Who we are
The team
Insuco brings together more than 160 permanent employees, distributed in our 14 offices around the world, and relies on a solid network of nearly 300 contractors with specific expertise.
To meet the needs of our customers, we put together for each project separate teams that combine knowledge of the geographical area, ease in the field and mastery of the topic. Our teams are made up of national and international experts renowned in their field and able to provide adapted answers to the specific issues of each project.
Insuco’s business fields are exciting and demanding, and so are our employees.
Management committee
Pascal Rey Phd.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Dr Pascal Rey
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Agro-economist and holder of a Doctorate in Development Geography, Pascal has over 15 years’ experience in Africa, Asia and South America, gathered working in community development and development research programmes with the French National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS), the World Bank, the French Development Agency (AFD), international NGOs and mining companies. Pascal combines both field expertise and an up-to-date knowledge of leading issues in the development sector. His work is regularly published in scientific journals and reviews, in particular on issues related to land rights, 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 is a graduate of IPAG Paris and started her career in France in the print media, as Finance 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 Controlling for Europe and then in Argentina at Cardif, the insurance subsidiary of BNP Paribas. Since moving to Cambodia, Caroline has been working with the NGO PSE to implement management tools. She is also a graduate 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 holds a Master's degree in International Law from the University of Poitiers and a Master's degree in Economic and Legal Studies from the University of Paris Sorbonne. She spent a large part of her career in the pharmaceutical sector (SANOFI, IPSEN), covering legal issues in Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia. These experiences brought her to countries such as Colombia and Algeria for commercial negociations and opening of an affiliate. She has previously worked for an Italian aluminum company, opening offices on their behalf in Africa (notably Togo). Maeva gained experience working in a law firm (Herbert Smith) on the RTIO Simfer project in Guinea and in the legal department of UNESCO.
Peter Hochet Phd.
General Director Africa
Dr Peter Hochet
General Director Africa
Specialising in West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, Niger and Senegal) where he has lived for more than 10 years, Peter’s research and expertise lies in the field of land governance (public policy, rural land tenure, pastoralism, conservation, mining) and the political system of local authorities, decentralisation and the State (decision-making, application of legislation, use of public services). His work on these topics is published regularly in international academic reviews. In the mining sector he focuses on baseline studies and compensation and resettlement processes.
Margot Petitpierre
General Director Asia
Margot Petitpierre
General Director Asia
Margot is a professional engineer specialised in international agro-development and land use planning. She began her professional career with several NGOs and programs in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Elle a alors géré et coordonné des projets de développement agricole, d’accès à l’eau et l’assainissement et d’accès à l’éducation. Elle est intervenue aussi bien sur des aspects techniques qu’organisationnels. Margot has carried out baseline 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 the office for almost 5 years and worked in many sectors such as infrastructure, energy, mining, tourism…
Guillén Calvo
General Director LAC
Guillén Calvo
General Director Latin America and the Caribbean
Agro-economist and geographer, Guillén has worked for many international organisations (UNESCO, Bioversity International, the World Bank etc.) setting up development projects and managing inter-governmental platforms, as well as looking at the interface between scientific research and political decision-making. For the past 10 years, he has specialised in corporate territorial responsibility in South America and Africa. He is also involved in defining and implementing international initiatives and South-South cooperation projects in the field of bio-cultural heritage development.
Executive direction
Diana Méndez
Executive Director LAC
Diana Méndez
Executive Director LAC
Diana is economist, a graduate from the University of Manchester (MBA) with a specialization in behavioral economics and business strategy. She has more than ten years of professional experience in the design and management of sustainable development projects in sectors such as infrastructure and construction, fishing, transport, mining and telecommunications, for public and private organizations. As a consultant, Diana has led and coordinated the implementation of strategies on sustainability, strengthening value chains, evaluating impacts as well as strengthening relationships and participation of interest groups.
Hélène Chéron-Kientéga
Executive Director Africa
Hélène Chéron-Kientéga
Executive Director Africa
Hélène Chéron-Kientéga has a Master of Research in Socio-anthropology of Risk and a Professional Master in Local Development from the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. During her studies, she integrated research projects for the Citoyennetés au Burkina laboratory (IRD) and conducted in-depth studies on programs related to the problem of decentralization and citizenship. She thus has a very good knowledge of the terrain and the functioning of West African territorial authorities. She also worked as a programme officer at UNDP and was country director for the French NGO Entrepreneurs du Monde for 6 years. Hélène has been the country director of the Insuco office in Burkina Faso for over 3 years and has supervised numerous projects in the countries of the sub-region (Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Benin, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana). She has intervened in the extractive, infrastructure and energy sectors for environmental and social studies (ESIA), resettlement action plans (RAP) and any other type of associated plans (ESMF, ESMP, PEPP, etc.). She therefore has a perfect grasp of the challenges of resettlement and the operationalization of international standards (BM, SFI). It is on the strength of these experiences that Hélène took the position of Executive Director Africa.
Emmanuel BOCQUET
Chief Technology Officer
Emmanuel BOCQUET
Chief Technology Officer
After graduating from engineering school in Paris in 1996, Emmanuel spent 25 years working in the private sector, between major international groups (Casino, LVMH, etc.) and start-ups and SMEs. He has spent almost 10 years in Europe and over 15 years in Africa. As CIO since 2000, he has worked on back-end architecture, planning, security, performance and R&D issues. Still, he has also become a specialist in front-end 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.
Country Management
Africa
Marco Alves
Country Director Burkina Faso
Marco Alves
Country Director Burkina Faso
Holder of Masters II in International Affairs, International Law and Political Sciences (ILERI, Grenoble II and Paris X), Marco has a professional background that allowed him to evolve in the private sector, the public sector, NGOs and the social and solidarity economy sector. Marco worked in Latin America for 10 years - including a stint at the Pernambuco State Economic Development Agency (ADEPE) - and more recently in Africa with experiences in various NGOs in the Central African Republic and Burkina Faso in particular. Specialist in risk management, territorial development and economic recovery, his versatility and his experience in sensitive areas allow him to adapt to the diverse contexts and demands of customers. With missions in more than 20 countries, working in a multicultural context is obvious to him. Committed to young people as a mentor in Africa and France, Marco has been Country Director for Burkina Faso since February 2023.
Candice Lamour
Country Director Djibouti
Candice Lamour
Country Director Djibouti
Candice holds a Master's degree in urban planning, development, transport and mobility from the Ecole d'Urbanisme de Paris, in partnership with the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées. She is proficient in qualitative, quantitative and cartographic tools. Before joining Insuco, Candice worked in local authorities and consultancies: in France on land-use planning and operational mobility studies, then in Tunisia in a consultancy specializing in sustainable mobility, tactical urban planning and territorial tourism development. These diverse professional experiences enable her to work on the technical, organizational and strategic aspects of a project: development studies, project management support, master plans, urban planning and project management. In every project she undertakes, Candice is committed to taking into account the views of local residents and stakeholders. This has led her to lead citizen participation and multi-stakeholder processes in a variety of contexts.
Sandrine BIAU LALANNE Phd.
Country Director Gabon
Dr. Sandrine BIAU LALANNE
Country Director Gabon
Sandrine Biau holds a doctorate in bio-diagnostics from the Faculty of Medicine in Montpellier, specializing in environment and health. After a post-doctoral internship in genetics and development at the Carnegie Institution in Baltimore (USA), she turned to the development sector in developing countries. For 13 years in Burkina Faso, she put her expertise at the service of the population, mainly in the field of public health. During her career, Sandrine Biau has demonstrated her skills in managing and coordinating research projects in the health and environment sectors, covering the technical, organizational and strategic aspects of projects. She also has strong leadership skills and experience in managing multidisciplinary teams. Sandrine Biau's varied skills include administrative and financial management, support for policy development and expertise in research utilization and transfer strategies. She is also very familiar with the socio-economic context of West African countries. Her ability to adapt and collaborate with a variety of stakeholders, including government authorities, civil society, NGOs, beneficiaries, the private sector and scientific institutes, are assets she intends to reinforce in her role as Director of Insuco's Gabon office.
Adrian Levrel
Country Director Madagascar
Adrian Levrel
Country Director Madagascar
With a background in water engineering and oceanography, Adrian has worked for several research institutes and NGOs, mostly in Latin America and Madagascar. During these past 10 years, he has developed a strong expertise at the crossroad between marine resources management, science, conservation and advocacy for communities’ social rights. Promoting holistic approaches of sustainable development, he thus contributed to strengthen innovative models of resources management by empowering local communities. Adrian accumulated many years of experience managing projects and large teams with multi-disciplinary backgrounds, and also brings his valuable field experience, working closely with local communities. At Insuco Madagascar, he is accountable for making sure that the costs-benefits equation of social investments in development projects make sense for all stakeholders, for long term solutions.
Fatoumata GUIRASSY
Country Director Guinea
Fatoumata GUIRASSY
Country Director Guinea
Fatoumata holds a Master's degree in International Economics from the University of Paris1 -Panthéon Sorbonne and an MBA in Operational Management and Sustainable Performance from the Institut Supérieur de Commerce de Paris. She has spent part of her career in consultancy and project management with major international groups and non-governmental organisations in France and Africa. Based in Guinea since 2014, she has developed a wide range of skills, particularly in entrepreneurship, strategic partnerships and business development. In particular, she ran the first incubator in Guinea dedicated to ICT, the environment, agriculture and renewable energy, making a significant contribution to the growth of start-ups and SMEs. She has also taken part in consultancy work on major issues relating to development, growth and innovation in Africa. As Country Director, she intends to contribute to Insuco's success in Guinea by applying her strategic vision, leadership and operational skills.
Latin America
Arianna Espinosa Oliver
Country Director Colombia
Arianna Espinosa Oliver
Country Director Colombia
Arianna has more than 10 years of experience supporting the development of public and private portfolios across governance, civic participation, and environmental sustainability. Before joining INSUCO, Arianna worked at the Ford Foundation as grants officer of the Natural Resources and Climate Change Program in the Andean Region and as an international consultant in Just Energy transition. Arianna has also worked extensively in the public sector. At the Colombian Congress, she led policy dialogue about land management and national budget allocation, and, as the Head of International Cooperation for the National Registry Office, she managed several projects on good governance, identity, and gender inclusion. She also worked as deputy director of Fundación Colombia 2050, organization promotes transparency and youth participation. She worked in policymaking at the National Fund for Disaster Risk Management, where she oversaw the socioeconomic recovery from Colombia's 50 years of armed conflict and the devastating 2010 flood. She also worked for Fondo Adaptacion, helping to support the resettlement of inhabitants following a climate change disaster in Gramalote. In addition, at iMMAP, she conducted research on collective victimization, and she had also participated in the world of entrepreneurship. Arianna holds a master's degree in social policy and development from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences. While there, she was awarded the Chevening scholarship and the Loch Exhibition Prize for her climate change and citizenship dissertation. She also has a B.A. in government and international relations from Universidad Externado de Colombia and was awarded a scholarship to complete her undergraduate studies at the Institut d'Études Politiques of Paris. Most recently, she was granted the Geneva Challenge prize and is a fellow with the Institute for Canadian Citizenship.
Valeria Arcos Hervas
Country Director Ecuador
Valeria Arcos Hervas
Country Director Ecuador
Valeria Arcos Hervas is a Sociologist and holds a Master's Degree in International Cooperation and Negotiation. She has about 20 years of professional in which she has worked in projects located throughout Ecuador and other countries in the region; both in the public and private sectors and as a consultant for international organizations. Her career has focused on promoting a focus on sustainability and social responsibility within the framework of community relations and local development, basing her actions on good practices and social and environmental standards. Its strength is to add value to the processes through a solid approach to interculturality and the territory to respond to the challenges that the context demands, and provide coherent answers to the needs of the different stakeholders, generating synergies between the company, the state and the society. For the past two years she has been a partner ambassador of the Ibero-American Movement for Social Responsibility and a member of Mujeres por Ecuador. She currently serves as Country Director of Insuco Ecuador.
Jorge Calderón
Country Director Peru
Jorge Calerón
Country Director Peru
Jorge is a social anthropologist and holds an Executive Master in Development Policy and Practice from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva (IHEID) and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Pacifico Business School (PBS), as well as complementary studies in interculturality, gender, leadership, strategy and innovation. He has 15 years of experience in private companies, research centres and development organisations, and has led multidisciplinary and intercultural teams in all geographical regions of Peru, in urban and rural areas. Throughout his career, he has focused on building responsible, sustainable and ethical institutions, with appropriate strategic planning and a strong organisational culture. In addition, Jorge has specific experience in corporate sustainability management and leadership, human resource management and cultural transformation of organisations, ethics and compliance, individual and collective intercultural negotiation, resettlement and land acquisition, socio-environmental impact management of large investment projects, social risk analysis and management, and finally the development and planning of sustainable infrastructure projects.
