Webinar "What if my 2021 growth came through exports?"

After a double degree in psychology and an international MBA (ISG Multinational) in the USA and Asia, Nicole, who was born in the Netherlands and is quadrilingual, acquired solid experience in Sales, Export and Marketing Management in France, the USA and Europe. Nicole, a nativeDutch speaker and quadrilingual, acquired solid experience in sales, export and marketing management in France, the USA and Europe, working with ETIs, groups and BtoB SMEs. In 2007, she founded and managed emerod development, an international business development consultancy designed to accelerate growth and performance. As a partner of numerous embassies and networks, she has supported numerous companies in a wide range of sectors: industry, retail, environment, agri-food, consumer goods, automotive, etc.

Acting as outsourced Sales and Marketing Director in France and abroad, she provides operational support with dynamism and a sense of responsibility:

- foreign managers in their development in France (managing and steering BUs, setting up and managing partner networks, etc.) and

- French managers seeking sustainable, high-impact growth, by helping them deal with issues relating to strategy, marketing, sales and management.For companies interested in exporting, we offer personalized, high-quality in-company services, from the idea of exporting to its preparation, through to the management of the project.from the export idea and its preparation, through the feasibility study, to the search for and negotiation with partners in Europe. She is a member of the Collectif des Dirigeants de transition à Impact.

Committed to environmental and social issues, Nicole obtained certification in 2020 to manage circular economy projects, and donates a portion of her sales to the 1% for the Planet association.

With a degree in linguistics, Olga Chevé began her career in Russia, then Australia, before settling in France, where she completed her initial training with a diploma from ESSCA. She opened her consultancy Adekvat to support French companies exporting to Russia, a market she aims to make accessible to as many companies as possible by simplifying procedures at every stage of the process.

Olga is involved in sales development, marketing and project management, acting as coordinator between the French and Russian teams, as well as in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Moldavia. More than 150 projects to date and a network of reliable partners based in the countries concerned.

As excellence in expertise is part of her DNA, Olga Chevé returns to ESSCA's benches in 2018 to diversify into digital. As part of the MS Management Digital program, she is carrying out important research work dedicated to the impact of social networks on the internationalization of SMEs. On this subject, she is writing an academic article to be published by the Colloque du Marketing Digital in September 2019. Based on this research, Olga Chevé helps SMEs develop and implement their international digital strategy.