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Abelina Ines Buch

German HR and Payroll Expert

Ines is a valuable and insightful co-operation partner and she shares her extensive experience and knowledge on payroll in Germany with her international clients. Ines is a human resource expert since...

Adela Liew

Hong Kong Business Expert

Adela Liew is the head of the Invest Hong Kong UK team. Invest HKs role is to promote the Citys numerous advantages and benefits as an international business location. After spending 10 years working ...

Adriaan Goldberg

Swiss Market Entry Expert

After a long career working with both SME and multi-national organisations, Adriaan decided to go it alone and set up Catenalink. His experience of working virtually all over the world exposed him to ...

Alan Seery

Irish Taxation and Accounting Expert

Alan joined ONeill Foley in December 1999 having previously worked for a number of years for a Big 4 Accountancy Firm in Dublin. He has many years experience in advising clients on tax planning, tax ...

Alexander Scheitza

Cultural Expert

Alexander Scheitza is a graduate psychologist specialising in intercultural communication and international cooperation. His research on intercultural competence and dealing with cultural disparity g...

Allan Gilligan

New Zealand Business and tax Expert

Allan has over 30 years corporate commercial experience assisting both foreign and home grown businesses maximize their potential. Allan is a competent New Zealand Business Expert, specializing in acc...

Alvaro de Mendonca

Portuguese Website and Online Marketing Expert

Alvaro was born in Faro, in 1959. He studied and taught graphic design in Lisbon. Alvaro later became the Author and Art consultant for the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture and the coordi...

Andreas A. Xenophontos

Cyprus Business Expert

Andreas Xenophontos studied Economics and Business Administration in Canada. Andreas qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales whilst training wi...

Andrew Wilson

Healthcare Expert

Andrew has over fifteen years experience in the insurance industry and has spent the last eight years specialising in international health insurance for expats, both on an individual and corporate lev...

Andria Talli

Cypriot Advertsing, Graphic, and Website Expert

Art Director, Andria has gained a vast knowledge on conceptualizing and visualizing the advertising requirements of clients though a BA in Graphic and Advertising Design and her experiences working fo...

Andy Foreman

Canadian Accounting Expert

Andrew Foreman, CA is a partner in Andrews & Company Chartered Accountants. He has over thirty five years of experience in providing assurance, advisory, tax and special services to a wide range of o...

Andy Hawthorne

Pension Transfer Expert

Andy Hawthorne joined the Financial Services Industry in 1983. His career began as a Financial Adviser but quickly progressed into Sales Management. Having worked for several years with major UK Life ...

Andy Moore

Australian Business Expert

Andy Moore is an experienced entrepreneur in both the UK and Australia. He has been involved in many aspects of start-ups, franchising, mergers, acquisitions, flotations and reconstructions. He has he...

Atilio J. Gonzalez

Argentina Business Expert

Atilio has +25 years experience in Finance, Administration and Consulting. Former CFO and board VP of multinational companies in Argentina, he blends a deep knowledge of Western business style with s...

Av. Burcu Orhan

Turkish Business Expert

Av. Burcu Orhan has 10 years of experience, in various areas of law such as company/commercial law and tax law. Burcu has represented various UK individuals and companies in their ventures in Turkey, ...

Barbara Milne

Swiss Relocation and Real Estate Expert

Barbara grew up in Küsnacht on the lake of Zürich, spent five years in the US, and also lived in Japan. In the process, she learned firsthand what it means to move to different countries, to settle in...

Camille Cruz Nogueira

French Accounting Expert

Camille has been helping International entrepreneurs set-up new business within France & the UK for the last 15 years. With an educational & working knowledge of both the French and English systems, C...

Chanakya Bhavsar

Indian Legal Expert

Mr. Bhavsar, is a law graduate from the UK dealing mainly with overseas clients, Mr. Bhavsar has been involved in many cross-border transactions and disputes and has successfully advised overseas indi...

Chris Robinson

Singaporean Cultural Expert

For the past 20 years, Chris has worked in the corporate arena in Asia, South Africa, Europe, and the USA in a variety of senior global Human Resource roles. Chris early career was spent as a brand ma...

