Thursday 6 October 2011

Don’t Go Breaking Our Hearts – Kiki D has the Portland Street Office under close control!

Karine Djivanian – who wouldn’t want a name like that?

She could be the mysterious love interest for any of the 3 Musketeers (in 3D). Maybe she could be the Curator for The Louvre in Paris. She would be a brilliant interpreter at the UN.
She could be anything she wants – but she’s Idealogy’s own Office and Client Services Administrator. Which is better than all of the others, don’t you think?


OK, let’s run with the mysterious French lady metaphor! Kiki (that’s her code name) was born in Paris’s 12th Arrondissement on New Years Eve, 1972. Her favourite colour is black, she loves dance music, going to the movies, adores children and, here’s where it starts to get a little thin (another passion) watching Eastenders. Then there’s chocolate – dark, rich French chocolate – mmmmmm!

Karine left Paris at 20 for the cold, dark (alright, warm, blue-rinsed) streets of Eastbourne, and it was while living there that she completed her BA Hons. in Hospitality Management at Brighton University. Her next move was to Southampton, to work at the Botley Park Hotel Golf and Country Club before, arguably, her biggest leap - a 12 year stint at Southampton International Airport as Customer Service agent, Flight Dispatcher, Load Controller and Supervisor – though not all at the same time!

A brief period at Kenwood in Havant then became the prelude to her current project at Idealogy where she takes enormous pride in her role as Office and Client Services Administrator. What’s that, I hear you ask? Well, it means that our office environment is always world-class, clients are well catered for when they visit us, and the Management team always have a smile on their faces because she takes away the stuff that none of us want to do.

At a personal level, Kiki loves Mauritius, especially when her family go there (generally for 3 months at the start of each year), using her airport connections to get back to Paris regularly to be with Mum and Dad, and then there’s skiing in les Gets.

What’s closest to her heart is simply looking after everyone and making sure things just work. Which means that we don’t have to worry about it – and that’s perfect.

If that’s a trait of being French/Armenian, then we should extend our diplomat relations. We need to open our borders right now!

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