Meet the Vinivi team
A team of travelers from 3 different countries
- Gilles Granger
- Founder
- French
10 years of experience in IT. Gilles started his carreer in the IT press in France. He then joined Accenture, where he developed for 9 years a know-how in the management of international projects.
- Carla Brienen-Koster
- Co-founder
- Dutch
15 years of experience in tourism. Before creating Vinivi, Carla has been working for the touroperator Thomas Cook in various countries like Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Mauritius and Cuba as well as on a cruise ship...
- Hélène
- 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 she replies personally to each and everyone. Every question and suggestion is treated by Hélène and she is also the one who keeps the French Vinivi blog.
- Noelette
- Indexation
- Mauritian
Before Noelette joined Vinivi, she was a commercial executive. At Vinivi she is reading your reviews and answering your questions. She is also the one who geolocalises all hotels and guest houses on Vinivi. She has become unbeatable in her knowledge about the beaches from Punta Cana to Crete.
- Wendy
- Indexation
- Mauritian
Wendy reads your reviews and adds new establishments. She also watches every day hundreds of videos to enable you to see where you will be going before leaving.
- Christine
- Community
- Mauritian
Prior to joining Vinivi, Christine worked as travel agent in Mauritius. She now makes sure you have all the info you need to know before you go by reading all your reviews.
- Julien Faliu
- Technical Director
- French
With 8 years of experience in IT in Europe (Madrid, London, Paris and Barcelona), Julien has joined Vinivi as the technical director. He is a trained computer engineer and also has a master in business management. Julien is also the founder of
expat blog.
Jean-François started his career by implementing Microsoft .Net applications and databases at Accenture. He is with Vinivi since day one and is the originator of most pages you see on Vinivi. He is also the creator of our multi-lingual engine.
- Javin
- Junior Developer
- Mauritian
- Fabio
- Sales Director
- Belgian
After an IT education and with experience in online sales, Julien has joined Vinivi to develop our commercial offer to tourism professionals.
Romain is in charge of the graphical identity of Vinivi. With a diploma for Estienne, his experience has taken him into press and numeric sectors (Creapress, Montparnasse Mulimédia and mainly AOL France). Romain works today as freelancer in graphic design.
