Anne-Sophie Proutière

Assisting French companies to export to Canada : life sciences & services

Conducted French lead generation campaigns on the life science sector (biotech/pharma/medical devices)

Researched French companies with investment projects in Europe, North America and Asia
Identified and qualified leads. Work involved phone conversations/emails/one to one meetings with CEOs or business development managers

Conducted location benchmarking studies on the life science and ICT sectors
Collected quality and cost data on the critical location factors for attracting Foreign Direct Investments

Worked on a daily basis with clients (investment promotion agencies)

Identification and qualification of investment location projects

Follow up of leads

Developed a contact database of 3.500 innovative companies§

Sold Regional Partner’s 2006 lead generation programs to investment promotion agencies and French local authorities

Progress meetings with clients

Mission: website redevelopment

Benchmarking of competitors’ websites specialised in economic development and attraction of foreign investments

Categorized information (headings and subheadings) for the new architecture of the website

Wrote sections on Toronto region’s industry sectors and economic profile

Follow up with the Web design company

Assessed feasibility of implementing an African institute on business financing
Researched existing training programs on entrepreneurship and business financing in African countries
Identified financial support for the private sector in developing countries

Wrote project report in English and French

Contacted potential partners to propose a strategy to integrate them in the project: Canadian banks, international banks with Senegal branches

Worked with SEA offices in Dakar (Senegal), Edmonton and Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Wrote report on 3 High-Tech markets: Biochips, Microsystems in the telecom industry & Microsystems with applications in the automotive sector.

Collected data from Internet and interviewed experts on Microsystems

Provided strategic recommendations based on market analysis

Researched companies interested in purchasing industrial sites

Collected & analysed information to determine suitable industries for existing sites.

List of suitable investors sold to DML clients.

Led recruiting interviews and managed two information specialists

Improved effectiveness of the DML Access database