Joachim BartelsFounder & Chairman, Intrepid Explorers, Inc. (IEI)

Joachim C. Bartels is founder and chairman of Intrepid Explorers, Inc. (IEI) (www.intrepidex.com), a US based information content consultancy that specializes in serving information content providers in developing new international markets, identifying and selecting potential partners, and developing new strategies and information concepts. IEI is a co-founder of Business Information Industry Association Asia Pacific – Middle East Limited (BIIA), a trade association for the information content industry based in Hong Kong (www.biia.com).

Bartels has global business experience in operations, planning, M&A, divestitures, market & key account development. He has worked most of his career in business-to-business, direct marketing and business credit information services, holding management positions at the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (D&B) in the US and Europe. He pioneered new information concepts and business models, and set up businesses in emerging markets with continually changing political and economic environments.

Bartels is a regular participant in information and credit management forums working on issues concerned with the value of information in trade credit decisions, and engages in debates with political and industry leaders worldwide about the role of information content in national economies and business decisions.