Florence Costa / Paris

Born in Paris. Graduated in 1992 from the Japanese Language Department at INALCO. After working in sales and marketing at The Japan Store Isetan Mitsukoshi (Paris), she joined SASU PALMIFRANCE NISHIKIDORI, where she led store growth strategies and marketing initiatives. Fluent at a native level in French, Italian, Japanese, and English, she lived in Japan for 25 years.

Awarded the Chevalier of the National Order of Merit in 2014, she returned to France in 2016 and now works at Jforward, supporting Japanese companies expanding into Europe.

パリ出身。1992年、フランス国立東洋語文化研究所（INALCO）日本語学科卒業。The Japan Store Isetan Mitsukoshi（パリ）で営業・マーケティングを経験後、SASU PALMIFRANCE NISHIKIDORIにて店舗成長戦略やマーケティングを担当。フランス語・イタリア語・日本語・英語を母国語レベルで操り、日本に25年間滞在。 2014年に国家功労勲章シュヴァリエを受章し、2016年帰国後、Jforwardにて日本企業の欧州進出戦略を担当。