Joachim C. Bartels founded Intrepid Explorers, LLC. in 2000. Bartels is an information specialist with global business experience (operations, planning, M&A, divestitures, market & key account development). Bartels worked most of his career (over 50 Years) in business information services, direct marketing services & directory publishing.
He, participated in pioneering new information concepts, new business models and set up businesses in emerging markets (Eastern Europe, China, South Asia and South-East Asia) with continually changing political and economic environments.
Bartels held line and staff management positions at the Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in the USA, and Europe (VP of Northern Europe). As senior Vice President, Bartels managed D&B International business development program that spanned the globe with a particular emphasis on China, Eastern Europe, India, South Asia and Southeast Asia. He was also responsible for D&B’s strategic relationship with the credit insurance industry [Berne Union and ICISA members].
Bartels debates on a regular basis with political and industry leaders around the world about the role of information in national economies and business decision processes, plus the need to create information infrastructures as a basis for economic growth. He is a regular participant in information and credit management forums working on issues concerned with the value of information in trade credit decisions.
Bartels served on the board of IIA (now SIIA) and participated in activities of the International Division of the Direct Marketing Association.
In 1996 a small group of investment bankers and Joachim Bartels, Sr VP of D&B International, met with Zhu Rongji, the first-ranking Vice Premier of China, in a private meeting to discuss the roles of investment banking and trade credit in a national economy.
The meeting was part of several events during the nationwide rollout of CHINANET in 1996, as internet access became a public service rather than a tool exclusively for academics. In 1996 Zhu Rongji served as the first-ranking Vice Premier of China. In this capacity, he was regarded as the country’s leading economic policy figure.
Intrepid Explorers is a co-founder of Business Information Industry Association Asia Pacific – Middle East Limited (BIIA). BIIA constitutes a neutral Forum of information content companies in Asia Pacific and Middle East to promote, protect and inform the industry. Bartels represented BIIA in a World Bank Task Force on Credit Information Standards – General Principles for Credit Reporting.
Bartels’s involvement in BIIA can be viewed here: https://lnkd.in/ePw_AsT5
Specialties: Gobal Business Development, Global Account Management, Business Know-how and technology transfer – business information services
Bartels can be reached at: bartelsjc@intrepidex.com or through LinkedIn