"British born and educated, Michael Hick presents a Global perspective to his audience. This world-smart, well-traveled, content-rich, dynamic speaker brings a lifetime of practical international business experience and know-how. He helps companies develop global mindsets, teaches managers the essential skills of negotiating, marketing, selling and servicing across international cross-cultural frontiers and shows executives how to work with multi-cultural teams and create profitable global alliances.

Michael's programs teach his audiences how to construct and operate strategies that provide them with an invaluable understanding of the global marketplace - its risks and fortunes - enabling them to out-smart, out-sell and out-service their overseas competition.

Mr. Hick's experience comes from a lifetime of overseas travel and in-the-trenches business action. During forty years in the world of international insurance, 26 of them with Lloyd's of London, he formed and ran 6 successful corporations on 3 continents. He did day-to-day business in 31 countries, developing new business, creating alliances, buying and operating overseas subsidiaries and managing multi-cultural teams across the globe.

Michael has conducted over 2,000 Keynote speeches, Seminars and Presentations to corporations, trade associations, executive groups and international societies throughout the world and has facilitated hundreds of Management Retreats in distant places. Adventurer, historian, traveler and story-teller he fills his fascinating presentations with good-humor and lots of fun. He connects and interacts with his audience, his material is interesting, immediate and exciting.

Michael Hick is your consummate International Business Speaker for today's Globalized world."