profitability have a free opportunity to learn from a master business
strategist – and from each other. "Top Five Strategies for Improving
Profitability in 2012" will give business owners fresh insights on how
to build their profits even in a recovering economy. The program
features Tom Jackson, president of Renaissance Executive Forums in
Charlotte. Jackson is a master business strategist with more than 30
years of experience in starting, running, purchasing, selling and
valuing businesses. Participants will also have the chance to share
ideas with their peers in a powerful roundtable discussion format.
The free program, which includes breakfast, will take place on Friday,
March 2, 8:30 to noon at The Duke Mansion, 400 Hermitage Road in
Charlotte. Reservations are required at 704/367-0011 or tjackson@executiveforums.com
.
Jackson advises small businesses on business strategy, business
planning, market positioning, financial analysis, business modeling,
and business financing. He has held senior-level positions with three
Fortune 500 companies, including GTE Corporation and Air Products &
Chemicals, Inc., where he was actively involved in strategic planning
and corporate development; and First Union National Bank, where he
served as director of mergers and acquisitions within the Investment
Banking Group.
Jackson also founded and managed his own independent merger and
acquisition firm for many years, closing 125 business sale
transactions and providing corporate finance advisory services to a
wide range of Southeastern companies.
Since 1995, Renaissance Executive Forums in Charlotte (www.executiveforumscharlotte.com
) has brought together top executives from non-competing companies of
similar size into advisory boards that meet each month. Participants
talk candidly about their business challenges and get advice they can
use immediately. They come from a wide variety of industries,
including manufacturing, health care, hospitality, insurance, and many
others.
