Globinar Global Chamber® New York City Scaling Your Business

Global Chamber® New York City 

Globinar Scaling Your Business 

• Thursday, January 22 at 2pm PT / 3pm MT / 5pm ET / 10pm Accra + London / 11pm CET
• Friday, January 23 at 6am Singapore / 7am Seoul + Tokyo / 2:00am Sydney

Location: CBIZ 730 3rd Ave, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10017. Zoom link for remote attendees.

This panel brings together leaders who have built and led companies across small to mid and enterprise teams. They will discuss growth, culture, timing, and the work in a direct and practical way.

This session is built for business owners, founders, senior executives, and leaders who want to grow their companies in a steady and responsible way. The conversation is practical and direct. The goal is to help you leave with ideas you can use in real work with real people.

What You Will Learn:

• You will hear three leaders with real experience leading growth.
• Manabu will talk about how very large businesses begin small, how timing matters, and how steady action builds long term growth.
• Leon will share how to build culture on purpose, how to keep teams focused, and how to grow into new markets while staying true to your values.
• Charles will speak about keeping an entrepreneurial mindset at any size, how to stay visible as a thought leader, and how to use tools while keeping people at the center of the work.

Who Should Attend

This session is built for founders, owners, partners, senior executives, sales leaders, and operations leaders. It is also helpful for anyone who helps guide growth in their company.

What To Expect

• This is a live panel conversation with open audience question and answer opportunities throughout the session. 
• You will have time to ask real questions about real problems. You will hear ideas that respect people, culture, and daily work.

This event will be held in person and will also be available by live video for remote guest.

Speakers

Charles Bernard -  Advisory Board Chair, Global Chamber NYC, Founder and CEO of Criteria for Success 

Charles is an accomplished speaker that has trained thousands of CEOs, Sales Managers, and Salespeople on the art of business relationships, growing revenue, and overcoming challenges. 

With over 20 years of experience in direct sales, sales management, recruiting, and training, Charles is a subject-matter expert with a knack for troubleshooting. 

He was born in Madrid, Spain and was educated in Surrey, England. Currently, Charles resides in New York City where he is authoring his debut book, “Enabling Buying in a World of Selling".   

Leon Perera - Executive Director, Yamada Consulting Group USA Inc.

Leon Perera serves as Executive Director for Yamada Consulting Group USA Inc based out of New York City but also divides his time between the US and Singapore/Japan/Asia, concurrently serving as Board Chairman for Yamada Consulting and Spire Asia Pte Ltd.

After serving as Assistant Manager in the Singapore Economic Development Board, a government body, Leon Perera co-founded the Spire Research and Consulting Group in the year 2000, growing it to 100 employees in 10 countries with 50 Fortune 500 clients, prior to selling the company to Yamada Consulting Group (YCG) of Japan in 2016. With 1,200 employees globally, YCG is publicly listed on the First Board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Leon’s background lies in holistic market research, business consulting and M&A advisory deal origination. Leon’s current focus is on deal origination for YCG’s cross-border, mid-market M&A advisory practice. He also continues to do business development for YCG’s market research and consulting practices in the USA and Asia.

Manabu Sasaki - VP and Deputy General Manager, Corporate Development at ITOCHU International Inc.

Manabu Sasaki is VP and Deputy General Manager, Corporate Development at ITOCHU International Inc., the North American headquarters of ITOCHU Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 Japanese multi-industry trading company. As the acting General Manager, he leads the firm’s strategic investment, M&A, new business development, and other corporate development activities across various industry sectors in North America. He rejoined ITOCHU in 2022 after a 10-plus-year stint as an investment banker in the U.S.

Prior to his current position, Manabu joined Keefe Bruyette & Woods (KBW) in 2012, which later merged with Stifel in 2013. He was a Managing Director responsible for Asia investment banking coverage at KBW and Head of Japan Coverage and Asia Financial Sponsors Coverage for Stifel’s investment banking practice. He also has experience covering aircraft finance companies globally at KBW/Stifel.

Earlier in his career, he served as Executive Vice President of ITOCHU Financial Services in New York. Manabu started his career in Japan at Bank of Tokyo (later Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, now MUFG). He has over 30 years of experience in M&A, strategic partnerships, investment banking, corporate banking, transaction banking, asset management, international finance, client relationship management, and corporate development.

Moderator:

Elizabeth Frederick – Senior Consultant of Criteria for Success

Elizabeth is a thoughtful and practical advisor who helps business leaders strengthen how they grow revenue and build sales cultures that work in the real world. She works closely with executives, sales managers, and client-facing teams to improve business development processes, refine sales systems, and create cleaner, more human ways of working with buyers.

With a background in accounting, computer science, and business, Elizabeth brings a strong process mindset to everything she does. She is known for her ability to diagnose where systems break down and to design practical solutions that improve performance without adding unnecessary complexity. 

She previously led marketing at Criteria for Success and continues to play an active role through her writing, eBooks, and as host of the Let’s Talk Sales! podcast, where she shares insight on selling, leadership, and growth.

Elizabeth moved to New York City in 2005 after falling in love with the city and began her career in investment research before joining Criteria for Success. She now resides in New York City, where she continues to write, consult, and work with organizations committed to building stronger, more responsible sales practices.

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