May News from French-American Chamber of Commerce

1-month countdown!

On June 4th will be held the first edition of the French-American Business Awards. G et your tickets now (limited seating).

Check out the pictures and tag yourself!

Your company is hiring? Try Intern Abroad USA!
InternAbroad USA provides a wide range of highly educated, skilled and multi-lingual young professionals all year long. It is a cost free program to match positions for your international intern recruitment needs. Email Leslie Dollet at info@internabroadusa.com.

Meet NakedWines, a new member of the FACCSF. NakedWines is a customer-funded wine business. Customers fund winemakers so that they don't have to waste time and money selling, in return to exclusive access to high quality wines at wholesale price. We will host an AOC at NakedWines on May 22nd, join us!

Wednesday, May 14th
6:00-8:00pm
Ligne Roset invites you to meet Antoine Roset, Executive Vice-President of Ligne Roset and designer Philippe Nigro. Come and enjoy a lively discussion as they explore the global world of design.
RSVP by May 7th to hello@lignerosetsf.com

Have a news to share with us? Please send it to com@faccsf.com before the 25th of each month for publication in our newsletter and anytime for publication on our social networks.

Read our latest article on the EDHEC & NEOMA trade missions.

Every month, learn more about one of our members. This month, we sat down with Denis Giorno, President & CEO of Total New Energies USA.

Can you present Total in a few words?

Total is one of the worldâ€™s most global integrated energy companies, number 10 in the Global Fortune 500 in 2013, before Chevron (11) and Apple (19). Total operates in more than 130 countries across the whole energy value chain.

What are the major services you offer?

Total provides energy-related products and services to customers around the world by discovering, producing and transforming Oil and Gas as well as converting two renewable natural resources solar and biomass.

What are Totalâ€™s links with France?

Total SA is a French Group with its headquarter in Paris La Defense but non-French nationals make up two third of our work force - around 99000 employees worldwide. In the US we employ more than 6000 persons in all sectors of activities: from oil and gas production, refining and chemical, marketing and services to gas and power trading and new energies.

How are you helping the French American community in the San Francisco Bay Area?

Total has invested so far in a dozen of start-up in the Bay area. Total New Energies USA employs more than 30 professionals half of them are French, many have moved to the Bay area with their family and children. They work either directly for Total or are seconded to companies in which we have taken a participation in like Amyris or SunPower, a company Total has taken the control of in 2011. SunPower is based in San Jose and is a global solar energy solutions and technology leader which provides its world-record efficient solar technology to residential, commercial and utility customers.

About the FACCSF:

The French-American Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit, non-governmental and member-driven organization, created in 1978. Our mission is to foster the French-American business community and to support companies settle and develop in the Bay Area:

- 300 members
- 125 events / year
- A wide range of corporate services
From Napa Valley to Silicon Valley, our members exchange ideas with other professionals in a wide variety of fields with business relations in both France and the United States.
FACCSF is part of a network of 20 French-American Chambers in the United States and a proud member of the Paris-based Union of the French Chambers Abroad (UCCIFE).
Learn more at www.faccsf.com

French American Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco
26 Oâ€™Farrell Street Suite #500 - San Francisco CA 94108 - info@faccsf.com - (415) 442-4717

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This month, check out our new recruitment platform (now live!), meet our new members, learn more about our trade missions and read our news monitoring. We hope to see you at one of our numerous events in Berkeley, Kenwood, Palo Alto and San Francisco.