Sciences Po Alumni UK

SciencesPo Alumni UK is delighted to receive for its next dinner-debate, Clara Gaymard (SP 81), General Electric’s Chief Executive for North West Europe, on Thursday 5 March. Theme chosen is:

 “How companies create opportunity from adversity?”

A few words on Clara and GE:Clara joined GE as National Executive for France in 2006, presiding over a significant period of growth in France, which has seen revenues increase by 24% in 2007 to $6.8 billion. In 2008 she also assumed responsibility for Benelux as well as the UK and Ireland. GE currently employs more than 38,000 people across the North Western European region, with combined revenues across UK, Ireland, France and Benelux of  $20.6 billion. Prior to joining GE, Clara had a successful career as a Civil Servant, firstly as an Economic and Commercial Advisor at the French Trade Office in Cairo from 1991-93, followed by seven years as Deputy Director at the Foreign Economic Relations Department of the French Ministry of Finance. In 1999 she became head of the Small and Mid-Cap Business Division before spending three years as Special Representative at Invest in France where she was responsible for overseeing the organisation’s international direct inward investment strategy. A graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po) and of the French National School of Administration (ENA), Clara Gaymard is a published author and was recently voted number 36 in Fortune Magazine’s ‘Global Power 50’ listing of Europe’s most influential business women. She is married and has nine children.

If you would like to attend, please email: SRambosson@venipartners.com.