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Peter T Gray - MA, MBA Profile

Insightful and creative international business strategist, with 17 years of experience augmenting Canada and Asia Pacific market share for leading North American specialty chemical adhesive, sealant, and coating manufacturers, Peter offers a wealth of expertise in strategic business planning, contemporary marketing, cross-cultural leadership, channel development, and branding.

Peter built his career as Regional Manager of Western Canadian (1991-1996) and Pacific Rim (1996-1998) territories with ITW Performance Polymers & Fluids, steering revenue growth of up to 67% through expansion of ITW’s industrial distribution network and fostering intimate customer relationships.

Peter was rapidly promoted to Asia Business Manager (1998-2006) to help ITW navigate the era’s crushing Asia economic crisis. Here, Peter spearheaded the creation and deployment of a turn-around strategy repositioning the fragile consumer product focused business, turning the unit's $180K deficit to a $50K profit within one year, and increasing operating revenues by 180% throughout tenure.

After 15 years of success with ITW, Peter was onboarded by American adhesive manufacturer IPS Weld-On Corporation to develop a marketing and sales strategy following build-out of a China plant (2006-2008). Here, Peter leveraged his expertise to produce a comprehensive state-of-business & Asia market audit within his first 90 days, and developed a rapid growth strategy that resulted in achieving break-even point for the unit within a year of startup.

In recent years, Peter has harnessed his finely-honed expertise in Asia business development to provide value-added consulting services to corporate clients seeking increased penetration of Asia markets. Future employers would benefit from his skills and experience in cross-cultural leadership and action-oriented business development approach.

Peter is now seeking a new challenge to spearhead growth with an innovative and customer focused organization. Peter is available for rapid global relocation.