Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

Event project manager with over 9 years of experience, I work on high-demand events, both corporate (seminars, conventions, inaugurations, dinners, company parties), institutional (ministries, high authorities), and in the medical and food service sectors (Sirha Lyon 2025).

I work in complete project management (general coordination) as well as providing support to event agencies: hospitality, logistics, production, technical, audiovisual, scenography, topage, and plenary content.

Key expertise:

– Global management of event projects

– Coordination of service providers (technical, scenography, caterers, venues)

– Budget management and supplier negotiations

– Construction and monitoring of timelines

– On-site production, on-site management, and unforeseen event management

Proactive and solution-oriented, I handle unforeseen events with composure and efficiency. Autonomous and accustomed to multi-project management, I appreciate direct contact with clients and on-site support to ensure controlled and successful events.

📍 Based in Lyon, I operate throughout Europe and abroad.

📩 Available for one-off or long-term assignments (remote or on-site at the client's premises).

Industry field of expertise

Languages

English
Fluent
Spanish
Conversational
French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Lyon (up to 10km), Paris (up to 10km), Grenoble (up to 10km), Annecy (up to 10km)

Sirha Food - GL events
Project Director and Technical Director
AGRICULTURE
March 2024 - Today (2 years and 3 months)
Lyon, France
Sirha Food Division at GL events group, specializing in organizing trade shows for the hospitality and Food Service industry.

>> Sirha Arabia October 2024, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
3 days of exhibition / 2 event spaces: 1 round table stage + 1 masterclass stage (culinary demonstrations)

International Project Director / Production Director / Technical Director:
- Project management from scratch
- Sourcing reliable local service providers and price negotiation
- Coordination of over 20 service providers / logistical coordination: setup/dismantling schedule
- Implementation of work processes with teams in France / KSA
- Institutional management: exhibition inauguration, VIP political guests
- Design of exhibitor stands (3 models)
- Liaison with partners + on-site activations
- Production monitoring / audiovisual / exhibition power distribution
- Stage programming: creation of round table themes, search for impactful international and local speakers/chefs (e.g., Jérôme Bocuse, Jean-Yves Le Drian...)
- Budget management: 2.4M

>> Sirha Lyon January 2025, France, Lyon
5 days of exhibition / 257,000 visitors / 2300 exhibitors

Hospitality Project Manager:
- Management of the 3 evening events organized on the sidelines of Sirha each exhibition day: between 700 and 1000 people (La Sucrière)
- Organization of the Grand Chefs Dinner at the Prefecture of Lyon, bringing together the world's greatest Michelin-starred chefs (300 guests).
- Coordination of the GL events stand at Sirha: 1 catering area with 2 services/day for 400 people.
- Coordination of caterers present in the VIP areas of Sirha Lyon (Pastry World Cup and Bocuse d'Or competition zones), regular follow-up, tasting, financial negotiation.
- Budget management for projects: approximately 150K / evening
International Coordination Trade Show Organization Logistics Management Sense of Organization Event Organization
Fondation pour la Cuisine Durable
Sustainable Cuisine and Pastry Competition + Plant Collections
RESTAURANTS AND FOOD SERVICE
April 2022 - Today (4 years and 2 months)
Lyon, France
Coordination of 2 annual events:

>> Sustainable Cuisine and Pastry Competition (4 editions held)
In partnership with Valrhona, Pierre Hermé, and Chef Christian Têtedoie.

- Development of regulations in conjunction with the Honorary President and Jury President
- Call for applications on social media and press outreach
- Management of project progress meetings with Valrhona and Pierre Hermé
- Support and follow-up of 16 candidates
- Coordination of various service providers and sponsors for product promotion or prizes
- Logistical and preparatory coordination with the 30/40 judges (laboratory, tasting, and oral)
- Monitoring of tests, summary of ratings, and prize ceremony management
- Budget monitoring

>> Plant Collections (4 editions) at Domaine de Melchior in Charly
In partnership with the Centre de Ressources de Botanique Appliquée (CRBA)
Creation of a unique project dedicated to the conservation, study, and valorization of cultivated biodiversity.

Creation of a chefs' garden allowing chefs to discover rare or forgotten varieties on-site, understand the scientific preservation work, and exchange ideas for a day on new gastronomic perspectives.

- Invitation management (150 people)
- Coordination of the day's schedule (welcome, garden tour, countryside lunch)
- Sourcing and follow-up of chefs preparing the countryside lunch
- Service provider coordination
- Budget monitoring
Event Organization Logistics Management Production Monitoring
LIVE! BY GL EVENTS
Project Manager
ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE
August 2021 - March 2024 (2 years and 7 months)
Lyon, France
Organization of institutional events, congresses, and corporate events.

Interest in large-scale events, institutional events with dedicated protocols, flow management, and relations with protocol services, security, and other stakeholders. Also interested in gastronomic events.

INSTITUTIONAL EVENTS
> International Agricultural Show (SIA)
- Design of the Ministry of Agriculture's stand, production monitoring, signage, and sourcing of activities to attract visitors to the stand

> 2 events organized for the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Recovery as part of the French Presidency of the European Union (PFUE) from January 2022 to June 2022:

- Informal ECOFIN Ministerial Meeting, February 25-26, 2022, Ministry of Bercy in Paris
- Ministerial Conference on "Tools for Decarbonization from Nuclear to Sustainable Finance," March 9, 2022, Ministry of Bercy in Paris

> Council meeting of the European Space Agency (ESA) at the Grand Palais Éphémère - November 2022

> Agricultural census conference for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty - October 18, 2022

> 5th edition of the Choose France Summit commissioned by the Élysée Palace, at the Palace of Versailles - July 11, 2022

> World Conservation Congress of the French Committee of the IUCN at Parc Chanot in Marseille (September 2021), in collaboration with the Ministry of Ecological Transition and in the presence of the President of the Republic

GASTRONOMIC EVENTS

> Grand Chefs Dinner 2023 at the Abbaye de Collonges

> Grand Chefs Lunch 2023 at the Élysée Palace hosted in honor of the President of the Republic as part of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Service Provider Coordination Autonomy Versatility Hybrid Event Management Technical and Digital Skills