Sciences Po Alumna Yalan Chuang Featured in CityAM

March 19, 2010

The famous City of London newspaper, CITY AM published a page report today about Yalan Chuang, a Sciences Po Alumna based in London and founder of Chinese Original, a specialist Chinese language, translation and cultural learning service for the financial and legal sectors.

A big success in any language

Friday, 19th March 2010

A woman who teaches Chinese to the City is going from strength to strength
Kathleen Brooks

OF all the things you might expect to see in a language-teaching classroom, a piano is perhaps not high on the list. But that’s one of the most noticeable objects in Yalan Chuang’s office in King’s Cross, where she teaches businesspeople Chinese. “It is a very musical language, some words are spoken like a soprano and other like an alto,” she explains. Then idea came about from her first office, in what used to be Holy Trinity Church in South Kensington, where she inherited a grand piano. It has since become a vital part of her method.

To read full article online, click here, or to read the PDF, please click here.


Science Po Alumnus and Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Head Flamand Said to Start Own Firm

March 13, 2010

According to press reports, Sciences Po Alumnus (EF95) Pierre Henri Flamand, head of Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund, is said to start own firm.

Mr Flamand has worked at Goldman Sachs for 15 years and has run Goldman Sachs Principal Strategies, part of its asset management unit, from London since 2007. The unit was transformed under his leadership into a hedge fund that managed $7bn of investments in 2008.

Flamand is setting up his own fund as Wall Street pay and proprietary trading come under increased scrutiny from lawmakers.

Reports in the news:

Telegraph UK: Goldman star Pierre-Henri Flamand leaves to set up own fund.
Business Week: Goldman Sachs Hedge Fund Head Flamand Said to Start Own Firm.


Richard Descoings and the Sciences Po Brand

March 13, 2010

How Richard Descoings has changed the Sciences Po brand? An in-depth article published by French newspaper Les Echos investigates.

To read full article, please click here.


Dinner-Debate with Sciences Po alumnus François Henrot – 21 April

March 13, 2010

Sciences Po alumnus François Henrot, prime boardroom investment banker of Rothschilds, previously CEO of France Telecom (briefly) and before then of La Compagnie Bancaire, co-author of Le banquier et le philosophe published recently, will be hosted onWednesday 21 April for a dinner in London Saint James.

To book your place, please contact Stephane Rambosson: SRambosson@venipartners.com.


Jean-François Kahn on 8 April – London

March 13, 2010

Sciences Po Alumni UK, in association with Modem UK, is pleased to invite you to a dinner-debate on Thursday 8 April with Jean-François Kahn, well known French intellectuel, essayist, founder of the weekly Marianne, and candidate to the 2009 European Elections.

He is the author of various essays, amongst which:  Les Bullocrates (Fayard2006); Tout change parce que rien ne change (Fayard,2006) ; L’Abécédaire mal-pensant (Plon2007); Sur l’invariance en politique (Fayard2008) ; Pourquoi il faut dissoudre le PS (Larousse,2008); L’Alternative. Oui, c’est possible ! (Fayard2009) ; Dernières salves. Supplément au Dictionnaire incorrect et à l’Abécédaire mal-pensant (Plon2009).

The dinner, which should be entertaining, will take place in the Freemasonic Temple of Andaz Liverpool Street, in the City, near the creative neighbourhoods of Spitalfields, Hoxton and Shoreditch.

Please register online on (password: sciencespo).


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