Join Us! Annual Franco-American Afterwork HEC-Ivy Plus European Leaders with top Jazz players
WELCOME !
You're interested in international development, growth and innovation,
Join us and stay in touch!
Cocktail Evening
Grand RV Afterwork HEC
Franco-American
Tuesday, September 10, 2024, from 6:30 pm
4-stars HOTEL MELIA VENDÔME
8 rue Cambon 75001 PARIS
Metro: Concorde, Madeleine or Tuileries (lines 1,8, 12, 14)
Public parking lot near the hotel
The International Development Club (CDI) is delighted to invite you to another major Franco-American gathering, organized in close cooperation with Ivy Plus European Leaders (IPEL), which brings together the alumni associations of the top American universities around Maria Adle.
Join us to keep the excitement of the Paris Olympics and Paralympics Games 2024
and the joys of summer holidays!
Join us to meet up with friends and make new connections among alumni from prestigious U.S. Universities and HEC Paris !
Join us to share ideas, projects, news, smiles, discuss politics, economy, business, culture, sports, the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony (again!), the coming elections in the US (endless subject), or just to relax, have a drink or two! And, of course, Join us to Enjoy Great Jazz Music!
Oliver Griffith has been playing professionally for over 40 years, including during his 20 year career as a US diplomat in Africa, South America, and Europe. After studying ethnomusicology and jazz at Wesleyan University, he earned a Master of Music degree from the New England Conservatory. He also studied Jazz at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, and classical flute at the Richard Strauss Konservatorium in Munich and, while working as a diplomat, earned a diploma from ENA in Paris.
In his diverse musical career, Oliver Griffith has played with American Singer Mary Wilson & The Supremes, American jazz trumpeter Ted Curson, South American Grammy Award-winning singer Franco de Vita, as well as big bands in Boston, New York, Washington, and Hamburg, including those of George Russell, one of modern jazz's leading composers, and prominent musician Herb Geller. He has led jazz combos in Rwanda, the Central African Republic, Venezuela, Trinidad, Uruguay, Guatemala and France, performed in numerous famed clubs, concert halls, cultural centers, and recorded four CDs.
In Paris, Oliver was Director General of the American Chamber of Commerce (Am Cham-France) and Head of Communications for the World Bank. Since his retirement in 2016, he concentrates fulltime on music, mostly classic jazz, performing with some of France's top musicians.
At our HEC-IPEL Afterwork, just as last year, Oliver will be accompanied by Sylvestre Planchais, one of France’s top guitarists and composer.
Our afterworks are essential networking events for anyone interested in international issues. They're a great opportunity to keep in touch with alumni, develop your network, exchange ideas, meet new people, recruit, talk about your activities, detect potential business convergences, and exchange ideas with other business leaders. They generally take place on the second Tuesday of the month, at the HÔTEL MELIA VENDÔME.
Participation is free and open to all, drinks are at negotiated price : PAY AS YOU DRINK!
We look forward to welcoming you for our Annual HEC-Ivy Plus European Leaders Afterwork at Hôtel Melia Vendôme.
To register, click below!
This special evening is a natural extension of our monthly afterwork cycle, launched in April 2010. Please note that our next RV Afterwork will take place in the cosy and comfortable setting of the HÔTEL MELIA VENDÔME on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
Moulay-Rachid BOURAZZA, EMBA 13, member of the Board of the International Development Club (CDI)
Muriel POULLAIN, EMBA 96, Vice-President of the CDI and “afterworks godmother”
Pierre-Yves CARPENTIER, H 81, President of the International Development Club (CDI)
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