Private partners

"EPSA is committed to working alongside ONLYLYON to support economic development and strengthen the attractiveness of the Lyon region. As a company dedicated to the financial, operational, and environmental performance of companies, we are committed to supporting local stakeholders in their transformation and growth challenges."

Elsa Rosenbach, Development and Partnerships Manager

27-year-old Sacha is a lobbyist in the cultural, creative and digital sectors. In 2020, he became an ONLYLYON Ambassador and Correspondent, a role he performs alongside his work. He likes bringing together Lyon expats in Brussels because “when you’ve left your hometown, it’s nice to remember where you come from and feel part of a community that knows about events from your city, like the Festival of Lights on 8th December.” After studying law at Université Jean Moulin in Lyon and Université Paris Dauphine, he completed his studies at College of Europe in Bruges. He fell in love with the international aspect that he discovered there and wishing to develop this, he moved to Brussels in 2019. His travels made him realise how incredible the city where he grew up is: “the architecture marked by the Italian Renaissance, the ochre neighbourhoods, the Slopes of Croix-Rousse Hill, the two rivers... Few cities offer such an exceptional historical setting.” But his favourite thing about Lyon remains the city’s vibrant cultural calendar and the unbeatable view over the city from the Fourvière gardens at nightfall...

A Franco-American, Julie-Anne Lutfi always dreamt of a life that would combine her two favorite cities: Lyon, where she grew up and Boston, where she studied law. Quite naturally, in 2016, she became ONLYLYON’s correspondent in Boston for the city’s 130 members of the Ambassadors network. A corporate lawyer, she has since then spread the “good word” among Bostonians. Involved in developing the Big Booster project (an international start-up acceleration program), she is also a go-to contact for Lyon inhabitants who wish to settle in the area.

It is by participating in the development of a company in the real estate sector that Jean discovers the rich economic and cultural fabric of the Lyon region. He is immediately impressed by this 'iconic city,' the capital of gastronomy, from which he maintains numerous connections, partners, and friends. An entrepreneur and networker, Jean is involved in various investment projects in the 'Hospitality' sector in collaboration with hotel groups, investors, and property developers.

Now based in Barcelona, Jean continues to contribute to the influence of the metropolis, both through his professional activities, where he actively supports the development of Lyon's tourism, and also through his personal commitment.

Convinced of a strong economic and cultural connection between Lyon and Barcelona, Jean wanted to join the Ambassadors community to support this development and promote exchanges. As a correspondent, he animates the network and works on strengthening the ties between these two 'exceptional and ultimately so close' cities.

Pushed by the difficulties of studying theory of gastronomy in Japan, Daisuke Sato arrived in Lyon in 2001 for a DEA in Humanities and French Civilisation specialized in Gastronomy of the Past. He learned how the first French restaurants in the 18th century changed how we eat. He fell in love with this “big international city with a people-centred feel, listed as UNESCO World Heritage, where you can discover architecture from the Roman era to today, which is rare”. An internship with ADERLY, during which he was tasked with supporting Japanese companies wanting to join the metropolis, strengthened his resolution. From theory to practice, he took the plunge. After 15 years in Lyon, where he created his own consulting agency, ALFELIS, he moved to Paris in 2016. Now a food & beverage consultant and the manager of a Japanese restaurant called Omusubi Gonbei near the Palais-Royal in Paris, he became an ONLYLYON Correspondent and Ambassador in Tokyo in 2019. Since then, between trips to Japan, he brings together the Lyon community in Tokyo around his adoptive city.

27-year-old Sacha is a lobbyist in the cultural, creative and digital sectors. In 2020, he became an ONLYLYON Ambassador and Correspondent, a role he performs alongside his work. He likes bringing together Lyon expats in Brussels because “when you’ve left your hometown, it’s nice to remember where you come from and feel part of a community that knows about events from your city, like the Festival of Lights on 8th December.” After studying law at Université Jean Moulin in Lyon and Université Paris Dauphine, he completed his studies at College of Europe in Bruges. He fell in love with the international aspect that he discovered there and wishing to develop this, he moved to Brussels in 2019. His travels made him realise how incredible the city where he grew up is: “the architecture marked by the Italian Renaissance, the ochre neighbourhoods, the Slopes of Croix-Rousse Hill, the two rivers... Few cities offer such an exceptional historical setting.” But his favourite thing about Lyon remains the city’s vibrant cultural calendar and the unbeatable view over the city from the Fourvière gardens at nightfall...

27-year-old Sacha is a lobbyist in the cultural, creative and digital sectors. In 2020, he became an ONLYLYON Ambassador and Correspondent, a role he performs alongside his work. He likes bringing together Lyon expats in Brussels because “when you’ve left your hometown, it’s nice to remember where you come from and feel part of a community that knows about events from your city, like the Festival of Lights on 8th December.” After studying law at Université Jean Moulin in Lyon and Université Paris Dauphine, he completed his studies at College of Europe in Bruges. He fell in love with the international aspect that he discovered there and wishing to develop this, he moved to Brussels in 2019. His travels made him realise how incredible the city where he grew up is: “the architecture marked by the Italian Renaissance, the ochre neighbourhoods, the Slopes of Croix-Rousse Hill, the two rivers... Few cities offer such an exceptional historical setting.” But his favourite thing about Lyon remains the city’s vibrant cultural calendar and the unbeatable view over the city from the Fourvière gardens at nightfall...

27-year-old Sacha is a lobbyist in the cultural, creative and digital sectors. In 2020, he became an ONLYLYON Ambassador and Correspondent, a role he performs alongside his work. He likes bringing together Lyon expats in Brussels because “when you’ve left your hometown, it’s nice to remember where you come from and feel part of a community that knows about events from your city, like the Festival of Lights on 8th December.” After studying law at Université Jean Moulin in Lyon and Université Paris Dauphine, he completed his studies at College of Europe in Bruges. He fell in love with the international aspect that he discovered there and wishing to develop this, he moved to Brussels in 2019. His travels made him realise how incredible the city where he grew up is: “the architecture marked by the Italian Renaissance, the ochre neighbourhoods, the Slopes of Croix-Rousse Hill, the two rivers... Few cities offer such an exceptional historical setting.” But his favourite thing about Lyon remains the city’s vibrant cultural calendar and the unbeatable view over the city from the Fourvière gardens at nightfall...