Our consultants

Antoni Girod
Managing Partner Halifax Asia

Antoni began his career in high-level sports as an expert in mental preparation and keynote speaker for the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and mental training head coach for David Leadbetter Golf Academy. He has also helped a number of top athletes and professional sport coaches to improve their mental game. Highlights include working with Philippe Presti, head coach for Oracle Team USA and two-time winner of the America’s Cup (2010 and 2013) or Guillaume Néry, freediver and four-time world record holder in dynamic freediving.

Certified NLP Master Teacher, in charge of “Train The Trainer” and  “Train The Coach” Training Programs at the French Institute of NLP from 2000 to 2016, he has developed a unique expertise in the transposition of sport coaching, motivation and mental toughness to management, sales and negotiation.

Antoni is the author of 12 successful books on winning mindset, communication, coaching and management translated into several languages, in particular “Les clés mentales de l’excellence commerciale” 2019 DCF Award Winner of the best book of the year in the Sales and Marketing experience category.

He has been an international senior consultant for Halifax Consulting since 2004 for global clients such as TotalEnergies, Nexans, Axens, Savencia, Moët Henessy Diageo, Bio Mérieux, Dassault Systemes, Safran, Saint Gobain, Hermès, Cartier, Axa, Carmignac, Royal Bank of Scotland, etc…. all the while forging a solid reputation as a highly regarded coach and trainer among sales forces and management teams. Since 2016 Antoni is the Managing Partner of Halifax Consulting Asia.

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Nicolas Clément
Global Head of Negotiation & Chief Growth Officer APAC, Halifax Consulting

Nicolas is an internationally recognized expert, coach, trainer and TEDx Speaker on negotiation.
Formerly Executive Director in charge of Strategic Accounts of a 26,000 employees company in China, he is a former Vice-President of CCI FRANCE CHINE, with over 15 years of Asia presence.
Holder of an ESSEC MSc in Management with a specialization in Decision Analysis and Psychomathematics, Nicolas also holds a Professional Certificate in Strategic Decision & Risk Management from Stanford University earned with the score of 97% in negotiation. He is a Certified NLP Practitioner as well as Certified Negotiation Expert for APM (Association Progrès du Management).
One of the very few worldwide to have been coached personally during 5 years by the late Jim Camp, negotiation coach to the FBI Hostage Rescue teams and author of “Start With No”, he was the first Credentialed Master Team Member of the Camp Negotiation Institute.
Since joining the Halifax ecosystem in 2017, Nicolas has coached Fortune 500 regional CEOs, assisting them in high stakes negotiations, such as recovering millions in one phone call, renegotiating a shareholder agreement in Sweden, helping resolve a trade union crisis in Korea, or coaching the successful acquisition of a majority interest in a $1b+ company in China.
He has also trained globally thousands of participants from over 40 companies ranging from SMEs to Fortune 10 in sales, negotiation, key account management, and leadership. Clients served include ATEQ, SGD Pharma, SODIAAL, Danieli, JCDecaux, Faurecia, Thalès, GE, Axa, or Saint-Gobain.
He is a Visiting Professor in Negotiation at the prestigious China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) Executive MBA in Shanghai, ranked #2 worldwide by the Financial Times.

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