The website said his expertise was in "Global Business Development, Sales, Global Account Management, Global Leadership and Global Strategy Deployment" and listed his education as a degree in international economics from York University in Toronto, an MBA from Paris and some training at the London School of Economics.

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According to the Konza information website, the city wants to attract business process outsourcing, software development, data centres, disaster recovery centres, call centres and light assembly manufacturing industries.

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