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Founder of competia.com, One of the World’s Experts on Competitive & Strategic Intelligence

Estelle Métayer is an expert in Competitive and Strategic Intelligence. Her best work is done when companies need to drastically change the way they do business and/or grow aggressively. An adjunct professor for McGill University, she teaches with Henry Mintzberg in the International and national Advanced Leadership Programs and the International Master for Health Leadership. She also introduced Competitive Intelligence into the McGill-Rottman School of Business’s certification program for Canadian board directors, and into the new HEC-McGill Executive MBA.

“Estelle brings vast experience & fresh perspective to the ever-changing world of Competitive and Strategic Intelligence”

[expand title=”In detail”] Estelle Métayer obtained her MBA and Doctors from the University of Nijenrode. She started her career at the ING Bank in the Netherlands and in Poland, studying the financial risks of expanding into emerging countries, and in the French Conglomerate Bouygues in France and the UK. A former consultant at the international Strategic Consulting firm McKinsey & Company, she gained first-hand practical experience while managing the competitive intelligence, business development and strategic planning function at CAE Inc. She is an entrepreneur and sat on the board of the Grands Ballets Canadiens and of World Canada Youth. Estelle is also a mother, a commercial pilot and flight instructor.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Estelle Métayer’s research focuses on how managers, CEOs, and board members build and improve their strategic planning and/or competitive intelligence function to avoid strategic blindspots. She is a reputed public speaker in international conferences and facilitates strategic workshops around the world. Estelle is also a guest lecturer at IMD (Lausanne), and in the International Masters Program in Practicing Management led by Lancaster University, McGill, the IMB (India) and INSEAD. A noted expert, her intuitive, precise research provides managers, CEOs, and board members with the right tools to effectively build and hone their competitive intelligence and strategic planning – to avoid blind spots, capitalize on strengths and excel.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]A lover of art, travel, world culture and experiencing life to its fullest, she loves to challenge common wisdom and surprise you.[/expand]

Topics

Avoiding Blindspots

Competitive & Strategic Intelligence

Critical Thinking

Decision Making Biases Analysis

Corporate Governance

Strategic Planning

Strategic Workshop Facilitator

Trend-spotting

Customer Insight / Intelligence through Social Media?

Publications

2001
Finalist for the Award “Women of Merit” from the YWCA

2000
Received the Arista Sunlife Award for “Entrepreneur of the Year”

In 1998 Competia launched Competia.com, which became the world’s largest community, portal and magazine for strategy professionals, receiving over 1 million hits each month.

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