Rui LAI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
03/2008-present Financial Auditor, Ernst & Young, Paris
- Financial audits in the luxury sector, real estate and consumer products
- Validation of accounting and financial data in corporate and consolidated accounts for various clients (PUIG, TetraPak, LG, AutoDistribution, CareFusion etc.)
- Internal control and risk evaluation assignments including recommendations to clients
- Communication and management of client relations
- Supervision of, motivation of and knowledge transfer to new members of the team.

09/2006-03/2007 Financial Auditor (internship), Ernst & Young, Paris

07/2006-08/2006 Retail sales assistant (internship), Kenzo Haute Couture, Paris
- Preparations for the reopening of the largest Kenzo store and the fashion show at the Place des victoires
- Realisation of sales, loyalty programs and stock management, rewarded for the best junior sales person
- Category management and image development (window displays, merchandising, etc)

08/2005-01/2006 Junior Product Manager for Elsève for the French market (internship), L’Oréal Paris
- Participation in the main new Elsève product Nutri-Gloss etc
- Participation in the launch, media and promotion plans; execution of marketing mix; advertisement and surveys of brand awareness in major retail outlets
- Coordination between suppliers, sales, logistics and other concerned services.

01/2004-08/2004 Assistant to the head of production (internship), Arc International, Nanjing
10/2003-12/2003 Assistant to the trade director (internship), Arc International, Nanjing


EDUCATION
09/2004-12/2007 Master of sciences in Management (ESC program), EM Lyon France
Specialisation: Strategic Management, Business cycles, Marketing management, Financial diagnostics, Enterprise valuation, International marketing and business strategy, International negotiation, ECR & category management, B2B marketing, Leadership

09/2000-07/2004 Master of French Language and Literature, University of Nanjing, China
02/2002-03/2003 Bachelor of Economics and Investment (double degree), University of Nanjing

COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE
2005 - Young Ambassador to Lyon (JAL promotion 2005 – Lyon CCI)
- Head of the “Asia Day 2005” project (Organization of a team of 30 persons), EM Lyon
- Member of HPAIR France Club (Harvard Project for Asian and International Relation)

2001-2004 - Editor of the French language university paper «Le Canard Salé», University of Nanjing
- In charge of the Francophone Club, University of Nanjing

LANGUAGES AND COMPUTER SKILLS
- Proficiency in Windows, Excel, PowerPoint, Word
- Languages: Chinese (native speaker); fluent in French and English