Rafael is a solo traditional searcher looking to acquire an SME in France. He has 11 years of purchasing, sales, business development, strategy, and general management experience in Manufacturing (Steel, Textile) and FMCG (Personal care, Hygiene) industries, and France, Spain, Morocco, China and Australia.
Over the past 8 years, Rafael has built a track record in managing crisis situations as well as organic growth strategies in privately held medium size companies (€20m to €90m of revenues) both as General Manager and Strategy & Business Development Director.
Rafael is a CFA® Charterholder, he holds an MBA from IESE Business School as well as a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from INSA Lyon and a Project Management Professional PMP ® certification.