Bruno Marion

Bruno Marion

Monk-Consultant, inexhaustible globetrotter,
Specialist in cross-pollinating Occidental and Asian cultures and subtleties

www.brunomarion.com

Born 28th Dec 1963, Capricorn ascendant globetrotter, Bruno Marion was raised in South of France, in the Ardeche region...

Post university, he undertook a trip around the globe, with a suit and a shirt tucked at the bottom of his backpack. Since 1989, each year he embarks on what he calls a cultural global pilgrimage to keep the pulse of the ever changing world. He defines himself as a Monk- Consultant and with a motto of living his life as if today may be his last day, and as if living eternally.

Inexhaustible globetrotter, Bruno embarks regularly on jaunts to his favorite cities : Paris, New York, Tokyo, Bangkok... But for this nomadic high-tech traveler, with his laptop and smart phone always by his side, discovering new places close to nature and that inspire calm is even more important for his lifestyle... It also permits him to indulge in his favorite pastime, reading. He is an avid reader, devouring over 100 books each year.

Passionate of music, he never leaves home without a fully loaded collection on his laptop... He even finds time to engage in compilation of lounge music for restaurant and lounges !

Nurturing the simplicity of elegance, he is noted to be all in black. Vegetarian for many years, he meditates, swims or jogs daily.

Bruno Marion focuses the majority of his time in understanding, and making people understand, the nuances and differences between Occidental and Asian ways. He is the author of two books that are an insight into his experiences and observations.

Renowned specialist and in demand for many years in the cross-cultural field, Bruno’s seminars on doing business in Asia are highly sought by multinational companies. To name a few : ADP, Aventis, Alcatel, BASF, Brico Depot, Carrefour, Danone, EDF, Hermes, HP-Compaq, Lafarge, Legrand, Leroy Merlin, L’oréal, Nestlé, PSA, Philips, Renault, Reuters, Rhodia, SCOR, Saint Gobain, Schneider Electric, Siemens, ST Microelectronics, Texas Instrument, Thales, Thomson, Total, Valeo, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Wavecom, etc.

Bruno has an MBA from EM Lyon, he also has an Engineering degree in physics from INSA.

He has acquired extensive experience throughout his professional career as International Director or Marketing and Sales Director, and while managing subsidiaries worldwide for international companies such as CARBONE LORRAINE or ALSTOM Transport.

Today, Bruno Marion is Partner with Europacific Management, a consulting company having offices in Taipei, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and in France.

His focus to his clients is in advising directors of multinational companies, in validating their strategies by guiding them to the various phases of their international development : partnership alliance, negotiations, joint ventures, M&A, etc.

Bruno Marion is convinced that if the West in the past was an important influence to Asia in such domain as philosophies, spirituality and management, it is time for the West to discover what Asia can offer today in these domains.