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New Appointments – November 2016

Jade Harper — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:50:41 +0000

AGS welcomes the following newly appointed managers:

Baptiste Di Tria
Branch Manager
AGS Movers Liberia

Baptiste Di Tria started at the group as an employee of AGS Movers Madagascar and was appointed to AGS Movers Liberia as Branch Manager in August 2016. He likes to watch and play rugby, and takes a great interest in local and global politics. Baptiste also likes to listen to music and to travel. He looks forward to developing and building relationships with clients in his new position.

Jean-Marc Boisgard
Branch Manager
AGS Movers Angola

Jean-Marc Boisgard was appointed as Trainee Branch Manager with AGS Movers Senegal in August 2014, and promoted to Branch Manager at AGS Movers Kenya. He accepted the Manager position for AGS Movers Sierra Leone in January 2015, before occupying his most recent position as Manager of AGS Movers Angola. The 53-year-old father of two daughters has earned diplomas from three engineering schools: l’Ecole de l’Air, ENSTA (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées) and ENSPM (Ecole Nationale Supérieure du Pétrole et des Moteurs). Passionate about bridge, reading and travel, Jean-Marc wishes to participate in the development of AGS in Africa and to live enriching human experiences.

Julien Favre-Bulle
Branch Manager
AGS Movers Zambia

Julien Favre-Bulle started his career at AGS as Sales Manager at the Kenyan branch in 2004. He was promoted to Trainee Manager in AGS Movers Kenya in 2006 and became Branch Manager of AGS Movers Burundi in 2008. Julien’s career grew further when he took up the position of AGS Movers Uganda Branch Manager in 2013, and was recently appointed as Branch Manager in Zambia. Julien is passionate about sports and enjoys watching movies.

Carole-Anne Duchet
Branch Manager
AGS Movers Uganda

Carole-Anne Duchet joined the AGS Group at its Zambian branch as a VIE in 2010. She was promoted to Trainee Manager in the Zambian branch in 2012 and subsequently, took up the manager position at the same branch in 2013. Earlier this year, Carole-Anne accepted a new position as Branch Manager at AGS Movers Uganda. She loves to play sports and to travel.

Fabris Grujic
Branch Manager
AGS Movers Madagascar

Fabris Grujic started at the Group as trainee manager at AGS Paris in 2003 and accepted the management position at AGS Movers Skopje soon thereafter. Three more Branch Manager positions including Belgrade, Montenegro and Abu Dhabi followed before Fabris accepted the AGS Madagascar Branch Manager position earlier this year. Fabris enjoys mountain biking, parachuting and practices martial arts.

Mathias Bouroullec
Branch Manager
AGS Movers Niger

Mathias Bouroullec joined AGS Movers Botswana as a VIE in 2013 and was offered a position as trainee manager at the same branch in 2015, before accepting his most recent position as Branch Manager of AGS Movers Niger. Mathias enjoys traveling, listening to music, and is a football and swimming enthusiast.

Loïc Delcon
Branch Manager
AGS Movers Mali

Loïc Delcon joined AGS Movers Ivory Coast as a VIE in 2013 and was promoted to trainee manager at the same branch in 2015, before accepting the management position at AGS Movers Mali in 2016. Loïc enjoys traveling, playing rugby, going to the theatre and relaxation therapy.

Frédéric Léomant
Branch Manager
AGS Movers Cameroon

Frédéric Léomant joined the AGS Group as a trainee manager at AGS Movers Reunion in 2005 and was promoted to the manager position of AGS Movers Burkina Faso in 2006. Frédéric was then appointed as AGS Movers Madagascar’s Branch Manager in 2011 before accepting the position as Branch Manager at AGS Movers Cameroon, earlier this year. Frédéric likes to play volleyball, to sail his catamaran and to play chess.

Oscar Nduwimana
Branch Manager
AGS Movers South Sudan

Oscar Nduwimana, a lawyer by training, was appointed as Branch Manager at AGS Movers South Sudan. Oscar brings more than 10 years’ removal industry experience acquired in Burundi and Rwanda. He was also a representative of a worldwide leading container shipping company in Burundi. Oscar enjoys playing rugby.

Emilie Ducert
Branch Manager
AGS Movers Togo

After graduating with a Master’s degree in Management and International Trade, Emilie Ducert wanted to travel (specifically in Africa), to learn new languages and to find a job that wouldn’t bore her. It seems that she made the right choice by choosing AGS. After joining the group as an International Corporate Volunteer (V.I.E) in 2008 in Burkina Faso, she was offered a position as trainee manager in Maputo in 2010 and joined the Rabat, Morocco branch in 2011 as Branch Manager. As of June 2016, she took over the management of our Lomé branch, where she manages 10 people. In her free time, this former Western horse riding champion also jogs and plays golf. But Emilie isn’t only an accomplished sportswoman; she’s also a singer and a musician and plays the guitar at concerts.