Caribbean
Jean-Laurent Lhérisson
Country Director Haiti
Jean-Laurent Lhérisson
Country Director Haiti
Jean-Laurent Lhérisson is a trained geographer and urban planner specialized in territorial development. Since 2013, he has participated in the implementation of several development schemes in precarious neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince as an urban planner, then participated in the development of territorial diagnosis on several Haitian cities through several projects conducted as a consultant. His professional experiences have led him to better understand the socio-economic dynamics of the Haitian space at the neighborhood, city, or department levels. In November 2018, he joined the newly founded Insuco Haiti team as a project officer, then as a project manager. With Insuco, he has been particularly interested in coordinating projects to develop and implement Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) in the context of national and departmental road rehabilitation projects. He also supported the development of the office through the diversification of its services, including the opening of mandates related to land use planning, but also in the search for new opportunities in the Caribbean sub-region. It is therefore with his good knowledge of the local context and the history of Insuco's office in Haiti that he now serves as Country Director.
Giselle Deño
Country Director Dominican Republic
Giselle Deño
Country Director Dominican Republic
Giselle is a political scientist with a Master's degree in Environmental Management and Policy. She is currently Country Director Dominican Republic for INSUCO. She has worked as Coordinator of the Vice-Ministry of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in the Dominican Republic, where she coordinated relations with embassies on environmental issues, bilateral and multilateral projects with cooperation agencies and negotiated the issues of adaptation to climate change and gender of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. She also worked for the digital media "El Mitin" as editor and journalist, where she acquired knowledge on strategic communication and research and analysis of the Latin American political context. She has collaborated with Dominican NGOs on youth, gender, democracy and education issues. These experiences facilitate her development in multidisciplinary and multisectoral contexts.
Asia
Martin Price Phd.
Country Director Cambodia
Dr Martin Price
Country Director Cambodia
Martin holds a Master’s degree in Arab World Studies with Arabic language and a PhD in Geography, Government and International Affairs (2020) from Durham University, UK, and has published in peer-reviewed journals and edited books. His PhD thesis explores urban and political life in the context of protracted displacement and diaspora communities, with ethnographic field research taking place in Zarqa, Jordan (2017-2019). Martin is a social scientist focusing on urban and political geography in humanitarian and development contexts. Before joining Insuco, Martin was the Research Manager for the Jordan mission of IMPACT Initiatives, an international research organization specializing in needs assessments and impact evaluations for humanitarian actors. He managed and coordinated research projects relating to cash assistance, food security, livelihoods, and circular economy, working in close coordination with multiple UN agencies and international donors responding to the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan. Martin has also gained experience working in the energy and clean cooking sectors, initially as a Senior Researcher at Gamos Ltd (UK) and more recently as an independent consultant, with a dedicated focus on Cambodia, Myanmar, Rwanda, and Zambia. In these professional and academic capacities, Martin has extensive experience in stakeholder engagement, project development and coordination, and the management of assessment teams, field teams, and mission finances.
Technical directors
Africa
Débora Koidima
Project Coordinator General Management Africa
Débora Koidima
Project Coordinator General Management Africa
Débora holds a master’s degree in quality, safety and environmental management (QSEM). Working with the Burkina Faso National Office of Environmental Assessments allowed her to strengthen her knowledge and understanding of control and validation processes in the context of environmental impact studies, in particular through her participation in various control missions, validation sessions, etc. Débora is currently in charge of supporting the Insuco General Manager for Africa on various technical subjects such as insuring compliance with environmental and social standards of international donors (World Bank, International Finance Corporation, African Development Bank, etc.) and producing frameworks corresponding to these norms in order to guide the elaboration of our reports.
Joyce Mavoungou
Technical Director Gabon
Joyce Mavoungou
Technical Director Gabon
An urban planner by training, Joyce holds a master’s degree in urban planning and international Expertise from the Ecole d'Urbanisme de Paris, with a specialization in cities of the South. Since 2017, Joyce has been familiar with the context of cooperation in Africa, with several positions in technical assistance, institutional support and coordination of projects and actors with local governments and municipalities (Benguerir, Niamey, Kumasi, Matola, Kigali, Lagos, Bamako...) as well as ministries (Ministry of Territorial Planning of the Republic of Congo, the Commission of Land Affairs in Ghana). These projects ranged from the digitization and securing of land transactions in Accra, to the operational management of a Resettlement Action Plan in Brazzaville (financed by AFD), as well as the monitoring and coordination of a network of African cities (ASToN network, financed by AFD) and capacity-building for its members as project manager, as well as support for the development of participatory urban climate adaptation protocols for UN-Habitat's "RISE-UP Resilient Settlements for the Urban Poor" initiative, where she was a consultant for 2 years.
Grégoire Vanco
Technical Director Guinea
Grégoire Vanco
Technical Director Guinea
Graduated of a master in policy management at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lille (Sciences Po Lille ) and Audencia Business School, Grégoire held several positions within think tanks and as a political collaborator in France before turning to official development assistance at AFD in Cameroon, where he worked in the areas of governance and higher education. Before joining Inscu Guinea as Technical Director, he coordinated several studies and technical assistance on the African continent, within a consulting firm specializing in institutional development. At Insuco Guinea, he uses these experiences in decentralization and territorial development, combined with a strong interest for the social sciences, for a more integrated approach to social impacts.
Yasmine Ouadi
Technical Director Madagascar
Yasmine Ouadi
Technical Director Madagascar
Yasmine holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master's degree in urban planning and territorial development with a specialization in housing related issues. With a professional experience mainly acquired working with NGOs in Madagascar, she has a very good understanding of territorial dynamics and local urban issues. Familiar with the different forms of urban vulnerability, Yasmine has a good knowledge of the realities experienced in the precarious neighborhoods of the Malagasy capital and the difficulties encountered by the inhabitants in accessing housing and securing land.
Paloma Breumier
Technical Director Togo
Paloma Breumier
Technical Director Togo
Paloma is an international agro-development engineer with a specialization in project development and financing. Before joining Insuco, she worked in NGOs and research department in the Caribbean and Central Africa. She has worked on the management and coordination of projects in the fields of Agriculture & REDD+ and Hygiene, Sanitation and Water, but also in the conduct of socio-economic studies. Paloma joined Insuco Burkina Faso as Project Manager in April 2021, where she coordinated various studies (PEPP, EIES, PAR, PRMS, etc.) in the countries of the sub-region (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Togo and Ghana). She has been Technical Director for Insuco Togo since September 2022.
Mathilde Grandgonnet Phd.
Technical Director Djibouti
Dr. Mathilde Grandgonnet
Technical Director Djibouti
Mathilde holds a PhD in International Development from the University of Ottawa, Canada. Her research expertise is built around issues of identity construction and power relations between migrant and host populations (including their social, political and economic aspects) in East Africa, where she has been living and working for 7 years. Before arriving in Djibouti, Mathilde worked as a Qualitative Research and Evaluation Manager in Uganda. She supervised the qualitative aspects of impact assessments of projects financed by the European Union's Emergency Trust Fund for Africa across the African continent, focusing on employment and employability of the most vulnerable people. She is also a Research Associate at the Institute for Social Science Research in Africa.
Anne Malecot
Large Scale Project Manager Guinea
Anne Malecot
Large Scale Project Manager Guinea
Anne is an environmental jurist, and holds a master’s degree in environmental public policies and strategies from AgroParis Tech, which allowed her to strengthen her project management skills. Anne started her professional career as a project manager within two French financial development institutions. At the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, she elaborated and implemented an environmental and social policy on real estate investments intended to enhance sustainable investing and, at the French Development Agency she developed a biodiversity accountability tool for agricultural investments. Before joining Insuco in Guinea, Anne was responsible of legal and corporate social responsibility aspects within a start-up specialized in eco-friendly technologies in the automotive industry.
Latin America
Pauline GUERRA
Project Coordinator General Management LAC
Pauline GUERRA
Project Coordinator General Management LAC
Pauline is a geographer. She specialized in rural development and natural resource management, completing her first master's degree at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a second one at AgroParisTech in France. Before joining the Insuco team as a project coordinator in the LAC region, Pauline worked in international cooperation for CIRAD on an analysis of coffee producers' resilience to climate change in Colombia, and for AFD in Colombia, where she managed projects on biodiversity conservation and the promotion of sustainable agricultural models within the rural reform framework. He also had the opportunity to coordinate projects promoting sustainable blue economy in Indonesia and Tunisia, focusing on issues such as combating marine plastic pollution, blue carbon, and sustainable fishing.
Diana Bernales
Technical Director Peru
Diana Bernales
Technical Director Peru
Diana holds a Master’s Degree in Urban Management from the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, as well as a Bachelor’s Degree from the PUCP (Pontifica Universidad Católica del Perú). She has worked for more than 7 years in the private and public sector, on issues of territorial planning and sustainable development and project management - both qualitative and quantitative and territorial, where she has coordinated stakeholders from the government, private sector and civil society. On the other hand, Diana has experience as a researcher on urban issues and territorial management at national and international level, having published articles on urban challenges in Peru. She also has solid experience in evaluation and monitoring of social projects.
Gabriela Tapia
Technical Director Colombia
Gabriela Tapia
Technical Director Colombia
Twelve years of experience in environmental consultancy, corporate social responsibility and NGO's, as well as the relationship with environmental actors among them; National Authority of Environmental Licenses ANLA, Environmental Corporations at regional level, as well as with local actors of interest and ethnic groups. Experience in the management of environmental procedures, analysis of social and environmental risks, diagnosis of alternatives DDA, environmental impact studies EIA and modification of environmental license, as well as the formulation, management and monitoring of resettlement action plan with environmental and social performance standards of the International Finance Corporation IFC. Experience in the elaboration of socio-economic diagnoses, characterisations and design and implementation of cartography and ethnography analysis for communities, as well as risk analysis for land acquisition and project development, elaboration of stakeholder maps, as well as management of development projects with communities.
Paola Oña
Technical Director Ecuador
Paola Oña
Technical Director Ecuador
Sociologist, Master in Applied Political Studies, with 20 years of experience in the direction, management, follow-up and monitoring of projects focused on territorial development, implementation of methodologies and dialogue mechanisms, capacity building and knowledge management. Paola has worked in the State, where she has been responsible for the planning and coordination of initiatives at national and local level, participating in the construction of regulations and policies for the provision of public and institutional services in the territory. She has also worked as a consultant in charge of social impact studies and citizen participation processes, acquiring invaluable experience in the management of complex projects and in decision-making and conflict resolution. Her focus is on generating positive social impact through constructive dialogue and strategic planning, always seeking innovation and excellence in every project she leads.
Caribbean
Yumi Burger
Technical Director Haiti
Yumi Burger
Technical Director Haiti
Yumi is trained in law, social development and development project coordination. She has been working in Haiti since 2016, having first collaborated with the Comité Interministériel d'Aménagement du Territoire (CIAT) on an urban functions training project (Projet d'Appui Interinstitutionnel aux Fonctions Urbaines - PAIFU) funded by the European Union and implemented in partnership with the French association AGIR abcd. She then worked for the NGO Inter-Aide between 2017 and early 2021 as the head of the Port-au-Prince office, and provided support to development projects conducted in isolated rural areas, in the sectors of education, water, hygiene, sanitation, and agriculture.
Jeanette Moreno
Technical Director Dominican Republic
Jeanette Moreno
Technical Director Dominican Republic
Sociologist specialized in the management of Biocultural Heritage. Jeanette holds a Master's degree in Agricultural Heritage Systems from the University of Florence and a Master's degree in Cultural Heritage Management from the University of Barcelona. She has experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating initiatives for the valorization and safeguarding of Biocultural Heritage under a sustainable territorial development approach. She has been a UNESCO project coordinator, providing technical support to the Peruvian State and civil society in conventions, treaties, agreements, and international agendas. Jeanette has also served as coordinator of the Action Plan for the Dynamic Conservation of the GIAHS Site Andean Agriculture at FAO. Also, she has been a consultant for different ministries in Peru, assisting in implementing the territorial development with cultural identity approach in rural policies and programs.
Asia
Helene Chau
Technical Director Cambodia
Helene Chau
Technical Director Cambodia
Helene holds a Master’s degree in Management from Neoma Business School, France and has more than 10 years of experience in project management and operational excellence. Prior to joining Insuco Cambodia, Helene worked as a Lean manager for Vinci Construction Grands Projets in Cambodia, she was in charge of optimizing and improving the organization, processes, performance indicators and coordination on Bakheng project, the largest drinking water plant construction project in Cambodia, co-financed by AFD and EIB. As a senior consultant, Helene has also an extensive experience on project management in diverse fields such as manufacturing, energy, transportation, logistics and retail sectors. Through these experiences, she has worked on different stages and activities of a project: planning set up, design of methodologies and operational approaches, coordination of the consultants and operational teams, training and coaching, production of deliverables, performance indicators and monitoring system.
