October’s lunch was the opportunity for many FIBA members to hear Tim present his unique look at the issue that has dominated British politics and much else in the last 3,5 years. Earlier in the year, I was among the lucky few who attended a Lyinc dinner event when Tim entertained the audience with a […]
COCKTAIL DE LA RENTRÉE
Professor Colin McGuckinDoctor Patrick MehlenThis year’s cocktail combined Lyon’s excellence in the world of Cancer research, the fine work of one of our members, CTI Biotech, and the venue of one of our founder members offices, PwC at the Grand Hôtel Dieu. As a team, we deliberately wanted to place the focus on the positive […]
Exploding the myths of European Union product development.
On Friday 17th May, our guest speaker was Arnaud Lamy. Arnaud is Research & Development director for Application des Gaz, owner and distributor of brands including Campingaz, Coleman (planchas & barbecues), Sevylor, Marmot, which is part of the Newell Brands group. Arnaud’s presentation focused on exploding the myths of European Union product development. This wasn’t […]
April’s Business Lunch with Cathy Nataf : “Exploring Planet Mars”
As a committee, proposed by Tim Hughes, we invited Cathy Nataf, professor at Claude Bernard Lyon 1 to talk to us about the history and developments concerning the exploration of planet Mars. Cathy’s talk was absolutely fascinating, putting into context the different projects to land on Mars (the Russians, for information, made 6 unsuccessful attempts), […]
March Business Lunch “The Expatriate’s Financial journey”
March’s business lunch featured a presentation from one of our more recent members, Alan Watson, entitled “The Expatriate’s Financial journey”. Alan has a truly international background, born and brought up in the UK, whose work experience has covered EMEA over 30 years or so, covering Holland, Germany, France as well as Bahrain, Saudi and Dubai. […]