Having been an expatriate since I was 19 (some 23 years!), I am now apparently referred to as "seasoned"! Seasoned to what I am not entirely sure, but I do seem to have accumulated much experience along the way! I am now settled in Romania, which I first visited on a business trip in 1996. It was a very different country then to that which you will find now and the last decade has witnessed unparalleled growth in all sectors. Two areas in particular interested me and represented industries in which I had experience and that today allow me to exploit my own business development and marketing skills. As a result, I am the Founding Managing Director and Founding CEO of two companies in Romania - Premier Global Recruitment Srl and Synergy Plus Investment Srl. Premier Global Recruitment is an established and well known recruitment and executive search company based in Bucharest. It is British owned and managed and provides staffing solutions to some of the country's largest international organisations as well as to a broad cross section of local companies in Bucharest ranging from the hotel and catering industry to finance and banking, construction, IT&C, administration and management, skilled and semi-skilled professions and board level positions. Since creating Premier Global Recruitment I have structured it in such a way as to now provide staff from within the domestic market to satisfy the demand from overseas for construction, hotel and catering, oil, gas and mining, engineering and the cruise and casino industries in particular those in The UK and Western Europe, the Middle and Far East, East Africa, Canada and North America. The recruitment side of Premier Global is complemented by our Training and Development division which we established to meet the increasing demand from our clients for a professional service in this field. Noticeably lacking in Romania previously, Premier Global was the first to introduce a fully comprehensive program that caters for all aspects of a company's HR needs in respect of staff training, development, team-building, assessment and analysis. It is now a major part of the business and we continue to set the trend and lead the way in the important area of staff retention and a company's profitability. More details can be found by visiting www.pgrom.com. Synergy Plus Investment was launched more recently and as a direct response to the increasing demand from foreign investors for a trustworthy and experienced partner in Romania capable of introducing them to and managing their need for major investment opportunities, especially in the areas of property & property development and financing of new companies and ventures. Indeed, it is apparent that the dynamic movement that exists in Romania for new businesses, from within both the entrepreneurial community as well as the expanding domestic business community, gives rise to the need for an internationally experienced team to assist with the launch and expansion of certain enterprises and projects. To this end my partners and I, all of whom have lived and worked in Romania for many years and who fully understand the ways in which business is implemented in this country, are ideally located to offer local and foreign investors a range of investment advisory services which focus upon the excellent opportunities that are still relatively unexploited and in their infancy in Romania. We welcome therefore enquiries from those seeking either start-up (seed) capital or additional funding to expand their business. Moreover, for those companies that would benefit from being listed on a UK Stock Market (such as the Plus Market or AIMS) we invite confidential enquiries with a view to arranging a meeting to discuss the many attractive options we can provide them with. With regard to property (commercial, residential, agricultural, development, off-plan, purchase, rental, etc), currently the percentage annual return on investment is the highest in Europe, a trend that will continue for many years to come. Synergy Plus Investment, as investment and fund facilitators, provide a full management service to people and businesses investigating the Romanian market or wishing to build or expand their property portfolio here, either as first-time or experienced individual investors, consortiums, private or institutional funds or property developers. Further information can be found at www.synergyplusinvestment.com. I am therefore very proud and pleased to be able to represent so many aspects of potential business in Romania and to be able to act as a business ambassador here. I am positioned such that I welcome and encourage enquiries and contact from likeminded members of Business2Business Networks who would like my assistance and/or the varied services of the companies I am involved with, Premier Global Recruitment and Synergy Plus Investment.