Montréal | Montréal

Ph.D. Candidate, Institute of Environmental Sciences (UQAM)

Institut des Sciences de l’Environnement

Implication au sein du réseau: Membre

Secteur principal: Politiques agricoles et agroenvironnementales

Secteur(s) Secondaire(s): Agriculture, genre et politiques agricoles, Adaptation aux changements climatiques, Alimentation, Coopération , Recherche et enseignement

Service(s): Conférences, Formations, Mentorat et coaching, Recherche, Services-conseils

Bio:

I have over 17 years of experience in project management (pure and applied research, agricultural and environmental economics, Agriculture and food systems, agricultural policy evaluation, rural development, innovation, sector analysis, and international development) in North America (Canada), Europe (France, The United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium), South America (Brazil), Caribbean (Haiti) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Beni, Mali, and Togo).
I am actually the President and Co-founder of Seedcha, a consulting firm operating in Canada and abroad with its headquarters in Montreal. I am also a member of the Projects evaluation Committee of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and contributing to many Committees and Evaluation Groups: Technology Access Grant (TAC), Innovation Enhancement Grant (IE), Applied Research Tools, and Instruments Grants (ARTI), Industrial Research Chairs for Colleges Grants (IRCC) and College and Community Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF).
Prior to founding Seedcha, I worked as a project manager at Coop Carbone in Montreal. I also support many Non-profit organizations in defining new strategies and new partnerships while elaborating and implementing their projects. I was also a consultant in agricultural policy analysis at the OECD, writing some reports on Agri environmental policies in OEDC countries. I also worked as a researcher, in charge of research jointly with the National Agronomic Research Institute of Paris (INRA) and the Countryside and Community Research Institute in the United Kingdom (CCRI), as well as Director of many international organizations.
I hold an International M Sc in Rural Development from the European Erasmus Mundus Excellence Scholarship Program in six countries (France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, The Netherlands, and Slovakia). I also graduated as an Agricultural and agronomy Engineer with a specialization in management and financing of agricultural and agri-food companies.

I am a very dynamic person and I always look for new business opportunities and challenge with partners.