Damien Duhamel

Current

• Board member at Solidiance
• Managing Director Asia Pacific at Solidiance

Past

• Managing Director Asia Pacific at Synovate Business Consulting
• Founder & Manager at Artemis Asia

Education

• The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
• Victoria University
• RMIT University

• Trường Đại học Bách Khoa Hà Nội

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Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• Marketing Strategy Consulting
• Asia innovation consulting
• Follow us on Twitter

Damien Duhamel’s Summary

Corporate strategist with extensive Asia-based management & operational experience.

Manages the long-term strategic planning of the organization. Responsible for multi-country team management, PBIT and revenue growth, geographical expansion, business development, key staff recruitment, business unit strategy and processes.

Speaks English, French, Vietnamese and "Survival" Japanese.

In Asia Pacific for the past 22 years & in Singapore for the past 10.

Damien Duhamel’s Specialties:

Disruptive innovation & Growth strategy Asia,
Asia market entry,
Market research Asia,
China Market sizing,
Asia market feasibility,
Sales & demand forecasting Asia,
Competitive intelligence / strategy Asia,
Benchmarking competitors Asia,
B2B Customers acquisition & loyalty Asia,
Distribution & value-chain optimization Asia,
Partner evaluation & selection Asia,
M&A due diligence Asia,
Marketing & Corporate strategy Asia,
Asia Innovation conference speaker.

Damien Duhamel’s Experience

• Board member

  Solidiance

  (Management Consulting industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

• Managing Director Asia Pacific

  Solidiance

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

  Solidiance is a marketing and innovation strategy consulting firm with focus on growth in Asia Pacific. We are devoted to working side-by-side with our clients to outpace the competition, close gaps in growth and deliver breakthroughs in performance and profitability. Our Asia focus provides our clients with a better understanding of intrinsic regional issues.
  
  We enable our clients to:
  
  * Identify and capitalise on market opportunities
  * Stay ahead of competitors
  * Instill innovation at the core
  
  We are positioned between the traditional management consultants and the externally focused market research firms.
  
  This combination ensures that we present a unique combination of creative and analytical capabilities which in turn ensure that we always provide our clients with practical, implementable recommendations.
  
  Our offices in China, Singapore, Thailand and India enable us to execute hands-on strategy work and to provide a relevant Asia perspective.
  
  Our sectoral focus is on
  
  Asia industrial equipment and material: unlike others, we enjoy studying and helping our clients in the machinery, tools, engines, chemicals, aftermarket, and other engineering products. We help our clients to capture market share in South East Asia, India and China.
  
  Asia Technology: we embrace mobile telecom, digital media, social media, e-commerce, hardware and software and help our clients in Asia to solve complex marketing issues in fast changing markets.
  
  Med-Tech: Our clients deeply appreciate our combined engineering, technology and healthcare domain knowledge. We help our healthcare clients clearly understand Asia hospitals buying patterns and optimize their medical equipment sales.
  
  We are fast growing and we are recruiting ambitious talent in Asia. We have opportunities for experienced consultants from leading management consulting firms and engagement experience in Asia.

• Managing Director Asia Pacific

  Synovate Business Consulting

  (Public Company; Management Consulting industry)

  August 2000 — October 2006 (6 years 3 months)

  Synovate Business Consulting (previously known as Asia Market Intelligence Group) is the Market Intelligence arm of Asia Market Research leader Synovate (Owned by Aegis PLC). Took over unit in 2002. Turned around a poorly-performing unit with 32 staffs and USD 2.2 million of revenue to 106 staffs and USD 9.4m in revenues four years later.
  
  Lead the opening and turnaround of 10 new offices and managed 12 Business Consulting offices across Asia (Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Bangkok, Mumbai, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei) and as well as one the US (Boston).
  
  Responsible for delivering PBIT target, achieving double-digit YOY growth, and the overall Business Unit strategy.
  
  Reported directly to the Asia Pacific Chairman.

• Founder & Manager

  Artemis Asia

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Market Research industry)

  April 1995 — February 2000 (4 years 11 months)

  Artemis Asia, a Vietnam-based boutique market intelligence consultancy
  
  I set up this company in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to help foreign investors to invest in Vietnam in a market where information was scarce.
  
  Managed client-specific research projects, mainly in the area of consumer products, agribusiness, industrial goods, education, chemicals, and infrastructure.
  
  I was responsible for securing new business as well as all aspects of project and office management.
  
  Successfully turned a start-up into a well-established 12 staff consultancy firm with regular MNC clients from Europe and Japan as well as several foreign trade commissions.
  