Christine Costard

French Company Formation Expert

Christine is the president & founder of Audit Expertise & Services she is also a Certified Public Accountant & auditor. After working for PWC in the US for three years, Christine has gained interna...

Claire Farrugia

Maltese Legal Expert

Claire graduated from the University of Malta with a Bachelors of Commerce with Accounts and Management.She has also developed a vast knowledge in Company Law and is especially familiar with the inter...

Claudia de Oliveira Azevedo

Portugal Business Expert

Claudia has a degree on management and a vast experience in accountancy and finances. She assists clients with the starting up and developing of a Portuguese business, advising on fiscal and financial...

Craig Edmonds

Spanish Website and Online Marketing Expert

Craig Edmonds has vast experience and first hand knowledge of all aspects of starting and running an internet business. He is a highly experienced internet project manager with skills to match rangin...

Danko Sucevic

Croatian Business Expert

Danko started his first company whilst still at college studying computer science in former Yugoslavia. It was a business consulting company which he sold off a few years later. In the beginning of th...

David Ng

Singaporean Website Expert

David had more than 25 years experience assisting companies in Singapore develop an online presence. David also helps companies with SEO friendly solution to achieve favorable website ranking and h...

David Thomas

Canadian Migration Expert

David Thomas acts for a variety of individuals and companies, both in Canada and abroad. He is mostly known for his expertise in the area of Business Immigration, where he combines his experience in b...

Dowson Yun

Hong Kong Immigration Expert

Mr. Dowson Yun, previously an Immigration Officer of the Hong Kong Immigration Department has over 13 years of experience helping companies and people immigrate into Hong Kong. Before working at the H...

Dr. Bader Al- Busaies

Saudi Legal Expert

Dr Bader, presently the managing partner in Al-Suwaiket & Al-Busaies law firm at Al-Khobar, gained his PhD with a major in comparative law from The American University of London and his Bachelor of la...

Ella Cheong

Asian IP Expert

Ella Cheong is one of the pioneers in the field of intellectual property in Asia and, having built a stellar reputation in Hong Kong, she was invited by the Singapore government to establish an intell...

Enrique A. Diaz

Mexican Intellectual Property Expert

Enriqueis a attorney graduate of the Centro Universitario Mexico (Mexico City) specialized in Intellectual and Industrial Property Law by the Universidad Panamericana (Mexico City). He is the head ...

Erik Terpelle

Holland Accounting, Tax and Legal Expert

Erik has more than 20 years experience working for foreign companies in the Netherlands, first as a accountant at Ernst & Young and since 1996 as director of Accinterra. Erik is a registeraccountant, ...

Eva Horner

Online Marketing and Web Development Expert

Eva Horner has been working in web design and front end web development since 2001. As an Art Director she has helped shape businesses online in The Netherlands, UK, USA and Asia Pacific. She has s...

Frank Porter

New Zealand Legal Expert

Frank is a senior partner in the Auckland office of Buddle Findlay, one of New Zealands leading law firms. Frank advises local and foreign commercial entities on a wide range of commercial matters. ...

Geraldine Johns-Putra

China Legal Expert

Geraldine Johns-Putra spent twelve years practising corporate and commercial law in China, the United Kingdom and Australia. She worked with Linklaters in Shanghai and London for four years. She has a...

Gerhard Benneck

German Recruitment Expert

Gerhard is an American national who grew up in Germany and therefore speaks both languages fluently. He has been running a recruitment company in Germany for the past 20 years. As a consequence he has...

Gillian Lewis

Pet Relocation Expert

Gill has grown up with the pet travel industry and heads the business her father started 45 years ago. Airpets now employ over 30 people from kennel staff to import / export pet travel consultants an...

Gloria Garcia

Mexican Market Entry Expert

Ms. Gloria Garcia has had a very dynamic international career, participating in several business projects that involve marketing, business and trade in Latin America, USA, Europe and Asia. As BMTs fou...

Graham Reid

Financial Planning and Pensions Expert

Graham has lived in Belgium since 1969 and he and his associates have a wealth of experience in Pension Planning for expatriates, as well as a more general expertise in doing business successfully in ...

