Odyssey is a French international education group with schools around the world that offer educational excellence from kindergarten to high school, combining innovative pedagogy and international openness with French school programmes. Based in Paris, the Odyssey Group was founded by education specialists including the former French Minister for Education, Mr Luc Chatel, who wanted to create a new education group combining the best of French and international education. Odyssey has a foothold in 12 countries across Europe, Africa and Asia, all accredited by the French Ministry of Education. Odyssey also has one English school, accredited by the British authorities, the British International College of Cairo in Egypt. In Asia Pacific, Odyssey operates three existing schools called La Petite Ecole in Singapore, Vietnam, and Thailand, with regional headquarters based in Singapore and an ambition is to strengthen their foothold in the region.