Board of Trustees

At the French American School of Princeton, decision-making authority at the highest level resides in a volunteer Board of Trustees that includes individuals with related expertise. The functions of the Board focus on three areas critical to the success of the School:

It selects, evaluates, and supports the Head of School, to whom it delegates authority to manage the School
It upholds the mission of the School and develops broad institutional policies that guide the Head of School in running the School
It is accountable for the financial well-being of the School

Executive Members:

Dr. Nigel Brown, Chair

Nigel Brown is CEO of Princeton Healthcare Advisory, a consulting organization supporting M&A, and corporate strategic planning needs for globally active healthcare companies. He is also a Partner at Trevi Health Capital, a NYC-based private equity group. Born in the UK, Nigel started his career as a scientist in the pharmaceutical industry (Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline), before progressing to executive leadership roles at MDS, and then Covance. Nigel holds Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the University of Oxford, an MBA from the UK’s Open University, and currently serves as a Board Member for a number of schools, museums, and social services charities. He lives in the Princeton area with his daughter, Sofia, who currently attends High School.

Nigel Brown has served on the Board of trustee’s since 2019.

Yeganeh Hayeri, Vice Chair

Dr. Yeganeh (Yegi) Hayeri is the founder and principal of R2R Strategy Consultants, where she leads efforts in transforming domain-specific risks into resilience across the transportation, healthcare, finance, and education sectors. Blending her deep knowledge in engineering, economics, public policy, and behavioral decision-making, Over nearly 25 years, she has assisted public agencies, private companies, and startup clients in quantifying the impacts of disruptive events and technologies—such as natural disasters, pandemics, automation, AI, and blockchain—on intricate systems, fostering a shared understanding of risk while providing them with the tools and strategies to navigate complex challenges. In addition to her consulting work, Dr. Hayeri is a part-time faculty member in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Rutgers University.

Dr. Hayeri holds a dual Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy and Civil & Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. She earned her M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from the University of California - Berkeley, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, respectively. In 2019, the National Academies of Engineering recognized her as a US Frontier of Engineering. She holds certificates in "Management of Technology" and "Conflict Resolution".

Yeganeh Hayeri has served on the Board of Trustees since 2022.

Mathieu Aussermeier, Treasurer

Mathieu Aussermeier is U.S. CFO, Head of Finance at Galderma, a global pharmaceutical, aesthetics and consumer leader solely dedicated to Dermatology and headquartered in Switzerland. In his role, Mathieu leads a fully integrated finance organization, driving strategic and financial planning, controlling, treasury operations, tax, insurance, procurement and IT.

Mathieu has over 20 years of diverse financial experience in the fields of audit, internal controls, treasury, financial planning & analysis, tax, and accounting. Prior to joining Galderma, Mathieu worked for Integra LifeSciences, a global leader in medical technologies and Bristol Myers Squibb, a leading global bio-pharma company. Across both organization, he held finance leadership positions of increasing responsibility in the United States, the United Kingdom, India, Russia and France including Treasurer, Head of investor relations, market/regional CFO. Mathieu began his professional career at PwC in France and Germany.

Mathieu holds an MBA in International Management from Thunderbird, school of Global Management and is fluent in four languages (French, German, English, and Spanish). Mathieu also lived and/or worked in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa and traveled extensively.

He is active in his community as a board member and treasurer at his local church. Mathieu also served on the Bristol Myers Squibb Diversity and Inclusion Council during his tenure. Mathieu joined the FASP Board of Trustees in 2022.

Marie Danielle Vil-Young, Trustee

Founder and Creative Director of À Votre Service Events®, Marie Danielle Vil-Young has been named one of the top wedding planners in the world by Harper’s Bazaar and Top 50 Florists in North America by the prestigious Florists' Review. She has been quoted and featured in many media outlets, including Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo Finance, Fox Business, NY Post, New York Magazine, Brides, Martha Stewart, Florists' Review, Accent Magazine, the Knot, CBS, NBC and many more. Marie Danielle has been a featured contestant on Discovery+, HGTV’s “Clipped” competing against other top talents in plant topiary design with Martha Stewart as the head judge.

Marie Danielle has a unique professional background as a classically trained scientist. While she holds a Master of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biochemistry, botany has always remained a true, self-taught passion of hers, first inspired by extended trips overseas where she spent her days in nature among the Caribbean floras. Marie Danielle spent her early professional years in a lab as a research scientist, cloning DNA and doing protein engineering work, before finding her true vocation planning, coordinating, and designing high-end weddings and events. However, Marie Danielle still approaches planning all her events through a scientific lens, be it expertly managing precisely when her flowers will bloom- down to the minute, or masterfully calculating the square footage per guest count to maximize the event guest experience. Her impressive scientific background has perfectly complimented all aspects of her wedding, event and floral design work.

In addition to her full-service wedding and event planning and floral design services, Marie Danielle operates an online shop and her lifestyle offerings include floral subscription boxes, plants, curated gift items, delivery of flowers locally and shipping nationwide.

Marie Danielle joined the Board in 2022 and has been a part of the FASP community since 2016 when her daughter joined FASP.

Olivier Lachaud, Trustee

Olivier Lachaud is a strategic, high-energy executive striving for operational excellence and resilience. With over 18 years of experience in the financial services industry, Olivier has held leadership roles at Scotiabank, Deutsche Bank, and BNP Paribas where he orchestrated strategic transformations and ran several high-impact teams. A true cross-functional collaborator and integrator, he weaves data and technology into business solutions spearheading disciplined efforts to deliver on strategic goals. Adept at team leadership and talent development, he loves building new capabilities and shaping organizations.

Olivier currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Central Nantes Alumni association (400+ strong alumni in North America and is involved with the Inter-Groupe network (2000+ alumni in North America for the network of the 4 Ecoles Centrale and Centrale/Supélec Engineering Schools).

Olivier holds Master of Science in General Engineering from Ecole Centrale Nantes (Nantes, France), a Mastère Spécialisé in Strategy and Management of International Business from ESSEC Business School (Cergy, France), a Certificate in International Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management (Phoenix, AZ, USA). He is certified as Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute (PMI) since 2008, fluent in English and French.

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