Naseba

Infobox Company
name = naseba

type = PLC
genre =
foundation = October 22, 2002
founder = * [http://www.naseba.com/index.html?pagecode=scottragsdale Scott Ragsdale]
location_city = flagicon|MONMonaco
location_country = Europe
location =
locations = 8 offices
area_served = worldwide
key_people = Scott Ragsdale (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) Sophie Le Ray (Chief Operating Officer) Fabien Faure (Managing Director Middle East & India) Nicholas Watson (Managing Director Europe) Thomas Du(CEO of Lnoppen Stuart Botwright (Chief Financial Officer) Natacha Gorin (Group Financial Controller)
industry = Business Information (BI)
products = Travel & Tourism, CXO Strategies, Global Expansion, Knowledge Expansion
services = Conferences, Congresses, Forums, Expos
revenue =
operating_income =
net_income =
assets =
equity =
owner =
num_employees = 300
parent =
divisions =
subsid =
slogan = success is a choice
homepage = [http://www.naseba.com/ naseba.com]
footnotes =
intl =

naseba PLC (PSE) is a global business information company with headquarters in Monaco which organizes business events worldwide across 26 industries, such as finance, IT, healthcare, human resources, energy, environment, construction, travel and tourism, real estate and airport.

Company Name

Naseba comes from a Japanese expression “naseba naru” which means "when there is a will there is a way.” It could also be translated by “if you make it happen”.

History

Scott Ragsdale started the company from scratch with only €60,000 of personal funds, on a Friday afternoon in [http://www.lobservateurdemonaco.mc/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=710&Itemid=0 October 2002] . He decided to quit his job as general manager of a global event company to start his own business with the help of 3 other individuals.

Two years later, naseba opened an office in Dubai and then in Bangalore in 2005. This was followed by offices in Singapore and in London in 2006.

In order to expand even further, naseba did a reverse takeover of MM Finance, a company listed on the Marché Libre of the Paris Stock Exchange. On October 5th 2006, naseba went public and became naseba group (reference: MLNSB).

In 2007, naseba group signed a joint venture with * [http://www.lnoppen.com/ Lnoppen] , the biggest conference company in China, opened offices in Cape Town and in Prague and acquired * [http://www.ambitionevents.com/ Ambition Events] , an ultra-marathon company.

naseba group has now 3 entities: naseba, Lnoppen and Ambition events.

Business model

The company generates revenue by holding networking forums. Those last two days and includes roundtable discussions and keynote presentations on topics, workshops and opportunities to network with all the participants. Those events occur world-wide. Thematically the workshops may cover one of four areas - Travel and Tourism, Strategy, Global expansion and knowledge expansion.

Global offices

Asia Pacific

* India: flagicon|INDBangalore
* China: flagicon|CHNShanghai
*flagicon|SINSingapore

Middle East

* United Arab Emirates: flagicon|UAEDubai

Europe

*Monaco
* Prague

outh Africa

* Cape Town

References

Online references

* [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS169651+04-Jan-2008+PRN20080104 "naseba's Extraordinary General Meeting approves euro 1 Million Capital Increase and the Appointment of a New Director", Reuters, January 4, 2008 ]

* [http://news.corporate.findlaw.com/prnewswire/20080213/13feb20081312.html "naseba group signs an Exclusive Agreement with the Egyptian Government for the Third Edition of AVEX", "PR Newswire", FindLaw, February 13, 2008]

* [http://www.lobservateurdemonaco.mc/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1042&Itemid=0 “Croissance”, L’Observateur de Monaco, March 2007 (french)]

* [http://archives.dna.fr/cgi/idxlist_audio?m1=naseba&m2=&m3=&aaaammjj=20070101&aaaammjj2=20071231&amjg=20070101-20071231&amj1=&amj2=&rubrique=&a=lst “L'événementiel fait son show sur les marchés”, Dernières Nouvelles D’Alsace, March 24, 2007 (french)]

* [http://www.cbw.cz/en/french-event-organizer-naseba-to-open-prague-office/4288.html?search=naseba “French event organizer Naseba to open Prague office”, Czech Business Weekly, March 23, 2007]

* [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=MLNSB:FP&sid=akIl36NnrP.Q “Naseba Expects 2007 Sales of EU8.8 Million, Founder Le Ray Says”, Bloomberg, May 4, 2007]

* [http://www.entreprisesdazur.com/?mode=fiche&rub=ent&nb=0047&fichier=ent.25.txt “Naseba dépasse le cap des 200 employés !”, Le Nicois - Le Cannois, Entreprises d’Azur, March 2007 (french)]

* [http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Aviation/10192479.html “Dubai wins best airport award”, Gulf News, February 24, 2008]

* [http://www.godubai.com/gulftoday/articlearc.asp?AID=117464&Section=Business “GCEC to attract mega investment”, The Gulf Today, February 2008]

* [http://www.entreprisesdazur.com/?mode=fiche&rub=ent&nb=0049&fichier=ent.04.txt “naseba ouvre un bureau à Cape Town”, Le Nicois - Le Cannois, Entreprises d’Azur, May 2007 (french)]

External links

* [http://www.naseba.com/ naseba official site]