  Cashed out when I sold the company in December 1999.

Damien Duhamel’s Education

• The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

  MBA , Strategy and finance , 2003 — 2005

  Activities and Societies:

  Set up the now yearly Christmas charity function ("Share option day") at the Singapore Campus on December 2005.

• Victoria University

  BA , Business in International Trade , 1994 — 1995

• RMIT University

  Diploma , Business , 1993 — 1994

  Activities and Societies:

  Elected on the board of the RMIT Student Union to represent overseas students.

• Trường Đại học Bách Khoa Hà Nội

  Certificate of Vietnamese Studies , Vietnanmese Language, History and Culture , 1990 — 1991

  I was the first French student to join the Hanoi University since Vietnam's independence in 1954.
  During nearly 8 months, I stayed at the "University's Capitalist Quarter" and was under the guidance of world-renown SE Asia History Professor Truong Buu Lam.

Additional Information

Damien Duhamel’s Websites:

• Marketing Strategy Consulting
• Asia innovation consulting
• Follow us on Twitter

Damien Duhamel’s Interests:

Innovation: books, blogs and conferences. Innovation conference speaker. Spoke about Innovation in the Automotive Industry at the Asia Automotive Innovation Forum 2007. Spoke about disruptive innovation at the Asian Business Leader Forum in November 2007 Spoke about Investing in Vietnam at the Singapore German Chamber of Commerce in December 2007, at the Singapore British Chamber of Commerce in October 2008 and at the Shanghai European Chamber of Commerce in November 2008. Angel / seeds investor & incubator in start-ups with disruptive business models potential. Lived in: France, Algeria, New Caledonia, Australia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Thailand, and Singapore Keen collector of: -Antique Chinese Peranakan ceramics -Old (<1920) postcards (Singapore and Indochina) Mutual Funds / private equity investments Electronic music and my I-Pod Extreme sports Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) - Mua Thai & Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Damien Duhamel’s Groups:

SCIP - Society for Competitive Intelligence Professionals
CIEE - Hanoi University - Class of 1992
UMP Member and Sarkozy election team support - Singapore

•    InterFrench
•    Renewable Energy Business Network/Clean Economy Network Foundation
•    Worldwide Management Consultants (23,000+ members)
•    The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business - Asia Alumni Group
•    Innovation People Expert Innovators Creative Network
•    Asian Innovator
•    BRICs Business Leaders ( 1500 + members)
•    Strategic Business and Competitive Intelligence Professionals
•    Igniting Innovation
•    Renewable Energy Network
•    Front End of Innovation
•    Land Rover and Jaguar Owners & Enthusiasts
•    CleanTechies Around The World
•    Competitive/Market Intelligence Professionals
•    Green & Sustainability Innovators & Innovation Network
•    STRATEGY Consult
•    RENEWABLES AND ENVIRONMENT
•    Green Building
•    The University of Chicago Innovation Roundtable
•    Construction & Building Materials- Professionals Group
•    Building Green, a Sustainability Group
•    The MMA Network
•    Chicago Booth Alumni and Student Network
•    Marketing Intelligence Professionals
•    U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
•    New Caledonia - Nouvelle Calédonie
•    Solidiance
•    Friends of New Caledonia - Nouvelle Calédonie
•    Indonesia Business Intelligence and Competitor Analysis
•    Singapore Vietnam Investment Group
•    The American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore
•    Asia Construction Materials & Equipment Executives
•    Asia Healthcare Information System Executives
•    China Construction Materials and Equipment Executives

Damien Duhamel’s Honors:

Chicago GSB Award - The Rajnish Merha "Best Turn Around" Award

Published and quoted in the following magazines:

Time Magazine
Singapore Business Review
Business Times Singapore
The Edge
Strategic Marketing
Enterprise Innovation
India Times
Retail Asia
Food Chain Asia Quarterly
Asia Pacific Food Industries Magazine
Competitive Intelligence Magazine
Society for Competitive Intelligence Professionals Newsletter
Cards Now Asia
Thời Báo Kinh Tế Việt Nam
Focus Asia
KM Center
Vietnam Business Forum (Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
Asia Banking and Finance
Asia & Middle East Food Trade
Global Supermarket
Australian Financial Review - Boss
Change Agent
Aegis Globe
The New Paper
Strategic Management Weekly
The Edge Singapore
www.innovationcorner.com
Handelsblatt
Marketing Interactive
Vietnam Economic Times
Logistics Asia

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