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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