Announcement of the Winners of the Ireland France Business Awards 2018

The France Ireland Chamber of Commerce and NetworkIrlande are pleased to announce the winners of the Ireland France Annual Business Awards 2018. 

 

 

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Bienvenue Xerox France, membre Pionnier

"Avec un chiffre d’affaires mondial de 11 milliards de dollars, le Groupe Xerox, basé à Norwalk aux Etats-Unis, est le leader du secteur technologique qui innove et transforme la façon dont le monde communique, se connecte et travaille. À l’heure où nos clients de toute taille cherchent à améliorer leur productivité, à maximiser leur rentabilité et à satisfaire toujours plus leur clientèle, notre expertise est plus précieuse que jamais. Nos services s’adressent aux PME, aux grandes entreprises, aux administrations, aux professionnels de la communication graphique et à nos partenaires qui les accompagnent.

Nous comprenons ce qui fait l’essence du travail et toutes les formes que celui-ci peut revêtir. Nous maîtrisons les enjeux d’un monde de plus en plus complexe, à la croisée entre papier et digital, bureau et mobilité, personnel et social. Chaque jour, partout dans le monde – dans plus de 160 pays – nos technologies, nos logiciels et nos équipes pilotent avec brio ces intersections. Nous automatisons, personnalisons, organisons, analysons et sécurisons les informations afin que nos clients progressent à un rythme accéléré. 

Le Président de Xerox France est Sean Gallagher depuis mars 2017. Sean est d’origine irlandaise et habite en France depuis plus de 20 ans.

Xerox France en chiffres : 1800 collaborateurs, 500 techniciens sur le territoire, 1 force de vente directe, +100 partenaires et revendeurs agréés, 1 centre d’innovation basé à Aubagne. "

voir le site xerox.fr

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Welcome to Adéquat Group

          De g à d Jérôme Rieux, Martine Truc, Jean-Marc Brun, Eve-Marie Cornaz, Arnaud Brun, Philippe Guichard

In Feburary 2018 top Irish recruiting firm, Sigmar, announced a strategic partnership that sees French staffing giant  Adequat  Group take a majority share in the Irish company, creating a €1 billion group. Through our new Treasurer, Nick O’Conor, President of France Trade Connect, the CEO of Sigmar and Groupe Adequat expressed interest in fostering French-Irish commercial relations. They met with NetworkIrlande and were delighted to present their success story in May 2018, to Irish Ambassador to France, Patricia O’Brien.

Adéquat Group  Directors Jerome Rieux & Arnaud Brun explained that they turned to Ireland in search of strategic alliances following the announcement of Brexit and found in Sigmar CEO Adrian Mc Innes and his partners a perfect fit with their culture. The alliance is now the cornerstone of Adequat’s strategy to expand in English speaking markets.

Adéquat Group subsequently joined NetworkIrlande as a Pioneer Member and was welcomed by NetworkIrlande President, Richard Dujardin, at the successful rentrée event in Euronext on the 13th September.

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About Blockchain at the Embassy of Ireland -September 18th

On 18 September, Ambassador O’Brien hosted a discussion on blockchain, with panellists from the sector

The event, organised in partnership with Networkirlande member Enterprise Ireland, attracted a large audience of which several were Networkirlande members.

The panellists were Fabien Aufrechter of Havas blockchain; Laura Clifford of ADAPT; John Hallahan of ConsenSys Solutions and Brian O’Hagan of Coinhouse. 

The panel was moderated by Pete Townsend of Norio Ventures and a very interesting exchange of views on the sector took place, followed by challenging questions from the audience.  Some of the issues addressed were the use of blockchain at work; the value of the technology; future uses of blockchain; its regulation and relevant teaching of it.  In her remarks opening the event, Ambassador O’Brien noted the importance of the sector in the Franco-Irish economic relationship; how it will deepen our relationship in that regard, and the government’s support for innovation in the sector. "

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