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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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