June 2003
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French Consulting Group Expanding to US

Bonjour,

Je m’appelle Pierre Baillavoine. Je suis titulaire d’un mastère ESSEC 89 en Techniques financières et par ailleurs, associé fondateur d’un cabinet de conseil en organisation et en stratégie. Après seulement deux ans d’existence, le cabinet comprend déjà une vingtaine de consultants et nous avons des clients et des sujets prestigieux. 

Le seul problème, c’est que nous sommes « franco-franchouillard » : nous ne sommes pas (encore) présent à l’international.

Or, certains de nos clients nous demandent de les accompagner à l’étranger ou de traiter des sujets en référence à l’état de l’art international.

Périclès Consulting recherche des consultants qui apportent leur expertise de l'asset management aux Etats-Unis :

- de façon opportuniste sur un dossier en cours,
- de façon volontariste pour construire un partenariat transatlantique.

Le périmètre identifié sur le dossier en cours couvre des prestations de services qui gravitent autour de l'asset management:

- valorisation des fonds
- conservation des avoirs des fonds
- centralisation des souscriptions / rachats des porteurs de parts des fonds
- compensation des opérations intiées par l'asset manager

Les compétences recherchées pour ce projet sont :

- une connaissance des structures offrant les services pré-cités,
- une expertise de ces métiers,
- une compétence sur la logistique (état de l'art, best practice) et sur les moyens (systèmes d'information, organisation).

Je recherche de façon très opportuniste un consultant qui pourrait être notre correspondant dans le cadre d’un dossier en asset management entre la France et les USA.

Merci de me revenir rapidement afin que je puisse profiter et faire profiter de cette opportunité.

Cordialement

Pierre Baillavoine
Périclès Consulting
01 42 94 04 01
06 16 48 41 82
pbaillavoine@pericles-consulting.com
www.pericles-consulting.com 

Olivier Gers, new Senior Vice President

We are happy to congratulate Olivier Gers (Essec 1991) as he recently joined Fremantlemedia as Senior Vice President, FremantleMedia Licensing, North America. He will be in charge of all consumer goods and sponsorship sales for the company in North America.

FremantleMedia, formerly known as Pearson Television, is one of the largest international producers of entertainment programs in the world, producing more than 260 programs in over 39 countries. FremantleMedia's international distribution division distributes 19,000 hours of programs to 150 countries worldwide. FremantleMedia is the content business production arm of the RTL Group, Europe's largest television and radio broadcast company, with interests in 23 television channels and 14 radio stations in nine European countries. RTL Group is part of Bertelsmann AG, an integrated media and entertainment company that commands leading positions in the world's major media markets. They produce shows such as American Idol, The Price is Right, Family Feud and the upcoming Cupid on CBS.

The attached press release will give you a better sense of what they do.

Jump Start Your Career - Join a Career Action Group - June 10

Join a Career Action Group (SM) and bring focus and momentum to attaining your next job. The group in New York started Tuesday, May 6.

WHAT IS A CAREER ACTION GROUP?

Career Action Groups (SM) are groups of people in career transition who support each other through the search process, with the guidance of a professional coach. The support and energy of the group helps those wanting to make changes in their careers move forward more quickly. Whether you are looking for something new, are between jobs and want to build on past successes, or want to create an entirely different professional life - a group of your peers can help make this transition a more productive and rewarding experience. The leadership of a professional coach, using a structured curriculum, optimizes the value of this experience. Career Action Groups
(SM) can help you to create focus and momentum around your goals while offering broader resources, ideas and perspectives.

You can find more information at www.careeractiongroups.com.

Career Action Groups (SM) have been offered in New York, San Francisco and Palo Alto with great success. A new series will begin in New York on Tuesday, May 6. The workshops are reasonably priced and provide an economical way to experience career coaching.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Business professionals from all industries are invited to enroll. We look for bright, well-educated, highly motivated individuals who are committed to self-development and to participating in the group process. The vast majority of participants are seasoned professionals with numerous years of work experience. Most have MBA degrees, although this is not a prerequisite.

HOW ARE THE GROUPS ORGANIZED?

Each group is expected to have 10-14 members. Individuals are screened to ensure a cross-section of industry backgrounds.

WHEN WILL THE GROUPS BE HELD?

