The author of Rwanda – La Fin du Silence, Guillaume Ancel spoke about his controversial book, published recently, which re-opened the debate about France’s role in the genocide of 1994. Guillaume was an army officer posted in Rwanda and wrote about his first-hand experience during Opération Turquoise, which began on June 22nd 1994. Guillaume’s account […]

Together with the CEE6 (Lyon 6’s business club) and our friends at the EACC (European American Chamber of Commerce), FIBA organised a conference at the Mairie du 6ème on June 13th. As a team, we put together a panel of 5 speakers: Managing director of AWABOT – Jérémie Koessler Deputy Managing Director Distech Controls – […]

Visit of HRH Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall to Lyon on the 8th May 2018 FIBA was represented by Professor Colin McGuckin and the FIBA president Philip Last, along with other members of the British community and of course many Lyonnais who were keen to meet with the Royal family. http://www.leprogres.fr/rhone-69-edition-lyon-metropole/2018/05/08/en-direct-suivez-la-visite-du-prince-charles-et-de-camilla First we […]

Our speaker for April’s business lunch was Frédéric Crouzet, founder and creator of This is Lyon This is Lyon is the Lyon website which is 100% English, so this attracts two main personas….expats and tourists! Frédéric explained his professional background as a journalist as well as some of the tips and tricks of setting up […]

To start the New Year, we began with something a little different. Joanna Kelly, one of our members, is Broadcast manager for the World Curling Federation and came up with a great idea! With the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games about to get underway in South Korea, FIBA members were invited to ‘Come & Try’ the […]