This document is a CV for Claude-Marie Desprez, a Belgian national. It summarizes her professional experience, education, skills and interests. Her experience includes roles as an English and Dutch teacher, management assistant, legal secretary, and personal assistant. Previously she worked at law firms, consulting firms, automotive and banking companies in administrative and executive assistant roles. She has a degree in translation between German, Italian and French and provides translation and interpretation services freelance. Her hobbies include social work, teaching languages privately, travel, nature and music.

1. Claude-Marie DESPREZ– CV – Page 1
Claude-Marie DESPREZ
Rue de Bruxelles, 201
1472 Vieux-Genappe
Belgium
Mobile phone :
+32 (0) 475 / 53.02.15
E-mail :
claudemarie.desprez@yahoo.fr
Date and place of birth :
19/06/1962, Brussels
Sex : female
Nationality : Belgian
Mother tongue : French
Other languages : English /
Dutch / German / Italian
CURRICULUM VITAE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 INSTITUT DES SACRES COEURS DE WATERLOO (Enseignement) - CDI 01/16 - 05/16
Function
→ English Teacher (2ème générale de transition et 4ème qualification)
 COLLEGE JEAN XXIII (Enseignement) - CDI 09/15 - 06/16
Function
→ Dutch Teacher (1ère et 3ème générale de transition)
 XPERTHIS (ICT – Medical) - Temporary job 04/15 - 12/15
Function
→ Management Assistant
 COFELY FABRICOM (Electricity) - Temporary job 02/15 - 04/15
Function
→ Legal Secretary
 AV APPLICATION (Audio-visual) - Temporary job 11/14 - 01/15
Function
→ Commercial Secretary
 ALLEN & OVERY LLP (Law firm) - Permanent job 10/08 - 04/14
Functions
→ Personal Assistant - Employment and Benefit Practice Group
→ Personal Assistant - Competition Practice Group / German Team
Main tasks
 Administrative support / lawyers (typing, copying/scanning, filing, profiling e-mails…)
 Logistical support / lawyers (travels, expenses, calendars, address books...)
 Translation of contracts and agreements
 Preparation of notifications to be submitted to the EU (DG Competition) to the German
Cartel Office and to the Belgian Labour Courts
 McKINSEY & COMPANY Inc. (Consulting firm) - Permanent job 02/06 - 04/08
Functions
→ Support Staff Member responsible for mobility and social activities (02/08 - 04/08)
→ Executive Assistant to the Marketing and Sales R&I Manager (09/07 - 02/08)
→ Executive Assistant to the Pharma & Medical Products R&I Manager (02/06 - 08/07)
Main tasks
 Administrative support
 Administrative follow-up of the recruiting process
 Assistance to visitors and expatriates
 Organization of special events

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 TOYOTA Belgium (Automotive industry) - Temporary job 11/05 - 02/06
→ Assistant to the Public Relations Manager
 MASTERCARD Europe & MC Advisors (Banking sector) - Temporary job 12/04 - 10/05
→ Support to the UK team / RBS project (2 days / week in London)
→ Administrative assistant to the Vice-President in charge of Belgium, France & UK
→ Support to the account payables department
→ Personal assistant to the Financial Director
 AC NIELSEN (Marketing firm) - Temporary job 06/04 - 07/04
→ Support to the translation of the customer satisfaction questionnaires
 CCIPIF (Lobbying) - Temporary job 03/04 - 11/04
→ Administrative support to the Brussels’ office and organization of seminars
 LHOIST GROUP (Lime a dolime industry) - Permanent job 01/95 - 12/03
Functions
→ Executive Secretary / Sr. Advisor to the COO (04/03 - 12/03)
→ Executive Secretary / Executive VP (BU Germany, CE and Mexico) (08/00 - 03/03)
→ Executive Secretary / Executive VP (merger & acquisition Germany) (10/97 - 07/00)
→ Assistant Secretary / Chairman of the Executive Committee (02/95 - 10/97)
→ Secretary / HR Manager (11/94 - 01/95)
→ Receptionist (11/94 - 01/95)
Main tasks
 Administrative support
 Elaboration and translation of letters and memorandums
 Organization of internal and international meetings
 Providing assistance to expatriates
 Support of private activities (private farm & forestry site, shooting parties, art
collection...)
FREELANCE ACTIVITY + TEMPORARY & PERMANENT PART-TIME JOBS 02/92 - 01/95
 LHOIST GROUP (Lime a dolime industry) - Temporary job
→ Receptionist
 CHÂTEAU DE LIMELETTE (Hotel) - Permanent part-time job
→ Receptionist
 COPA / COGECA (Lobbying), EZI (Industry), PKHA (Services) - Temporary jobs
→ Administrative support
Freelance activity : “translation and office services”
→ Translations from English, German, Italian and Dutch to French
→ Interpreter services in Brussels and abroad
→ Private tuition in French & German
→ Administrative and commercial assistance
 UGAL (Lobbying) - Permanent job 04/89 - 01/92
→ Assistant (secretary / translator) to the Secretary-General
 Secretarial and administrative tasks
 Organization of international meetings
 Translation of memorandums
 Interpreter during above-mentioned meetings

3. Claude-Marie DESPREZ– CV – Page 3
 KLÖCKNER-MOELLER (Electronic industry) - Permanent job 12/87 - 04/89
→ Multilingual secretary to the Financial and Administrative Director
 Commercial assistance (German Firm)
 Financial and technical translations
 ACV INTERNATIONAL (Water heaters and heating systems) - Permanent job 03/86 - 12/87
→ Multilingual secretary to the Managing Director
 Commercial assistance (German market)
 Translation of commercial and technical brochures
 JOLLY HOTELS BELGIO (Hotel) - Permanent job 08/85 - 02/86
→ Receptionist
 Assistance to the clients
EDUCATION
1981 - 1985 Higher education
Institut Supérieur de l’Etat de Traducteurs et Interprètes (I.S.T.I.), Brussels / Belgium
“Licence en Traduction” in German and Italian
Thesis : French / German glossary on office & school stationery : driven by my interest
in the systematic approach of the glossary and the handling of writing supports
1980 - 1981 Educational stay in Germany
Mädchengymnasium St-Mauritz, Münster / Germany
Free student in last year of secondary school (Gymnasium – Oberprima)
Optional subjects : English and Pedagogics
1968 - 1980 Primary and secondary school
Institut des Sacrés-Coeurs, Waterloo / Belgium
Classics - “Langues Modernes” (Dutch, English, German)
MISCELLANEOUS
IT Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook
TRAININGS First Aid Certificate and Fire Extinguisher Training
HOBBIES - Active social worker (handicapped adults)
- Private lessons (French, English, Dutch, German),
- Travels, nature, hiking, motorbike, decoration, gardening, photography,
scrapbooking, music (djembe), reading, personal development…
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