Jean-Charles Thorez
Branch Manager
AGS Movers Cameroon

Jean-Charles Thorez started working at AGS in 2004 and was trained as a Branch Manager by Jean-Noël Boulnois, who then managed the Senegalese branch. A year later, Jean-Charles was given the role of Branch Manager in Bangui, in the Central African Republic, where he stayed for 11 years. In August 2016, he accepted the position of Branch Manager at AGS in Yaoundé, Cameroon, managing a team of 15 people. This former officer in the French Army says he loves to be in touch with his customers and to find solutions to the complex situations he is confronted with on a daily basis. When he’s not sitting at his desk, Jean-Charles spends time with his two-year-old daughter, Ludivine.

Mark Jeyasingh
Branch Manager
AGS Movers Seychelles

Mark Jeyasingh joined the Seychelles branch in September 2016 after more than 20 years in the financial services sector. His experience ranges from consulting to management of key accounts and product development. At AGS Seychelles, Mark is tasked with setting up marketing strategies and developing sales of the branch’s various products. In his free time, Mark plays golf at a very good level (with a handicap below 9).

We wish them well in their new positions.

A positive review for 2010 by the Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee

Jade Harper — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:05:21 +0000

The AGS group is part of the Mobilitas Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee, which met on Tuesday, 7 December in Paris to review the company’s business activities in 2010.

This committee was made official at the beginning of 2010, and is part of senior management’s aspiration to make the Mobilitas group and its brands a leader in professional excellence and a model of social responsibility.

2010 Assessment Report

The Committee’s review of 2010 highlights a very positive image of the Group globally, in spite of difficulties locally.
These difficulties are mainly due to social issues or (sometimes violent) crises, especially in Africa. The need for complete information from partners concerning issues or crises has been underlined, and this process will need to be developed.

Maintaining the highest level of quality

The efforts made in gaining and maintaining professional qualifications or certifications still bear fruit.
This demonstrates our desire to offer all of our partners (clients, agents, suppliers) a very high level of quality in the services we provide.
Of note is the trial that was conducted by AGS Movers London this year to obtain the ISO 27001 certification, and to www the strength of our information system and data protection compliance.

Teams are extremely devoted to their customers.

The unfailing commitment of our managers and staff to the benefit of their clients has been demonstrated, particularly in African countries in crisis. For instance, Gérard Machetel of AGS Movers Niger, and his team, made the repatriation of expatriates’ personal belongings possible, following the kidnappings of foreign workers in the region, including Arlit, a particularly vulnerable site.

Likewise, Branch Manager Frédéric Gros and his team in the Ivory Coast spared no effort in Abidjan, when they moved threatened families or stored their belongings in secure premises, in spite of very real risks.

UN Global Compact adherence and partnership with Planète Urgence.

In the social arena, AGS is particularly proud to be the first removals company to adhere to the UN’s Global Compact. Within this framework, AGS develops small, local projects under the initiative of its managers.

Likewise, the committee noted a positive appreciation of the Group’s partnership with the NGO, Planète Urgence. Through tree planting projects in Asia and Africa, the Group’s environmental footprint is reduced. Clients benefit from a positive association with this initiative, as a tree is planted for each of their expatriates’ international moves. This is in line with our vision to respect the environment and meet our partners’ expectations in this regard.

OBJECTIVES FOR 2011

The aim in 2011 will be to involve co-workers and partners in activities that reflect ethical and professional conduct.

Ethics and professional conduct charter

Boosted by the past year’s experience, and taking geographical expansion and the business diversification of the Group into consideration, it has been agreed to refocus Mobilitas’ values in the form of an Ethics and Professional Conduct Charter.
The Committee’s objective is to complete and circulate the charter by June 2011, when the interim review meeting takes place.

Improve information

To better serve our customers, the communication of information will be improved, particularly in the area of delays that are beyond the Company’s control.
Likewise, the Committee wants colleagues and partners to be more closely associated with the Group’s social initiatives. This starts with communication and the online publishing of this report.

Partnership with Planète Urgence

This partnership will be strengthened and optimised. The Committee has agreed to combine the Group’s several agreements with Plantète Urgence into one, to improve project management efficiency. As a result, the project will also have better visibility to clients and partners in terms of the number of trees planted in the “1 move = 1 tree” initiative. The results of the project will be available online.

Sustainable and fair development

Following a strategic planning session, the Group decided to launch the “Africa 2015” project in which AGS will play a major role in Mobilitas becoming the first company established across the entire continent.
The Committee noted with satisfaction that, true to its values, the Group will lead this international project in a responsible and balanced manner. A large portion of the staff will be recruited locally, and a significant investment will be made through training.

In closing, the Committee concluded that the entire Group, and AGS in particular, can be proud of its collective and individual corporate social responsibility activities.

Mr Alain Boulnois
Chairman of the Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee