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Name: name surname                                                      Date of Birth: 11th March 1961

Nationality: French                                                        Marital Status: Married, 2 children

Address: Cleveland Road, London                                  Tel No:

Mobile: Email:name@mail

Education and Professional Qualifications

1975 - 1978 Lycée in Avignon

Baccalauréat with emphasis on literature

1978 - 1983 Aix en Provence University

Bachelor’s degree in philosophy.  Gained credits in two examinations

1983 - 1984 University of Paris 8

Equivalent of Master’s Degree in philosophy.  Passed with credit.

1984 - 1985 University of Paris 2.

Equivalent of Master’s Degree in Journalism & Media Studies.

Professional experience

1994 to date Consultant organising language courses for companies.  Work includes designing and marketing the courses, selecting and appointing tutors and monitoring progress through liasing with both clients and tutors.

Also tutor teaching business French either to groups or on a one to one basis at companies such as Goldman Sachs, Total, Kingfisher, Etam, BHP, Standard and Poor’s, Seagram and EBRD.

French tutor for ‘le Francais Professionnel’ course at City Lit Institute and also the ‘Language for Business’ course at the University of Westminster.

Work includes carrying out initial assessments and subsequent progress reports, preparing students for commercial French language examinations and designing and selecting material in accordance with clients’ needs and abilities.

Arranging intensive language courses in France.

Acting as UK based supervisor for foreign trainees on behalf of French training companies.

1989 to 1994 Manager of vocational training company in Aix en Provence. Full

responsibility for the South East region, which included three                                                          centres employing twenty-five full time and sixty part time tutors                                                   engaged in training more than four hundred teenagers and adults                                                          annually.

Fully responsible for submitting training programmes in response to calls for proposals and obtaining government or private funding for training schemes.

Also liased with job centres and human resource departments with                                      regard to skills required, designed training schemes and recruited tutors                                                                 accordingly, reported on trainees’ progress and thereafter placed                                                                         trainees in full time employment or work experience programmes.

Also responsible for reporting on a regular basis to head office in Paris                                          and presenting annual report to the board of the company.

Other activities connected with vocational training included being a member of the Board of  ‘Mission Locale’, (the French equivalent of T.E.C.), a member of the Regional Committee for Education (the French equivalent of C.B.I for Chairmen of training companies) and a member of a University Student Guidance Group for students studying Educational Sciences.

1989 Delivered teaching materials to refugee camp in South East Asia during

world trip.  Also reported for national newspapers on current events in

Thailand and Nicaragua.

1985 to 1988 Management and Communication skills tutor in Paris. Conducted                                                    lectures, seminars and workshops for a range of bodies and companies.

Writer for ‘L’Année de la Formation’, the French Vocational Training                                            Year Book.

1983 to 1985 Freelance journalist working for national newspapers, correspondent in Paris for    newspapers in South East France covering current events, sport, art and exhibitions.

Work experience

1982, 1981, 1980        Worked in fields during wine harvest and in wine cellars.  Also did factory work.

1981 Played role of Roman soldier in ‘Nabucco’ by Verdi in Ancient                                                      Roman Theatre in Orange.

Other Skills Fluent English, working knowledge of Italian. Clean driving licence.

Chairman of ‘Association des Français self employed au Royaume Uni’

Interests Travelling, reading, singing, playing piano, family life.

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