US stars of tomorrow will earn their stripes in Monaco.
The entente between Monaco and the US has undergone a step-change since the launch of a dynamic initiative – the Monaco US Business Roundtable.There’s no doubt that the key movers in the new organization mean business. The co-founders are Mike Powers, a prominent American figure on the Monaco map, and Susan Feaster, the powerhouse CEO of Ryder Cup France, US Partners Club, who splits her time between Washington DC, Paris and Monaco.

Thomas Fouilleron, Palais de Monaco Director of Archives and Library; Susan Feaster; Senator Paul Trible; Philippe Laïk; Secretary of US Army, Les Brownlee (ret);
Mrs Rosemary Trible and Irina Alekseeva
Their aim is to build solid relations between Monaco and the US in the realms of education, government, business, culture and sport. Proof that we are not dealing with a talking shop here came when the Reporter met with former US Senator Paul Trible, who was staying at the splendid Château Tardieu as the guest of Philippe Laïk and his wife Irina.

“I’ve come here with my dream of establishing in Monaco a CNU International Study Abroad Center,” said the Senator, whose confidence and friendliness make him an excellent educational ambassador.
“Students from CNU will benefit greatly from the broader view of the world they will get from mixing and working with students at the International University of Monaco. They will be meeting students from France, Italy, Brazil – from around the world. It’s a two-way street of course – students from IUM will gain a lot from studying at CNU.”
The cultural life of Monaco, alongside its finance and business disciplines, is a big pull for the CNU students. And IUM students headed in the opposite direction will learn a little about sense of scale, as the main CNU campus is the size of the Principality.
After positive discussions with Dr Jean-Philippe Muller, General Director of IUM, and Dr Marika Taishoff, Director of the MBA programme IUM, Senator Trible was hopeful that the first batch of exchanges, in the shape of high-achieving students in the business studies field, would take place in June 2014. Professors from both establishments will also be swapping roles in the near future.

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