Press Release

11:00 AM  October 10, 2007

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Bill Billeaud of Lombard Global Speaks to Saint LouisUniversity MBA Programs October 1 for Homecoming Festivities

Bill Billeaud, Managing Partner of Lombard Global www.lombardglobal.com , a growing Global Expansion Consulting and Real Estate firm recently spent time talking to the Saint Louis University one year full-time MBA program and some part time MBA students about the consulting business, international business and entrepreneurship. Mr. Billeaud was a 1992 graduate of the EMIB or Global MBA program at SLU. Most of the full-time MBA’s have worked for several years and are now getting their professional degree in order to move “up or on” in business.  Typically they are in their mid 20’s to early 30’s and are well known as the Millennia generation. They are now getting a lot of national media attention. “This generation is very talented and are not ready to settle for second best. In many cases, they think that they already know more than their senior peers in the workforce and in many cases, they just might.  But, if you haven’t experienced them yet directly, be prepared” said Mr. Billeaud.

Saint Louis University is the oldest business school west of The Mississippi, founded in 1818. The US News and World Report ranks the University among the top 50 national, doctoral universities on the "Great Schools, Great Prices" list. In addition many of SLU's business programs are nationally ranked including the part-time MBA, ranked 25 and The Entrepreneurial program which is ranked in the top 25. The one year full-time MBA is unique to the region as is The Executive Master in International Business. SLU's campus in Madrid is recognized by Spain's higher education authority as an official foreign university, the first U.S. institution so recognized.

Lombard Global, based in Dallas, Texas and with business partners in Europe and Asia is a leading and growing Global Expansion Consulting and Real Estate firm. Its clients are expanding their businesses typically outbound (from the USA) and/or inbound (into the USA). Currently, Lombard is working with real estate owners and developers who are expanding their marketing presence globally, European retail firms who are expanding  to the USA, Latin America and Asia and European technology and cosmetic firms seeking to make a name for themselves in the USA market and beyond, just to name a few examples. For more information contact Bill Billeaud at 214-675-5539 or wbilleaud@lombardglobal.com.