The 7th Crystal Peach Award Ceremony

Thursday the 24th of February, the FACC–Atlanta celebrated its 7th Annual Crystal Peach Award Ceremony at the Capital City Country Club in Brookhaven (Atlanta), Georgia.

VIPs present included dignitaries Mr. Pascal Le Deunff, Consul General of France in Atlanta, Mr. Claudio Leoncavallo, Consul General of Switzerland, Mr. Benoit Standaert, Consul General of Belgium, Mr. Chris Cummiskey, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, Mr. Michael Chriszt, VP of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Mrs. Terrie O'Hanlon, Senior VP of Manhattan Associates, Inc., Mr. Dan Kramer, President of Client Services- Teleperformance, Inc., Mr. Philippe Yvergniaux, President of Invest in France Agency North America, Mr. Juan Luis Goujon, President and CEO of BPI Group North America, Mr. Frederic Villoutreix, Chairman and CEO of Schweitzer-Mauduit International.

Four award winners were recognized at the award ceremony, designed to celebrated bi-later investments between the southeastern United States and France: Atlanta based Manhattan Associates was presented the Crystal Peach U.S. award; Paris based Teleperformance USA received the Crystal Peach French award; Chemica USA received the FACC Innovation Award; and Mr. Steve Spires, Managing Director of BPI Group’s Atlanta office was recognized with the FACC Award of Excellence. Ms. Terrie O’Hanlon, Senior Vice President from Manhattan Associates and Mr. Dan Kramer, President of Client Services from Teleperformance USA were present to receive the awards on behalf of their firms.


The evening featured a VIP reception with Henri Giraud Champagne courtesy of ConVinum Wines of Atlanta, Georgia, a buffet dinner prepared by Head Chef Christophe Joignant of the Capital City Country Club and a dessert buffet of petit fours and ice creams. A champagne toast to celebrate this year’s winners was made by Mr. James Blair, President of the French American Chamber of Commerce – Atlanta, and the key note address was made by Mr. Michael Chriszt of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.


We thank our Gold Sponsor Invest In France Agency, our Silver Sponsors BPI Group, Con Vinum, Metro Atlanta Chamber and Merial, our Bronze Sponsors Dublin Laurens County, ERAI, ECG, Georgia  Department Economic Development, Teleperformance, S.I.S.E., Vitec Multimedia Inc. and our Partner Sponsors Delta and Merial.
A special Thanks to our Sponsor GravoGraph, which offered us the Awards of the Crystal Peach Ceremony.

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