At-Mau-Sphere
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John-Pierre was born and raised in Beau
Bassin, where he also attended all his
schools. Growing up, he had only one
thing in mind: to work on cruise ships and
travel to other countries. As things don’t
always go as planned, he went on to work
in retail stores instead.
“After some time, I joined bigger
companies. I worked as a corporate
sales representative in Emtel, the mobile
telecommunications company. I left after
three years to work on a more challenging
project in Madagascar. Madacom wanted
to increase its subscriber base, so I was
tasked with building a team of 12 people
to work in sales and marketing in the
corporate sales department.
Following Madacom’s success, I came
back home after two years to establish a
water sports business. It didn’t do well as
I had to recruit skippers, who were not
loyal to the business most of the time.”
He closed the business and began to hunt
for a job.
“I landed in Saga Holidays, a travel
company which plans holidays tours for
people over 50 years of age. I went to Kent,
England where I underwent rigorous
training on customer service. Back in
Mauritius, I had to ensure that the clients
had the best holiday experience, meaning,
I had to stay full time at the hotels to
respond to queries in time.’’
In 2008, John-Pierre, always on the move,
joined a fish processing company in
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