Louis Fadoul

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305-***-**** - Cell: 786-***-****: acwap5@r.postjobfree.com

Career Focus

Well qualified in International business, with extensive knowledge in international current affairs. Fluent in three

languages with business experience abroad that will be of value in an international setting.

Summary of Skills

• International commodity trader responsible for

• Fluent in English, French and Arabic Africa and the Middle East

• International management skills in industry

Professional Experience

Charles Robert SA

International Trader

1997 – 2009

Paris, France

One of the oldest Brokerage firms in France for Animal and Agricultural Commodities.

Responsible for the Middle East and Africa operations, languages were crucial for negotiations. Responsibilities

included traveling to Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Angola, Sierra Leon, Jordan, Yemen, Libya, Egypt, and

solicit clients who consisted of flour mills and local trading companies to negotiate selling them the agricultural

products they needed and negotiate contract price between the buyer and seller. I supervised the trading contracts

from beginning to end, as well as the execution of operations.

Major commodities sold were rice, sugar, wheat,various grains, animal feed and edible oils.

Silencer and Exhaust Pipes Limited

Managing Director

1987 - 1997

Nigeria, Africa

Organized, managed and implemented the assembly of various car components (e.g. exhaust pipes, seat frames

and steering column axle) for Peugeot Nigeria which was the largest manufacture of cars in Africa.

Responsible for negotiating with Peugeot France the program and all the raw materials needed for production of

mufflers and seat frames needed for Peugeot Nigeria.

Responsibilities included negotiating pricing, coordinating scheduling to keep industrial operations running with

enough materials and map out timelines with Peugeot Nigeria for drop shipments of parts. I organized technical

engineers to keep machinery operating so that no down time would be experienced to meet tight shipment schedules.

Responsible for negotiating contracts with the vendors that supplied the raw materials for the assembly of the

mufflers and seat frames. Oversaw the reception of the raw materials into Nigeria which included duty clearing and

local transportation.

Organized production schedules with managers at the plants. Responsible for 150 employees.

Negotiated with the banks for lines of credit.

Responsible for making sure government import licenses for Nigeria were met.

Organized warehouse facility for raw materials and set up inventory controls at the various locations.

Responsible for the final product quality and transportation of the products to Peugeot Nigeria. Worked closely with

the engineers to make sure all products that left the factory were up to Peugeot standards and would arrive at

Peugeot in perfect conditions.

United Bank of Kuwait

Currency Dealer

1983 - 1986

London, England

Trading Currency

United bank of Kuwait was the major Kuwait Banking institute in London.

I was responsible of selling and buying Kuwait Dinars to major British and European Banks, and also to private

companies who needed Dinars for their Kuwait operations.

Education

London University 1983

London England

Economics

BS MS

References

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