Charles DesForges is currently a partner of CMD Associates (a Brussels-based, management consultancy group) and Chairman of Casect. From May 1997 until October 2000 he was Executive Director of IMnl, an international metal mining consortium based in Paris. From April 1993 to December 2000 he was Chief Executive of VSL (UK-based organisation specialising in innovation management and investment, European/USA strategic alliances and international licensing) and Chairman of Royston Lead plc from January 1996 to October 1997. He was Chairman and President of TII (The European Association for Techno...