Charles DesForges is Chairman of Casect Ltd and a partner of CMD Associates. From May 1997 to October 2000 he was Executive Director of IMnI, an international, metal mining consortium based in Paris. He was Chief Executive of VSL (UK-based professional organisation specialising in innovation management and investment, European/USA strategic alliances and international licensing) from April 1993 to December 2000 and in addition he was Chairman of Royston Lead plc from January 1996 to October 1997. During the period March 1988 to May 1996 he was Chairman of the Board and President of TII (The European Association for Technology Transfer, Innovation and Industrial Information) with offices in Luxembourg &.