all employment agreements
- reported to US Chief Treasurer and French Lintas MD
- briefed management on CNC regulations