Project managers
Africa
Lauriane Jacquet
Project Manager Gabon
Lauriane Jacquet
Project Manager Gabon
Lauriane was trained in development economics at the Clermont-Auvergne University School of Economics, affiliated with the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI). It has long wanted to contribute to global sustainable development. This is why it has naturally specialized in the analysis and management of development projects, with a particular focus on the African continent. She is interested in both local and international development and has participated in the national student entrepreneur program to develop her own high-impact social project to develop a network of vigilant traders in her hometown to combat harassment and street insecurity. In addition, she completed her internship in the extreme south of Madagascar to work in a research project-participatory action to analyse and rethink the approach to gender issues within the Support for Financing of Agriculture and Inclusive Sectors in the South and Southeast of Madagascar (AFAFI-Sud). During this internship, she particularly appreciated the field work and the proximity with the various partners who supported her in the idea of working as close as possible to the intervention areas. With this professional and human experience, she decided to expatriate on the African continent in order to continue in this dynamic and put her knowledge into practice as a project manager in Gabon.
Herma Dabiré
Project Manager Burkina Faso
Herma Dabiré
Project Manager Burkina Faso
Herma holds a Master's degree in Health - Safety - Environment, with a specialization in Quality - Safety - Environmental Management (MQSE), from the Institut du Génie de l'Environnement et du Développement Durable (IGEDD), Université Joseph KI-ZERBO de Ouagadougou, and a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from Université Nazi BONI de Bobo-Dioulasso. His time at the Bureau d'Expertise et d'ingénierie en Territoire, Environnement et Santé - International (BEITES-I SARL), enabled him to immerse himself in the processes of identifying and assessing health and environmental risks and impacts, identifying and controlling hazards in the workplace, and assessing compliance, as part of a diagnostic study of the biomedical waste management system at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bogodogo (CHU-B) in the context of COVID-19. He joined Insuco in September 2022 as part of his end-of-cycle Master's internship, and has currently held the position of Project Manager since March 2023.
Armand Dubac
Project Manager Guinea
Armand Dubac
Project Manager Guinea
With a double master's degree in economic analysis and analysis of development projects at the UCA School of Economics, Armand is interested in issues related to economic development in the South. He is very involved in the associative sector and is active in the presidency of Home for local and united development, and within the association fighting against street harassment in Clermont “Et qu’ça fil Ariane!” » which he co-founded. After a university stay in Poland, Armand moved to Guinea and wrote a thesis on development econometrics focused on agricultural economics issues.
Chayna BOURGEOIS
Project Manager Guinea
Chayna BOURGEOIS
Project Manager Guinea
Chayna has a degree in Geography and Regional Planning from the University of Lyon 3, and a Masters in Economic and Social Development Studies, specialising in Emergency Intervention and Development Action, from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (IEDES). She graduated with two country dissertations: "Urban growth in the face of natural hazards in the Kathmandu Valley: the question of resilience" and "Sahelian cross-border towns: an opportunity for local development". She has developed skills in development project management through her training and previous experience. She worked in Benin as a project manager in an NGO promoting education, and then went on to become general coordinator of activities (supporting activities, helping to set them up, defining strategies and a monitoring and evaluation framework). She has developed her ability to manage a portfolio of varied projects and to interact with different stakeholders.
Benjamin Dumas
Project Manager Guinea
Benjamin Dumas
Project Manager Guinea
Benjamin Dumas has a Brevet de Technicien Supérieur in agriculture and is a graduate engineer from ISTOM. He has worked successively as a dairy farm manager in France, an agricultural micro-organism sales technician, a cocoa insurance expert in Malaysia, and now as a project manager in Guinea. His speciality is agriculture and livestock farming, and his curiosity leads him to take an interest in everything else. For Insuco, he works as a project manager. Based on tenders issued by the government of the Republic of Guinea or large private companies, for example, he designs projects that meet both the client's requirements and Insuco's own quality standards. Most projects require economic and social studies, and in this context it is necessary to mobilise teams of experts, build the best methodology (within the allocated budget), monitor the assignments, and guarantee the production of quality deliverables for the client. And whenever possible, you have to go out into the field to carry out the work yourself.
Joanna Guernah
Project Manager Guinea
Joanna Guernah
Project Manager Guinea
Joanna has a master's degree in geography and planning, specialising in development issues in southern countries, from the Université Paris Sorbonne. She graduated defending a dissertation entitled "Le Plan Maroc Vert, un modèle de développement agricole à suivre?", which she wrote based on fieldwork in Morocco funded by the CNRS. She went on to work in the field of research, in particular on agricultural issues relating to the reconciliation of energy production (solar power) and agricultural production in the Plaine du Roussillon (Pyrénées-Orientales) with CIRAD. As a result, she has developed development skills, particularly in agricultural issues, through her training and previous experience. Interested in rural development issues in West Africa, she worked for a local NGO in Guinea as part of the SARITEM project funded by the AFD on mangrove rice cultivation. This experience enabled her to strengthen her skills in project management, monitoring and evaluation and to interact with a variety of stakeholders.
Clément Beaudouin
Project Manager Madagascar
Clément Beaudouin
Project Manager Madagascar
Clément holds a master's degree in sociology of religion from Bordeaux Montaigne University and a master's degree in public and political communication from ISIC and the Bordeaux Institute of Political Studies. He began his career in Madagascar at the French Embassy in the Diplomatic Chancellery. Interested in development issues, he then worked for Insuco in the Djibouti office for over a year and a half, where he focused on local development support and environmental issues in Somaliland. Keen to return to Madagascar, Clément then worked on the dynamics of volunteering and cross-disciplinary mobility at France Volontaires Madagascar. Since November 2023, he has held the position of Project Manager for Insuco Madagascar.
Guillaume SAXOD
Project Manager Gabon
Guillaume SAXOD
Project Manager Gabon
Guillaume SAXOD, who holds a double Master's degree in Development Economics from Grenoble Alpes University and in Management from Grenoble École de Management, enriched his career by obtaining a diploma from the United Nations training programme in Geneva. After gaining a wide range of student experience, he began his career as a Project Manager in Paris, where he coordinated the construction of the Hôtel du Père Pedro in Madagascar. This experience highlighted his proven skills in coordination, project monitoring and financial management. Later, in Spain, as Project Manager at the Fondación Altius, Guillaume made a significant contribution to the professional integration of people in precarious situations. His responsibilities encompassed a variety of areas such as counselling, support and the organisation of food aid, demonstrating his versatility and commitment to the social sector. On the strength of these experiences in the social field and driven by a strong desire to pursue his commitment to economic, environmental and social development on an international scale, Guillaume decided to move abroad. In November 2023, he chose to join the Insuco office in Gabon as a project manager.
Kaïna Homawoo
Project Manager Togo
Kaïna Homawoo
Project Manager Togo
With a degree in environmental management: waste management and a Masters in commercial engineering and project management, Kaïna began her career at Disneyland Paris as a project manager with responsibility for managing the largest tonnage of hazardous waste. Kaïna then joined Veolia as a junior salesperson at the Claye-Souilly platform for the recovery of wood waste. In order to complement her knowledge of project management, Kaïna obtained a position as a design office engineer for Paprec in France in the field of waste management. Keen to play a part in Africa's development, she moved to Togo, where she set up an entomology company that turns organic waste into insect protein and organic fertiliser. Kaïna's wide-ranging experience means that she is now involved in a number of environmental and social impact assessment projects. She is currently project manager for Insuco Togo.
Camille COMPAORE
Project Manager Burkina Faso
Camille COMPAORE
Project Manager Burkina Faso
Camille COMPAORE holds a Master's degree in Agricultural Economics, Natural Resources, and Environmental Economics from the University of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), and a Master's degree in Innovation, Development, and Societies (Development Studies) from the 2IE Institute in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). With over 20 years of experience, predominantly in Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast, he has actively collaborated with renowned research institutes such as INERA and CAPES, NGOs, development projects, local communities, and international institutions (ILO and World Bank). His expertise spans across local development, project evaluation, value chain studies, migration, and vocational training. Currently seeking new professional opportunities, he joined Insuco in December 2023.
Borice Nirinaharinjato
Project Manager Madagascar
Borice Nirinaharinjato
Project Manager Madagascar
Borice holds a master's degree in mineral resources and environment from the University of Antananarivo. He has 7 years of experience in the extractive sector and in various environmental and social projects. Before joining Insuco, Borice worked as a mining supervisor for one year and then as an environmental manager for two years at the mining company GRAPH-MADA SARL in Madagascar. He acquired skills in open pit mining, the design and implementation of Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMP) and Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA) and CSR. Borice has also worked for local consultancies for four years offering his expertise as an environmental consultant, surveyor and socio-organiser. This allowed him to accumulate skills related to the collection of quantitative and qualitative socio-economic data via the conduct of individual surveys, focus groups; public consultation with different stakeholders (population, public authorities); support to the local community (specific training, coaching), monitoring and evaluation of activities and cartographic analysis using GIS.
Adhime SALAMI
Project Manager Togo
Adhime SALAMI
Project Manager Togo
Holder of a Master's degree in Public Affairs from Laval University in Quebec, specializing in Analysis and Evaluation, Adhime has accumulated eight years of experience during which he has contributed to policy evaluations and impact studies while supporting capacity-building activities in economic governance and results-based management. With six years of project management experience and a focus on innovation, he has supervised digital transformation projects, among others. He has also assisted various organizations in Togo and Ivory Coast in formulating and implementing innovative initiatives to address development challenges. Adhime is recognized for his dedication and initiative; his passion for the impact of public policies on society drives him in his daily work, where he strives to actively contribute to initiatives that shape a better future for all.
Latin America
Alberto Viteri
Project Manager Ecuador
Alberto Viteri
Project Manager Ecuador
Sociologist with a degree in political science and a master's degree in political sociology, Alberto is a research specialist with more than eight years of experience as part of multidisciplinary teams in political consultancy, government communication and socio-political intervention strategies. In the public sector, he has held research and statistics coordinations, technical coordinations in offices, and technical positions in dialogue and conflict management in policy-making institutions in strategic sectors where the production of public policies, their practical dimension and the political arena converge.
Mónica Naranjo
Project Manager Ecuador
Mónica Naranjo
Project Manager Ecuador
Monica holds a degree in Sociology with a specialisation in International Relations, a specialisation in International Development Cooperation and a Master's degree in Socio-environmental Studies. She also has more than 13 years of experience in project development under international standards, social diagnostics, social and environmental risk and impact assessment, human rights, gender, education, capacity building, social responsibility and sustainable development. She has had the opportunity to work for the State, private companies and international organisations as a consultant for the development of projects, information gathering processes, environmental and social safeguards, review and analysis of regulations, gap analysis and development of action plans. She has experience in projects on nature conservation, gender, indigenous peoples and communities, human rights and stakeholder participation.
Sonia Pfistermeister
Project Manager Ecuador
Sonia Pfistermeister
Project Manager Ecuador
Sociologist with more than 10 years of experience in the elaboration of socio-economic, cultural and environmental studies for projects with public and private entities in Ecuador, NGOs and regional consultancies. Expert in the formulation and application of tools for the collection of quantitative and qualitative information in areas related to infrastructure development, mining and oil. Her skills incorporate the design and management of databases, elaboration of network analysis, identification of contextual elements in the framework of territorial social responsibility based relations, stakeholder management, social climate survey, impact and conflict risk measurement in complex scenarios. In addition, she has solid knowledge in the application of international principles, standards and certifications of the World Bank (WB), International Finance Corporation (IFC), Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and others.
Andrés Rueda
Project Manager Ecuador
Andrés Rueda
Project Manager Ecuador
Andrés is a sociologist with a major in international relations, with more than 13 years of experience in community relations, applied in the municipal, public and private spheres. Andrés has held technical management positions in the mediation of social conflicts, generation of protocols for attention to psychosocial risks, comprehensive social reparation for various impacts arising from processes and projects in strategic sectors. He has also worked as an advisor to management in social dialogue processes regarding solid waste management in the city of Quito and has coordinated dialogue and social participation processes in various territories of Ecuador for various State portfolios. Andrés has been a coordinator in community relations processes in communities belonging to various areas of direct and indirect influence of strategic projects in several provinces of Ecuador, and recently worked for the United Nations system in quality control and monitoring processes of data management platforms for the resettlement of people in a situation of human mobility, ensuring a dignified and organised migration process.
