Peter AlfandaryHead of the French Team, Reed Smith LLP

Peter Alfandary spent over 30 years as an international law firm partner and now advises large professional firms and major international corporations on the importance of Cross-Cultural issues in building successful business relationships.

He runs workshops on this topic, is a regular speaker at conferences and corporate retreats and his TEDx talk on culture has been viewed over 330K times.

Peter holds dual French and UK nationality, was educated at the French Lycée in London, received his LLB from The University of Kent and his LLM from the LSE.

As Senior Vice President of the French Chamber of Commerce, Peter is highly active in the Franco-British business community.

Peter is an MBA Guest Lecturer on Cultural Intelligence at EDHEC business school.

In recognition of his services to Franco-British relations, Peter was made Chevalier and also Officier de la Legion d’Honneur by the French Republic.

Peter’s not so secret passion is his 1984 Citroen 2CV called Huguette which he drives around London.