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