Alejandra Manrique Milla
Project Manager Peru
Alejandra Manrique Milla
Project Manager Peru
Alejandra is an economist, with a master's degree in social sciences for development, specialized in local economic development and socio-environmental conflicts´ transformation, from a human rights approach. Before joining Insuco, as Peru project coordinator, Alejandra worked as Project Officer for the CISAL Fund of the Canadian Federation of Municipalities in Peru (Ancash and Cusco) and Colombia (Antioquia and La Guajira) from 2016 to 2020. Au cours de cette période, Alejandra était responsable pour la mise en œuvre du Projet, pour la sélection et le financement de 160 projets d'entrepreneurs et d'associations locales, assignées selon les critères ODD. Elle a géré des équipes dans les deux pays, élaboré des méthodologies et des outils de gestion, et systématisé l´information générée. After the CISAL Project was completed, in 2021, Alejandra was an Analyst of social conflicts and conflict scenarios in the South East of Peru (Cusco, Apurímac, Puno and Madre de Dios) for the Secretariat of Social Management and Dialogue of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, contributing to the defense of democratic spaces for dialogue and the transformation of conflicts with local actors. His experience has allowed him to acquire knowledge and expertise in project coordination from design, implementation and monitoring, in rural and conflict areas. She has also developed a high level of adaptation, independence, and social and environmental awareness.
Maricel Silva
Project Manager Peru
Maricel Silva
Project Manager Peru
Maricel has a degree in psychology and specialises in corporate taxation, sustainable development, civil society organisations and the design and management of social projects. She has extensive professional experience in the implementation of corporate social responsibility and sustainability management models according to ESG, Global Reporting Initiative, ISO 26000, Global Compact and the Sustainable Development Goals for multinational companies in the mining, energy, road concessions, cement manufacturing and sales, agro export and cocoa manufacturing sectors. She has designed and implemented social and environmental projects focusing on sustainable mobility and local development, in partnership with the public and private sectors. Also, with her experience in social and environmental management of large-scale projects, she has supervised and implemented tools such as the Environmental Impact Assessment, the Community Relations Plan and the Compensation and Resettlement Plan, within the framework of the Peruvian regulations and the highest international standards. Maricel currently works as a project coordinator for Insuco Peru.
Lucero Astudillo
Project Manager Peru
Lucero Astudillo
Project Manager Peru
Lucero is an economist and environmental manager specialising in public management, with advanced skills in processing socio-economic information using programming software such as Stata and Python. Her expertise extends to using qualitative tools to conduct awareness-raising workshops and focus groups, as well as managing solid waste and composting projects, with a particular focus on indigenous peoples and interculturality. In her role as coordinator for public institutions in Peru, Lucero has been involved in monitoring and following up compliance with public policies relating to indigenous peoples and interculturality. It has fostered collaboration with more than 20 national and local public institutions in Peru. In addition, she specialises in the management of planning and budgeting tools, in constant coordination with senior management. Lucero has also collaborated with international organisations such as UNICEF, contributing to the development of information on bilingual intercultural education and the right to inclusive education for indigenous girls, boys and adolescents, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Samith Farah
Project Manager Peru
Samith Farah
Project Manager Peru
Samith has a degree in sociology and a master's in social management, specialising in community participation management. He specialises in social management, stakeholder relations and conflict prevention, drawing on his experience of community relations in public and private sector investment projects in mining, construction and industry, among others. Before joining Insuco, Samith worked for a year and a half as Community Relations Coordinator for the Lima and Callao Metro Line 2 project, during the construction phase of Peru's first underground train. During this experience, he was able to implement the project's social management plan, which included the constant identification of social risks and impacts and the attention paid to more than 500 stakeholders. Previously, he was active in social information gathering and awareness-raising in urban and rural areas for almost 7 years, particularly in rural communities, where he acquired knowledge and tools for implementing context-specific strategies that contribute to the development of the population.
Franco Uribe
Project Manager Peru
Franco Uribe
Project Manager Peru
Sociologist with more than 13 years of experience in projects coordination, analysis of risk situations of social conflict, development of social diagnoses, and strategic management of social impacts for conflict prevention. He had the opportunity to work in the government, corporations and cooperation (UNDP), as well as infrastructure, mining, and energy projects. During his work in the government, he specialized in the analysis of conflict situations at a national level to strengthen the prevention of social conflicts, preparing analyses and reports for the senior management of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM). Also, he was in charge of supervising the Government strategic projects, through monitoring, coordination and articulation with the ministries that led the projects. He has work experience in different regions of Peru (Apurímac, Ayacucho, Ancash, Piura, Lima, Cajamarca, La Libertad, Loreto, San Martín, Junín, Arequipa, Cusco, Puno, among others). In addition, he has worked in strategic consulting for projects in Honduras and Bolivia.
Camilo Londoño
Chargé de Projets Colombie
Camilo Londoño
Chargé de Projets Colombie
Camilo is a professional in international trade with over four years of experience in formulating and implementing projects with both social and commercial impact. His experience includes identifying needs, developing strategies, implementing projects, and evaluating results. He works with micro and small businesses, productive associations, and women in various regions of the country. Camilo is also committed to sustainable social development, being involved in civil society organizations that promote reading, writing, and orality as tools for character development among children and youth. Through his activities, he aims to train change agents capable of acting according to local contexts to address current challenges in the world.
Ángela González
Project Manager Colombia
Ángela González
Project Manager Colombia
Angela has a degree in Social Work, specialist in social management, and has over 10 years of experience participating in infrastructure and mining development projects from the social environmental component, from social studies to programme monitoring, risk and impact analysis and management, and strategic intervention for community relations. Ángela has worked in public and private sectors within several Colombian regions, as well as a consultant in the Dominican Republic on resettlement issues. Angela has also experience in formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of land management, and resettlement projects at urban and rural levels, under the application of international standards and national regulations.
Paola Espinosa
Project Manager Colombia
Paola Espinosa
Project Manager Colombia
Paola has a degree in environmental engineering, specialising in environmental education. She is currently completing her Masters in Environmental Management and Sustainable Development. Paola has over 3 years' experience in project coordination, socio-environmental assessment and management, project formulation and community work. She has held positions and worked in the public sector, NGOs and cooperation (UNIDO) on various projects relating to the circular economy, environmental management, sustainable development and environmental education.
Pauline Guerra
Project Manager LAC
Pauline Guerra
Project Manager LAC
Pauline is a geographer. She specialized in rural development and natural resource management, completing her first master's degree at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a second one at AgroParisTech in France. Before joining the Insuco team as a project coordinator in the LAC region, Pauline worked in international cooperation for CIRAD on an analysis of coffee producers' resilience to climate change in Colombia, and for AFD in Colombia, where she managed projects on biodiversity conservation and the promotion of sustainable agricultural models within the rural reform framework. He also had the opportunity to coordinate projects promoting sustainable blue economy in Indonesia and Tunisia, focusing on issues such as combating marine plastic pollution, blue carbon, and sustainable fishing.
Caribbean
Elizabeth Chicas
Project Manager Dominican Republic
Elizabeth Chicas
Project Manager Dominican Republic
Elizabeth holds a degree in Marketing and Advertising, with a specialization in Project Management and Administration from the University Francisco Gavidia in El Salvador. Experte en gestion de projets, Elizabeth nourrit une passion pour l'entrepreneuriat, l'innovation. Elle a travaillé plus spécifiquement dans des zones de vulnérabilité, avec des jeunes défavorisés dans plusieurs pays d'Amérique latine, tels que le Salvador, le Guatemala et la République dominicaine. Elizabeth a plus de 10 ans d'expérience dans la conception et l'exécution de plans de marketing, ainsi que dans la gestion d'alliances et de stratégies d'entreprise. She is currently an active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI). In addition, she has collaborated as a volunteer in the development of education for public school children in El Salvador, served as a juror for student communication projects at the University Matias Delgado, El Salvador, and participated as an international observer delegate of the Organization of American States (OAS) in the Dominican Republic's presidential elections - July 2020.
Patricia Cáceres
Project Manager Dominican Republic
Patricia Cáceres
Project Manager Dominican Republic
Patricia is a sociologist from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, with a Master's degree in Political Science and Public Policy. She is currently pursuing postgraduate studies in Integrated Disaster Risk Management at FLACSO Dominican Republic. She has more than 5 years of experience in public policy and research, with a focus on sustainable development, human rights and cross-cutting gender policies, youth, climate change and disaster risk management. She has worked in the Dominican State, in private companies doing market research, and in individual consultancy as a researcher. During her work in the State, Patricia worked in different areas, carrying out public policy analysis in the Cabinet of Coordination of Social Policies, intersectoral coordination and inter-institutional articulation in the Ministry of Women, and formulation, monitoring and evaluation of plans, programmes, projects and budgets in the Ministry of Youth.
JORGE ULLOA
Project Manager Dominican Republic
JORGE ULLOA
Project Manager Dominican Republic
Economista egresado de la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) con máster en Estudios Latinoamericanos con enfoque en investigación económica de la Universidad Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris III. Experiencia como técnico, analista y evaluador para diversas instituciones públicas y no gubernamentales, incluyendo roles en la Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) y el Ministerio de Economía, Planificación y Desarrollo (MEPyD) como especialista en pobreza y desigualdades para contribuir a la toma de decisiones de políticas sociales. También trabajé de manera independiente como consultor e investigador en temas como mercados laborales, políticas fiscales, educación y políticas públicas para ONGs nacionales e internacionales como OXFAM Intermón y la Fundación Friedrich Ebert. Combina el análisis de datos cuantitativos y cualitativos a través de una perspectiva económico-política para entender diversos fenómenos sociales.
Sebastián Gerado-Viala
Project Manager Caribbean
Sebastián Gerardo-Viala
Project Manager Caribbean
Sebastian is Insuco Haiti's project manager for the Caribbean region. He holds a double degree in political science and law (Sciences Po Bordeaux and the Autonomous University of Madrid) and a master's degree in European affairs and international development (College of Europe). He has organised field surveys and extensive consultations as part of development projects funded by multilateral organisations such as the World Bank, the French Development Agency (AFD) and the European Union. Sebastian has worked on a number of projects involving Caribbean countries, particularly in the field of migration and human mobility, with a strong gender perspective. He recently worked in 2022 on a multi-year project for the World Bank and the Dominican National Institute for Migration as a consultant leading the stakeholder consultation for a multi-sectoral response to migratory flows. Currently coordinator of a transport project funded by the Caribbean Development Bank for the development of a sustainable public road transport plan in Saint Lucia, Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique (SRBPTP), Sebastian plays a central role in supervising, coordinating and liaising with national governments.
Jean Dudson Ariscat
Project Manager Haiti
Jean Dudson Ariscat
Project Manager Haiti
Jean Dudson is a Haitian consultant specializing in forestry engineering and holds a master's degree in applied economics from Universidad ISA and Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic, respectively. He is also pursuing a master's degree in Geographic Information Science and Systems at Paros London University in Austria. Jean Dudson has worked for various institutions on agriculture and food security projects throughout Haiti, including Caritas Switzerland, the Swiss Embassy in Haiti, the World Bank, World Vision International, and the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET). As a consultant, he has also conducted various studies commissioned by institutions such as CRS, the German Red Cross, Oxfam, and German Agro Action. With over fifteen years of professional experience, he has acquired skills in project management, programming, and evaluation. Since February 2024, Jean-Dudson has joined the Insuco Haiti team as a project manager. He will contribute to the development, monitoring, and implementation of various projects within the office.
Asia
Thomas Lallia
Project Manager Cambodia
Thomas Lallia
Project Manager Cambodia
Thomas holds a master's degree in international security and defense (Lyon, France), and a bachelor's degree in law and political science (Paris, France). Former political advisor and new technologies & military affairs specialist, he has worked on major international trade shows (cybersecurity, defense, and private security) and with local and national elected officials in France and abroad. After several experiences in Lebanon and in Cambodia (diplomacy sector) and in Madagascar (international solidarity sector), he joined the Insuco Asia team in Phnom Penh in 2022.
Sophie Schlopsna
Project Manager Cambodia
Sophie Schlopsna
Project Manager Cambodia
Sophie holds a master’s degree in political science (University of Bonn and Sciences Po Bordeaux) with a specialization in International Relations and a bachelor’s degree in European Studies. She gained previous experience in the field of international cooperation with various factors such as GIZ, KfW or research institutes like Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS, Germany). These professional activities have developed Sophie’s skills in project management, research and report writing, as well as a good level in English and French. She joined the Insuco’ Asia team in Phnom Penh in 2024.
Technical and field assistants
Azara Ouédraogo
Operations Officer Burkina Faso
Azara Ouédraogo
Operations Officer Burkina Faso
Azara holds an MBA in project management from the African Institute of Management as well as a Bachelor’s degree in business communication and marketing from the ISPP of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Before joining the Insuco Burkina Faso team in September 2019, as our commercial and administrative assistant, Azara worked for various institutions (consulting firms, international organizations, etc.) in Burkina Faso, where she acquired more than 20 years of professional experience.
