Anne-Line Rey has been working in Japan since 2002, first as a JET participant (Japan Exchange and Teaching Program), then as an economist in a French bank. Afterward, she joined a foreign event company based in Japan, before becoming a consultant specializing in business-to-local authorities relations. This led her to GL events Japan, with which she has been working for 7 years, in charge of first Japanese development, then procurement, and now Osaka 2025 and sales. These include the Rugby World Cup 2019, Tokyo 2020, and other events.