WORK EXPERIENCE

Mar. 2010-Sept. 2010:   Advisor to the Office of the Director, Investment and Enterprise Division (DIAE), United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – Consulting contract
Implementation of the second World Investment Forum (WIF 2010) held in Xiamen, China, from 6 to 9 September 2010.

Oct. 2004-Dec. 2009:      Administrator & Executive Officer, World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)

Full management of the Association and direct reporting to the President;

Organisation and implementation of conferences -WAIPA World Investment Conferences, WAIPA Regional Investment Conferences-, of workshops and study tours;

Coordinating conference activities;

Implementing Steering Committee’s strategy; Negotiating agreements with partners (International Organisations, European Commission, Media –Financial Times FDI Magazine, The Economist);

Representing the Association and networking at international meetings and investment fairs;

Conducting external relations with the media and other investment related institutions;

Fund raising;

Budget establishing and management; Elaboration and production of the quarterly Newsletter, the fortnightly Electronic News bulletin, and the Annual Report;

Supervising the development of the Website;

Supervising information gathering and analysis of surveys conducted among WAIPA members

Jun. 2000-Sept. 2004:    Economist & Project Manager, Centre de Compétences de Suisse Occidentale CCSO (now Platinn), a public-private partnership to   support start-ups and SMEs in their business innovation projects

Project management and coordination;
Planning of a joint platform for enterprises in Switzerland and Eastern Europe;                                                                                                 
Strategic, financial and economic analysis of projects;
Elaborating financial and business plans for clients;
Fund-raising for project development;
Developing and strengthening collaboration with the Training Department of the “Direction Générale des Hautes Ecoles Spécialisées”

Oct. 1997-May 2000:       Financial Analyst, Covance CLS, a drug development services company
Development of methodology and tools for data analysis;
Reporting of the results to top management;
Budget analysis;
Pricing of medical tests;
Issuing detailed quotations for customers;
Drafting of new procedures;
Training of new personnel in the Pricing team

Sept. 2003-Mar. 2004:    Diplôme 'Management de Projet Appliqué'
Postgraduate Degree in Project Management
Haute Ecole de Gestion, Geneva, Switzerland

Oct. 1994-Oct. 1996:   Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures en Econométrie (3ème cycle)
Masters Degree in Econometrics
Final thesis: "Les gains de la productivité totale des facteurs de production et leur distribution dans l'économie"
Department of Econometrics, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Oct. 1991-Sept. 1994:     Licence ès Sciences Economiques
Bachelors Degree in Economics
Field of specialization: Quantitative Methods in Economics
Department of Economics, University of Geneva, Switzerland

"Interregional and International Transfer of Productivity Gains", Computations for the Eleventh International Conference on Input-Output Techniques, November 27 – December 1, 1995, New Delhi, India

French                         Mother tongue
English                        Fluent spoken and written

German                       Intermediate (comprehension and reading)