Jhon Vanley Aladdin
Operations Officer Haiti
Jhon Vanley Aladdin
Operations Officer Haiti
John is an agro-economist with a master's degree in agro-economics and rural development from the Institut des Régions Chaudes (IRC) in Montpellier, France. He has worked with various NGOs, providing technical support for family farm development. In 2016, he worked in Cameroon for the implementation of the project Amélioration de la Compétitivité des Exploitations Familiales Agropastorales (ACEFA) financed by the French Development Agency (C2D Program), with the mandate to conduct a socio-technical-economic study of agropastoral family farming and make recommendations. From 2018 to 2019, Jhon worked as a capacity-building expert in Haiti as part of an agricultural project funded by Global Affairs Canada and the Paul Gérin-Lajoie Foundation, facilitating training sessions on sustainable agricultural practices and gender, among others. Since March 2019, he has joined Insuco Haiti's teams as a Field Technical Officer, in the context of the development of the Resettlement Action Plans (RAP) for National Road 5 and Departamental Road 501. Jhon has therefore a good knowledge of the participatory approaches techniques necessary to consult/mobilize the People Affected by the Project (PAP) and of socio-economic surveys and property inventories.
Bowie OSSANTSOU ALIMBI
Operations Officer Gabon
Bowie OSSANTSOU ALIMBI
Operations Officer Gabon
Bowie holds a bachelor's degree in natural resources economics from the Université Omar Bongo in Libreville, and a master's degree in agro-economics from the Institut National Supérieur d'Agronomie et de Biotechnologies de l'Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku (INSAB/USTM). He began his professional career as a trainer in management and setting up income-generating projects with JA Gabon, working on a project dedicated to developing skills and employability. Bowie then broadened his horizons in the field of local development by holding key positions at the Somdiaa Foundation of Sucaf Gabon and at Rougier Gabon, successively as development officer and assistant to the social unit. His career then took him to Insuco, where he joined the technical team as operations assistant.
Jeannine FAWIE
Operations Officer Togo
Jeannine FAWIE
Operations Officer Togo
Jeannine has a double degree in international economics and economic development. She is passionate about social issues and international economic relations. Before joining the Insuco team as Operations Assistant, she worked as an administrative assistant.
Louis Lamine TOLNO
Operations Officer Guinea
Louis Lamine TOLNO
Operations Officer Guinea
Louis holds a degree in Sociology from the Julius N'yéréré University in Kankan (UJNK) and an MBA in Human Resources Management from the Institut Supérieur de Management (ISM) in Dakar. Louis has worked in a variety of sectors: Mines, Business Centre, Cabinet. He has acquired a diversified knowledge of labour law, the pyramid of legal standards in labour law and human resources procedures at the Africaoutsourcing business centre in Dakar and the Tafsir Audit et Conseils law firm in Conakry. He joined INSUCO's technical team as Operations Assistant.
Najma OMAR
Operations Officer Djibouti
Najma OMAR
Operations Officer Djibouti
Najma Omar holds an applied degree in accounting, finance, and auditing from the University of Djibouti, and went on to obtain a master's degree in accounting from the Arab Academy of Banking and Financial Sciences in Djibouti. Before joining Insuco Djibouti as Operations and Management Assistant, Najma had worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for a year and had several experiences in public administrations where she was able to develop financial and organizational skills.
Josema Odniel
Field Technical Officer Haiti
Josema Odniel
Field Technical Officer Haiti
Josema is an agricultural engineer of Haitian nationality, specialized in rural and community development, participatory approach and environmental management. Josema has solid experience, since 2004, on issues related to development in Haiti, particularly in terms of institutional strengthening and consolidation of social structures. This experience has given him the opportunity to work for international programs (Wash, SAME, etc.) and NGOs, such as Action Against Hunger, for which he was, among others, Liaison Officer for the 10 communes of the North-West Department of Haiti, from 2015 to 2017. Josema joined the Insuco Haiti team in the framework of the Technical Assistance projects to the MTPTC in 2018, as a national consultant assigned to field follow-ups for the implementation of the Resettlement Action Plans National Road #1 (North of Haiti). Community engagement and consultation, grievance management, and conflict mediation are part of his daily missions. He has excellent communication skills and knows how to adapt to vulnerable audiences, especially those affected by road projects. He has also worked on several external evaluations of development projects with Insuco in Haiti.
María Virginia Villacrés
Operations Officer Ecuador
María Virginia Villacrés
Operations Officer Ecuador
Internationalist from the International University of Ecuador (UIDE). She has assisted in consulting projects regarding governance guidelines for the Ecuador Core Group of the Escazú Agreement and the Core Group of the National Public Procurement Strategy. He has pre-professional experience in the State Attorney General's Office, the National Assembly and the Ecuadorian Centre for International Studies. In terms of research, he has developed projects at the Asia-Latin America Research Group and the International Relations Laboratory of the UIDE.
María Natalia Torres
Operations Officer Colombia
María Natalia Torres
Operations Officer Colombia
A professional in government and international relations, with a focus on territorial development and social project management from Universidad Externado de Colombia. She holds certifications in financing for civil society organizations, social strategies for development, and the structuring of social projects. She has worked on research projects such as the study of emotions and politics for the XI Latin American Congress of Political Science ALACIP and on a theoretical and practical study of tourist development as a tool for rural development in the Tolima department.
Jean-Pierre Saune
Operations Officer LAC
Jean-Pierre Saune
Operations Officer LAC
Jean Pierre is a student in Social Management, with an interest in the organisational consolidation of key actors for the generation of social value. He has participated in the design of sustainability and social management strategies. In addition, he has led volunteer programmes in areas such as talent management and fundraising. These experiences have allowed him to acquire facilitation skills in multidisciplinary teams and in the social consultancy field.
IT Team
Antoine Lethore
IT Project Manager Group
Antoine Lethore
IT Project Manager Group
He has graduated with a Master's degree in Computer Sciences applied to business management and a Specialized Master's degree in Management of Information Systems. He has worked in the IT environment for the past 6 years, first as a Sales Engineer, and the past 4 years as a Project Manager. He has worked in Europe (France and Ukraine) and Cambodia, with project teams, development teams, and clients from all over the world.
Rachide Derra
Helpdesk
Rachide Derra
Helpdesk
Rachide holds a bachelor's degree in information systems engineering. He is an expert in the development of desktop, web and mobile applications. He has more than 3 years of professional experience in IT maintenance, analysis, design and development of applications, training and technical assistance. At Insuco, Rachide is in charge of the follow-up, maintenance and evolution of the IT equipment and tools, as well as the support for the development and coding of applications.
Kévin Sanou
Analyst Programmer
Kévin Sanou
Analyst Programmer
With a Bachelor’s Degree in geomatics, Kévin is a programmer analyst specialised in Java, Web (PHP, JavaScript), database (SQL) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). In the past, he has worked in the design and implementation of applications for project monitoring, management and analysis, for the company Geodetect (interactive mapping and real-time vehicle tracking). At Insuco, he participates in the development of geolocation applications, in the construction, management and quality control of databases (Sycosur), particularly in the context of resettlement processes.
Geomatics team
Romain Ronceray
Geomatics Manager Group
Romain Ronceray
Geomatics Manager Group
Romain holds a Master’s Degree in Geography with a specialisation in Globalisation and Development. He has specialised in cartography, spatial analysis and implementation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). For more than 6 years, he has been organising field surveys and providing cartographic support on the African continent for development projects or in consulting firms. He is now involved in various projects, and particularly Resettlement Action Plans (RAP), in which he manages the design of GIS, the supervision of asset inventory campaigns, socio-economic surveys and the production of communication materials.
Reach Rim
Geomatician Asia
Reach Rim
Geomatician Asia
Reach is a Cartographer and GIS specialist, with a master’s degree in urban administration and planning from the University of Seoul. His master’s thesis focused on public transportation system improvements in Phnom Penh, through the concepts of Intelligent Transport System (ITS) and Smart Cities. Reach has experience in the fields of geography, spatial planning, urban design, and data analysis, and recently completed an internship at City Net in South Korea. Reach also has more than 6 years of professional experience working for various international NGOs as well as for the Central Government in Cambodia. He has carried out work on urban regulations, urban economics, remote sensing, and spatial analysis, notably on the Land Rights Program with GIZ-CAMBODIA.
Francis Ehemba
Geomatician Africa
Francis Silakooul Ehemba
Geomatician Africa
Francis holds a Master's Degree in Geography specialised in Emerging and Developing Countries from Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University, and is pursuing a Master's Degree in Geomatics and Resource Management from N'Gaoundéré University in Cameroon, in collaboration with the Francophone University Agency (AUF). His 5-year professional experience and university studies allowed him to develop proven skills in digital and participatory mapping, Geographic Information System (GIS) management, spatial analysis, remote sensing and UAV piloting (high resolution aerial image acquisition). He has worked in public and private organisations such as the ANSD (National Agency for Statistics and Demography) in Senegal, the Dakar Development Schools, and the NGO GRDR (Research and Implementation Group for Rural Development) in Mauritania.
Sofía Delgado
Geomatician LAC
Sofía Delgado
Geomatician LAC
Sofía is the Geographic Information Systems specialist for Latin America and the Caribbean at Insuco and has a Master's degree in Remote Sensing and GIS. Before joining Insuco, Sofía worked for different companies as a GIS analyst and gained experience in collecting and analyzing geospatial and demographic data, developing cartographic products and services, and in fieldwork for data collection and project monitoring. As a versatile geoscientist, she is passionate about science and communities. Her interest has increasingly focused on integrating GIS tools with social and humanitarian action. Likewise, she works to better understand the social dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean to contribute to the development of the region.
Data management team
Julien Gasser Morlay
Data Manager Group
Julien Gasser Morlay
Data Manager Group
Julien is an engineer specialised in international agro-development and socioeconomics. Before joining Insuco Madagascar, he worked for several NGOs and private companies in Africa (Senegal, Rwanda, Madagascar, Benin) as well as in the Caribbean and Latin American region (Colombia). He joined Insuco in 2018 as monitoring and evaluation officer for the CASEF Project (Project for Agricultural Growth and Land Security), funded by the World Bank and implemented in the East Coast of Madagascar. Amongst others tasks, he was involved in the baseline design of the project. Since 2020, Julien has widened his scope of work to include other Insuco offices, assisting with surveys programming, data analysis and the elaboration of monitoring and evaluation systems.
Sanda Andriamihajamanana
Data Analyst
Sanda Andriamihajamanana
Data Analyst
After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Antananarivo, Sanda pursued his graduate studies in MISA (Mathematical Computer Science and Applied Statistics). With two years of experience as a data analyst, he has acquired a solid foundation and knowledge in setting up a robust, efficient and flexible system to better extract and deliver the required information from various data sources. On the other hand, deconstructing the available data through probabilistic, statistical and algorithmic methods in order to model the problem raised is his driving force in the professional world. At Insuco, he is responsible for setting up a system to efficiently analyze the data collected from socio-economic surveys and to work in collaboration with the other analysts of the group.
José Vásconez Cruz
Data Analyst LAC
José Vásconez Cruz
Data Analyst LAC
José holds an academic background with a degree in Sociology obtained from the Pontifical Catholic University of Quito and a Master's in Globalization and Development from the University College London. Currently, he is pursuing a Doctorate in Public Policy and data at the University of North Carolina. Furthermore, he has expanded his knowledge through certification courses in Economics and Public Policy from Columbia University in New York and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In his professional experience, José Emilio has led data consultancy projects in both the public and private sectors, leveraging his deep understanding of the social sciences and expertise in data analysis. His focus lies in integrating data analysis methodologies into social and political contexts. Moreover, as an educator, he has shared his expertise in data analysis and social sciences at prestigious academic institutions. His commitment to teaching and research continues, with a focus on exploring innovative methodologies that merge data analysis with social theories, especially in the analysis of the political economy of economic policies.
Costanza PINTOR
Data Analyst
Costanza PINTOR
Data Analyst
Costanza, a recent graduate in Data Science and Business Analytics from the Bologna Business School with a degree in Business and Management from the ESCP Business School of Paris, initiated her professional journey at Insuco Guinea, contributing significantly to the data team. Developing robust database management skills, Costanza consistently upheld a dedicated focus on ensuring data quality. Her career path extends to Insuco Togo, where she will further apply and strengthen her data management expertise, emphasizing the importance of maintaining data integrity.
Communication team
Charlotte Lanneau
Group Communication Manager
Charlotte Lanneau
Group Communication Manager
Charlotte has joined the team as Group Communication Manager, in collaboration with all offices. After graduating with a Master's degree in Communication and Public Relations from the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium), during which she had the chance to study several years abroad in Austria, Cyprus and Canada, where she specialized in corporate communications, public relations and scientific popularization, Charlotte worked in a variety of sectors, including agri-food, software development and life insurance. She has continued her training (in digital marketing and insurance law) to be able to adapt her skills with a continuous improvement philosophy. Her professional experience has enabled her to develop and implement numerous strategies for internal and external communications, employer branding, corporate branding and digital marketing. Charlotte speaks French, English, Dutch and German.
