Consultant: Erskine Courtenay
Erskine Courtenay is a Consultant located in Louisville,
KY specializing in strategic planning, competitive intelligence research,
and company valuations. Erskine has worked with companies in France, Russia,
Argentina, Scotland, England and Belgium. In the process, Erskine has
developed a unique sensitivity to cross-border and cross-cultural business
management with both large and small companies.
Erskine’s career includes positions as a senior business development
officer, marketing strategy consultant, chief investment officer and
analyst. He has worked for the Banque National de Paris, Hilliard-Lyons (now
PNC Bank), LG&E Energy (now E.on US ), Marketing and Design Systems and
Commonwealth Capital Management. He has written plans for the rapidly
changing energy, financial and food sectors. His branding experience
includes creating and re-branding premium consumer brands for General
Electric and Brown & Williamson. He has experience in both the business to
business and consumer channels. He has been a project manager for acquiring
an Argentinean company for $79 million, and for the sale of a minority state
in Russian Ingredients firm for $16 million. He has assisted in the
marketing and ultimate sale of several small to medium sized financial
firms.
Erskine has a Masters in International Management from Thunderbird, The
Garvin School of International Management and an M.B.A and B.B.A from The
George Washington University. He has worked and lived in the U.S. France,
Russia, and Argentina. Erskine is fluent in English and French and has a
basic understanding of Spanish.