Career Summary: 35 years’ executive experience in Finance, Business Development and General Management with companies including Cadbury Schweppes, United Biscuits and BIC; now manages own consulting business Nikkay Associates LLP, based in the UK, is a Director of start-up Bacchus Wine Closures and helps run Sevenoaks Summer Festival. Fluent French, reasonable Italian and German; in-depth experience of operating in Europe and internationally.
Areas of Expertise:
Identifying and executing market entry, joint venture or acquisition-based growth strategies, including negotiating on behalf of principals.
Managing European corporate real estate projects (sell, buy, lease), leveraging network of individual country corporate realtors, lawyers and other technical specialists.
