Aperian Global’s Laurette Bennhold-Samaan Receives Prestigious Industry Award
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) April 04, 2014 -- Aperian Global, a leading provider of consulting, training, and web tools for global talent development, announced that Laurette Bennhold-Samaan, the company’s Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director, Global Mobility, has been presented the Meritorious Service Award by Worldwide ERC®, the workforce mobility association.
The award recognizes a member’s dedication and devotion of time and expertise for the betterment of the global mobility industry. It was presented at the Global Workforce Summit in London.
Bennhold-Samaan has over twenty-five years of experience managing international mobility for world-class organizations such as Accenture, the World Bank, Honda of America, and the Peace Corps. Her expertise includes business alignment, strategic planning, training management, and partnering with corporate, government, educational, and international organizations. Bennhold-Samaan has co-authored a number of intercultural training books and delivered training and coaching programs in over 50 countries. She was born in Egypt, lived in Nigeria, and has worked in Germany, Canada, and the U.S. She holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs focusing on cross-cultural communications and international business and is currently based in Washington, DC. In addition to her strategic planning role for the Global Mobility practice area at Aperian Global, she also serves as the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), ensuring the company’s continued financial strength, operating efficiency, and growth.
Of her award, Bennhold-Samaan said, “I am honored and humbled to be recognized by the world’s foremost authority on workforce mobility. I’ve been involved with Worldwide ERC® for decades and they have been the core professional association and instrumental in connecting and educating the global mobility community. I look forward to continuing to work together in the years to come.”
About Aperian Global
Aperian Global provides consulting, training, and web tools for global talent development. Aperian Global’s flagship product, GlobeSmart®, is a tool that has had over 700,000 registered users in 125 organizations worldwide and provides ready access to detailed information on how to conduct business effectively with people from around the world. Founded in 1990, the company has partnered with our clients in more than 85 countries and has worked with more than one-third of the Global Fortune 100, delivering over 2,000 workshops in 25 languages in the last year. The company has offices in Bangalore, Boston, Kolding, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo. For more information, visit http://www.aperianglobal.com.
About Worldwide ERC
Worldwide ERC® has served for 50 years as the membership association and foremost center for corporate and government mobility, educating and connecting mobility professionals worldwide. The recognized industry authority on talent mobility and assignments in the U.S. and major global traffic areas, Worldwide ERC® is headquartered in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, with representation in Belgium and a Wholly Owned Foreign.
Barbara Cassidy, Aperian Global, http://www.aperianglobal.com, +1 (415) 321-7944, [email protected]
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