Harold Lawrence

Travel Insurance Expert

Harold has been advising on insurance matters for over forty-five years, and deserves his reputation for a straight forward and highly ethical approach to business. His experience has been gained with...

Heather Landau

Company Formation Expert

Heather has developed a wealth of experience in the company formation industry. Heather has assisted hundreds of businesses from a diverse range of industries throughout UK and Europe set up a company...

Helena Storm

Israeli Business Expert

Helena has gained years of experience and understanding in all aspects of accounting, auditing and taxation of companies in both Israeli and Russian business environments. She studied Economics in Rus...

Hiroki Hoshino

Japanese Corporate Legal Expert

Hiroki Hoshino is the Managing Director of the Tokyo, Japan based Hoshino Godo Office. He is a licensed "shihoshoshi lawyer" and has substantial experience in a wide range of Japanese corporate legal...

Howard Meikle

Foreign Exchange Expert

Howard Meikle has worked in the foreign exchange markets for 10 years and has provided a foreign exchange service to thousands of clients. His success has been mainly based on referrals and ongoing tr...

Ilan Kalo

Holland Business Expert

Mr Kalo has been assisting foreign companies and entrepreneurs with entering and setting up business within the Netherlands for many years. Over this time Mr. Kalo has assisted a diverse range of indi...

Indra Musiol

German PR and Marketing Expert

Indra has 15 years experience in the communication business. She is founder and managing partner of public link, a Berlin-based agency specializing in PR and marketing for foreign companies launching ...

Inga Kilikeviciene

Portuguese Business & Legal Expert

Inga has built up a wealth of international legal experience from her years working in a law firm in Lisbon preceded by many years of legal counselling to a commercial bank and management of SMEs. ...

Isabelle Demangeat

French Cultural Expert

Isabelle is a French intercultural consultant with extensive experience in cross-cultural processes and development. Isabelles areas of specialisation are transnational teambuilding and organisatio...

James Graziano

North American Marketing Expert

James Graziano has over 25 years experience in strategic planning, business development, marketing and sales with manufacturing, industrial, engineering, public sector, and technology firms and servic...

Jane Sim

Currency Expert

For the past 10 years, Jane has been helping companies and individuals to properly manage their foreign exchange exposure; allowing them to achieve great savings as well as invaluable guidance to mana...

Jean-Charles Veranneman de Watervliet

Brazilian Market Entry Expert

Being half Belgian, half Brazilian and with an MBA from Regents College in London, Jean-Charles knows the cultural differences of doing business in Europe and in Brazil. Before dedicating his time tow...

Jeff Hintze

Outsourcing Expert

Jeff has over a decade of experience working in the outsourcing industry from both sides of the ocean. He started his career as a business process consultant for a major consulting company based in th...

Julie Crombie

South African Financial Expert

Julie has been in the Financial Services industry, in the UK for eleven years before deVere and Partners asked her to join the office in Johannesburg to share her expertise in pension transfers and fi...

Karin Klempp Franco, LL.M.

Brazillian Intellectual Property Expert

Ms. Klempp has been working with intellectual property transactions for over 14 years and has a deep knowledge of intellectual property and international commercial law. In Europe, she worked for ...

Karl Diacono

Maltese Business Expert

Karl read Management Studies at Anglia University and has over 20 years of management experience and sits on various boards both in Malta and abroad. Karl can advise on most matters of setting up ...

Kazuhiko Chiba

Japanese Accounting and Taxation Expert

After working at Arthur Andersen and KPMG as an auditor, Kazuhiko started an accounting outsourcing business. He became independent by establishing his own firm, AP Outsourcing Ltd., which became a...

Kentaro Fujii

Japanese Emigration and Incorporation Expert

Kentaro, an attorney or Gyoseishoshi Lawer, has extensive experience in business-based immigration, including filing Investor/Business Manager visa with incorporation of business. Kentaro has dealt wi...

Kevin Andrews

French Website and Online Marketing Expert

Kevin Andrews is a website designer and internet marketing expert who has lived in France for the last five years. His back ground in the UK was in internet application development, internet marke...

Konstantin Mauer

Russian Accounting Expert

Konstantin Mauer has been active in the financial field since 1985 and is the founder of the consulting group Mauer. Mr. Mauer possesses considerable practical experience in financial consulting. He ...

