This year’s golf day was held just two weeks after Europe had stormed to a terrific victory at the Golf National just outside of Paris to win back the Ryder Cup. Yet again, the autumn weather was kind to us and over 60 players, FIBA members, guests and the CADG (Club affaires du Gouverneur) gathered […]
Annual remembrance ceremony
The members of FIBA were well represented at the annual remembrance ceremony held at St Germain au Mont d’Or. This year the event took place on Saturday 17th November. In 1917, the commanders of the British Armed Forces decided that servicemen travelling from the east should no longer risk the voyage by boat through the […]
November Business Lunch
We welcomed Trevor Leggett to this business lunch at the Reine Astrid in Lyon on Friday 16th November. Trevor founded the Leggett Immobilier company in France at the turn of the century, starting off in a small village in the Dordogne and today it’s one of the fastest growing estate agencies in Europe. Trevor explained […]
Cocktail de la Rentrée at Grand Hôtel Dieu
The cocktail de la rentrée is one of our flagship events, designed to bring members together and attract new members to our growing association. This year, we held the Cocktail at PwC ‘s beautiful new offices, in the Grand Hôtel Dieu in Lyon, one of our city’s most remarkable renovation projects of recent years! A […]
July’s Business Lunch at the LYINC with Guillaume Ancel
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 […]