Born in Zaire, Bruce Duncan-Smith is a British national who lives in France.
Educated at Charterhouse, Great Britain, Bruce has taught International Marketing at the CELSA, the Sorbonne University Training Centre.
Since 1977 he has held the position of Director of International Sales at Formavision Europe, a training resources company operating from Paris into the European market.
Bruce’s international Marketing and Sales career has spanned over America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia mainly in the consumer and service industry.
During his previous career activities, he has been involved in marketing, sales and communication training programmes as a designer and trainer. He has been responsible for the adaptation of the RankTraining courses into French and its introduction into the European and Australian market.
Bruce has successfully trained and re-oriented sales and marketing teams of several Fortune 500 companies during the past years. He has successfully made the Formavision Internet Site into a highly consulted training resource and his expertise is often requested.
His ability to practice and lecture both in the French and English language, together with his strong communication skills, have made him a most called upon expert in building effective sales teams in Europe.
Although based in Paris, Bruce still consults and trains all over the world.
Past president of the Junior Franco British Chamber of Commerce, Bruce has served on the Electronic Committee of the Digital Learning Organisation, USA and is Vice President of the European Training Media Association.
Sales training/ Train the trainer/ Sales management on the job coaching / Sales Negotiation
KSB France AXA France
Assubel Belgium Credit Foncier de France
Credit Mutuel de France DHL
Motorola Mobalpa Meditel Maroc
Mobil Plastics Europe - All of EC Laboratoires Fisons
Laboratoires Zambon Laboratoires Johnson & Johnson
Air France - Tandy Radio Shack France
Meridien and Forte hotel groups - Asia, Africa, Middle East and Europe
National Australia Bank - Australia Prologic / Accor
Unisource
Over 2000 French Education National BTS and STT teachers
Others courses include:
Commercial portfolio management Communication training
Coaching Telephone training
Conflict management Selling through distributors
Pre sales training (Systems sales) Time management
Sales channels training Using the Internet to increase sales
Elearning design,implementation and internal marketing
(Eutelsat, France Telecom, Millenium Chemicals, Education Nationale, Mars Alimentaire, AFPA)
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