French Panorama

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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