Jim Turley is Managing Director and Global head of sales for Deutsche Bank.   Deutsche Bank is a leading global investment bank with a strong and profitable private clients franchise, doing business in 79 countries with 78,000 employees.  A leader in Germany and Europe, the bank is continuously growing in North America, Asia, and key emerging markets.  Prior to assuming his current role, Jim held the position of Global Head of Currencies and Commodities from 2001 - 2006.

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Paolo Ceci is the CEO of My One Hotel.  In 1990 he start working in the family company (as developer and project manager) and for the first years he followed the real estate branch to develop several projects in Italy and France.  Now as the CEO of My One Hotel, his attention is more on development and managing Dubai projects.

Paolo has a background in cycling, and has competed in the Tronday Oslo (540 km).  As a triathlete, he has competed in 8 Ironman Events: Nice, Klagenfurt, Frankfurt, and Zurich.

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Vinnie Duncan is co-owner, with husband Andrew, of Duncan & Co Ltd, (DCL) a Venison Marketing and Exporting Company based in Auckland, New Zealand. A home based business, established in 1989, DCL is the largest exporter of Farmed Venison to the USA, with an annual turnover of USD 32 million, and 45 employees. Vinnie's experience is primarily in sales and operations, although she is currently taking a break from day to day involvement as she recovers from aggressive breast cancer.

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Andrew Duncan is CEO and Co-Owner, with his wife Vinnie, of Duncan & Co Ltd, (DCL) a Venison Marketing and Exporting Company based in Auckland, New Zealand. Established in 1989, DCL is the largest exporter of Venison to the USA, with Europe being the other major market for DUNCAN Venison.

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Luis Alvarez is the CEO of Mecanismos Automatrices, a company that has existed for almost 55 years. Mecanismos Automatrices manufactures fuel tanks for brands such as Freightliner, International, Volvo, Mercedez Benz, Irisar. Luis came from a background of sales, and although he love sales, he is involved in the planning, managing, and in general, in all the areas within the company. They are in the process of growing and signing a co-investment with an important European company and building up a new plant in the northern part of Mexico.

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Stefan Fischer is a Member of the Board at NewLab BioQuality AG, a service provider of quality control analysis for biopharmaceutical drugs. The broad-based technologies as well as the company’s commitment to customer satisfaction has demonstrated to many clients that NewLab is a reliable partner for the biopharmaceutical industry. The services are internationally recognised, are GLP or GMP-compliant, and satisfy the regulatory authorities worldwide. Stefan has been with NewLab since 2001, and is responsible for finance and administration.

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Preston Miller has been in Marketing, Corporate Development, and Acquisitions for over 30 years, and just recently retired (November 2007. ) For the past twenty years, he bought companies, operated and grew them for several years, and sold them. He also served 6 1/2 years as an Army officer after graduating from West Point in 1968 and spent a year in Vietnam and two years in Iran.

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Cathal founded Window Warehouse Ireland in 2000, and the company grew from humble beginnings with a turnover of three quarters of a million and a staff of 2 to today where they employ over 50 people and have a turnover of 6 million euro.  Cathal is a hands on director who loves a challenge and is continuously trying to grow the company.

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