Gaël, Edward, Pervilhac - dual French-American citizenship, with a Master Degree in Political Sciences and Finance from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (France) and a Master in International Business and Marketing from Columbia University (New-York), has more than twenty five years of international management positions in major companies and consulting experience, mainly as:

• Group Product Manager, Middle-East and Africa area for Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical, a major US pharmaceutical company.

• Consultant in the USA for French companies.

• Marketing and Sales Manager - table top division - USA for la Verrerie Cristallerie d’Arques - ARC International, a major worldwide French glass manufacturer.

Vice-President Marketing and Sales, USA for Lamy Optic Industries, an optical manufacturer with a wide range of upper - end licenses (Ted Lapidus, Rochas, Balenciaga, Helena Rubinstein, Burberry’s…).
He further lived two years in India and covered East Asia, as Press Attaché at the French General Consulate in Bombay (1976 - 1978).

Consultant since 1992 he is currently based in New York City since July 1998 where he founded EDGE Consulting IntI. and represents a number of French companies in the United States. He works with C.C.A. (Courtois Conseil Associés) a French consulting firm in Paris specialized in consumer goods, the food industry and luxury products with an emphasis in operational management at Corporate level in France and in international. He covered numerous assignments in North America.

He also covers independent international projects related to market research, marketing and commercial strategies, strategic planning, business integration, change management and competitive intelligence to develop practical solutions, improve performance and obtain long term business advantage.

His geographical coverage includes Europe, North America, Caribbean, India and some regions of Asia and the Middle-East.
Partner in Paris, France.