Patrick Kedemos: Patrick is a
French, Lebanese and Australian citizen. He is a graduate of the INSEAD MBA,
holds a Master of Science from NEOMA Business School and is fluent in English,
French, German, Greek and Arabic. He has over 20 years of experience, including
16 years in increasingly senior roles within the international industrial,
medical and environmental gases industry at Air Liquide and Wesfarmers. Patrick
started his career as the founder of Action Plus, a company providing Marketing
Research to a number of industrial customers. Patrick is currently the Managing
Director of Avanguard, a diversified holding company with investments in
resources, retail, financial services and information technology. He also sits on
a number of boards. He is the Honorary Consul for France in Western
Australia.
Carine
Bougnague has over 20 years of experience in Senior positions within
semi-public organisations, local governments and the Alliance Française
network. She started as an economic developer and later became Head of International
Relations for the City of Montpellier. In this role she developed partnerships
and cooperation programmes with major cities around the world. Carine is
currently the Managing Director of the Alliance Française de Perth, a
non-profit incorporated Australian association, part of the international
Alliance Française network, whose goals are to promote the French language and
Culture in WA. The Alliance Française is based in Nedlands and their native and
qualified teachers teach to a large audience from 18 months old. The AF also organises
the Alliance Française French film Festival every year.
Géraldine
Rey: She born in France, grew up around a performing
musician father. Geraldine is now a local singer-songwriter based in Fremantle.
After her Australian debut with folk trio French Connexion in 2006,
Geraldine performed original songs as a folk solo artist, and created in 2011
the world music fusion project Mambo Chic. In 2012, they released a first
EP titled "Nyoka Musango".
Performer at heart, Geraldine Rey was lucky enough
to share the stage with a number of well known musicians at various festivals /
concerts in WA. Her new musical venture, G*REY, is contemporary, yet
with a bit of a retro sound, easy-listening, sexy and with a twist of
French-Chic style.
"SENTIR" single has been launched at
the Bonjour Perth French Festival on October 22, and
is now available on all digital platforms, including YouTube: https://youtu.be/b5r3egmnPFk
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