Andrea DURÁN
Communication Manager LAC
Andrea DURÁN
Communication Manager LAC
Andrea is an expert in strategic communication with more than 15 years of work in the area. With extensive knowledge of Latin America, starting with her studies in Political Science in Argentina and Communication in Ecuador, Andrea has focused the last few years on communication related to sustainability projects, cultural relevance, and development education. Andrea has collaborated for prestigious media groups such as El Comercio Ecuador, as well as communication manager for the British Embassy in Quito. Also, she has worked with the British-Ecuadorian Chamber of Commerce and other organizations in Argentina and Ecuador, networking directly with private, public and government institutions in Latin America and Europe. As well, Andrea has taken several courses on human rights, gender communication, environment and development, topics where she founds her drive to deliver excellence and efficiency in communicational strategies and products. “I am very happy to be part of the great INSUCO team, a company that achieves a visible and positive impact in the world. To work for a company that has such a deep and socially positive mission and values is an honour and to be able to communicate what we do is fabulous.”
Group and continent managers
Besnik Lovell MBENG ONDO
Group Business Controller
Besnik Lovell MBENG ONDO
Group Business Controller
Besnik Lovell MBENG ONDO is a financial engineer and doctoral student in finance at the Université Paul-Valéry-Montpellier. He has worked for a number of international organizations (UNESCO, Bank of Central African States, World Bank, etc.) on administrative and financial management, the setting up of a central balance sheet office in the CEMAC sub-region, financial structuring and investment strategies for development projects. For over seven (7) years, he has specialized in financial analysis and structuring, management control and project evaluation in the private sector (COFINA Banking Group, SEEG, Afrijet Business Service...) as well as in the public sector (Ministry of the Budget, Ministry of Maritime Economy and the Ministry of Energy and Hydraulic Resources of Gabon).
Saïdou Rakissaga
Administrative and Financial Manager Africa
Saïdou Rakissaga
Administrative and Financial Manager Africa
Saïdou holds a Master's Degree in Finance, Accounting and Audit, as well as a Master's Degree in Economics, Business Management and Organisation from the University of Ouagadougou. Before joining Insuco, Saïdou worked for 2 years in the mining exploration company South Shore Group, as Administrative and Financial Officer. He also worked for FIDEXCO SA as an auditor and participated in Rimbé Mathias BAMOGO company (CEC-RMB), as Head of Mission, in audit and statutory audit missions for mining companies, mobile phone companies and on development projects.
Romain Nguyen
LAC Business Controller
Romain Nguyen
LAC Business Controller
Graduated in industrial engineering, Romain discovered the financial aspect of the automotive industry in his first job. After this experience, he continued to work in the financial field across various industries such as Total Energies and Dassault Aviation, French companies, where he gained additional experience in overhead management and control. After 7 years at Dassault Aviation, Romain worked as a financial controller at France Terre d'Asile, a French association defending the right to asylum, responsible for controlling expenses at centers and opening new centers to respond to crises in Ukraine and Afghanistan.
Angie Bayona Zuluaga
Administrative and Financial Manager LAC
Angie Bayona Zuluaga
Administrative and Financial Manager LAC
Angie holds a degree from the Military University of Nueva Granada, Colombia, specialised in international relations, with a special focus on project management. She has more than 6 years of experience in administrative and financial project management in Latin America, principally in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. In particular, her experiences allowed her to manage budget follow-up and control, contractualisation and relations with providers and contract workers, payment processes, as well as financial reporting.
Colombe Malhaby
Human Resources Manager Africa/Asia
Colombe Malhaby
Human Resources Manager Africa/Asia
With a Master's degree in international human resources management, Colombe has extensive experience in the private sector in recruitment, HR development and HR information systems. She also brought her expertise to the World Customs Organization for the West and Central Africa region, which enabled her to acquire a greater knowledge of the African environment. Colombe joined INSUCO for the international dimension of the job, which makes HR management very stimulating. She also appreciates the opportunity to implement HR policies to support the Group's growth.
Marisol Armas
Human Resources Manager LAC
Marisol Armas
Human Resources Manager LAC
Marisol has a degree in Organizational Psychology and a Masters degree in Human Resources Management. Throughout her professional career, Marisol has worked in national and transnational companies from different sectors, addressing different aspects related to people management, such as talent attraction and retention, training and development, wellness, strengthening organizational culture, among others, assuming key leadership and support roles for the fulfillment of organizational objectives.
Juliana Sfeir
Group Legal Counsel
Juliana Sfeir
Group Legal Counsel
Juliana holds a Master's degree in International Business Law from the University of Paris-Saclay and a Lawyer-linguist diploma from the Institut Supérieur d'Interprétation et de Traduction Paris (ISIT). After several experiences within law firms in France and worldwide, she worked as legal counsel specializing in contract law in the pharmaceutical sector, dealing with issues of both French and international law. Thanks to the experience gained in various international legal environnements, Juliana will reinforce Insuco’s legal department.
Nsimba BATIRI
Accounting Manager
Nsimba BATIRI
Accounting Manager
Holder of a Higher Diploma in Accounting and Management, Nsimba has over ten years of experience in the accounting field. During her experience, she underwent her first expatriation as a cost controller in Luanda, Angola, for a French group. Before joining INSUCO, Nsimba held the position of sole general accountant for three years within an international group specializing in performance-based digital marketing in Paris. She was able to develop her accounting skills, particularly in intercompany flow reconciliation.
Administrative and financial managers
Africa
Nagwa Ahmed Kaireh
Administrative and Financial Manager Djibouti
Nagwa Ahmed Kaireh
Administrative and Financial Manager Djibouti
Nagwa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in banking, finance and insurance from the University of Djibouti and is pursuing a Master's Degree in administrative and financial management at the University of Franche Comté, France. Before joining Insuco Djibouti, Nagwa worked for more than 4 years as Head of the Credit section in a microfinance institution. She also worked for private and public companies, where she could develop skills regarding budget and financial management, administration, commercial relations and human resource management.
Laure Prisca MEDEME DAGBO
Administrative and Financial Manager Gabon
Laure Prisca MEDEME DAGBO
Administrative and Financial Manager Gabon
Laure Prisca holds a Master's degree in Audit and Management Control and has almost 10 years' experience in finance. She started out in an accounting and auditing firm, specializing in financial management, accounting techniques and payroll management. Before joining INSUCO, she was Financial Controller for GABON and TOGO at NETIS (leading provider of telecommunications and energy networks in Central, East and West Africa), then Administrative and Financial Manager at NETAFIM GABON, a subsidiary of the ORBIA Group (world leader in precision irrigation and digital agriculture).
Boubacar Balde
Administrative and Financial Manager Guinea
Boubacar Balde
Administrative and Financial Manager Guinea
Holder of a Master's degree in Financial and Accounting Management from the National School of Commerce and Management of Tangier in Morocco, Boubacar BALDE is a former accounting and financial auditor who started his career at the Auditas Group of Casablanca before joining one of the Big Four auditing firms, Ernst & Young Guinea, where he successively held the positions of Senior, Assistant Manager and Manager of the audit department. After nearly ten (10) years of experience in accounting and financial auditing of large companies and NGOs operating in Guinea and in the sub-region in the mining, energy, petroleum, agribusiness, banking and insurance sectors, Boubacar now holds the position of Administrative and Financial Officer of the Insuco company in Guinea.
Hobisoa Ranaivo
Administrative and Financial Manager Madagascar
Hobisoa Ranaivo
Administrative and Financial Manager Madagascar
Hobisoa holds a Master’s Degree in Corporate Finance and Governance from the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar. She has over 4 years of experience in accounting and finance. She worked as an accounting and financial consultant in an audit and chartered accounting firm, where she was able to develop and strengthen her expertise in the field of auditing and taxation. She also held a position in the accounting and financial department of a group of companies specialised in data processing before joining Insuco.
Sylvain LOKOSSOU
Administrative and Financial Manager Togo
Sylvain LOKOSSOU
Administrative and Financial Manager Togo
Sylvain holds a master's degree in auditing and management control from the Institut Africain d'Administration et d'Etudes commerciales in Togo. He has over 15 years' experience in accounting, auditing, finance and management control, including 05 years in two different auditing and accounting firms belonging to the ONECCA- TOGO association, and 4 years in the management of projects financed by the Global Fund, Population Services International (PSI). He worked as General Accountant for the COLAS AFRIQUE Group's Togo branch before being expatriated to the Guinea Conakry branch on the GAC bauxite mining project. Since 01/04/2019, he has held the position of General Accounting and Tax Manager at the oil company TOGO OIL COMPANY S.A (T-OIL). He joins the INSUCO Group to assist in the administrative and financial management of the Togo office and to participate in its development.
Mamadou Bangoura
Accountant Guinea
Mamadou Bangoura
Accountant Guinea
Graduated in Accounting and Management from the National School of Secretariat, Administration and Commerce (ENSAC) of Guinea, Mamadou BANGOURA made his early career in the Ministry of Agriculture where he consolidated his academic knowledge with accounting and financial experiences and thus developed qualities of excellent work ranging from the sense of autonomy of work and responsibility to organizational qualities. Assets that have allowed him to join the Insuco Guinea office where he currently holds the position of Accountant.
Madinatou KONSEIGA
Accountant Assistant Burkina Faso
Madinatou KONSEIGA
Accountant Assistant Burkina Faso
Madinatou holds a Master's degree in Accounting, Control and Auditing from the Institut Universitaire de Formation Initiale et Continue (IUFIC) at Thomas SANKARA University, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting from the Institut Africain de Management (IAM). Thanks to her various work placements, Madinatou has acquired a great deal of experience in accounting, enabling her to manage bookkeeping and tax and social security returns independently. A good listener with excellent communication skills, she fits in well and works effectively with her colleagues. She joined Insuco in March 2023 as part of a training course and has held the position of Accounts Assistant since June 2023.
Latin America
Leidy Gómez
Administrative and Financial Manager Colombia
Leidy Gómez
Administrative and Financial Manager Colombia
Leidy holds a diploma in Accounting and Finances, and she counts with more than 4 years of professional experience on these topics. Nowadays, she participates in the administrative, logistics and financial management of the offices and projects of Insuco in Colombia.
Javier Lombeida
Administrative and Financial Manager Ecuador
Javier Lombeida
Administrative and Financial Manager Ecuador
Javier is a Commercial Engineer with a mention in business administration, his work experience lies in administrative and financial areas, collaborating in different industries such as oil, textile, consulting. Before working in Insuco Ecuador he worked for the tax area providing advice and delivering timely information to the control agencies.
María Inés Aguilar
Administrative and Financial Manager Peru
María Inés Aguilar
Administrative and Financial Manager Peru
María Inés is a service administrator by profession and has a specialisation in strategic marketing management, where she has deepened her methodological knowledge and process optimisation. In addition, she has two business ventures that allow her to develop her financial and commercial skills. In the past, she was the administrative and financial manager of an agri-export company, which gave her experience in data management and analysis. With a vocation for service, she is familiar with the needs and requirements for improvement in the country, having participated in volunteer activities and neighbourhood councils in Peru.
Caribbean
Nicolis Sanchez
Administrative and Financial Manager Dominican Republic
Nicolis Sanchez
Administrative and Financial Manager Dominican Republic
Nicolis is a logistics technician with more than 7 years of experience as a technical and administrative assistant in projects for international NGOs such as World Vision, OXFAM and Plan International DR, supporting projects in Education, Humanitarian Action and Risk and Disaster Management among others. She is also a procurement manager with 2 years of experience in Supply Chain. She is currently collaborating in the administrative, logistical and financial management of Insuco's offices and projects in the Dominican Republic.
France Laure SAMPIN
Administrative and Financial Manager Haiti
France Laure SAMPIN
Administrative and Financial Manager Haiti
Holder of a bachelor’s degree in business administration and two Associate degrees (1 in Human resources management and 1 in marketing), France Laure has worked in several sectors of the Haitian market: banking, telecommunications, automobile dealerships and NGOs. She worked for three years as Administrative & Financial Manager in a foundation fighting against childhood cancer in Haiti. She is also an independent consultant providing advice to SMEs to strengthen their structure.
Rose Bithja Amitié
Administrative and Financial Assistant Haiti
Rose Bithja Amitié
Administrative and Financial Assistant Haiti
Rose, a Haitian national, holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Prior to joining Insuco in September 2020, she worked for Doctors of the World Canada and Oxfam Quebec as an accountant. She trained partners on financial procedures, monitoring and audit of financial reports, and was responsible for following up on feedback from headquarters on monthly financial reports. Rose has mastered many accounting software programs such as SAGA, SAGE and GOM, and has a very good sense of organization and rigor.
