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Heading up Product for the Andean region is Isabelle, whose upbringing in the French Alps has given her a lifelong affinity with mountainous areas. She loves the people, colour and culture of the Andes, and is drawn to Peru and Bolivia above all, believing them to be the epitome of what people imagine Latin America to be. Isabelle lists trekking in the Andes among her hobbies, which is no mean feat for someone based in London! However she also takes a keen interest in natural health, and loves dancing to merengue. Isabelle travelled the world before joining the company in 1991, when she was luckily taken on despite her interviewer’s reservations over whether she could stick to a job. 20 years of sticking to the job later, her true passion is still travel. She particularly loves the salt flats of Bolivia, the Galápagos, Chilean Patagonia, off-the-beaten-track Colombia and of course Cusco, where she once lived for nine months. She also has fond memories of Suriname, where she was enthralled by the culture of the indigenous Maroons, and Uruguay, where a passing visit once turned into three weeks staying on a ranch playing polo with the locals. Amongst other highlights of her travels are trekking over a Patagonian ice field and along the Huayhuash trail in Peru, taking a three-week cruise around Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falklands while reading ‘The Endurance’, and enjoying the privilege of spending time with the Huaorani tribe of the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Heading up Product for the Andean region is Isabelle, whose upbringing in the French Alps has given her a lifelong affinity with mountainous areas. She loves the people, colour and culture of the Andes, and is drawn to Peru and Bolivia above all, believing them to be the epitome of what people imagine Latin America to be. Isabelle...