CURRICULUM
VITAE
Education
Diplome
de l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, a French Master in Management.
Graduated 1978.
French
Baccalaureat
(1972-1973): Maths, Literature, German, English.
Languages
Trilingual:
Employment
history
I
am currently Managing Director of Datong Lifeline Ltd., a non-profit
organization headquartered in Hong Kong.
From October 1995
to July 1998,
CEO of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
Hong Kong. MSF is a leading
international medical aid agency.
As
executive director of the Hong Kong section my responsibilities included:
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the
overall management of the section;
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the
coordination and supervision of a team of eight;
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the
definition and implementation of specific policies (human resources,
press and media, fund raising and financial management);
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to
ensure adequate support to MSF operations, first and foremost in
China and other Asian countries;
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the
responsibility of a US$ 3 million budget; and
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the
setting up and development of a branch office in Singapore.
As
executive director, I represented the Hong Kong section in the 19-member
International Council.of MSF, which has the ultimate responsibility over
the principles and orientations of the organization.
From
1990 to 1995,
I
worked as an independent consultant for various non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), including Fondation de France, a leading public
charity based in Paris. My missions included:
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providing consultancies on
endowment-building strategies and setting-up of foundations
for Fondation de France in France, West Africa, Indian
Ocean islands and Vietnam;
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representing Fondation de France
in international meetings and seminars;
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organizing workshops, seminars
and meetings on foundations and philanthropy in France, Senegal and
Mauritius;
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evaluating social and economic
development programmes
implemented by NGOs in Senegal, Mali and Peru;
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recommending specific grants and
development projects to donor agencies; and
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advising NGOs and charities in
France, Senegal, Mali, Madagascar, Mauritius, Lebanon, Vietnam,
Philippines, Peru and Colombia on their development policies and
strategies.
1987-1990
Director
of ALDEA, a Paris-based non-profit agency designing and implementing
income-generating schemes and financial tools for marginalized people in
France.
I
was in charge of:
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Coordinating a team of 10 people;
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Organizing
workshops, seminars and public conferences;
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Raising
funds for the organization and its various projects; and
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Developing
publications jointly with other agencies.
During
the three years, I raised the agency’s profile both in terms of
international links and public exposure.
1986
Short-term
missions (in the area of communication and fund-raising) for various
French NGOs involved in international solidarity actions.
1983-1985
Coordinator
of development projects in India for ACIAD, a Paris-based NGO.
1981-1983
In
charge of identifying local partners and setting-up health, employment
and vocational training programmes in the slum areas of Bombay and Pune
(India) for INTERAIDE, a French aid organization.
Research
and publications
Books:
1986
Contributed
two chapters to Tiers-Monde:
mythes et realites. Ed. Economica:
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L’explosion
urbaine, a research on the challenge of
urban population growth.
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La
democratie dans l’Inde des castes, on
caste and democracy in India.
1992
Editor
of Reperes a travers le monde des
fondations, a presentation of basic characteristics of foundations
throughout the world, published by Fondation de France.
Reports:
1984
Rapport
sur la contribution des entreprises de l’economie Sociale a la
creation d’activites,
a report for the Ministry of Social Affairs on the economic impact of
third-sector organizations in France.
1988
Evaluation
d’une entreprise d’insertion: le GARE-BTT a Besancon, a paper
presented at Assises de l’Emploi,
a series of public regional gatherings on the issue of job creation
organized by the French Ministry of Employment.
Articles:
Contributed
various articles on development and humanitarian issues, including a
report on the situation in Bosnia for MSF-Info
(July 1992).
Civic Societies
From May 1998 to
September 1999,
member of the board of MSF-Australia.
From 1990 to 1996,
I sat on the board of MSF France.
From 1994 to 1996,
I was deputy-treasurer of MSF and a member of the board and treasurer of
Epicentre, a research centre on field-epidemiology set up by MSF. I also
sat on the board of Fondation Medecins Sans Frontieres, set up to
research issues and challenges facing humanitarian action and
organizations.
My
involvement included:
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Advocacy efforts by MSF to
publicize humanitarian issues;
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Field-missions
to Sri Lanka, Bosnia, Guatemala, India, Madagascar, Vietnam and
Burundi; and
participating in and organising seminars.
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