Simon Guidecoq | Director, Global Solutions
I joined Healy Consultants in June 2014, initially as Head of our Economic and Business Research Department. Within a year thereafter, I began project managing multi-national Clients’ engagements related to complex countries like Vietnam, Thailand and financial services entities. Fortunately, I was fast promoted within the Firm. I managed Healy Consultants’ Singapore office until Hawksford acquisition.
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My business goals
- Ensure all our Clients consider Healy Consultants the “best in the world” for company setup engagements;
- Make the Healy Consultants’s website the “Wikipedia” of global business setup, from A to Z of the process in each country.
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My daily work schedule
- Discuss business and banking solutions with Clients;
- Advise my team re how to solve the challenges they face in their engagements;
- Discuss financial services setup strategies with our Clients;
- Liaise with the country office Directors of our Group;
- Liaise with HR re employee hiring and morale;
- Interact with the Marketing and IT Department.
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The most interesting work I ever did
I enjoyed helping one of our Indian PLC Clients to register their joint venture subsidiary in Vietnam. A project which took one full year!
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The most rewarding work I ever did
Helping my Clients secure employment permits. When my team and I secure residence visas approvals for family dependants, it is cool to see our Clients to join their family and loved ones after months or years of separation.
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Pastimes
Reading, going for walks, visiting Southeast Asian countries.
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Business style
- I work hard and at a fast pace;
- I am efficient and responsible;
- Meticulous with engagement planning and execution;
- I prefer to be conservative in my assessments of our Clients’ projects, sometimes focusing too much on potential challenges.
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Languages I speak
English, French, a little bit of Spanish.
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A sample of my global business experience
- I completed the formation of multiple joint venture projects, notably in Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand;
- My team and I assisted multiple Clients find banking institutions for sales in the Asia Pacific and in USA;
- I often work on feasibility studies for complex projects and country comparisons when our Clients need assistance with determining optimal jurisdictions for their business setup projects.
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Multi-currency corporate bank accounts
Over the years, I assisted multi-national Clients open corporate bank accounts in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Labuan, Australia, New Zealand, Cayman Islands, France, the UK and several other European countries.
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The most unusual engagement I did
The most unusual engagement I completed over the past years was to assist a Client obtain a bank guarantee. One week after the project started and with detailed due diligence, I discovered the issuer of the BG was a scam artist. We immediately informed our Client and he did not lose any funds during the process.
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