Anne de Louvigny Stone graduated from ESSEC and Sciences-Po. She is Senior Vice President and international Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management, servicing clients of French origin residing in the US, France, Belgium, UK and Switzerland. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 2000, Anne held several executive positions at American Express (New York) including Vice President of Global Marketing and Strategic Planning for the Foreign Exchange Services Division. Prior to American Express, she served three years at Eco-Emballages, in Paris, as Head of Strategic Planning, and five years as a consultant at Bain & Co. in London and Paris. Anne is a board member of ESSEC USA and a Director and Vice President of the French American Chamber of Commerce, New York Chapter.
François is a corporate lawyer with Holland & Knight LLP. He focuses on mergers and acquisitions and securities offerings, with an emphasis on cross-border transactions. He has represented Canadian and European clients in connection with capital raising and investment activities in the United States. François is a member of the bars of New York, Paris and Quebec.
Pierre-Antoine works for Rémy Cointreau as a Brand Ambassador for Louis XIII Cognac. He moved to New York in 2007, right after graduating from EDHEC. He specializes in wine, spirits and luxury brands. He created a series of social networking events for the French community in NY called L'Afterworks.
Elsa Berry is the representative of HEC Paris and a member of its Club des Dirigeants. She graduated from HEC in 1980 and she holds a Bachelors of Economic from University Paris X (Nanterre).
Representing the École Polytechnique, Daniel has been within the Fixed Income Department of BNP Paribas in New York since 2008. From 2005 to 2008, he was a Senior Quantitative Analyst in Fixed Income, in London. He joined the Risk Management Group of BNP Paribas in Paris in March 2003. Before joining the bank, Daniel was a Quantitative Analyst in Equity Derivatives at Goldman Sachs in London. Daniel is a graduate from École Polytechnique and École des Mines de Paris. He holds a PhD in Finance & Economics, and a Master of Science degree in Microelectronics. Daniel is also Adjunct Professor in Finance at New-York University (NYU-Poly) and Associate Research Fellow at CERNA (Centre d'Économie Industrielle) Mines - ParisTech in Paris.
Céline represents the ESCP Europe business school at the AAGEF Board and is leading the team in charge of organizing events. Céline is Vice President of Corporate Financial Planning at Viacom which she joined in 1997 after having worked as an equity research analyst at Smith Barney. Céline earned an MBA from Columbia Business School in 1993 as well as a BA from ESCP-EAP in 1989. She is also a Certified Financial Analyst (since 2001). Céline and her husband live in New York City and have a daughter named Océana.
Hugues represents the École Centrale Paris and heads its alumni association in the U.S. He is a professional with McKinsey & Company. He also holds an engineering degree of the Technical University in Munich and a MBA from Columbia Business School.
Robert Pine is Vice President of Treasury Operations for the North Shore-LIJ Health System, Great Neck, New York. Previous professional positions were Assistant Treasurer of the New York Presbyterian Hospital from 1987-2002, Treasurer of Bouygues SA in Paris and Chief Financial Officer of its US subsidiary HDR, Inc. (1981 – 1987) and American Express International Banking Corporation (1972-1981). He graduated from Trinity College, Hartford Connecticut (BA 1968), Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (MSFS, 1972) and INSEAD (MBA. 1976) He is a former board member of the Lycee Francais de New York and remains active in the school's Financial Aid Committee and Capital Fundraising Committee. He serves on the Vestry of the Église Francaise du St. Esprit, the oldest French speaking Protestant church in New York dating from 1627.
Erez is the representative of Supélec on the board of the AAGEF and is also the VP in charge of Regional Chapters. Erez is a consultant in the Finance Risk and Compliance practice of Capco. Prior to joining Capco in 2009, Erez was a consultant with PwC Advisory and BearingPoint, and co-founded a music game company called WatZatSong.
Thomas Ferré is a Senior Vice-President with Turtle Bay Capital, a New York based merchant bank focused on energy and natural resources in the emerging markets. Thomas holds an MS in Industrial Engineering from ParisTech Arts & Métiers and an MSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Thomas is the CFO and a board member of American Friends of ParisTech A&M, a non-profit helping the engineering school, its students and alumni in the USA.
Bénédicte de Montlaur graduated from the École Normale Supérieure (ULM) and Sciences-Po Paris. She is a diplomat working for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She is currently the Counselor of the French Ambassador to the United Nations on Middle East issues and Peacekeeping operations. She was previously posted for three years in Damascus (Syria).
François is Chief Operating Officer of 901D, a US company specialized in the design and manufacturing of electronics enclosures for Defense and Homeland Security applications. He holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering and a MS in Computer Science from ENSAE (Supaéro).
Cécile is a Senior Consultant at Murex North America. She graduated from École Centrale de Lyon in 2006 and holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University.
Jean-Yves is a Director in the Corporate Strategy and M&A group of Citi, which he joined in 2006 after spending five years at Standard & Poor’s in New York. He started his career in the United States as a research associate in the applied mathematics department of Yale University He is a graduate of the École des Mines de Paris (promotion 96).
