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Published: 30 December 2020

In November 2020, Patrice Brossard (Bo 195) became the new Délégué Général (DG) Amériques replacing Aurore Prévot ( Li 98) who has been holding this position since 2018.

Patrice is based in Houston, TX and is currently the Managing Director of DL Flange USA (Groupe Genoyer). He was an Operations Director at VALLOUREC Group prior to DL Flange USA. He started his international career in Africa as an engineer for TOTAL Ivory Coast at Abidjan.

AFAM asked Patrice about his new role and motivation to become the new DG Ameriques.

Patrice: “I would like to help young Gadzarts looking to join North and South American universities. In light of  the unprecedented crisis due to the pandemic, it is especially important to develop Gadzarts relationships and strengthen networks building off Alumni solidarity. I would also like to work closer with the Regional Groups and become an active “international” representative on behalf of la SOCE”.

We are delighted to be working closely with Patrice to strengthen our vibrant gadz community in the US and help our students and alumni thrive.

Congratulations to Patrice and all the best for his new journey!

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Published: 03 December 2020

In October and November several informational sessions for 1 and 2nd year Lille  Arts et Metiers students took place online.

These sessions were organized by The English Department partnering with the Office of Business Relations and AFAM.

The goal of these sessions called "International Thursdays" was to know more about international career options and connect with gadzarts around the world.

November speakers were:

Jérôme Piroud (Cl 99), Lead Engineer at Tata Technologies in the UK

Benjamin Delignon (Li 212), Innovation Manager, Sweeden

Patrick Durrmann (Me 206), Product Development Manager and Software Engineer, USA

We would like to thank Patrick, our US-based alumnus, for sharing his experience with Lille students.

Our thanks also go to other US-based alumni who participated in these exciting "International Thursdays" in October: Sacha Ghebali (Bo 211),Thomas François (Li 214), Eymard Prevost (Li 215) and Simon Tabutin (Bo 215).

You can watch Patrick Durrmann (Me 206) presentation here.

Hopefully, our gadzarts can also share some professional stories with students from other campuses next year.

Photo: Ruth Lied, Lille English teacher, Patrick Durrmann (top right) and a student exchanging during the workshop

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Published: 26 November 2020

AFAM in the press:

  Xavier_Wartelle_AM_Mag_Parcours VV2-1.pdf 

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Published: 18 November 2020

Welcome parcours US chat took place online last Friday, November 13th.

27 students joined the chat to introduced themselves and listen to Arts et Metiers alumni participating in this chat.

Xavier Wartelle (Li 82), AFAM CEO, Mattia Pelissou (Li 216), West Coast group president, Nicoals Horde (Ai 214 ), Atlanta group president, Sacha Ghebali (Bo 211), East Coast president and Albina Patou-Chebykina, AFAM community manager could reply to students' questions concerning the situation in the US and on how to move their career goals forward.

Such a meeting was organized for the first time. We hope to see our parcours US students in an offline setting soon!