Delphine was born and grew up in Paris. She was always very busy, doing a lot of activities after school, like horse riding, swimming, gymnastic and playing music (guitar, recorder, piano), and singing and she will become soon multi-talented.
Since she was a baby and all throughout her childhood, she travelled a lot on week ends and holidays between Normandie, Toulouse, holiday camps, trekking in the mountains with her parents and her younger sister Adeline. Young she already loved travelling and had the taste for adventure.
As a child she was the best in her drawing / painting classes. Today she is still passionate about Arts; oil painting, sculpture...
Occupation: Business Development in Arts, Education and Wealth Management
Age: 30 years old (on 17 Sept 09)
Born in: Paris
I love: Life, the wide lands, trekking and horseriding
In 3 words: Ambitious, entrepreneur, adventurous
My view on our long trip: realise one of my biggest dream. Live life as it is, far from the routine and far from the western business world. Travel and discover our world through the different people, cultures and traditions, and through the beauty of nature. Involve myself in the local life, thanks to several projetcs related to culture, the education of the next generation, and the local economy.
London is the centre of the world, in term of Finance and Banking...she wanted to know more and felt attracted by the industry. In May 2007 she will be in charge of developing the business of a media company organising prestigious conferences for ultra high net worth individuals. She will learn by herself everything in the finance/investment industry. Regarding the 23 conferences that she organised worldwide, her favourite was the one about philanthropy, microfinance and socially responsible investments. She enjoyed very much the conferences, the wealthy family businesses can learn and network with financial institutions, luxury goods and cultural institutions.
Delphine is now ready to realize her dream; she is thinking about it since more than 10 years now and feels like this is a good time to do it!
"You should live your dreams and not live with your dreams"
Later on after her A Level exam (literature and music), she decided to pursue her studies in Arts and Music at the Sorbonne University, Paris. After 5 years she obtained several diploma and her Masters Degree in Management for Cultural Institutions.
She still plays 3 instruments and is part of the Sorbonne Choir. She worked as well at the Paris Opera House, Radio, Music Festivals and with prestigious impresario.
To pay her studies, she organised and managed holiday camps in France and abroad. She will organise specific cultural activities for children from 3 to 17 years old. She was as well manager of a community centre in Paris, for 5 years.
In August 2004 Delphine decided to join Laurent in London. This was a difficult time. She started first a personal assistant of the Managing Director of a top media company in the UK. Then she decided to create her business in the music industry. She likes to deal with her clients, but she felt lonely in the industry and decided to stop two years later. In the meantime she was organising International Education Conferences in Brazil, Thailand, Japon, Korea, USA, England...for language School, University and travel agents. This fantastic experience confirmed her passion for travelling and the organisation and management of business trips worldwide.