: How to develop your international mobility project ?
HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY PROJECT ?
6:30 – 7:15 PM: Roundtable
Whats4u brings together Laurence Casala (career transition coach, creator of the Expat&Moi program) and Christophe Xerri (independent international expert, president of The Sailing Brain Consulting) to talk about international mobility and answer your questions.
 | Laurence Casala Career transition coach, currently living in Germany. A 2002 ESCP graduate, she launched her career in consulting and supporting transformation projects. In 2012, she decided to move abroad with her family following a career opportunity in Switzerland for her husband. She left Paris, her clients, her projects, and her network. Overnight, she discovered the surprising status of the "follower partner": its joys, its sorrows, and above all, its uncertainty. After the excitement and excitement of the first few months of this new life, she faced doubts and self-questioning, the beginning of an emotional... and professional roller coaster ! In 2015, she decided to use her expatriate life as an opportunity to freely reinvent herself and began a coaching program. She then wrote the first pages of a new professional adventure. She trained in Positive Discipline and supportive leadership to work with parents, educators, and managers to develop psychosocial skills. She then trained as a coach in 2022. 13 years and four moves later, she puts all her experience to work for her clients, both expats and non-expats, to help them clarify their vision and become entrepreneurs in their professional lives with confidence and drive. She also created the Expat&Moi support program for expat partners who want to (re)invent the professional project that suits them while living abroad or upon their return. |
 | Benoît Ghirardotti A graduate of the Ecole Centrale Lille, Productio Systems Engineering, class of 2007. He spent 15 yers in China in the idustrial production and sypply chain sectors. His expatriation began as e procurement and coordination manager in Dalian, China, for a subsidiary of Freyssinet. In 2010, he became purchasing manager for a promotional intems factory dedicated to export, in Zhaoquing, for the Taiwanese company QCS Asia. He became its general manager when the factory moved to new premises in 2015. The workforce grew to 50 people and the decreased after COVID. In 2021, he became operations manager at e steel laser cutting site near Guangzhou, for the Canadian company Komaspec. Returning to France in 2023 whith his wife and 3 children, he is now production manager at Corso Magenta, an aeronautical start-up in the Paris suburbs. |
 | Christophe Xerri Independent international expert, president of The Sailing Brain Consulting Christophe Xerri, President of The Sailing Brain Consulting, an independent international expert with over 40 years of experience, teaches and consults in the fields of multicultural management, international relations, energy, and climate. He is also Head of Career Services at the Association des Centraliens de Lyon. From 2015 to 2022, he was a Director at the International Atomic Energy Agency in Austria, in charge of fuel and radioactive waste management.Previously, he was Counselor to the French Embassy in Japan from 2011 to 2015, during the Fukushima crisis and the redefinition of Franco-Japanese partnerships, after serving as Vice President of Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel in Tokyo. He began his career in finance in Japan and Luxembourg. He continued his career in industry, joining COGEMA (now ORANO) in 1991, where he developed and supported international projects and contributed to industrial partnerships, particularly in the mining sector and then in Japan with the Mitsubishi group. Mr. Xerri holds an engineering degree from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France, a Master of Science from the University of Salford, United Kingdom, and an MBA from the Institut Supérieur des Affaires (HEC-MBA) in France and Sophia University in Tokyo. |
7:15 – 8:00 PM: Cross-Sector Networking
Every 15 minutes, broaden your horizons !
Whatever your field, continue the evening in networking mode. Participants will be randomly grouped in small breakout rooms (3 to 4 alumni per group) for quick introductions and contact exchange. Each session lasts around 15 minutes — a great way to meet new people and make meaningful connections.
Get ready !
List your : Name / Position / Email / Phone, for one-click sharing Prepare a short presentation of your career path and aspirations
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