Kristinn Haflioason

Iceland Business Expert

Kristinn has been helping foreign businesses trade and establish a presence within Iceland for the last three years. As a member of the Invest in Iceland team, Kristinn is here to help and advise with...

Kwan Kin Sum

Malaysian Business Expert

Kwan Kin Sum is a Partner in a Corporate Division of Skrine law firm. He commenced his practice in civil and commercial litigation as an advocate and solicitor. Kin Sum is now part of the team of law...

Labeed Abdal

Kuwait Business Expert

Labeed has been assisting international companies to enter the Kuwaiti market since 1992. the law office of Labeed Abdul are proud to be listed in the Doing Business project in the World Bank, where t...

Laura Mancini-Chan

Chinese Cultural Expert

Laura Mancini-Chans experiences studying and working in the USA, China, Thailand, Germany and the UK have given her a deep understanding of the issues that expatriates face when relocating and the cha...

Liang Cheng Jean

Malaysian Business Expert

Liang Cheng Jean is a Senior Associate in the Corporate Division of Skrine law firm. Her practice areas include Acquisitions, Mergers & Takeovers, Foreign Investments, Hospitality & Hotel, Joint Ventu...

Liudmila Sheremeteva

Russian Cultural Expert

Dr. Liudmila Sheremeteva, a consultant to Coghill & Beery, advises on emerging market investment projects, as well as the cultural issues that impact doing business globally how to build trust and c...

Manoj Pillai

Indian IP and Patent Expert

Manoj Pillai is a founder partner of LEX ORBIS IP Practice and also the Director of Clairvolex, a Knowledge Processes Outsourcing Company that renders global legal and patent services. Manoj has al...

Maria Jicheva

Bulgarian Cultural Expert

Maria Jicheva is an intercultural communication and management specialist with a background in business, languages and learning. She has extensive experience in coaching individuals and teams with cro...

Marta Kasperska

Polish Business Development Expert

Marta holds an MA degree in Finance and Banking and derives her professional experience from working with American and British service and advisory organisations. Building on her professional exper...

Martin Moloney

Irish Legal Expert

Martin Moloney is a property, commercial and IP lawyer with over 14 years experience. During the course of his employment he has worked in small and medium size firms and also has worked in one the bi...

Menno Robert

European Distribution & Sales Expert

Menno has been assisting manufacturers and service providers sell their products/services in the European market for 25 years. Menno specialises in identifying, contacting and managing European bus...

Mohamed Fathalla

Egyptian Business Expert

Mohamed Fathalla , CPA is the managing partner in Fathalla & Co . Mohamed has over fifteen years of experience in providing tax , accounting, audit and management services to both local and interna...

Ms. Asma Bashir

Global Immigration Expert

Asma Bashir has specialist experience in global immigration with over 15 years experience in this field. Asma has provided such specialist advice to businesses establishing themselves in Europe, Afri...

Natasha Stewart

Thailand Business Expert

Natasha Stewart is a Thai CPA with a BBA, majoring accounting, an MBA, and a law degree. She has been assisting foreign businesses enter and set up a business within Thailand for more than 14 years. S...

Neil Montgomery

Brazilian Business Expert

Neil Montgomery is a dual national (British/Brazilian) and has worked in both the City of London and Sao Paulo. Neil is also a speaker at many events and seminars in Brazil and overseas and is a forme...

Nick Bottomley

European Marketing Expert

Nick Bottomley is an advertising and marketing expert. A long career in major London advertising agencies including Saatchi & Saatchi, DMB&B, Everetts and Chetwynds is the bedrock to providing marketi...

Nikola Stojanov

Market Entry Expert

For the last 5 years Nikola has works as a manager for the Lotse company. In this period he made more than 80 projects helping companies from Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, UK, ...

Oliver Heldt

Mexican Logistics and Business Development Expert

For more than 14 years Oliver has been living and working in Mexico, assisting foreign companies enter, import and sell their products to the Mexican market.

Onur Birsen

Turkish Website and Online Marketing Expert

Onur Birsen, search engine optimization and website expert, has successfully implemented and managed over 300 website projects for clients across the world. He is a high level expert in organic search...

