MARIE CHRISTINE OGHLY

Marie-Christine Oghly borned in Lorraine.

Awarded a diploma in Hydrology and an MBA at the Business School of Nancy, she  began her career in 1980 in Public Relations in ELF Group.
In 1986 She entered Amazon Technology as Marketing Manager Europe, and pursued her ascent to Managing Director.
In 1992, she created  Fluid Dynamics International and in 1997 Flowmaster France
In 2006 she became President of Esteco Fra            nce.
In 2008, she created  EnginSoft France specialized in Numerical Simulation Engineering Besides her professional commitment, she continues her involvement in the civic and associative activities.
In 2001 she was elected councilor at Gennevilliers city hall
In 2004 she was elected National President  of Femmes Chefs d’Entreprise and became Director of  Nafems Board «International Association for  Engineering Analysis ».
In 2007, she became  President of Micado, she is also Vice President of AFNET and Board Member of Syntec Federation
In January 2008, she was appointed President of MEDEF Ile-de-France and Executive Board Member of MEDEF until 2014
In January 2010, she was elected President of Solendi, the major actor in social housing and Vice President of Immobilière 3F
She is French Foreign Trade Advisor (CCEF) and Economic, Social and Environmental Regional Councilor.
She became  FCEM General Secretary together with Vice President in 2013
She  is Vice-President  of FFSE (Fédération Française du Sport en Entreprise)
Since   2014, She is  Vice-President of  International Pole and Commission of MEDEF and  elected President of  Les Femmes de l’Economie

In June 2016 she became President of CRAL Ile de France

In March 2017 she was elected World President of Femmes Chefs d’Entreprises (FCEM)
She is Chevalier  of Legion d’Honneur and  Officer of National Order of  Mérite .

TINOU DUTRY

1949 – FCEB membership to Belgian Association FCEB
1956 – Funded the British Association of Women Executive (BAWE)
1958 – Appointed Belgian’s Association Vice-President FCEB
1976- 1977 – Interim President, British Association of Women Executive (BAWE)
1978 – Appointed National President FCE Belgium
1979 – Appointed World President at Florence Convention (she followed Madame Vandenschrik who had temporarily replaced Madame Foinant who resigned at 86 years old in 1978)
1983 – She resigns from Belgian Presidency to concentrate on the World mandate.
World openness is at the forefront of FCE Europe concerns. In the early years of her mandate the following joind us, Canada, Mexico, argentina, Taiwan (1980), india, Indonesia, Greece, Philippines (1983), United States (1985), australia, Cameroon (1985), followed by Gabon and Ivory Coast (1987), Portugal and Mauritius. FCEM reaches the world’s five contnents.
1988 – World President’s term comes to an end. Madame Maria Grazia (italy) is named World President.

Convinced FCE, globe trotter, Business leader and writer Tinou Dutry bequeathed our Belgian and World Associations, archives tracing our history since its inception. These are available in Brussels at the Center of Archives for Women history (avg@amazone.be) , fonds ‘femmes chefs d’Entreprises’ (Carhiff collection).
A book tracing FCE history from 1948-2012 has  been published by the Belgian Association. (info@fce-vvb.be)

YVONNE E. FOINANT

Yvonne Edmond Foinant, is the founder in 1945 of the Association of Women entrepreneurs FCE «Les Femmes Chefs d’Entreprises», was born in France in 1890 in a engineer family. She has been forced to manage her self, in a society where women could not access to work and entrepreneurship easily.
But with the First World War, the woman had been forced to hold leading positions after this massacre.

In 1914 , when her husband left the house to go on war, he told her ” Go on”. She was only 24 years old but she never hesitated to pick up the burden and to start the management of the company.

Later ,Yvonne met her husband again and since this moment they led together the company until his death.

With the World War II, Yvonne Edmond Foinant created in 1945 the french ‘Association des Femmes Chefs d’Entreprises’ that became in 1950 an European Association and became a World Association in 1965, FCEM, a non-profit, non-governmental, non-political and non-sectarian organization.
Yvonne Foinant had been granted, in 1979, the title of FCEM Honorary President.