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Antoine has extensive experience in strategic alliances, corporate banking and finance. His expertise includes structuring cross-border alliances and financings for middle and large companies in various industries. He began his career as an entrepreneur at the young age of 20 years when he created a successful textile importing company in Mexico City, securing several exclusive sales agreements with U.S. manufacturers. After selling his business to a large retailer in Mexico he joined Banco Nacional de Mexico where he strengthened his management, operational and corporate finance skills. His career with Banco Nacional de Mexico lasted 13 years with a solid record of achievement which included opening international offices for the bank, structuring and implementing international money and capital markets instruments to fund Mexican companies during the late 1980s. Antoine was then selected to become part of the senior staff of the bank’s President where he closed key strategic acquisitions, joint ventures and the creation of a new company to provide IT services to customers of the bank. In 1995 he was invited by Comerica Bank to launch a new strategic initiative in the United States Southwest. Antoine then re-located back to the U.S. where he directed the initiative of providing corporate finance solutions to foreign owned companies established in the U.S. Due to his achievements, he was rapidly promoted to First Vice President. A native of Mexico, his educational background includes an Economics degree from the prestigious school Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico and a Masters Degree in Corporate Finance from the University of Dallas, where he graduated with highest honors. He founded Integrated Global Financial Corporation where he serves as Chief Executive Officer. His extensive experience in international corporate finance and the formation of key strategic alliances provides him with the ability to achieve success in adding value to companies doing business worldwide. | 