EXPERIENCE

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. THE NORDIC TREEHOUSE EDUCATIONAL GROUP. SUZHOU, CHINA ／ OCTOBER 2014-PRESENT

The Nordic Treehouse Educational Group specialises in providing premium services to a wide range of market sectors; from early years education to dance and corporate training. Apart from running the main areas of the company -Business Development, Research and Development and Product Development . I also assist the Didactic department.

SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER & CO-FOUNDER.

HEDONIST LIVING LTD., SUZHOU, CHINA

MARCH 2015-PRESENT

Co-Founded Hedonist Living , a company which specialises in high-end entertainment and product development. To date the company has forged strategic alliances with partners in the F&D and Entertainment industries in Suzhou and Shanghai, as well as launched its own brand of cigars which is already commercialising in the Asian market.

CO-FOUNDER. SPHERE TRADING LTD., SUZHOU, CHINA

JUNE 2014-DECEMBER 2015

Founded Sphere Trading Co., a trading company which specialises in international trade with Central America and Europe. The company mainly worked with optical products in the medical field, sourcing its products in mainland China and exporting them mainly to Honduras, US and Italy

GUSTAVO AREVALO S CRIFF IGNANO

MARKETING & DIDACTIC MANAGER, BRITISH INSTITUTES FERRARA, ITALY

SEPT 2012-DEC 2013

As Head of the Marketing Team, I helped revitalise the company’s revenue by changing the advertising and promotional approach, particularly with regards to corporate clients. As a Didactic Manager, I created and taught a number of one to one courses designed to meet each student's needs. I ran the school's teacher training programme, and coached other teachers on a weekly basis.

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT. CRITICA DE LA ARGENTINA (SPANISH) AND THE BUENOS AIRES HERALD (ENGLISH)

AUG 2010-AUG 2012

I wrote articles both in English and in Spanish for major national newspapers in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I covered articles of General Interest, Finance and Culture.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. BUILDING BRIDGES, LTD. LONDON, U.K. 

 AUG 2010-AUG 2012

I managed a sales team in order to develop business in London and in Italy. Importexport based trade, mainly regarding food products. The main area of business was B2B, although I helped develop the company on-line store with a view at tapping onto the B2C market.

HEAD TEACHER. INTER CULTURAL LANGUAGE CENTRE. MENDOZA, ARGENTINA ／  NOV 2009-JULY 2010

I was in charge of devising the syllabus, as well as managing a small group of teachers with focus on Business English and conversation courses. Other responsibilities included liaising with corporate clients.

LECTURER. UNIVERSIDAD NATIONAL DE CUYO. MENDOZA, ARGENTINA

MAR 2004-DEC 2009

I was in charge of preparing and teaching lessons designed to complement the main syllabus in two core subjects: English Phonetics and Phonology and English Literature. I also contributed to the design of the syllabus and taught in the EFL departmen t.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSIDAD DEL ATLÁNTICO, BARCELONA, SPAIN. MASTERS DEGREE IN

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH CHINA AND ASIA PACIFIC, 2015-2016

HIGHSCOPE CHINA SOUTH. SHANGHAI, CHINA. PCC & TOT COURSES.

2015-2016

TEACHERS COLLEGE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, U.S.A. - TEFL C (TEACHING ENG -

LISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE TO CHILDREN), 2014

UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, U.K. — ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE BA,

2007