Fiona Scott Lazareff

Entrepreneur

Fiona Scott Lazareff began her writing career in the City (1978-1985) where she launched with Peter Scott "International Portfolio Strategy", the first publication in the City advising financial institutions on investing internationally. After a career in finance in London, Hongking and Newyork, she quit the city to go into publishing.

At 32 she moved to Paris where she raised €650,000 (3,2MF) from financial institutions to create Mediatime France SA and to launch the lifestyle magazine Boulevard.[2][3] In 1992 and 1995 a Japanese and a Chinese version were launched.[4]Boulevard magazine attracted well-known contributors such as fr:Emmanuel de Brantes, CZ Guest, fr:Yves de Pozzo di Borgo, Édouard Carmignac, and talented writers and photographers such as Lucy Yeomans, Diana Geddes, Stephanie Theobald and Lyu Hanabusa. In September 1991, as editor-in-chief of Boulevard,

Scott Lazareff organized the French version of the Barclay dress show at the Hôtel Crillon, turning Boulevard's annual fashion shoot of young eligible girls dressed in Haute Couture[5] into a live event.[6] She was inspired by the Berkeley Dress Show of London,[7] but she added a modern twist by including Alison Grade, the daughter of Michael Grade and Justine Lévy, daughter of Bernard-Henri Lévy, to a list of young French girls from French aristocratic families.[8] The  Bal des debutantes  became a major annual international fashion and social event.

She is  committed to encouraging  women to run their own businesses. "I have created "Women in Wine" to promote women in the wine business, holding regular wine tastings and I have launched the first awards for female entrepreneurs."The UWC Techpreneurs of the Year Award"http://techpreneurs.co.uk/

IFiona Scott-Lazareff is  a member of the Committe of The University Women's Club.