andreas w gerdes   Premium Member

Andreas founded Germany’s first mobile service provider (ABC Telekom) in a garage, together with his friend and partner Rene R Obermann. Within four years he successfully sold the business to Li Kashing, Hong Kong's wealthiest entrepreneur, and was instrumental in integrating the business into Hutchison's European telecom operations, which included the Orange Group, third-largest mobile-phone operator in the UK (Orange plc has meanwhile been sold to France Telecom). Growing restless, Andreas then founded ABC Telecommunications Consultants, which assisted major national telecom players in establishing their multi-billion dollar international operations. He advised telecom power brokers, such as the Dutch PTT and Telefonica of Spain, on investment decisions in mobile communications. Based on his extensive experience and professional business network in Asia, Andreas was a chosen advisor, facilitating, negotiating and supporting investment decisions by Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile in the region.
 

Andreas is an active member of Rotary International and the World Entrepreneurs' Organization. He co-founded the pan-European Business Incubation Association (BIA Europe) that focuses on promoting business incubators as the key platform for next-generation entrepreneurship in Europe and globally. Moreover, Andreas is an advisor to Europe’s leading business schools and universities, including the renowned European Business School. Andreas was nominated as a new member by the distinguished World Technology Network, an international think tank focused on networking new ideas, new relationships, and new business opportunities. He was one of the seven winners of the European Award “Elite of the Future” (Elite der Zukunft), the nominators of which include Egon Zehnder International, BMW, Deutsche Bank and Bertelsmann. Andreas is also a sought-after speaker on Entrepreneurship and TIME (Telecommunications, IT, Media, E-commerce). Andreas co-founded the non-profit foundation Startup Malta that boosts entrepreneurship within young people. Andreas has also been prominently featured in the Financial Times publication "101Leaders of the New Economy." Andreas is a qualified Master in NLP, an art collector &sponsor, a collector of classic cars and loves to travel the cultures and continents of the world. Andreas is a passionate father of two boys, Maximilian and Alexander.
 

Andreas is a common male name in Cyprus, Greece, Germany, Flanders and Scandinavia. In the Greek language, from which it derives it means valiant.
 
William is a popular proper name of old Germanic origin. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman Conquest of 1066, and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. The modern German equivalent is "Wilhelm." It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm."
 
William is from the Norman language derived from the German Wilhelm, and of Germanic origin: wil = "will, desire"; helm = "helmet, protection"; thus the Old German name Wilhelm and the Old Norse name Vilhjálmr have the same roots. The Belgian name "Guildhelm" means "harnessed with a gilded helmet".
 
Gerdes (or "Geerdes") is a surname of German origin.
Ge(e)rdes is a patronymic derived from the name "Gerd", short for Gerard, meaning "hard spear", or from the Norse goddess Gerd (meaning "Gerd's protection"), wife of Freyr and protectress of the home
 
http://www.andreas.com.mt
 

books - the alchemist (paulo coelho), the prophet (kahlil gibran), the seven spiritual laws of success (deepak chopra), introducing nlp (joseph o'connor &john seymour)
 

'The arts have helped mankind deal with realities since stories were told round the fire and we drew on cave walls. The arts help us to exercise our emotions. We are surrounded by art and overwhelmed by our emotions.
 
From the pictures children have drawn for us, paintings and sculptures, the poetry, the songs, to the concerts, the plays, and the operas that we have been invited to attend – use the arts to heal your heart and soul.'
 
"Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it." - this one is from Pericles and applied in my life on multiple occasions.