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Chris moved to the Bay Area in
2002 and founded C Lynch International. Since then, he has worked with a
variety of clients in the information technology, biomedical, environment
and wine industries, advising them on international negotiations and
business strategies. In addition, he has taught classes on international
negotiating at Golden Gate University, Sonoma State University and the
Silicon Valley Center for International Trade Development. He is Chairman
of the German-American Business Association of California (www.gaba-ca.org).
From 1997-2001, Chris was the US
Consul General in Hamburg, Germany. As the senior US government
representative in Northern Germany, he focused on the growing sectors in
the regions such as New Media and biotechnology. To help US companies to
reach top-level government and private sector leaders, he organized a
series of international conferences on subjects such as E-government,
computer security, biotechnology, and doing business in the Baltic Sea
Region.
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Another major focus was on supporting US firms attending the world-leading
trade fairs in Hanover and Hamburg. In representing US interests, Mr. Lynch worked
with senior level government and private sector officials from the United
States, Germany and the Baltic Sea region.
From 1994-1997, Mr. Lynch was the Economic and Commercial Counselor at the
US Embassy in El Salvador, Latin
America. He negotiated a number of trade agreements and successfully lobbied
on behalf of US firms for contracts totaling over $100 million. He advised
the government of El Salvador on its privatization process. With the US
Chamber of Commerce in El Salvador, he organized the US pavilion at the
International Fair of El Salvador as well as an information center for
new-to-market companies. He won several awards for management excellence and
innovation.
In 1993-94, while on a government-private sector exchange program, Mr. Lynch
helped Caterpillar
Financial Services become licensed and open subsidiaries in Spain,
Portugal and Mexico. For the Mexican subsidiary, he developed a business plan
for a holding company and four subsidiaries in order to take full advantage
of Mexican law and tax code. He advised Caterpillar on its negotiations with
the Mexican government.
Mr. Lynch had additional assignments with the Department of State in Spain
(Financial Attaché), Chile (Economic Officer), Germany (Economic Officer in
Bonn), Colombia (Vice-Consul) and Washington DC (International Economist in
the Office Energy Affairs). Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Mr. Lynch
worked at the US Department of Commerce (Office of Trade Policy) and the US
Trade Representative.
Mr. Lynch has a MA from the Pamplin School of Business at Virginia Tech and a
BS from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He speaks
fluent Spanish and German.
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