Dinner-debate with Aziz Senni – 14 avril 2011

April 6, 2011

The Sciences Po Alumni UK is delighted to host a Dinner-debate with Aziz Senni on Thursday 14 April at The Kensington Hotel in London.

Aziz Senni is the Founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Business Angels des Cités Partenaires Gestion, and the founder ofJeunes Entrepreneurs de France. He is the author of the book “L’ascenseur social est en panne, j’ai pris l’escalier, of which the royalties are used to finance bursaries for college students at Mantes la Jolie. He is a symbol of the “social elevator” method, which Richard Descoings has successfully implemented at Sciences Po.

To book your place and attend this Dinner-Debate, please email Stephane Rambosson: SRambosson@venipartners.com


Join us for the first Sc-Po Wednesday of 2011 at the RAC

January 24, 2011

Our next event, Sciences Po Wednesday, will be held next week on 2 February from 7pm at the Long Bar of the Royal Automobile Club (RAC), 89 Pall Mall, SW1.

Bookings are open to all members of our community, students and alumni. To book your place, email SRambosson@venipartners.com.

Reminder – Sciences Po Wednesday is a monthly gathering, on the first Wednesday of each month, devised simply to give the opportunity to Sciences Po alumni and UK-based students to meet/catch up. It is a nice inter-generational exchange forum. It is a valuable way for students/graduates to obtain valuable advice from more seasoned alumni.

We hope that many alumni will attend so that we can catch up and give youngsters the opportunity to chat with them.


Invitation to meet Jean-François Copé on 19 Jan 2011

January 10, 2011

Jean-François Copé (Sciences po ’85), former French minister, founder of think-tank Génération France and recently-appointed leader of the UMP, is coming to London on Wednesday 19 January and would be keen to meet you. This event is being organised in coordination with UK Alumni of HEC and Sciences Po, and Cercle d’outre Manche. This Forum will be an exchange with French and British participants.

It will take place at the Sofitel Saint-James, 6 Waterloo Place, London SW1 on Wednesday 19 January at 6.30 for 6.45.

Please register online to attend. We hope to see you there.


British Ambassador to France, at Sciences Po on 30 November 2010

November 23, 2010

As the race to Christmas is now well and truly on, Sciences Po Alumni UK is very pleased to be associated to the visit of His Excellency Sir Peter Westmacott, British Ambassador to France, at Sciences Po on 30 November 2010 in Paris.

Hosted and organised by Sciences Po Alumni, this event will take the form of a conference-debate and will be followed by an informal cocktail reception.

Held in the Amphithéâtre Caquot (Sciences Po, 28 Rue des Saints Pères, Paris VIIè), the event will start at 7:15pm (CET). If you are interested in registering or for further details, please do let us know or email vacmanifs@sciences-po.asso.fr.


Sciences Po Alumni UK Gala 2010 with Ernest-Antoine Seillière at Fishmongers’ Hall | 29 September

July 16, 2010

Dear friends,

As we reflect on the 1st six months of 2010 of Sciences Po Alumni UK, we have been extremely privileged to meet with some exceptional personalities, notably Alain Juppé, François Rachline and Laurent Bigorgne, Rachida Dati, Jean-François Kahn, Amiral du Puy-Montbrun, Richard Descoings and Nadia Marik, Professor Jean-Claude Casanova,  Xavier Bertrand and Gilles de Robien.

On behalf of the team of Sciences Po Alumni UK Charity Trust, we are pleased to invite you to our annual Gala which will be held on Wednesday 29 September 2010.

To book your place, please email SRambosson@venipartners.com to get access to our online booking tool.

Held under the patronage of His Excellency Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (ScPo ‘75), the 2010 Sciences Po Alumni UK Charity Gala will take place at Fishmongers’ Hall, one of the great halls in the City.

We are delighted to announce that Baron Ernest-Antoine Seillière (ScPo ‘59) has accepted to attend the evening as Guest Speaker.Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wendel Investissement, he is a former President of Businesseurope (European Employers’ Federation) and of the MEDEF.

At this occasion, as we initiated last year, we will award the Assia de Juniac and Roger Seydoux scholarships to exceptional students with very limited own means who have been accepted to the select Sciences Po – London School of Economics masters programme.

International SOS, world leading medical assistance provider, founded and chaired by Arnaud Vaissié (ScPo ‘82), also Chairman of the French Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain and co-founder of think tank Cercle d’outre-Manche, have agreed to sponsor our Charity Gala for the third year in a row.

Also sponsor of the event for the third time running is Media Tree, leading financial communication and roadshow agency, founded and led by Laurence Borde (ScPo ‘90), who is also a key member of the team preparing the event.

Executive advisory and search firm Veni Partners, founded and co-led by Thomas Drewry (ScPo ’93), will also sponsor the evening for the second time.

We hope to see many of you at this major event for the UK Sciences Po community, on 29 September 2010 at the splendid Fishmongers’ Hall.

We count on your support, including on individual donations, as every contribution to our charitable works makes a great difference to our students.

The Trustees of Sciences Po Alumni UK Charity Trust

Cécile d’Angelin, Maëva Slotine, Stéphane Rambosson


Meet former minister and UMP chief Xavier Bertrand on 18 June

June 6, 2010

In the context of the 70th anniversary of General De Gaulle’s appeal, we are pleased to give you the opportunity to meet XavierBertrand, former minister and head of the UMP over a cocktail-lunch at the Sofitel St James on Friday 18 June.

Other politicians should also attend. To register, please email: SRambosson@venipartners.com and emmanuellesavarit@mac.com.


Nuclear Iran: threat or distraction? – Event – 27 May

April 22, 2010

Sciences Po Alumni UK will be co-hosting on 27 May with the alumni associations of Columbia, Georgetown and Tufts:

Nuclear Iran: threat or distraction?

Speakers:

Admiral du Puy-Montbrun, Military Counsellor to the President of Astrium, Europe’s leading space company, a part of the EADS Group

Dana Allin, Editor of Survival and Senior Fellow for Transatlantic Affairs at The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Jon Leyne, Tehran Correspondent of the BBC

Nazenin Ansari, Diplomatic Editor of Kayhan (London) and Vice President of the Foreign Press Association

From 18.30 at the Charing Cross Hotel, The Strand. Download invitation.

To book your place, please contact Gabriel Pierard gabriel.pierard@gmail.com.


Very Special Sciences Po Wednesday – 5 May

April 22, 2010

Please Save the Date for a very special Sciences Po Wednesday which will be a Private Art Viewing on 5 May from 6.30 to 8.30pm. Please, click here to download the invitation.

Valérie Jolly, educated at Sciences Po (1988) and trained at St Martin’s (2006), will receive the Sciences Po Alumni community at the Alexia Goethe Gallery, 7 Dover Street, W1S 4LD (very near Picadilly/Green Park). The gallery will be opened especially for us, for this very special Sciences Po Wednesday. Valérie will give us a Talk at 7.30pm.

The exhibition is named Infra-Thin and is breathtaking.

There will be Canapés & Drinks. To book your place, please contact Julien Artero, julien.artero(at)gmail.com.

We hope that many of you will come, alone and/or accompanied.


Maurice Gourdault Montagne receives Legion d’Honneur

April 11, 2010

French Ambassador to the UK Maurice Gourdault Montagne has been awarded the Légion d’Honneur (national Order of the Legion of Honour) in France.  The Légion d’Honneur or Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur is the highest decoration in France.

His Excellency Maurice Gourdault Montagne is a Sciences Po Alumnus who brings his support to numerous Sciences po Alumni UK activities – like our annual Charity Gala Dinner.


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.


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