Bi-lingual (ENG/FR), award-winning, business executive, forester, and science communication leader of more than 23 years of work experience with international organizations, mainly in areas of program management, visibility, communication, publishing, marketing, media & public/image relations, knowledge management, advocacy, and outreach. Organizations include CTA (EU/ACP) Netherlands, UNFAO, WWF, African Development Bank, the African Union, Nature Publishing Group London, among others. Member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council.

A graduate in business administration (EMBA-Energy H.E.C. Paris), and science communication (MSc Imperial College UK). Specialized training in advanced digital/social media strategy (IESE Business School, USA); integrated public relations (London School of Public Relations, UK); advanced leadership program (H.E.C. Paris France); publishing (University of Edinburgh, UK); and BSc Forestry. Others include international development (McGill Canada); aligning sustainability with corporate performance (Harvard Business School, USA); energy and climate change policy-making  (Harvard Kennedy School, USA); leadership for sustainability (UNU, Japan), and energy program (H.E.C. Paris France).

Knowledge, work experience, and a special interest in international development, sustainable business, energy, food security & nutrition, climate change, education, human rights, democracy, forestry, environment, health, resilience, green economy, 4IR, extractives, sustainable agriculture, research & innovation, digital media futures, and shared value business solutions. 

Worked in Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, Oceania, and the Pacific. Lived in The Netherlands, Kenya, South Africa, UK, Ghana, Italy, Ivory Coast, France, and Uganda. On mission to countries: Tanzania, Zanzibar, Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Uganda, Egypt, Nigeria, Tunisia, Angola, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Cameroun, Ghana, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zambia, Mauritius, USA, Canada, Grenada, St Kitts & Nevis, Curacao, Barbados, Trinidad, and Tobago, St Vincent, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Marteen, Aruba, Portugal, Netherlands, France, Italy, UK, Germany, Latvia, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Qatar, U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Jordan, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Japan, etc etc