Fabienne is principal owner and director of Hawthorn Research & Development and Hawthorn Technical Services. She holds degrees in Mathematics and Physics, and Islamic Art. Prior to managing her current businesses Fabienne spent time as a senior business executive at Import Imaging inc. where she was responsible for producing and creating movies for private clients as well as for institutions, foundations and museums. In doing so she helped Import Imaging to global success and to win numerous business and artistic prizes. Fabienne is a multilingual speaker, fluent in French, English, Italian, Russian and Farsi, published factual and fiction writer, and a museum specialist.