Meeting Anne Cullerre
Anne Cullerre was the first woman to reach 3 star level in the French Navy. She spent 35 years in the Navy among which 10 years at sea. She held 2 commands of French Navy vessels alongside with a large array of postings in executive and managing positions, ashore, embarked and abroad. She has a solid and varied experience which covers leadership and management, planning and conduct of operations, maritime security, international relations, media relations, education and training, executive coaching. Since 2016, she is research director and teacher at The Management Institute for International Security (THEMIIS, Paris), CEO of ARXEÏS, executive coaching, part-time lecturer on maritime security issues at Sciences Po Le Havre, international lecturer on the UN agenda “Women, Peace and Security” and Maritime Security at the French agency Expertise France, Paris.
Meeting Helen Browne
Helen Browne is AXA Group General Counsel, member of the Group Management Committee and member of the AXA Board (as the employee shareholder representative). She joined the AXA Group legal department in 2001 where she held a variety of roles (Head of Corporate Finance; Head of Mergers and Acquisitions; Deputy General Counsel). She is a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales and was previously admitted to the Paris bar, having graduated from the University of Kent in Canterbury and Université Grenoble-Alpes. Prior to joining AXA, Helen practiced at Linklaters, working in their London, Brussels and Paris offices. Helen was born in Ireland, is married with two children.
Meeting Anne-Claude Crémieux
Drawn to medicine at an early age, Anne-Claude Crémieux discovered her passion for infectious diseases in Peru, where she set up a first aid post for local populations in the Amazon region at the age of 22. After an internship at the Claude Bernard Hospital (having obtained certificates in virology, bacteriology and pharmacology, in addition to submitting a thesis in human biology), she joined the Bichat Hospital, where she opened an AIDS and other transmissible diseases testing centre and became responsible for the National Action Plan on the proper use of antibiotics. She was then appointed advisor to the Minister of Health, before subsequently being appointed Professor of Medicine. Mother to two children, Anne-Claude Crémieux is today one of the most respected voices in her field, particularly since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, as she is unanimously recognized for her expertise in infectious diseases.
