G. Christopher Welton:  

Life after PV has been a bit of a roller coaster - in a good way. I went to Occidental College in LA and Columbia University in Paris. Did the 5 year plan as I took a year off to travel in Southern Europe and Northern Africa. Then worked for 2 years in LA and the Bay area before going back to grad school in Italy and Washington, DC. Got an MA in Intl Econ and started doing strategic studies for a regional bank in DC. Was transferred to Paris to start up a private banking operation in 1990. (A 2-3 year assignment but more than 30+ years later and I'm still here.) After 5 years I was recruited by the Bank of NY in London to run their CRM in Western Europe. Another 5 years and then came back down to Paris to run financial comm for Alcatel-Lucent and then an oil service co. Interesting work that had me traveling around the US and the world almost constantly (airports get old really quickly, believe me!). Then headed up the IR dept at a CAC 40 co. for 7 years. Left to do ficom at the e-commerce sub of another French conglomerate. Now I run my own consultancy and IM business. Allows me to re-introduce myself to the family (wife and 2 children, 21 & 29). That was fun and being your own boss was interesting. About 2 years into that I was contacted by a CAC 40 corporate to run their global financial comm. Currently working on a debt restructuring program for a major French groce...Expand for more