Yesterday I attended our monthly Business Lunch at L’Entente (British Brasserie). It’s not the most glamorous Valentim’s lunch, but it was surprising.Our speaker Stephen Levine, talk about the #realestate market. I don’t know much about it and I was glad to learn. But most of all I was surprised by his view of the future on the market … Read more
Yesterday, I had the pleasure to attend to the monthly #businesslunch.This one was special. Our speaker was Michel BRISMONTIER from Brismontier Champagne.Not only did I learn a lot about the state of the #champagne business, but I also had the opportunity to test Michel’s champagne.It was splendid.I rarely have a full champagne course. Therefore I enjoyed it as much as … Read more
Yesterday I attended our monthly #businesslunch at l’Entente.Our speaker was Ariane Roux-Pagès. She explained her work as an insurer in fine art. I am not much of a connoisseur of #art or #insurance, I still understood what she explained. She sure knows her game. I was impressed. Of course I had the opportunity to meet once more with my friends Robert James … Read more
Yesterday, I was invited by the Australian ambassador, Her Excellency Gillian Bird, and Australia France Business Association to the opening of the “Rugby Downunder” exhibition.It was a fantastic evening.I had the opportunity to hear Hon Anika Wells MP, Minister for Sports speech. It was funny and interesting. I was impressed.I learned a lot about #rugby in general and the #Wallabies in particular.Of course … Read more
Yesterday evening while Kings Charles III was dining at Versailles, I was having a splendid “Rentrée reception” at the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce & Industry.I had the opportunity to speak with my friends at the chamber and my colleague at Your Experts In France.Our new President Ms Françoise Rausch made her first public speech. I was impressed by her … Read more
Had a great time at our monthly “Business Lunch” event yesterday, reconnecting with old friends like David Davron and making new connections.The venue, L’Entente, an English brasserie, served up a delightful dish of lamb with vinaigrette-mint sauce that was simply delicious! I would like to express my sincere gratitude to our event partners: The Spectrum IFA Group, Franco-British Chamber … Read more
Yesterday I attended Australia France Business Association ’s reception with Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) ‘s Deputy CEO Daniel Boyer at the Australian embassy.Not only was this meeting very interesting to understand the perspective of the future between #australia and #france . But I considered this meeting’s success as an homage to Bernard Tabary’s work with AFBA.He will be missed but his legacy will … Read more
Yesterday I attended the Saint Patrick’s day event at the #irish embassy.It’s always a pleasure to be invited in #ireland .I had the opportunity to hear his excellency M. Niail Burgess remind us of the warm Franco-Irish relationship.Of course #rugby was everyone favourite topic. Especially with Linda Djougang and James Coughlan.They both talked about their move to #france and how they perceive working … Read more
Yesterday was our monthly #businesslunch at l’Entente. Virginie Lejosne was our speaker.She explained to us how she can help foreigner rent or acquire #realestate in #france . This was very interesting. Especially for a French guy like me who did not realize how complicate it can be to find an #apartment when most of your revenues are not from a French sources. Or even when … Read more
Yesterday I attended our monthly #businesslunch .As always in December we took this opportunity to celebrate #christmas .Our venue, le British Brasserie L’ENTENTE was packed with our members.Big thanks to the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce & Industry who came in force.And a special round of applause to Thierry Drilhon our speaker who, as promised, made the shortest speech of the history of the … Read more
