Meet the Vinivi team
An international team of travelers
- Gilles Granger
- Founder
- Français
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.
- 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...
- Noëlette Alexandre
- Content Assistant
- 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.
- Jorina Robert
- Content Assistant
- Mauritian
Jorina joined the Vinivi team in early 2009 following a fulfilling career in telemarketing. Shifting to the tourism industry was a challenging decision to make yet one which Jorina is happy she made. The core of Jorina’s activities is to thrive to give you the information you need to make your next trip memorable.
- Jean-François Topige
- Technical Manager
- Mauritian
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.
- Javin Pokhun
- Affiliate Co-ordinator
- 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.
- Fabio Meo
- Sales & Marketing Manager
- Belgian and Italian
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.
- Katherine Boyns
- Project Co-ordinator – Travelport Opinions
- British and Mauritian
Katherine is responsible for all aspects of the B2B website for travel professionals, Travelport Opinions by Vinivi (English speaking). Her career history includes event organization, magazine publication and administration.
- Deborah Henriot
- Administrative Assistant and commercial
- Mauritian
Deborah began her professional career in the tourisme industry. Then she joined Vinvi after a first experience as an assistant in a big communication agency. She is administrative assistant and commercial now.
- Davina Candasamy Pillay
- Affiliation assistant
- Mauritian
After completing a degree in Information System at the University of Mauritius in 2010, she joined Vinivi for her first professional experience in the affiliation team.
- Maela Gahinet
- Community Manager Travelport Opinions & Content Manager Vinivi
- French
Tour operating, DMC, travellers reviews... Maela is passionate in tourism and likes to discover its different aspects. Since january 2010, she is the community manager of Travelport Opinions and is also responsible of Content on Vinivi.
- Veronique Wong
- Content Animator
- Australian and Mauritian
Veronique has joined Vinivi in May 2010. She was in the customer service and webmastering in the telecommunication sector. After a short but rewarding experience in community management, she is responsible for the Vinivi travelers'community and Facebook fanpage.
- Hemraj Sooknah
- Developer
- Mauritian
Hemraj began his career at Vinivi in July 2009 after his studies in the field of Information Systems. He joined the technical team and has as main objectives, so far, to develop new features and maintenance of Vinivi.
- Sandra Mahomedkhan
- Sales Co-ordinator
- German and Mauritian
Sandra joined Vinivi in October 2010 to assist the Sales Team in upgrading existing and establishing new Customer Relations. A qualified travel agent, Sandra has more than 20 years experience in Tourism, including a long career with the tour operator TUI and recently in promoting Undersea Walk for Aquaventure.
- Neelesh Ramputh
- Junior Developer
- Mauritian
Neelesh was at Vinivi in mid June 2009 as a trainee and now in August 2010 has joined Vinivi as a Junior Developer. His hours are spent developing some new features and doing maintenance on Vinivi and Travelport Opinons.
- Nathalie Fourey
- Business Developer
- French
Nathalie joined the Vinivi team and deals, among other things, with the promotion of Travelport Opinions™. Nathalie has gained 20 years experience in the tourism industry, after achieving a BTS Tourism diploma. She is familiar with business services, brokerage and travel marketing, providing up-market, tailor-made solutions.
- Marin Roncevic
- Senior software developer
- Croatian
Marin joined Vinivi in March 2010. He is responsible for team training and establishing best practice patterns to improve system quality and maintanability. In free time, he teaches Croatian to the rest of the team.
- Pakeezah Dahoo
- Senior software engineer
- Mauritian
Pakeezah joined Vinivi in July 2011. Within the technical technical team she has objectives such as enhancing the mobile web application and maintaining the Vinivi Website.
- Joël Mike Guillemain
- Content Assistant
- Mauritian
Joel joined Vinivi in 2011. He was doing moderation of content and webmarketing before He is the youngest of the team and he handles the content, the animation for social networking and SEO for Vinivi.
- Sandrine Rita
- Content Assistant
- Mauritian
After a first experience in customer relationship, Sandrine has joined the Content team in October 2011. She reads, moderates, validates your reviews and virtually visits all hotels added to the site.
- Manon Potin
- E-Marketing
- French
In 2010, Manon leaves the cold area of Grenoble in France to settle in sunny Mauritius. She adapts quickly to the Vinivi team, thanks to her experience in communication, marketing and her ability to take up new challenges. Her role is to manage traffic on the website, increase member database and maximizing their life cycle.