International profile

• two years spent in Burundi, four in the UK, and two in the USA (Washington DC),
• first professional experience working for international companies,
• French as a foreign language teacher at the IMF, students from various nationalities.

Strong linguistic and writing skills

• Diploma in Translation (Chartered Institute of Linguists),
• graduated from the universities of London (BA(HOns), Queen Mary College), Reading (MA) and Cambridge (CELTA and Cambridge proficiency),
• EFL teacher, all levels, working for major French companies,
• writer for MESSAGE, association which caters the needs of expatriate anglophone families (www.messageparis.org) : writing and designing of a monthly newsletter.

Good knowledge of the business world

• I worked two years for L’Oréal Paris, then gained three years of HR experience working for Aventis Pharma then Philips Electronics.