Meet the Vinivi team
A team of travellers from various countries
- Gilles Granger
- Founder
- French
10 years of experience in IT. Gilles started his career in the IT press in France before joining Accenture, where he gained 9 years of expertise in managing international projects.
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Gilles' reviews.
- Carla Brienen-Koster
- Co-founder
- Dutch
15 years of experience in tourism. Prior to founding Vinivi, Carla worked for the tour operator Thomas Cook in various countries including Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Mauritius and Cuba as well as on a cruise ship...
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Carla's reviews.
- Hélène Noel
- In charge of the French community
- Mauritian
Hélène is in charge of the French-speaking Vinivi community. Together with Noelette and Wendy, she reads your reviews and replies personally to each and every one. Hélène handles every question and suggestion in addition to maintaining Vinivi’s French blog.
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Hélène's reviews.
- Noelette
- Community
- Mauritian
Before joining Vinivi, Noelette was a commercial executive. Today, Noelette lives and works in Rodrigues and is responsible for reading your reviews and answering your questions. She also geolocates all hotels and guest houses on Vinivi. She is unrivalled in her knowledge of beaches from Punta Cana to Crete.
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Noelette's reviews.
- Wendy
- Community
- Mauritian
Wendy reads your reviews and adds new establishments. She also watches hundreds of videos every day to enable you to see where you will be going before you leave.
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Wendy's reviews.
- Christine
- Community
- Mauritian
Prior to joining Vinivi, Christine worked as a travel agent in Mauritius. She now ensures you have all the info you need to know before you go by reading all your reviews.
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Christine's profile page.
- Mbelo Rahary R.
- Marketing and SEO
- Malagasy
Mbelo is Vinivi’s SEO manager. He has wide-ranging professional experience in the fields of IT, journalism and consulting.
He has joined Vinivi in order to optimise the site’s positioning.
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Mbelo's reviews.
Jean-François began his career by implementing Microsoft .Net applications and databases at Accenture. He has been with Vinivi since day one and is the originator of most of the pages you see on Vinivi. He is also the creator of our multi-lingual engine.
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Jean-Francois's reviews
- Javin
- Developer
- Mauritian
After having trained in India and started out in the IT industry, Javin joined Vinivi in 2008, where he is tasked with looking after links to other websites and managing partners.
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Javin's profile page.
- Fabio
- Sales manager
- Belgian
8 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Fabio has worked for some of Belgium’s most prestigious hotels, including
Jolly Hotel and
Amigo. He is responsible for Vinivi’s business development.
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Fabio's reviews.
- Jevin
- Developer
- Mauritian
Jevin has joined Vinivi in 2008 after having completed a degree in Computer Science at the University of Mauritius. Since then, Jevin has been contributing to Vinivi’s new features. One of his first developments being the Vinivi weather module.
Romain is in charge of Vinivi’s visual identity. With a diploma from Estienne, his experience has taken him into press and digital sectors (Creapress, Montparnasse Mulimédia and mainly AOL France). Today Romain works as a graphic design freelancer.
