Alessandro Di Palo

General Management, Business Development,
Financial Planning, Budgeting, Payments and Credit Runs

Set up the full commercial operation for The New York Times Chinese activities. Liaised with local authorities to find the right formula, incorporated the company, built and manage the staff based in our two branches (Beijing and Shanghai).
Responsible for the full spectrum of financial activities such as costing and budgeting, cash flows, financial analysis, p&l, and bank rapports.
In charge of the commercial development of the company in Apac and Sopac markets/

Set up the company, appointed a Sales Director, supervised merging of the UAE branch within the other offices worldwide.
Acted as commercial manager and secured compliance with DMCC regulation

Set up a network of 7 Marketing and Consulting agencies worldwide.
Business set up, feasibility study, sustainability, funding and financing.
Hired and trained local countries managers and developed effective inter network comemrcial procedures and policies.
Responsible for the aggregate sales resulsts (65Eur Milion at the end of 2011)

Responsible of a line of business generating 12-15 Eur Mio per year comprising of 4 sales persons.
Secured business growth of +10% YoY for 4 straight consecutive years.

Responsible for Generating sales from the assigned field of activities.
Business development, search and selection.