Charles DesForgesCharles DesForges is currently a partner of CMD Associates (a Brussels-based, management consultancy group) and Chairman of Casect. From May 1997 until October 2000 he was Executive Director of IMnl, an international metal mining consortium based in aris. From April 1993 to December 2000 he was Chief Executive of VSL (UK-based organisation specialising in innovation management and investment, European/USA strategic alliances and international licensing) and Chairman of Royston Lead plc from January 1996 to October 1997. He was Chairman and President of TII (The European Association for Technology Transfer, Innovation and Industrial Information) based in Luxembourg/Brussels from March 1988 to May 1996. He has been an adviser to the CEC for 15 years and since 1984 consultant to and director of a number of companies involved in strategic innovation and international business development. Read More Read Less