Born and raised in France Alain Bridoux holds an MBA from ESSEC and a Law degree from Sorbonne. He has spent most of his Business life outside of France for multinationals which included Alcatel, John Brown, Sonoco, Ashland and more recently Sandvik. He held regional positions in Accounting, Tax, Treasury, IT and HR in low and high growth environments and was involved in a variety of acquisitions and divestitures. In his latest overseas job he spent 6 years in China first as CFO Holding and then as CFO for a Joint Venture at Sandvik China. He has just joined Transnations a Cross Cultural Consultancy to advise clients and universities in France and China. Alain has been an ocasional speaker at Finance Conferences in China, Singapore and Malaysia.