Christian SIGUIE
Directeur, LOIRE SWANS
Graduated from AUDENCIA (1983) Higher Business School in NANTES Christian SIGUIE has since then carried out International Business under all possible forms within 16 years of uninterrupted practice:
During 3 years devoted to the export of delicatessen products aimed at the German market he sets up a coherent distribution network and installs a Liaison Office South from SAARBRUCKEN, Germany. That enables him to increase its sales in Germany of +20 % in 3 months, and to double its exports in 3 years. In 1988 he joins the Chamber of Commerce of Nantes, first to advise regional companies about how to develop their exports, later to teach and train future export managers. There he develops a European module meant to open SMEs to new International Co-operation ways and follows up more than 120 export projects for regional CPCI Training Center. Since 1998, he intervenes as a free lance consultant councelling and supporting export operations of regional companies. He specialized on Asiatic markets. Among other operations he co-organized "NANTES FAIR" exhibition, which welcame no less than 25 000 visitors in the town of NIIGATA, Japan. He created his own company in October 2000, named after the river that symbolizes his own region : is quickly bound to the Japanese company MONDEL INTERNATIONAL MDI and to several public and private chinese partners. These commercial alliances enable him to develop new trade activities with Asia. He also develops a new environmental sector around the use of surface water for agricultural purposes, short after he launched the water regulating synthesis humus CYGNES D’EAU. Christian SIGUIE moreover took part to 3 support missions for the economic redevelopment of Kosovo, that he continued on his own. He also launched the multiethnic International Exhibition for Peace (I. E. P.), inaugurated in PRISTINA last March 2003 and conveyed on France, Japan, Kosovo until October 2005.
Foreign Languages and Cultures: Christian SIGUIE speaks English and German fluently. He has good knowledge of Spanish, Japanese and Chinese (Mandarin) languages.
373 contacts2000 - 2008Creation-Administration-Infrastructure;
- Training: international trade and business-oriented English. Seminaries.
- Counseling: 3 x 3~4-month support missions in Kosovo. Achieving micro-projects in partnership with local collectivities and investors. Ensuring long-term water supplies by use of CYGNES D’EAU synthesis humus
and surface water regulator.
- Launching and promoting International Exhibition for Peace (I. E. P.) : PRISTINA-MITROVICA-PRIZREN-KOBE-TOKYO-PARIS-St GILLES CROIX DE VIE (85)-St JEAN DE MONTS(85), with more than 50 Kosovo artists. 15-languages « LEXIC ».
- CHINE WEST and KOSOVO WEST : two major support operations for foreign investments and exports, leading to the creation of "Balkans Codev" Association, promoting economic exchanges between France and the Balkans.
1998 - 2000- Establishing a Base-office in NANTES and liaison-offices in TIANJIN, China, BUDAPEST and SATU MARE, Romania
- "Nantes Fair" Exhibition at NIIGATA, Japan : 25, 000 visitors
- Trading: wines, 2nd hand (used) micro-computers, hand warmers,etc.
1991 - 1997Responsible for 3 training courses from 1991 to 1997
- Training Centre for International Business “CPCI”:
. Controlled and supervised 120 export projects
. Regional operation « ACCEL’EXPORT » launched in Dec. 1995
. European programme, in partnership with italian and irish teams, to motivate small and medium companies into international cooperation
- Marketing Management and Accountancy course :
. A refresher course for 6 x 20 unemployed french executives.
- Trade and Technical Assistants applied course :
. Computer & phone networking course for junior trade assistants.
1988 - 1991- Experience of Individual and Group Trade Missions towards Turkey (1989), Germany (1991) and South-Eastern Asia (1989, 1990, 1991)
- Organization of a mini Agrifood Industry Fair : « Atlantic Meeting for International Trade » with 49 exhibitors
- Representation of CCI NANTES at the French-Japanese Business Club and reception of the japanese KEIDANREN employers’ delegation in 91.
- Reception of various french official intermediaries of foreign trade : Economic Advisers from french Embassies, Director of foreign-established french C.C.I.’s, Consulting Agents…
- Permanently advising exporting companies of NANTES’ region
1985 - 1988• Increasing sales from –22 % in 1984 to +70 % in 1987, from 2 176 KF
(330 K€), in 85 to 4 385 KF (670 K€), at the end of Dec. 88
. Establishing a storage-subsidiary company : ROUGIE-Deutschland, at the german border. Stock value : 154 KF (23 K€), at Oct. 31st 87,
generating a + 30 % sales growth rate within 3 months.
. Rationalization of the german retailing market
. General targeting of swiss and belgian markets