Posts by Amel Derragui

Divorce within an expat couple can lead to very complex legal situations. Worst case situations can lead to children abduction lawsuits. Lucy Greenwood, lawyer & partner at International Family Law Group shares in this episode advice to prevent or manage these situations. Lucy Greenwood handles cases concerning all aspects of family breakdown. She ensures that…

Andrea Martins comes from Australia. She gave up her head-office government career to follow her husband abroad and lived for nearly 10 years moving from Indonesia, Mexico and Malaysia. Today she is back to Australia. While relocating with her husband she started her fascinating serial entrepreneurial journey. Andrea is the co-founder of the famous online…

We can say that Jo Parfitt is an expert in building a portable career and portable businesses. While moving with her husband and kids from France, Dubai, Oman, Norway, the Netherlands and now Malaysia, she has become what I call a serial nomadpreneur. Jo is a journalist, editor, writer, speaker and teacher who has launched multiple business…

Helene Reiter and Manfred Girkinger are both Austrians, today they live in Shanghai. Since I started Tandem Nomads, I always wished I could interview both members of expat couples to have the different perspectives represented. But I have to say that for many reasons it is not the easiest thing to organize. I will keep…

In the episode 10, “to work or not to work…”, I promised to bring you some practical insights to answer this sometimes uncomfortable question for expat partners: “what do you do?” Stephanie Ward is American and lives in the Netherlands where she emigrated for love, she is a Business and Marketing Mentor and passionate about…