About Martine Ruiz International
MRI Relocation was founded in 1987 by Martine Ruiz. She started as a free-lancer,
teaching English and French as a foreign language in large companies. This corporate
teaching experience served as a stepping stone to the relocation profession, and
in 1992 she created her own company Martine Ruiz International (MRI) and is currently CEO. As an active
member of the National Union of Relocation and Mobility Professionals (SNPRM)1, Martine Ruiz heads the housing allocation commission. She is also a member
of the European Relocation Association (EURA).
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Martine Ruiz International specializes in the relocation and integration of
executives and their families into the Lyon region, throughout France, and other
countries. MRI’s complete range of services includes immigration (visas,
work permits, resident permits), moving assistance and home search (rental or
purchase), practical details such as banking and utilities, choice of children’s
schools and registration, and spouse integration assistance (introduction to
clubs, cross-cultural and language training, job search).
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Martine Ruiz credits a well-established and broad network as one of the keys
to MRI’s success. Equally important is MRI’s multilingual team of
professionals. Being of different nationalities and backgrounds with personal
experience living abroad gives the MRI team an elaborate understanding of their
client’s needs. Martine Ruiz characterizes her team as one with “great
flexibility, pragmatism, and above all a high quality of service.”
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MRI’s client list includes large companies such as Sanofi Pasteur, Merial,
Lafarge, Protravel, Bio Mérieux, Ciba SC and Accenture. However MRI is
also working more and more with small and medium-sized companies and in 2004,
the team handled almost 200 cases.
1The National Union of Relocation and
Mobility Professionals (in French, SNPRM) currently has 50 member
companies. In 2003, the 45 members welcomed 7,500 families, for a total
turnover of about 19.06 million. There are estimated to be about
fifteen companies in the Rhône-Alpes region.
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