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Alain Thys

Hoornzeelstraat 55

B-3080 Tervuren (Belgium)

GSM: +32 497 403 415

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About Alain: 20 years of milestones

  • as director of the Reebok and Rockport retail businesses Alain successfully generated double-digit growth and ran retail development for over a hundred full-price & outlet locations from Killarney to Kazachstan, heading up ca. 800 staff.  In the process he helped to transform the brand's approach to apparel merchandising.

  • as marketeer he has driven almost € 100 million of marketing funds in Europe and North America for brands like Leisureplanet, Mexx and Reebok.  In 2002 he managed the world-wide re-branding of Fortis Investments.

  • as corporate financier he has had “hands-on” involvement in 30+ start-ups and pre-start ups at a private merchant bank as well as an Irish-Benelux incubator

  • he has (co)-driven the channel strategy & retail development for Terre Bleue, Veritas and the luxury cosmetics brand Z.Bigatti (Belgium & UK). 

  • he has learned the dot-com & IT realities at the now defunct LVMH/Time Warner financed Leisureplanet, as well as Belgium internet publisher AdValvas media.  As project leader for ISPAtrust, Alain is a leading expert digital identity management.

  • as founder of the Mexx College and today as advisor to Management Centre Europe, Alain has been involved in people development projects on three continents.

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