About us
The team
Insuco comprises more than 175 permanent employees spread across our 16 offices worldwide, supported by a robust network of nearly 350 contractors with specific expertise.
To meet the needs of our clients, we set up separate teams for each project that combine knowledge of the geographical area, ease in the field and mastery of the subject. Our teams are thus composed of national and international experts recognized in their field and able to provide specific answers to the issues specific to each project.
Insuco’s business fields are exciting and demanding, and so are our employees.
Management Committee
Pascal Rey Phd.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Pascal Rey Phd.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
A PhD in development geography and an engineer in agro-economics, Pascal has more than 20 years of experience in Africa, Asia and South America acquired in the context of community development and research and development programs with the CNRS, the World Bank, the AFD, international NGOs and extractive companies. Pascal combines solid knowledge of the field with continuous monitoring of key issues that are at the forefront of thinking on development issues. He regularly publishes in scientific books and journals, particularly on issues related to land, natural resource management, decision-making processes and participatory approaches.
Caroline de Laubrière
Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Caroline de Laubrière
Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Caroline graduated from IPAG Paris and began her career in France in the written press, as financial manager of Télérama and Courrier International (Le Monde Group). Her career continued in finance within large international groups, first in the Netherlands at Stryker (Fortune 500) as Director of Management Control for Europe then in Argentina at Cardif, insurance subsidiary of BNP Paribas. Since moving to Cambodia, Caroline has supported the NGO PSE in setting up management tools. She also has a degree in digital transformation of insurance and teaches Management Control at the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
Maeva Kokodoko
Group Legal Director
Maeva Kokodoko
Group Legal Director
Maeva has a Master in International Law from the University of Poitiers and a Master in Economic and Legal Studies from the University of Paris Sorbonne. She has spent a large part of her career in the pharmaceutical sector (SANOFI, IPSEN) with the responsibility of covering legal issues on Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia. These experiences led her to travel to countries such as Colombia and Algeria for commercial negotiations and the opening of an affiliated company. She has also worked for an Italian aluminum company, opening offices on its behalf in Africa (notably in Togo). Maeva has also gained experience working in a law firm (Herbert Smith) on the RTIO Simfer project in Guinea and in the legal department of UNESCO in the education division.
Peter Hochet Phd.
General Director Africa
Peter Hochet Phd.
General Director Africa
Specializing in West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal) where he has lived for more than 10 years, Peter develops his research and expertise on land governance (public policies, rural land, pastoralism, conservation, extraction) and the political functioning of local authorities, decentralization and the State (decision-making processes, implementation of the law, use of State services). He regularly publishes in academic journals of international rank on these subjects. In the extractive sector he works in particular on baseline studies and compensation and resettlement processes.
Margot Petitpierre
General Director Asia
Margot Petitpierre
General Director Asia
Margot is an engineer in international agro-development and specialized in regional planning. She began her professional career with several NGOs and programs in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. She then managed and coordinated projects in agricultural development, access to water and sanitation and access to education. She intervened on both technical and organizational aspects. Margot has notably conducted basic and technical studies in Haiti and Laos, and contributed to agricultural research programs in Vietnam and Thailand. She then joined the Insuco office in Guinea, where she managed for nearly 5 years and for which she worked in many sectors such as infrastructure, energy, mining, tourism, etc.
Guillén Calvo
General Director LAC
Guillén Calvo
General Director Latin America and the Caribbean
An agroeconomist and geographer, Guillén has worked for many international organizations (UNESCO, Bioversity International, World Bank, etc.) on setting up development projects and managing intergovernmental platforms as well as on the interface between scientific research and political decision-making. For 10 years, he has specialized in corporate territorial responsibility in South America and Africa. He also participates in the definition and implementation of international initiatives and South-South cooperation projects in the field of promoting bio-cultural heritage.
Executive and Operational Directions
Diana Méndez
Executive Director LAC
Diana Méndez
Executive Director LAC
Diana is an economist, graduated from the University of Manchester (MBA) and specialising in behavioural economics and business strategy. She has over 10 years of professional experience in developing and managing sustainable development projects, working on a variety of themes including infrastructure and construction, fisheries, transport, mining and telecommunications, for both public and private companies. As a consultant, Diana has led and coordinated the implementation of sustainability strategies, value chain strengthening, impact assessments, and strengthening relationships and participation of local interest groups.