Asia
Sokha Um
Administrative and Financial Manager Cambodia
Sokha Um
Administrative and Financial Manager Cambodia
Sokha holds a Master's degree in Financial Management from the Royal University of Law and Economic (RULE) in Phnom Penh, a Bachelor's degree in Finance and Banking from the Institute of Specialized Economic and Finance (ISEF) in Phnom Penh, a Bachelor's degree of Arts in English Literature from the Human Resource University (HRU) in Phnom Penh. Sokha has also recently obtained certification as a Tax Agent from the National Tax School of Cambodia, under the General Department of Taxation of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Prior to joining Insuco Cambodia, Sokha worked 7 years as Assistant Manager in accounting department of various companies.
Chanthon Meas
Administrative and Financial Assistant Cambodia
Chanthon Meas
Administrative and Financial Assistant Cambodia
Chanthon holds a Bachelor's degree of Business Administration. Avant de rejoindre Insuco Cambodge en tant qu'assistante administrative et financière, elle a travaillé pendant trois ans comme assistante comptable dans une entreprise de logistique, Newport Cypress (Cambodia) CO. LTD, et pendant un an comme comptable chez LSPC CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
Human resources managers
Mohamed Diaby
HR Administrative Manager
Mohamed Diaby
HR Administrative Manager
Mohamed is a graduate in business law from General Lansana Conte University of Sonfonia-Conakry. He has many years of experience as a surveyor and consultant in charge of the coordination and supervision of teams for the implementation of socioeconomic surveys. Mohamed has also acquired solid legal experience, working for the legal services of several ministerial departments of Guinea and in law firms. Through these experiences, he was able to develop analytical and drafting skills that allowed him to join Insuco Legal and HR department, as a Legal and HR Officer.
Bronké Camara
HR Administrative Officer
Bronké Camara
HR Administrative Officer
Bronké holds a Bachelor's Degree in Education from the Higher Institute of Education Sciences of Guinea (ISSEG) and a Master's Degree in Resource Management from the Sherbrooke Institute of Guinea. Prior to joining Insuco Guinea as the Administrative and Support Coordinator in the Human Resources Department, she began her professional career in Guinea by conducting various quantitative and qualitative surveys, in the framework of numerous studies implemented by Insuco (Resettlement Action Plans, Environmental and Social Impact Studies), during 6 years. She also worked as a science teacher in public-private institutions in Conakry. These experiences as an investigator and teacher have allowed her to develop many skills: autonomy, responsibility and versatility.
Jemima LEBONDO
Human Resources Project Manager
Jemima LEBONDO
Human Resources Project Manager
Jemima LEBONDO is an HR Project Manager and holds a Master's degree in Human Resources Management from MBWAY Lyon. With over 4 years' professional experience, she excels in recruitment and personnel management. As an HR Project Manager, Jemima LEBONDO has led initiatives focusing on recruitment, attractiveness, salary enhancement, integration of disabled people and personnel administration, demonstrating her expertise in HR development. She is known for her sense of service and good humour. Determined to use her skills to help INSUCO succeed, Jemima LEBONDO is ready to make a significant impact.
Logistics and HSE managers
Oumar Thianghé Diallo
Logistics and HSE Manager Africa
Alpha Oumar Thianghé Diallo
Logistics and HSE Manager Africa
Graduated in English Language from Labé University, Oumar has been working as an administrative and financial assistant, and as a senior logistician, since 2013. He has worked for major construction companies such as Batipro, a Rio Tinto subcontractor, as well as international NGOs such as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and Plan International Guinea. Oumar has thus acquired a very good knowledge of all Guinean regions and of several African countries, and has developed a high level of rigour and organisational skills in logistics, administration and finance.
Hanitra Raboana
Logistics and HSE Manager Madagascar
Hanitra Raboana
Logistics and HSE Manager Madagascar
With a background in languages and different professional trainings, Hanitra has accumulated more than 10 years of experience in various administrative and logistics positions in different sectors, before joining Insuco as a Logistics and HSE Officer. Specialised in logistical coordination, administration, customer relations and supply management, she exercises versatile functions within Madagascar office.
Mamadou Oury DIALLO
Logistics Assistant
Mamadou Oury DIALLO
Logistics Assistant
I have a Master's degree in Economics and Finance from the Julius N'yéyéré University in Kankan. I have been working in logistics since 2008, after taking several courses in logistics before taking on the following positions: Logistics and Finance Manager, Fleet Supervisor, Logistics and Administrative Coordinator, Logistics and Production Supervisor with companies operating in the mining, construction and humanitarian sectors, subcontractor for Bhp Billiton, GAC, Rio Tinto; SMFG, Fluor, Alu Fer, CMB which is a mining company in Bafing in the Ivory Coast, the Red Cross, Ineo Energie.... As a result, I have acquired a very good knowledge of all the regions of Guinea and many African countries, as well as a high level of rigour, team spirit and organisational skills in logistics administration and finance.
Hérold Jean-Louis
Logistician-Driver Haiti
Hérold Jean-Louis
Logistician-Driver Haiti
Hérold Jean-Louis is the Logistician-Driver of Insuco Haiti since January 2022. He has completed a training in diesel mechanics and a training in office technology. In addition, he trained as a light and heavy truck driver at the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent in Haiti. He also worked for the same organization as a Dispatcher and Crane Operator. Following this experience, Hérold worked as a driver for the American Red Cross and the Canadian Red Cross in different departments of the country. Before joining Insuco, he worked at ICAP as a Driver and Logistics Support. These experiences allowed him to acquire solid skills in the field of logistics & transportation.
Mariana Torres
Projects Director - Observatories of Territorial Transformations OTT
Mariana Torres
Director of the Observatories of Territorial Transformations
Mariana is a historian with a master's degree in environmental management and a specialisation in applied economics. She has developed a career in socio-environmental consultancy and interdisciplinary project management, working on evaluations for development programmes, politico-economic analyses for deforestation mitigation projects and carbon credit certification. In her roles as socio-environmental consultant and project manager, she has designed and implemented evaluation strategies, integrating qualitative and quantitative techniques. She has led projects such as the political economy analysis for USAID and the REDD+ assessment for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Committed to sustainable development, gender equity and social inclusion. She was Technical Director of Insuco Colombia for 4 years, leading the development of corporate social development and investment projects and initiatives, as well as resettlement, livelihood restoration, territorial dialogue, project evaluation, strengthening of community organizations and gender initiatives. As Director of the Observatory, her main objective is to consolidate the Observatory as a regional initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean, and to make visible the transformations in territories undergoing the energy transition.
Gonzalo Vera
Projects Director - Peru
Gonzalo Vera
Projects Director - Peru
Gonzalo has a degree in computer development engineering and completed his studies in anthropology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. He has over 20 years' experience in key positions in various mining companies in Peru. It has developed social management zones in exploration projects that are now major operations in Peru: the Alto Chicama project, the Constancia project and the Shahuindo project. These projects are now operated by medium-sized or large companies that apply high standards of social management. He has also worked at major Peruvian operations such as Minsur's Pucamarca, Gold Fields' Cerro Corona and Glencore's Antapaccay, among others. In addition, as a consultant, over the years he has prepared comprehensive proposals for social management services with: Peruvian Navy, Petroperu, Backus, Vicuñita Minerals, MMG MLB, Transportadora de Gas Del Peru, Pluspetrol. It is involved in the entire process of social management projects in the oil and gas and power generation sectors. Gonzalo has worked in different regions of Peru: Arequipa, Ancash, Moquegua, Tacna, Puno, La Libertad, Loreto, Cusco, Ica, Lima, Lambayeque, Cajamarca, Ayacucho, Apurímac, Junín, Huánuco and Amazonas.
Daniel Hurtado
Project Director - Colombia
Daniel Hurtado
Project Director - Colombia
Daniel holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Manizales (Colombia) and a Master's degree in Social Sciences from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO, Mexico). He is trained in the Action-Research Approach for Decision-Making (IAD) from the Centre for Rural Development (SLE) at Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany). He has over 15 years of experience in project management, monitoring, evaluation, and public debate on territorial quality of life. He recently served as the director of the "Manizales Cómo Vamos" program within the Red de Ciudades Cómo Vamos in Colombia, contributing to evidence-based discussions and enhancing the statistical capacities of territories. He was a teacher-researcher at the Department of Territory and Peace at the Autonomous University of Manizales, a leader in the IAD approach in Latin America, and a psychologist involved in psychosocial restoration processes for victims of the armed conflict, particularly displaced populations and children separated by war. Daniel has worked in different sub-regions of the departments of Caldas and Risaralda in Colombia, and has gained academic experience in the department of Caldas in Colombia, Mexico, and Berlin, Germany.
Ricardo López
Project Director - Governance and territorial development
Ricardo López
Project Director - Governance and territorial development
Ricardo is a Sociologist from Universidad Central del Ecuador and holds an MBA with a specialization in Projects from Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Spain. Additionally, Ricardo has several specializations in mining, territorial management, and project management, and has over 15 years of work experience in various strategic projects in the region. He has integrated multiple multidisciplinary teams that have collaborated in formulating national public policies and regulations in Ecuador. Ricardo has a strong knowledge of developing and adapting methodologies for territorial governance, multi-actor dialogue, conflict prevention, and community management in strategic projects.
Frédéric Airaud
Project Director - Agro-economist
Frédéric Airaud
Project Director - Agro-economist
Agroeconomist and halieutics specialist, Frédéric has over 15 years of experience, in the fields of sustainable management of natural resources, environmental and social assessments, environmental and social management plans, and socio-economic studies. He has worked as a programme and project manager, and as an external expert, for both national and international NGOs, governments, consulting firms, and United Nations organisations, focusing on the sustainable management of natural resources, governance and participatory management methods of protected areas, as well as on the impact assessment of extractive industries and the related social and environmental management plans. He has extensive experience in several African countries, such as Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, Burundi, Guinea Bissau, Djibouti, Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique. His experience in the fields of natural resource and fishery management across the African continent made him an expert for studies related to the management of coastal areas, participatory management of natural resources and environmental protection in Africa. He also elaborated various social baseline studies, environmental and social impact assessments, environmental and social management plans, and inventories for resettlement action plans in the context of mining and hydroelectric projects in Africa. He is fluent in French, Portuguese, English and can easily work in Spanish and Bissau Guinean Creole.
Silvia Botello
Project Director - Economist
Silvia Botello
Project Director - Economist
Economiste de formation, Silvia possède un Master de l’Université de Los Andes en Colombie. Elle bénéficie d’une large expérience en recherche sociale et développement rural, ainsi qu’en systèmes d’information pour le suivi-évaluation de projets en milieu rural et de projets de lutte contre la pauvreté. In particular, she is an expert for the collection and organisation of information, design of indicators and knowledge management systems. Her main research topics focus on poverty measurement, which includes monetary and multidimensional approaches, rural development and public policies. She has worked in various public and private entities, such as the Research Unity of the Republic Bank, the National Administrative Department for Statistics (DANE), and the National Land Agency in Colombia, as well as for some international cooperation organisations, such as the UNDP, the World Bank and UNICEF. She wrote several articles focusing on rural associativity, rural demography, rural labour market, multidimensional poverty and land management in Colombia.
Luigi Arnaldi di Balme
Project Director - Anthropologist
Luigi Arnaldi di Balme
Project Director - Anthropologist
An Africa-focused anthropologist (IHEID) and Research Director at Laboratoire Citoyennetés (Ouagadougou), Luigi specialises in land tenure issues particularly as regards land access, natural resource management, conservation and mining. Based in Ouagadougou, he has spent 12 years working in Burkina Faso, Senegal, Chad and Guinea, where he has examined both compensation and resettlement action strategies and processes for mining groups, as well as traditional gold mining issues.
Guillaume Bureth
Project Director - RAP and community development
Guillaume Bureth
Project Director - RAP and community development
Guillaume holds a Master of Science in Management (EM Lyon) and is trained in manufacturing management (Centrale Lyon). He obtained a Certificate in Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (Portland State University). Guillaume has 15 years’ experience in the nuclear and mining industries. He held different positions as project manager and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) manager. As CSR Manager, Guillaume managed a team based in different countries (Canada, Niger, Gabon, Namibia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Canada and France). He implemented different tools to improve the stakeholder engagement, managed Social Impact Assessments, and built partnerships with NGO’s and national/local authorities to enhance community development. As a CSR consultant, Guillaume has worked mainly for the private sector. He is specialized in CSR policies, Resettlement Actions Plans/Livelihood restoration Plans, capacity building and community development. He has worked in 10 different countries (Europe, Africa, and Asia). His last assignments were in Guinea where he worked as a RAP and LRP manager. His current assignments are based in Guinea (RAP and community development) and Gabon (RAP).