The next group will have the following schedule:

Tuesday, June 10.

The meeting time is 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

HOW CAN JOINING A CAREER ACTION GROUP HELP ME?

Through teamwork, support and structure, you can achieve much more than on your own. Working with a team you can:

--Make new contacts

--Leverage the resources and ideas of others

--Expand your possibilities

--Get support, motivation and validation, and end feelings of isolation

--Move forward to achieve your next job.

These benefits make participating in a Career Action Group (SM) an energizing, tangible, cost-effective way to bring more focus and momentum to attaining your next career goal.

HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM A SUPPORT GROUP?

While the group experience that develops over 6 weeks does offer participants powerful support in the job search process, a Career Action Group (SM) is more than just a support group. The groups are led by a professional coach (see below) according to a carefully designed curriculum that offers a mix of coaching and job search tactics. While the atmosphere is relaxed and friendly, these groups are structured to ensure participants with the best return on their time and energy.

TESTIMONIALS FROM PREVIOUS NYC CAREER ACTION GROUPS:

"The perfect blend of self-analysis exercises, concrete reviews of the steps in a job search and career coaching." -- Turnaround Specialist

"What an impressive group of participants with great energy and ideas. I left each week energized and inspired by them and the facilitator." -- Education Administrator

"This group was very instrumental in helping me put some productive shape to my job search and break the process down into manageable pieces. Outplacement was too rote and didn't deal with the realities of the emotional aspects of getting laid off. This group worked as a support group as well as a practical how-to." --Marketing Executive

"The group offered structure, accountability, networking and the support of others going through the same experience. The leader was astute, supportive, well-prepared and effective." -- Financial Services Professional

"Gives you great tools to engage in a job search." -- Entrepreneur

"Excellent networking and career assistance. Job searching can be a lonely and uncertain process. It helps to hear other approaches and experiences." -- Consultant

"Outstanding! Much more effective than expected - the leader is simply perfect!" -- Legal/financial professional

WHAT ELSE IS INCLUDED?

In addition to the group sessions, you will also receive one individual coaching session with the group leader during the six-week period.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON COST AND HOW TO REGISTER:

Please send an email to nyc@careeractiongroups.com with your name, phone number and a good time to reach you. The group leader will contact you shortly thereafter. Group size is limted to 14.

ABOUT THE NEW YORK GROUP LEADER:

Michael Melcher is a New York-based career and life coach who works with professionals on career transition, work/life balance and creative emergence. He also does organizational consulting. He holds an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, a JD from Stanford Law School, and a BA, magna cum laude, from Harvard College. He is a certified coach with the Hudson Institute of Santa Barbara, California. He has led several previous Career Action Groups
(SM) in New York.

Prior to developing his coaching practice, Michael's professional experiences included serving as founder and CEO of a venture-backed internet start-up, as a securities lawyer with Davis Polk & Wardwell, as a management consultant, and as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Government. Michael is a published novelist and is currently writing his second book, The Creative Lawyer, a self-help book for attorneys.

For more information, contact: nyc@careeractiongroups.com. 

Wednesday, June 18th: Multi-School MBA Happy Hour

Join Kellogg (Northwestern), Stanford GSB, Chicago GSB Club of New York, Haas (Berkeley), Fuqua (Duke), McDonough (Georgetown), Zicklin (Baruch),Owen (Vanderbilt) and Thunderbird Business School Alumni as well as members of Beta Gamma Sigma at our Fourth Multi-School MBA Happy Hour

WHEN: Wednesday, June 18th 
WHERE: 79th Street Boat Basin Cafe, 79th Street and the Hudson River (underneath the West Side Highway at 79th Street)
TIME: 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
OTHER DETAILS: Cash Bar and Full Foodservice Menu
RAIN DATE: If weather is inclement, event will be canceled and possibly rescheduled in July
BOAT BASIN 
TELEPHONE: 212-496-5542

The Boat Basin Cafe is a peaceful and fun spot on the Upper West Side overlooking the Hudson River. The cafe features a full bar and offers appetizers and full meals, for those interested. Please join us for this great event and pass on the word to your fellow alumni. 

