First off, IMG will be only the second firm in Brazil approved to offer Thunderbird’s Global Mindset Inventory and associated value-add services to its global client base. Because of its size, Brazil’s companies have the same insular tendencies as USA and Chinese companies. Even now, much of Brazil’s growth is internal. The time is right for more firms like InBev (Anhueser-Busch) and associated investment firm 3G (Burger King) to grow globally through acquisitions and mergers. As a result, a key theme will be working with Brazilian firms seeking to expand internationally through investment banking activities, in addition to foreign firms seeking to expand into Brazil. Investment and industry themes include agribusiness and agro-technology, infrastructure investment including roads, airports, energy and ancillary products and services needed for the coming buildout for The Olympics in 2014 and The World Cup in 2016. Finally, retail is a major theme because of the massive growth in Brazil’s middle class.

“We’re really excited about our growth in Brazil. With daily operational capabilities in Brazil, India and China, we’re able to streamline and focus efforts on the fastest growing economies of the world. The US and Brazil have a long history of working together. The U.S. has always supported Brazil’s massive potential which is now being translated into real sustainable growth,” said William Billeaud, President of Lombard Global, Inc.“Our Brazilian partners have impeccable credentials. They’ve all worked for major global firms such as AT&T, Fidelity, Johnson & Johnson and Price Waterhouse Coopers. They have lived in the US and worked all over the world, so they understand other cultures, particularly that of ‘Corporate America’. In addition, they have world-class contacts and relationships with Brazil’s corporate elite. At just a daily direct flight from DFW International Airport, São Paulo is closer and more open than ever for business.

As the U.S.’s economy slowly recovers, we expect massive investment between both sides of the largest countries in the hemisphere in terms of physical size, population and GDP. In fact, we expect an eventual shift, or at least an increase, in US direct investment from Asia to Brazil. We’re preparing for that eventuality with these moves,” said Billeaud. IMG’s Managing Partner, Fernando Mello concurs. “We’re delighted about the relationship with Lombard Global. They are open, enthusiastic and refreshingly transparent. They add a strategic layer of capabilities to our own, in respect to Investment Banking, Project Finance and Global Networking. Brazil demands largedoses of capital, technology and management capability to sustain its economic growth, and we are all set to
provide it.”

“We are also excited about the partnership with Thunderbird (School of Global Management). Their world-renowned expertise will be an invaluable asset in helping companies successfully expand their businesses within and outside Brazil. IMG will be uniquely equipped to assess our customers’ strengths and weaknesses in regards to global mindset, using Thunderbird’s methodology,” said Mello.

Lombard Global, Incorporated is a global general management and investment banking consultancy. Key differentiators are global market entry and investment banking. Since 2004, we’ve helped our clients grow, turnaround or improve productivity all over the world. Our ability to execute on capital needs helps you grow or improve exponentially. Our reputation for commitment to your best interest helps us grow. As a result, Lombard Global provides one of the most unique and compelling offerings available to businesses who seek dynamic performance improvements at great value. Lombard Global- Global Business. Results. ™The InterManagement Group (IMG) is a management consultancy specialized in Business Development and Interim Management, helping successful businesses expand to and within Brazil. It offers hands-on executive management services on-demand, on a shared risk/reward basis. Since 2006, IMG operates in a broad range of industries, from telecoms and technology to manufacturing, retail, infrastructure, banking and financial services, as well as in a variety of roles and project scopes, from startups to turnarounds. IMG’s partners are all
senior executives with long international careers in world-class multinational companies.
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Firms who can efficiently execute global strategic and operational advice are going to have two legs up on their competition in this rapidly developing global business environment. The real problem to sustainable success in the global markets is much more fundamental than global strategy, operating processes and capital raises and restructurings. First, the people within the organization must know their customers just as they might know their customers in a neighboring state or region. They need to have at least a basic, if not sophisticated, understanding of things such as global cultures, language and global history. The days of being able to rely on products and services selling
themselves because they are simply “the best” are gone in most instances. Global buyers want to know that you at least respect their culture.

“Although things are slowly improving, the vast majority of people in the organizations that we work with historically have not had much cultural interest outside their own country or region. Thunderbird Global Mindset Inventory (TGMI) is the world’s first and only psychometric assessment tool that allows companies and organizations to measure their capacity for success in the global environment. We’ve found that an organizations’ “global mindset” is often the biggest hurdle that a firm with global aspirations or existing global business operations needs to overcome,” said William Billeaud, President of Lombard Global, Inc. For example, instead of immediately shifting into complex global investment and logistics strategy, we can assess our client organization’s capacity for global business, take corrective action and then later embark on the more advanced options. Through TGMI, the organization builds the fundamentals or the blocking and tackling skills,
if you will, that are required to build a thriving global business. Because these services are relatively inexpensive to begin with and because the firm saves potentially exponential sums as a result of less error and greater efficiency, it’s the single best general solution we’ve ever seen for international business. Our formal affiliation with the world’s top ranking institution in International Business, Thunderbird is not only impressive, but credible with firms and governments all over the globe. These are firms such as Raytheon, Johnson and Johnson, Wal-Mart and The World Bank. As a result, we are very fortunate to be partnering with the pioneers and leading thought innovators within the rapidly expanding field of international business. The folks at Thunderbird are not only global thought leaders, they are consultants and every day business people like us. In fact, many of them have prior backgrounds in the private sector. We’re very excited for everyone associated with this relationship,” said Billeaud.