Paul Jeffery

Pet Relocation Expert

Paul Jeffery joined Transfur in 2005, bringing over 20 years of logistics experience with him. He is the Operations Manager who oversees all pet transfers, with a fine tooth comb, to enable the pet ow...

Philipp Hellings

French Accountancy Expert

Philipp is an experience Chartered Accountant based in France. He has endless experience in International Groups and has contributed to the setup of their French subsidiaries. He is fluent in French, ...

Philippe Tremblay

Canadian Business Immigration Expert

Displaying over 12 years of experience as an immigration lawyer, Philippe has established himself as one of the most respected professionals in the field of Business Immigration and International Mobi...

Rafael Gimenez

Mexican Business Law Expert

Rafael specializes in different areas of business law such as foreign investments, company formation of foreign businesses, joint ventures, corporation restructures, legal business shields, franchisin...

Reuben Mifsud

Maltese Accounting Expert

Reuben has serviced a diverse portfolio of international clients in Malta. Reuben is a Certified Public Accountant and has 20 years of experience in accountancy, VAT and Tax compliance. Reuben has...

Rob Webb

Pension transfer Expert

Rob is a lawyer by training and a fully qualified independent financial adviser who has been providing pensions and retirement advice for over 20 years. Rob was appointed a director of Fraser Macki...

Rolando Stein

Brazillian Cultural Expert

Rolando Stein is a specialist in Latin American countries, focusing on Brazil and Chile. A native of Chile, he has lived and worked in 12 countries. He brings this first-hand international living and...

Romain Guizard

Paris Business Expert

Romain Guizard joined Paris Region Economic Development Agency in 2006. As a Financial Services Director, he is responsible for providing assistance to non French companies wishing to develop business...

Roman Kotlarzewski

Germany Company Formation Expert

After qualifying as an English Chartered Accountant Roman has accumulated over 25 years of extensive experience and understanding of both the German and UK accounting and business environments. Roman ...

Scott Aldsworth

International Business Expert

Scott Aldsworth is a Vice President at international business services firm High Street Partners. He has over 20 years of experience supporting the operational growth of both expansion stage and middl...

Sheila Mullen

Irish Accounting and Taxation Expert

Sheila, originally from Lanesboro qualified with a B.A. (Hons) degree in Hotel & Catering Management from the Galway, Mayo Institute of Technology and gained extensive experience in the hotel industry...

Simon Bourge

Pension Transfer Expert

Simon read law at Cambridge and qualified as a barrister.In 1998 he moved to Guernsey to establish the Bourse Group, now one of the leading independent fiduciary companies in the Channel Islands. ...

Sreemathi Ramnath

Indian Cultural Expert

Sreemathi Ramnath, a consultant with Coghill & Beery, is a native of Chennai, India. She has over 20 years experience in the field of education and training.

Steven De Schrijver

Belgium Legal Expert

Steven has been working in Belgian business law for 20 years, specialising in assisting foreign businesses setup and do businesss in Belgium. Stevens practice concentrates on company formation, mer...

Suboor Bakht

Financial Outsourcing Expert

Suboor holds a degree in Business Management from a reputed institute in India and he has an extensive experience in business outsourcing and strategic business management. He runs a mature set up in ...

Thomas Boller Dr,

Austrian Business Expert

Thomas Ravensdale

Eastern European Accounting Expert

A British national and a qualified chartered accountant,Tom began his career working in major audit firms - PWC and KPMG. Throughout the nineties he gained valuable commercial experience in London wor...

Thomas Wagner

Mexican Company Formation Expert

Thomas gained more than 10 years of experience on the Mexican market in positions as director for multinational companies with a specialty in the area of finance, controlling, material management and ...

Tomas Haagen Jensen

Danish Business Expert

Tomas is head of Corporate / M&A and is especially experienced within foreign business,mergers & acquisitions and securities law.

Ulrich Schlewing, Dr. MBA

German Legal Expert

After studies of law in Tubingen, Hamburg and Bonn, Ulrich gained experiences in economic law as a lawyer within a German enterprise in a leading position by activites in Germany, France and Great Bri...