DIRECTIONS: 1/9 to 79th Street. Walk west on 79th Street past Riverside Drive and continue on the North Side of 79th Street until you see a stairway on the right and a sign that says Boat Basin Cafe. You will follow the stairs down to the right into the cafe. We will have an area by the stage for our happy hour including a private bar. 

ACREFEU Conference, June 24

- Time: June 24
- Speaker: Judge Mike Corriero
- Contact: Sophie Romano (sophie@financo.com)
- Location: Downtown New York

Notre prochaine conference aura lieu le 24 Juin (et non le 25 comme initialement prevu). Notre invite sera le juge Mike Corriero, dont la competence et l'humanisme ont ete mis au service de la comprehension et de la repression de la delinquance juvenile a New York. 

Cette conference s'inscrit dans le cadre d'une meilleure connaissance des institutions civiques de la ville de New York. Comme vous vous en rappelez certainement, dans ce contexte, nous avions deja accueilli Robert Morgenthau (District Attorney de la ville de New York) et Howard Safir (ancien Prefete de Police).

Je vous invite a venir nombreux a cette prochaine conference qui aura lieu dans la salle d'audience du Juge Corriero, avec familles et amis.

Une seance abregee de l'Assemblee Generale des membres de l'ACREFEU aura lieu a cette occation.

Bien amicalement a toutes et tous,
Antoine Treuille 

ZogSports Summer Tournaments and Events

Welcome to the Summer! ZogSports, the charity-focused, co-ed social sports club for young professionals that caters to NYC alumni clubs and their members, has planned several great tournaments and events for the summer. Join [enter alumni club name here] members to compete against other young alums in their hoops and golf tournaments and their Back to Camp Weekend.

• Sunday, July 13 - Co-ed 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament (Riverside Park at 72nd Street) - all day. The first tournament out there designed for you, our young alumni groups, and not NBA hopefuls. Join us for this 2 men/1 woman (max 5 per roster) tournament. 

• Tuesday, August 5 - Golf Tournament (Black Bear Golf Club) - 1pm shot gun tee time. Join us for this co-ed, scramble-style tournament. Let ZogSports do the driving, while you go for the longest drive, closest to the pin and low team score

• Friday, September 5 - Sunday September 7 - Back to Camp Weekend - fun all weekend with sports, color war and the works.

Go to www.zogsports.org for more tournament details, registration and online payment. If you are interested, contact ZogSports directly by registering at www.zogsports.org. Click on Registration, then click through to Individual Registration. Complete the form and be sure to include "Your Club Name Here" in the comments box to ensure that all Club members play together. Then click submit. They promise to place you on a fun team of alums. Since their launch last fall, ZogSports has over 2,500 young professionals participating in their leagues, tournaments and events and raised over $16,000 for charity. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited. Please forward this to your friends. As always, 10% of their profit goes to charity. 

ZogSports is also offering the following events. If you would like to add these to the above email, we would love to have you. Just go to www.zogsports.org for more details.

• Thursday, June 19 - Wine Tasting at Vintage New York (Broome & Wooster); 7pm-9pm (max 75 people) 

• Saturday, June 21 - White Water Rafting Trip - Lehigh River (max 95 people) 

• Saturday, June 28 - Wine Tour North Fork of Long Island (max 90 people) 

The Wines of Summer - Tuesday, June 24th 

CBSAC/NY is sponsoring another wine tasting later this month. Please announce this to your members and encourage them to reserve now since space is limited.

Join us for a fun event...a wine tasting to sample a number of delicious wines, perfect for summer sipping! Wine guru and genuine nice guy, Bill Tish will once again share with us his insights and opinions. Our tasting will be preceeded by a registration/ reception, accompanied by cheese , fruit and a summer wine. What better way to kick-off the summer season. This event, co-sponsored by Columbia and Oxford, will take place at La Petite Auberge, a charming French restaurant in the East 20's. 

date & time: Tuesday, June 24th 
6 - 7 pm Registration and Reception
7 - 8 pm Program

place: La Petite Auberge
116 Lexington Avenue
(between 27th and 28th St)
note: 2nd floor party room

cost: $35 members who pre-pay by June 12th
$40 non-members who pre-pay by June 12th
($40 / $45 after June 12th)

to register: visit www.cbsacny.org or mail a check to CBSAC/NY 380 Lexington Avenue, Suite 1700, New York, NY 10168