Greetings readers. It's been a long time between drinks (as we say in Australia) however the FrenchamFamily have been a lot busier than normal. Hopefully many of you have kept up via telephone and the individual Facebook accounts, but in any event here is a roundup of what May and June looked like for us.
Melissa has thrown herself into her new job (see March blog) and is very much enjoying it. Together with her last year of study for her Bachelor or Behavioural Science degree she has been a busy little camper. To make things more hectic, Tony had one of his heaviest travel periods (more on that later).
Sarah & Alexander completed Years 9 and 7 respectively at school and brought home excellent reports that they are justifiably very happy with. Sarah also passed her ABRFM Level 5 Piano Theory exam and kept herself busy as a Teacher's Assistant at her Drama School. Meanwhile Alexander completed two of his school Community Service activities, with Dad in tow, at the Dubai Cares charity walk and Terry Fox Run (Ack getting his groove on here in preparation for the charity walk).
As mentioned, Tony was busier than usual as he and his teams drove to complete a number of critical deals to meet both the Financing of the Sadara JV and the impending end of his secondment there. It took him to a ridiculous number of places including Brussels three times
in May and hence the "tourist" snaps here. He also was a guest lecturer on International Negotiations at the Dubai campus of Hult International Business School.
From August Tony will return to Dow and be responsible for ensuring Dow is ready to market the product from the Sadara JV when it starts up in 2015-16. For at least the coming year that should keep us in Dubai and hopefully mean a lot less travel for him (have we heard that before?).
As we write this we are into the long northern summer school vacation period and the FrenchamFamily have de-camped to Melbourne to enjoy the cooler climes and to catch up with family and friends. More on that in the next blog.
Melissa has thrown herself into her new job (see March blog) and is very much enjoying it. Together with her last year of study for her Bachelor or Behavioural Science degree she has been a busy little camper. To make things more hectic, Tony had one of his heaviest travel periods (more on that later).
As mentioned, Tony was busier than usual as he and his teams drove to complete a number of critical deals to meet both the Financing of the Sadara JV and the impending end of his secondment there. It took him to a ridiculous number of places including Brussels three times
in May and hence the "tourist" snaps here. He also was a guest lecturer on International Negotiations at the Dubai campus of Hult International Business School.From August Tony will return to Dow and be responsible for ensuring Dow is ready to market the product from the Sadara JV when it starts up in 2015-16. For at least the coming year that should keep us in Dubai and hopefully mean a lot less travel for him (have we heard that before?).
As we write this we are into the long northern summer school vacation period and the FrenchamFamily have de-camped to Melbourne to enjoy the cooler climes and to catch up with family and friends. More on that in the next blog.
