Consultant in Hotels Environmental Efficiency
Summary
Improvement of Phuket Resorts Environmental Efficiency (including 5S and 3R techniques), greenhouse gas emissions reduction, hotel environmental consultancy services, waste management, green procurement, staff and guests environmental awareness raising, staff-management joint problem solving approach, report drafting to the donor agency.
Skills
Spoken Languages
- Danish (Good),
- English / Excellent,
- French (mother tongue),
- Spanish (Good)
Education
Master of Science (with Merits), Environment and Development, King’s College,
London, United Kingdom (Sep 2010 – Sep 2011).
Master of Science in Environment and Development from one of the top 25 Universities in the World (2010 QS International World Ranking). The field of study ranged from Environmental Livelihoods and Development in the South, to Critical Approach to Ecotourism and Tourism and Development.
Master of Art, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Geneva, Switzerland. (2001 – 2005).
Master of Arts in International Relations from this leading institution in International Affairs. Study of Political Economy, History of International Relations, Political Science and International Public Law. This Master includes 6 months exchange with the Universidad Complutense Madrid (Spain) at the faculty of Political Science. Teaching entirely in Spanish.
A Level Certificate of Translation, Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU), Beijing, China (August 2006 – December 2006).
Intensive 5 months Mandarin language course
Baccalauréat en Sciences Economiques et Sociales, Lycée « Les Lazaristes », Lyon, France (1998 – 2000), mention «assez-bien».
Other Training:
- EarthCheck Master Trainer, December 2012.
- Green Globe Auditors’ Training, Hong Kong, February 2009
Experience
December 2012 – Today. Independent – EarthCheck Preferred Trainer, Hotel
Environmental Certification, 7 countries in South-East Asia.
- Supporting hotels to achieve the EarthCheck Certification by delivering training on Introduction to EarthCheck Assessed, Policy Development and Benchmarking, EarthCheck Coordinator Training and EarthCheck Master Trainer.
September 2011- November 2012. United Nations International Labour
Organization (ILO) – Consultant in Hotels Environmental Efficiency, Bangkok, Thailand
- Free-lance consultant on the Greener Business Asia (GBA) project, funded by the Government of Japan.
- Support in designing the training’s content and improvement tools, and responsible for the training delivery to 12 pilot hotels in Phuket. Subsequently, provision of environmental advisory services in these hotels on Staff Awareness, Guests Engagement, Green Procurement, Waste Management and overall environmental efficiency according to the ILO staff-management joint problem solving approach. In charge of GBA’s final report writing, covering case-studies analysis, lessons learnt and guidelines for the replication of the program.
June 2012 – October 2012. Accor Asia Pacific (AAPC) – CSR Project Manager, Siam to Siem, Bangkok, Thailand.
- Consultant on Corporate Social Responsibility for the largest hotel group in Asia Pacific on a fundraising bike ride between Bangkok and Siem Reap (Cambodia).
- Support of the Bangkok team in coordinating the whole event: logistic, sponsorship, safety, fundraising, communication, itinerary design, accommodation, zero-waste management and carbon offsetting in partnership with Pur Project. Records: 40 Accor executives joined the ride, including the CEO and the co-founder of Accor Paul Dubrule, and more 150’000 AUD of donations raised to support the School during this Carbon-neutral fundraising event.
December 2010- March 2011. LAMBETH Council, Environmental Advisor,
London, United Kingdom.
- Member of the Sustainability Department, supporting the development and implementation of a local food growing project in the borough, event coordination and partnership building (part of my academic curriculum).
February 2010- June 2010. STEDMANS Hospitality, Event Supervisor, Sydney, Australia
- Supply, logistic and on-site management of staff for this highly recognized hospitality company specialized in high-market events (private functions, cocktail parties, corporate functions,..).
July 2008 – December 2009. ACCOR Group, Green Globe Coordinator Asia, Bangkok, Thailand.
- In charge of the implementation of the environmental certification program ’Green Globe’ (Earthcheck) in 44 Novotel properties throughout 10 countries in Asia. Development and implementation of training for hotels general managers and staff, development of new communication tools as well as new marketing opportunities. Simulation of audits for hotels in the certification process and development of partnerships with other “green” businesses (i.e. Clinton Climate Initiative).
- Records: 14 hotels certified and 41 benchmarked in 17 months.
February – July 2006 & November 2007- April 2008, SAVANA, Jr Sales and Communication Manager, Thonon-les-Bains, France.
- Junior Manager for West Africa, in an international trade company specialized in agriculture chemicals distribution. Involved in communication, marketing, sales, business development and customer relations in French, English and Spanish.
Groups & Associations
- Bright Green Talents (LinkedIn),
- Green Hoteliers Online,
- Hotel Industry Professional Worldwide (LinkedIn),
- Independents Consultants support Group (LinkedIn),
- Responsible Travel and Tourism,
- Sustainability Professionals (linkedIn)
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