Thunderbird is the world’s No. 1-ranked school of international business with more than 60 years of experience in developing leaders with the global mindset, business skills and social responsibility necessary to create real, sustainable value for their organizations, communities and the world. Thunderbird’s Global Mindset Institute is the preeminent source of the science and practice of global leadership as it relates to: 1) definition, 2) measurement and 3) development of global mindset.

1. Defining Global Mindset
Global mindset is a set of individual characteristics that help global leaders better influence individuals, groups, and organizations unlike themselves. Eight Thunderbird professors have interviewed over 200 global executives and collaborated with other distinguished scholars around the world to define the concept of global mindset and develop metrics and scientific instruments to measure an individual’s and a group’s profile of global mindset.

2. Measuring Global Mindset
Thunderbird Global Mindset Inventory is an Internet based survey developed through a rigorous scientific process including a series of pilot tests with over 1,000 global managers. It takes an average of eight minutes to complete. It is designed to measure an individual’s and a group’s profile of global mindset in terms of intellectual capital, psychological capital and social capital. The instrument is available in two formats: self-assessment and 360°. More than 6,500 individuals and managers from more than 200 organizations around the world have completed the survey.

3. Developing a Global Mindset
Global mindset can be developed and improved! To enhance development of a global mindset, we design and offer a portfolio of executive education programs, coaching solutions, and individualized action plans to managers and organizations. Upon completing the TGMI, participants will attend the one day workshop to:
* Understand their own profile of global mindset
* Understand their group’s profile of global mindset
* Examine the importance of global mindset to their organization
* Develop action plans to enhance their own, their direct reports’, and their organization’s global mindset
Lombard Global, Incorporated is a global general management and investment banking consultancy. Key differentiators are global market entry and investment banking. Since 2004, we’ve helped our clients grow, turnaround or improve productivity all over the world. Our ability to execute on capital needs helps you grow or improve exponentially. Our reputation for commitment to your best interest helps us grow. As a result, Lombard Global provides one of the most unique and compelling offerings available to businesses who seek dynamic performance improvements at great value. Lombard Global- Global Business. Results.™

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Lombard Global, Inc.

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214-675-5539

Finance and capital issues are at the forefront of business decision-making, in good economic times and in difficult times. Companies who can get high-level strategic global advice and can then receive the capital necessary to execute that strategic advice are going to have a significant advantage over firms who only reap one benefit. The key to growing sustainable and high value-added jobs in the world economy is to turn technology or knowledge-based entities into viable businesses. Lombard is in an even better position now to help brilliant companies grow which might otherwise have to defer because of the ongoing global credit problem.

“This is a very strategic move for Lombard Global and its clients and partners. Investment banking provides tremendous value to them. Although the credit markets are still suffering, they are on their way back. Our formal affiliation with Growthink will exponentially enhance our ability to help the best entrepreneurs and great companies with great brands in traditional industries, grow or turnaround. As a result, we feel fortunate to have the opportunity to improve our clients business with the largest and most well-known group specializing in this space. I searched for a partnership that would best fit Lombard Global for a long time. The people at Growthink have tremendous experience- they have worked with over 2000 companies globally. They are hard-working, industrious and are a well-educated and talented group of folks.

We’re very excited for everyone associated with this relationship,” said William Billeaud, Managing Partner of Lombard Global. GROWTHINK, Inc. is a mid-market investment banking firm headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, San Francisco and Seattle. Jeff Jones, Managing Partner of Growthink said, “I agree with Bill. The timing is perfect to grow internally throughout the USA with quality partners and brands like Lombard Global. We look forward to having a partner in one of the fastest growing states in the USA and in Dallas Ft. Worth, one of the largest metropolitan areas in the USA.”

Lombard Global, based in Dallas – Fort Worth, USA, and with business partners in Europe, Asia and the Americas, is a global management and investment banking consultancy which focuses on global strategy, both top line and bottom line. We work with firms from all over the world who have existing global operations and those who are just beginning expansion outside their borders. Our work brings us to all corners of the world, including right here in the USA. Strategy is executed by the following service modules: market entry, investment banking, turnaround, technology and real estate. Lombard Global-International Business. Results. ™

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Lombard Global, Inc.

http://www.lombardglobal.com

214-675-5539

“Many businesspeople also assume that there is effectively no intellectual property protection in China, or certainly no recourse for US corporations doing business in China under Chinese law,” said William Billeaud, President of Lombard Global. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Lombard Global’s CSI team consist of USA and Chinese loss prevention experts, international tax executives and investigators who worked directly with the highest levels of Chinese government to help develop the actual law, processes and procedures for the largest multinational retailers operating in China.

As it turns out, it is illegal in China for third party vendors to abuse their relationship with a foreign entity acting as a middleman in order to additional profits without the consent
of that entity. A legal system is in place which prosecutes, sentences and collects restitution for the foreign entity. The members of Lombard Global’s CSI team have been able to recover millions of dollars for the affected and have worked directly with the Chinese government to place lawbreakers into prison for a decade or more in many cases.

Many of the CSI Lombard team in the USA and in China also have backgrounds from the USA’s CIA and FBI or China’s equivalents. In addition, many of the people who reported to our lead investigators are now leading loss prevention in China and throughout the world for other leading multinational firms such as Best Buy and Wal-Mart. Feel free to contact us for a complimentary and confidential discussion at 214-675-5539 or via email at wbilleaud@lombardglobal.com.

Lombard Global, based in Dallas – Fort Worth, Texas USA, and with business partners in Europe, Asia and the Americas is a leading Global Management Consultancy which focuses on global strategy, both growth and turnaround. We work with firms from all over the world who have existing global operations and those who are just beginning expansion outside their borders. Our work brings us to all corners of the world, including right here in the USA. Lombard Global- International Business. Results.™