Columban brings a tremendous blend of personal empathy, managerial care and drive for results. I have seen him lead people very efficiently and enable team members to grow on many occasions, through technical coaching and genuine interest in people. He is a citizen of Europe with true French, Irish and Spanish cultural background + experience of dealing with customers and colleagues in many other countries. His language skills are impressive. His very wide range of interest, enthusiastic but measured personality and personal charm make him someone you want to follow and learn from.
David Fulchiron,
International Sales Leader,
B2B environment
Columban has strong business acumen. Beyond that he is able to develop robust and efficient interpersonal relationships, aiming at building win win solutions.
Véronique Nassour,
Director of Treasury
I have known and worked with Columban for over 20 years. I have always been impressed with his open mindedness and his willingness to continuously learn. When you couple that with his genuine interest in every person he interacts with, you come to a person you can count on and that can guide people and organizations through difficult tasks at hand and through a change management process.
Wim Dootselaere,
Marketing Manager
Paper Industry
Columban has impressed me for many years in a wide variety of roles. His ability to move effortlessly in a multicultural environment seems to me to be outstanding. Columban masters coaching, mentoring and all aspects of change management alongside the usual challenges of a commercial lead. His ability to be relaxed, friendly and focused in any situation has always inspired me. For me, the range that Columban covers is unique.
Mathias Reich
Director of Sales
Paper industry
Columban m’a accompagné en 2015 durant quelques mois dans le cadre du « Mentoring Excellence Program » développé chez International Paper, notamment sur la partie managériale et la gestion d’équipe. Columban est une personne très à l’écoute qui a facilement pu me guider et me développer sur ces sujets grâce à multiples exemples tirés de son expérience personnelle. Cela a été un très bon moment de partage, une belle parenthèse après des années de collaboration. Je ne saurai que recommander Columban pour ses qualités humaines et ses compétences de Mentor.
Xavier Mensan
Supply Chain Planning Manager
Sylvamo
Columban est un professionnel engagé avec qui j’ai eu un immense plaisir à échanger dès notre première rencontre. il m’a vite impressionnée par son intelligence et son parcours très international. Nos échanges ont toujours été cordiaux et très chaleureux, très constructifs avec des objectifs clairs à la recherche constante d’une collaboration fructueuse pour toutes les parties prenantes. Il accorde beaucoup d’importance à la qualité de la relation et de la collaboration. C’est un réel bonheur de travailler avec lui, toujours accueillant, agréable et joyeux. Il dégage beaucoup d’énergie, de positivisme. Il est animé par une volonté forte et sincère d’aider les individus et de contribuer à leurs progrès et à leur développement professionnel. Columban m’a beaucoup aidée et conseillée et accompagnée et encouragée dans les challenges. Un grand merci Columban. Tu es un mentor de manière innée. Nul doute.
Sophie Toumieux,
Business Coach & Srategic Advisor for Executive Leaders
J’ai été sous la responsabilité de Columban pendant près de 3 ans. A l’écoute, il saura toujours se rendre disponible.
Bienveillant et motivant, c’est pour lui une grande satisfaction que de voir ses équipes évoluer et prendre leur autonomie.
Son perfectionnisme et sa grande capacité d’analyse vous pousseront à vous dépasser.
Rencontrez-le!
Angela Belhadj
Country Manager
Sylvamo, Paper Industry
Don’t miss this terrific opportunity to work with Columban !!!
I had the great pleasure of working with him on a daily basis during seven years, when he was Export Sales Manager for Western Europe for a major paper company, and I was Divisional Controller. In addition to his obvious technical competencies and his mastering of numerous European languages, he possesses excellent soft skills, capable of working effectively over the long term with people of widely different profiles ranging from strict controllers to highly-creative marketing specialists. I especially appreciated his exceptional sense of humour, which he is capable of maintaining even in crisis situations where all around him are in panic mode.
I wholeheartedly recommend Columban for an activity of multicultural mentoring or interim manager.
Kenneth Church,
Financial Controller
Columban is an intelligent, highly intuitive, multi lingual, results orientated ‘Sales Director’ with over 35 years’ experience of recruiting, managing, mentoring and developing successful sales team within the paper industry selling into a wide variety of commercial and retail markets.
Columban is highly skilled in creating and implementing sales strategies and performance management systems that focus on consistent organic growth, all executed with sound judgement.
These skills combined with fabulous intuitive people skills make Columban a truly great Leader in any commercial capacity. A man that people love to work with at every level within an organisation.
Adam Gadenne
Specialist Recruiter, Headhunter and Executive Search Consultant
Es un placer recomendar a Columban, un profesional excepcional con amplia experiencia en organizaciones multiculturales. Su habilidad para comunicarse en múltiples idiomas y su alta empatía destacan en su trabajo diario. Columban tiene un profundo conocimiento en estrategia empresarial y demostró su capacidad al desarrollar y presentar un caso de estudio a mis estudiantes, despertando su curiosidad y comprensión de manera magistral.
Su capacidad para fomentar la comunicación intercultural y su enfoque en la diversidad hacen de él una valiosa adición a cualquier equipo. Recomiendo enfáticamente a Columban para roles en management, coaching y liderazgo empresarial. Su combinación de conocimientos empresariales y sensibilidad multicultural aporta un valor significativo a cualquier proyecto.
Eva Perea
Professor in Strategic Management & Entrepreneurship
UAO, Barcelona