LAURENT WAESSA is Business Development and Venture Capital
Officer at the Qubec Government House in New York. Mr. Waessa
focuses on facilitating the deal flow with US investors in order
for emerging growth companies from Qubec to obtain private
equity capital. He also assists potential US investors with
information on setting up a business or new facility in Qubec. A
business development executive with 15 years of experience in B2B
business development and management in the United States, Europe
and Asia, Mr. Waessa worked prior to that at CMGi (New York),
Miller Freeman Inc. (New York), French Embassy Trade Office (New
York and Ankara) and Sumitomo Corporation (Paris and Tokyo). Mr.
Waessa is a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies of
Grenoble, France, with a Master’s degree in Business
Administration and Political Sciences.