Hélène Chéron-Kientéga
Executive Director Africa
Hélène Chéron-Kientéga
Executive Director Africa
Hélène Chéron-Kientéga has a Master's degree in socio-anthropology of risk and a professional master's degree in local development from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. During her studies, she joined the research projects for the Citoyennetés au Burkina laboratory (IRD) and conducted in-depth studies on programs related to the issue of decentralization and citizenship: she thus has very good knowledge of the field and the functioning of West African local authorities. She also held a position as a program officer at the UNDP and was country director for the French NGO Entrepreneurs du Monde for 6 years. Hélène was the country director of the Insuco office in Burkina Faso for more than 3 years and supervised numerous projects in countries in the sub-region (Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Benin, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana). She has worked in particular in the extractive, infrastructure and energy sectors for environmental and social studies (ESIAs), resettlement action plans (RAPs) and any other type of associated plans (ESMF, ESMP, PEPP, etc.). She therefore has a perfect command of the issues surrounding resettlement and the operationalization of international standards (WB, IFC). It is with this experience that Hélène took on the position of Executive Director for Africa.
Anoko Lawson
Group Human Resources Director
Anoko Lawson
Group Human Resources Director
Anoko Lawson holds an MBA in international human resources management from the Institut Magellan in Paris and a master's degree in English and Spanish from the François Rabelais University in Tours. Even before the company opened, she joined the Disneyland Paris team responsible for setting up Human Resources management. She worked there for 18 years, moving from managing operational teams to managing functional departments at head office. Anoko remained in France for another 10 years as HR Development Director of the real estate company Gecina, where she concluded agreements on disability, gender equality, junior graduates and senior employees. In 2020, she returned to Togo where she took up the position of HR and CSR Director and member of the Executive Committee of Togocom (currently Yas Togo). In this role, she led the human and social transformation of Togo's first telecommunications group, which then became private. Before joining Insuco, Anoko founded a human resources consultancy specialising in labour law, recruitment, career guidance and training.
Emmanuel Bocquet
Chief Technology Officer
Emmanuel BOCQUET
Chief Technology Officer
After graduating from a leading engineering school in Paris in 1996, Emmanuel spent 25 professional years in the private sector, between large international groups (Casino, LVMH, etc.) and start-ups and SMEs. He has accumulated nearly 10 years in Europe and more than 15 years in Africa. CIO since 2000, he has worked on back-end issues of architecture, planning, security, performance and R&D; but he has also become a specialist in front-end issues of user adoption, digital marketing and "user experience". Above all, he is an experienced manager and communicator, capable of structuring and growing technical teams in fields as varied as education, public services, research, distribution, finance, industry, innovation, the press, etc.
Madiou DIALLO
Group Accountant Director
Madiou DIALLO
Group Accountant Director
Holder of a master's degree in Accounting, Control, Audit, Madiou has more than 10 years of experience in financial functions within international groups, particularly in Europe and Africa, such as Crédit Agricole, Findus and Neemba Group. He is an expert in the implementation and optimization of group accounting processes, as well as in the production of consolidated accounts. With his mastery of international accounting standards, such as IFRS, he has supported various international groups in improving the reliability of their financial information and in ensuring their compliance with these standards.
Vianney BEZARD-FALGAS
Group Logistics, Procurement and HSE Director
Vianney BEZARD-FALGAS
Group Logistics, Procurement and HSE Director
Vianney Bezard-Falgas is a logistician and holds a Master's degree in Humanitarian Action / Crisis Management & Mitigation from the University of Aix-Marseille in France, with a specialization in logistics & supply chain management. With more than 10 years of professional experience in the emergency humanitarian sector, he has had the opportunity to work in very varied contexts (Ukraine, Afghanistan, Yemen, Colombia, Armenia, Venezuela, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Chad, Haiti, DR Congo, Mozambique, etc.). He is passionate about his job as a logistician and has led numerous projects aimed at changing practices in the field and on a global scale in order to gain efficiency and improve logistics analysis capabilities, in particular on the reduction of GHGs in supply chains, the integration of information systems in the fields of logistics (vehicle monitoring and performance, purchasing optimization, inventory & equipment monitoring, etc.). He enjoys working in multicultural environments and finding the best solutions to support a culture of change and initiative while integrating as best as possible into the environment in which he finds himself. He now joins INSUCO as Logistics, Purchasing & HSE Director, in order to participate in the evolution of the group and support its strong growth.
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Insuco in the world
From our 15 locations around the world, we have successfully implemented more than 800 projects in more than 80 countries. Discover the regions where we intervene.
