FIBA Partners
TwinFish Design
Graphic and web design company with offices in Lyon and Oxford.
FIBA NEWS
23/09/2011
Fiba Cocktail de la Rentrée
The FIBA Cocktail de la Rentrée, held at the Lyon CCI on 20th September, will live long in the memory. After some very warm words of welcome from Bruno Chiaverini, International Director of Lyon CCI, the main speaker was the CEO of Rossignol Bruno Cercley. Read more
12/07/2011
Lyon’s Ambassadors to London
The FIBA committee supported the ONLYLYON event on Oxo Tower Wharf in London on Friday 8th July at which Tim Hughes presented the legal aspects of setting up business in the Rhône Alpes.
10/04/2011
April Business Lunch
The FIBA business lunch in April featured an entertaining and stimulating talk by Erwan Henry on the theme “ Critical issues for medium-sized firms in the global economy”. Read more
05/03/2011
February Business Lunch
Clive Parker, founder of “The English House”, shared his experience of creating a business in France at the lunch on Tuesday 22nd February.
07/02/2011
January Business Lunch
The FIBA lunch on 28th January was a very happy occasion!
36 people attended and gained an understanding of a new area of psychology called “the science of happiness”
14/12/2010
CHRISTMAS LUNCH
An interesting and informative presentation from ERAI and the WTC accompanied by some excellent wine from MISCHIEF & MAYEM resulted in an enjoyable end of year lunch on the 3rd December READ MORE
30/10/2010
Business Lunch 12th October
At our lunch event in October, Alain ZAKARIAN gave a talk on export activity in Europe.
You can read a summary of the key points by clicking this link and also download a copy of his presentation
11/10/2010
Cocktail de la Rentrée
This year’s FIBA Cocktail de la Rentrée drew a very large gathering to the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
After a welcoming address from Bruno CHIAVERINI, the President of the International Division of the Lyon CCI, a presentation was made by Jacques DANGER, co-founder of GL Events. Read more...
11/10/2010
Speakers wanted
IDRAC International School of Management are looking for key note speakers from the Franco-British community who can talk for 30-45 minutes on a business-related topic with some emphasis on international collaboration. Learn more
09/07/2010
From Good to GREAT Sales Performance
A stimulating presentation from Market Vision’s Jean-Christophe Beau on the latest techniques and research into achieving profitable growth was held at the Reine Astrid on the 6th July. This was Fiba’s last public event before the summer break.
30/06/2010
Joint AmCham/Fiba event
FIBA was delighted to host a joint event with AmCham on 15th June.
The lunch was held at the Reine Astrid and the speaker was Harry Sullivan, the US Consul in Lyon.
23/05/2010
Wine tasting at the Fiba Lunch
Fine wines from Mischief & Mayem and an excellent presentation from their co-founder Michael Ragg at the May Fiba lunch
25/03/2010
LOU rugby
LOU RUGBY, in partnership with The British Consulate, has invited FIBA members to attend the match between Lyon and Mont de Marsan, which will kick off at 16h30 this Saturday, 27thMarch.
11/03/2010
Lunch Event on the 9th March
Many thanks to Chiara and David Reid for their contribution to the Fiba lunch on the 9th March. (Read more)
14/02/2010
AGM-Member’s Lunch January
At Fiba’s AGM, held on 19th January, Peter Watson handed over his role as president to Tim Hughes.
Our speaker at the lunch was Céline Rozier from Cosmic Solutions.
08/01/2010
December’s members’ lunch
Andrew Holt from UKTI in Paris gave a talk on the role of UK Trade and Investment in helping British exporters and French companies wanting to invest in the UK.
24/10/2009
October members’ lunch
Dr Donna Willis Iden gave an excellent talk on The Expat Brain - Creating Effective Communications in a Global Market
10/10/2009
Lyon à la Carte
Fiba was present at the Lyon à la Carte expo at the Hilton on Saturday 17th October.
23/09/2009
Fiba Cocktail 2009
The annual FIBA Cocktail de la Rentrée was again this year held in the splendid setting of the Salon Lumière at Lyon’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 8th September. (cont’d)
12/07/2009
July Members’ Lunch
The speakers at our members’ lunch on July 2nd were Philip HO of Sanofi Pasteur and Philip LAST of Brand Development. Click on the title to read more…
07/06/2009
May Member’s Lunch
The latest FIBA lunch was held on 26th May and attracted a record attendance (30 plus).
The speakers were Claire BOUTEILLE, HM Consul (Head of Post) of the UK Consulate based in Lyon, and Thierry LECERF, International Manager with SEB.
29/04/2009
April Members’ lunch
On the 21st April, Rachel Maury (TwinFish Design) gave a talk to Fiba members on the subject of creative thinking and its impact on business development.
03/03/2009
Fiba Member participates in the Rallye des papillons
Rachel Maury of TwinFish Design participated in the Tunisian Rally des Papillons in March finishing in 8th place.
The rally covers 1650 km of roads and desert terrain over a period of a week, during which time clothes, school books and medical assistance is given to families living in remote villages.
02/02/2009
AGM and January members’ lunch
Following the AGM Jacques Descours and Ronnie Currie gave a presentation on cultural differences in the business world.
16/12/2008
December Member’s lunch
Liam Martin & Lorraine Suddaby from Capital Growth Solutions with Peter J Watson at the member’s lunch.
30/10/2008
October Member’s Lunch
Catherine Schatz and Franck-Nicolas Sellier of HSBC France spoke to members about their international services at a lunch held at the Reine Astrid on Tuesday 28th October.
01/10/2008
Cocktail at the CCI
Over 50 people attended the FIBA cocktail at the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry on the 30th September ‘08 which was presided over by Peter Watson and Harry Sullivan the American Consul of Lyon.
30/06/2008
Hays Recruitment
Peter Watson thanked Mark Simpson for his presentation at the member’s lunch at the Hays offices in July