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CURRICULUM VITAE

Since 2003 FREELANCE TRANSLATOR. Subjects:

- PATENTS: industrial devices and processes, machines and tools, materials, etc.

- BUSINESS: company brochures; websites; business reports; various contracts and agreements; market research; fair trade.

- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: economic reports, guidelines, drafts, budgets (EU, FAO, UNIDO, World Bank, embassies, NGOs).

- ENVIRONMENT : water management, waste management, sustainable development, risk management, rural development.

- FOOD INDUSTRY: agriculture, agribusiness, industrial processing, quality standards, distribution channels, etc.

- TOURISM : tourist guides, brochures, web presentations, travel documents, etc.

2003-2004 ACADOMIA, private tuition : TEACHER (8 pupils / 13 hours / week: School support in French, German, English, Philosophy, from primary to ‘A’ levels.

01/2003-06/2003 « Marchés Tropicaux et Méditerranéens», weekly magazine about African economy, Paris

- WRITER : interviews and articles. Responsible for several sections (transports, Maghreb area, media, fishery). Several articles for the 3000 edition (on African politics and history).

03-09/2002 CIRAD, International Centre for Agronomy and Research (France):

- Implementation of a research project on the coffee chain in Uganda : - Survey on coffee contamination by mycotoxines and its impact on export quality.

- Setting up of Quality Standards and Pricing Policies.

04/2001- 2002 LA COMMANDERIE, Guest House, 6 months / year : MANAGER, Luberon, Provence

- Setting up and running of a place for accommodation and cultural events.

05-08/2000 AIRTOUR AUSTRIA, Austrian tour operator:

- TOURIST GUIDE in German (Provence): travel coordination and cultural guiding (museums, monuments, geography, etc.) for numerous groups on discovery trips.

10/1997-04/2000VOLCAFE GROUP, Swiss group specialized in processing and trading of green coffee :

OUGANDA : PURCHASING MANAGER (30 tons / day):

- Negotiating with coffee growers and dealers, controlling costs, quality and prices.

RWANDA :OPERATIONS MANAGER :

- Controlling processing operations, creation of a laboratory for quality control

- In charge of liquidating the company in Rwanda : legal and financial matters.

UGANDA :OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGER (60 tons/day)

- Control of all production activities and purchasing units (Arabicas and Robustas)

- Follow up of an organic coffee project, involving 300 local growers.

05-09/1997 AUSTRIAN EMBASSY’S BUREAU FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, Trainee (UGANDA)

- Participation in the implementation of social and economic development projects : education, water sewerage, agronomy, infrastructures, micro-credits, public service.

- Participation in writing the three-year cooperation programme.

01/1995-04/1997 IPSOS Interviews, Millward Brown, Stas Marketing, Promodip: POLLSTER, South of France

- Market research : interviews, questionnaires, product testing, promotional events.

06-09/1995 « Friedrich Glatz Lebensmittel GmbH », import-export company for food, AUSTRIA (Vienna):

Trainee, working on following tasks :

- Commercial letters, brand registration, quality standards, etc.

- Memorandum : analysis of the impact of EU legislation on the food sector in Austria.