Patricio Carvallo
Project Director - Territorial Development and CSR
Patricio Carvallo
Project Director - Territorial Development and CSR
With a Master’s Degree in Rural Development and Cooperation and a University Diploma in Regional Development and CSR Management, Patricio has over 10 years of professional experience in community relations and territorial development in Europe, Africa and South America, in the areas of public policies, international cooperation and the extractive industry. In recent years he has coordinated programmes for various large mining companies in Latin America, in particular stakeholder engagement activities and the elaboration of Social Impact Assessments (SIA).
Pascal Cadilhac
Project Director - Agronomist
Pascal Cadilhac
Project Director - Agronomist
Agronomist, Pascal is a graduate from the National Engineering University for Agricultural Works of Bordeaux, France. He has more than 25 years of experience regarding rural development in Africa, and has worked in various countries in West Africa, Central Africa, and more recently in Madagascar as Project Director for different projects financed by the European Union, the French Development Agency and the World Bank. His experience allowed him to manage various aspects related to development issues and to support a large range of actors: he has worked during several years in Fouta Djalon area in Guinea, focusing on the topics of agroforestry and fruit farming, as well as in Mali, Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of Congo regarding the issues associated with institutional strengthening and producers’ structuring. He has also been in charge of setting-up and operationalising, in the South part of Madagascar, a regional fund for agricultural development aiming at financing services for the farmers.
Facely Condé Phd.
Project Director - Public Health Specialist
Dr Facely Condé
Project Director - Public Health Specialist
A doctor specialising in public health, Facély has worked on statistical studies for many international mining companies and international donors in West Africa. He has extensive experience in health-related studies and is particularly familiar with census protocols in both urban and rural contexts. Facély has also supervised studies on cultural heritage, particularly regarding traditional healing practices.
Andres Felipe Betancourth López
Project Director – Governance and territorial development
Andres Felipe Betancourth López
Project Director – Governance and territorial development
Andres is a veterinary doctor with a specialization in tropical agroforestry and a master's degree in production systems. He has 20 years of experience in project formulation, monitoring and evaluation, as well as in institutional management and leadership, especially in the education and environmental sectors. He also has training and experience in the design and implementation of research projects on rural development, biodiversity and natural resources, and a track record in the application of methodologies for territorial analysis and planning. In addition, Andres is a member of international research and knowledge management organizations and networks such as the Consortium for the Sustainable Development of the Andean Ecoregion CONDESAN, RIMISP Latin American Centre for Rural Development and the Biocultural Diversity and Territories Platform.
Julie Hernández
Project Director - Development and gender
Julie Hernández
Project Director - Development and gender
Julie has a Master in Management and Development Practices, as well as two university degrees in Government and International Relations, and Business Management. An expert in International Development Cooperation, Julie has over 10 years of experience in the formulation, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of development projects, both on operational, financial and administrative aspects. She has worked as a consultant for the International Labour Organization (ILO) and for the Organization of American States, on the subject of institutional architecture for the respect of the rights of ethnic communities and their relations with the private sector, as well as on social and environmental conflicts in the extractive and energy sectors. She spoke as a panelist on these topics at various ILO and World Bank events in Peru, Honduras and Guatemala.
Jean Isamu Taguchi Phd.
Project Director - Social Anthropologist and Health Specialist
Dr Jean Isamu Taguchi
Directeur de Projets - Juriste et consultant en développement durable
Jean-Isamu holds a PhD in Law from Nagoya University, Japan, with a thesis on environmental and social aspects (E&S) in public-private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure. He has more than 5 years of experience in collecting and analysing performance data on E&S aspects in mining and infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia. His research has also focused on the protection of indigenous peoples' right to free, prior and informed consent in the context of the mining industry in the Philippines. From 2019 to 2021, Jean-Isamu worked as a legal expert for the European Investment Bank (EIB), for which he carried out a gap analysis of the social regulations of EU Member States and candidate countries with the EIB standards (resettlement, protection of vulnerable groups, protection of cultural heritage). He also carried out a study of the legislative and contractual frameworks for the inclusion of E&S aspects in PPPs in Europe. In 2021, Jean-Isamu joined Insuco as a team leader to carry out the social baseline study for the Simandou iron ore mine. He subsequently developed the livelihood restoration action plans for Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée, the resettlement action plans for SETRAG in Gabon, and the impact assessment of an industrial project in Togo. He is fluent in French, English and Russian.
Rommel Jáuregui
Project Director - Social Anthropologist and Health Specialist
Rommel Jáuregui
Project Director - Social Anthropologist and International Health Specialist
Social Anthropologist from the University of Veracruz, Mexico with a Master of Science in International Health from universities in Germany, England and Sweden, Rommel has 18 years of experience as an international consultant for multilateral and bilateral development cooperation agencies (IDB, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UNAIDS, WFP, AECID, USAID), national and international consulting firms and non-governmental organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. He specializes in applied research, strategic and operational planning and monitoring and evaluation of development, social and public health policies, strategies, plans, programs, and projects. For the mining sector he has led ethnographic research projects with indigenous peoples as well as projects on ethno-development, involuntary resettlement and livelihood restoration under the International Finance Corporation's Environmental and Social Performance Standards. Rommel contributes through his expertise to the effective development of community-level processes involving intercultural dialogue, stakeholder engagement, social participation, community organization and cultural adaptation of social and health interventions with a human rights, gender, and intercultural approach.
Mathilde Laval
Project Director - Agronomist
Mathilde Laval
Project Director - Agronomist
Agronomist with a specialisation in rural development, Mathilde has worked more than 15 years with international development actors, such as the UNDP, IDB and AFD She is an expert for the design, implementation and monitoring-evaluation of development projects and programmes, more specifically in the sectors of rural development, food security, access to drinking water and sanitation, gender equality and education. She has developed a solid experience in Africa, Latin America and Europe, focusing on participative and entertaining methods. In the context of her collaboration with Insuco, Mathilde has been mobilised as an expert for the design, implementation support and monitoring-evaluation of different Resettlement Action Plans (RAP) and Livelihood Restoration Plans (LRP), and for the elaboration of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA) in various countries of Africa and Latin America.
Dr David Leyle
Project Director - Geographer
Dr David Leyle
Project Director - Geographer
PhD in development geography, specialised in the assessment and management of environmental and social risks, including involuntary resettlement of populations, and in the design and management of socio-economic observatories, David is a recognised expert in social and societal engineering, particularly regarding the extractive sector. Over the past 20 years, he has participated in the development of information and evaluation systems for the CNRS (French National Institute for Scientific Research), various NGOs, mining companies, consulting firms and for the French Development Agency (AFD). Mainly in Africa, but also in the Maghreb, the Middle East and in Asia, he has developed deep experience regarding the management of intercultural and multi-partner projects, such as socio-economic baseline studies, environmental and social impact assessments, and social and land management plan implementation. He has published in international scientific journals and regularly communicates about his research in international conferences. In particular, he coordinated in 2012 the Atlas of Voluntary and Solidarity Commitments at international level.
Cenia Mary Gomez
Project Director - Anthropologist
Cenia Mary Gomez
Project Director - Anthropologist
Cenia Mary is an anthropologist with a master's degree in Environment and Development, with extensive experience in territorial development management due to her participation in public and private projects. She has been especially linked to physical and economic resettlement processes in compliance with local regulations and international standards, including due diligence and human rights, meeting the requirements of the project, the authorities that monitor and control compliance and especially generating strategies for the impacted communities to be in better conditions than those found; generating induced developments with resettlement planning. She has accompanied projects in Colombia, Peru and Chile, in the hydroelectric and mining sector from the formulation of the strategy for access to land, through the participatory processes of consultation and agreement of the resettlement with the communities, in addition to participating in the implementation and monitoring and evaluation actions. This has allowed her to feed back his technical knowledge and strengthened the methodological routes to close gaps and improve strategies in each process he undertakes.
Marie Mazalto Phd.
Project Director - Sociologist
Dr Marie Mazalto
Project Director - Sociologist
With a Doctorate in Sociology (UQAM-Montreal/CIRAD-France), Marie specialises in mining governance issues in African countries. She has 10 years’ experience in the research sector (UQAM, McGill and CRDI Canada, CIRAD France) and has been published in various scientific publications and reviews. She has also worked as a consultant with various development organisations, international NGOs and consulting firms as well as mining companies. In her 12 years’ experience in Africa and Latin America, Marie has acquired an in-depth understanding of field work, particularly through supervising baseline social studies and social impact assessments in the mining sector.
Dan Molczadzki
Project Director - Agro-economist
Dan Molczadzki
Project Director - Agro-economist
An agro-economist with sound experience in project management and in quantitative studies, Dan has worked in particular on West African mining projects, gas projects in South-East Asia and in environmental research projects in the Pacific. He specialises in socio-economic and agricultural baseline studies, market research, sector studies and in the implementation and monitoring of rural development projects.
Luca Pollarolo Phd.
Project Director - Archaeologist and Paleo-ethnologist
Dr Luca Pollarolo
Project Director - Archaeologist and Paleo-ethnologist
Luca is a natural science graduate and has a PhD in Anthropology (University of Florence). He has 16 years of research experience, which he gained working with universities in Italy, South Africa and Switzerland. An expert in archaeology, he has conducted surveys and excavations in Africa (South Africa, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania), the Middle East (Southern Jordan desert) and Italy, studying prehistoric, proto-historic and historical sites and rock art (paintings and engravings). He has led several digs and international field studies in South Africa, where he also taught prehistory and human evolution for 2 years as Honorary Researcher at Wits University, collaborating on the study of finds from the most prominent sites. He is a member of the APA team (Laboratoire Archéologie et Peuplement de l'Afrique) at the University of Genève, where he is currently working as a research associate. The findings from his work are regularly published in international scientific journals.
Marine Rétif
Project Director – Agro-economist
Marine Rétif
Project Director – Agro-economist
Agro-economist, Marine has acquired a solid experience in the coordination and management of public and private projects, and has specialized in the design, supervision and monitoring of rural development projects and Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA). During her 12 years of professional experience in Africa (West, Central, East) and in the Caribbean region (Haiti), Marine has developed a recognized expertise in the realization of socio-economic baseline studies, social due diligences, as well as Resettlement Action Plans (RAP) in the context of extractive and hydroelectric projects. Marine also provides assistance to private groups for the elaboration and implementation of their CSR strategies.
Mathieu Van Hoy
Project Director - Natural resource management and RAPs
Mathieu Van Hoy
Project Director - Natural resource management and RAPs
Graduated from ISTOM (Higher Engineering Education School of international agro-development), Mathieu Van Hoy is expert in rural development and natural resources management. Over the past decade, he has provided expertise in various contexts including public and private stakeholders as well as non-governmental organisations. In particular, he acquired solid experience in forestry management. He conducted from 2018 to 2020 several missions in Democratic Republic of Congo during which he provided support to natural resource management plans, set up survey methodology and implemented inventory surveys. Mathieu has developed strong skills in collecting and analysing both quantitative and qualitative data. In 2015 he conducted an impact evaluation during which he insisted on participatory tools (focus groups, workshops, interviews…). More recently and as Team leader for the implementation of the Land Acquisition and Resettlement Action Plan (LARAP) for the Early works of WCS Simandou in Guinea, he developed contextualized digital statistics questionnaires that enable quick and efficient surveys and conducted several inventories, prix matrix and socio-economic surveys, before drafting LARAPs. He constituted and trained locally recruited surveyors, whom local knowledge enhances the quality of the data collection. Mathieu Van Hoy also conducted missions in Southeast Asia, which have allowed him to gain knowledge of local contexts and cultures, especially in regards with participatory process and resource management.
Maria Clara Vargas Quintero
Project Director – Sociologist
Maria Clara Vargas Quintero
Project Director – Sociologist
Sociologist, holds a master's degree in social responsibility and sustainability from the Universidad Externado de Colombia and an aspiring master's degree in circular economy and environment. Maria Clara has experience in field work and stakeholder relations, particularly with communities benefiting from special protection under macro-projects in sectors such as oil and gas, infrastructure and renewable energies. She has skills in analyzing social dynamics in the design and implementation of business strategies and in monitoring sustainability issues, in accordance with relevant international standards and guidelines. In-depth knowledge of structuring and implementing social investment and impact projects, through the creation of strategic alliances with actors such as national government, local authorities, civil society organizations and communities. In 2021, Maria Clara joined Insuco to develop a human rights impact and risk study for the Cerro Blanco mining project in Guatemala. From 2022, it will participate in the implementation of an Observatory of Territorial Transformations that responds to the challenges of energy transition on the Colombian Caribbean coast, in what is called the "Coal Corridor", as well as 'to other projects linked to climate change and the energy transition.
Paola Espin
Project Director - Economist
Paola Espin
Project Director - Economist
An economist with a focus on sustainable development, Paola has worked on issues related to social and environmental management in several Latin American countries since 2010. She is an expert in strategic planning in complex contexts related to development and infrastructure projects at national, regional and local levels. Paola also has solid professional experience in project management, environmental and social impact assessment, involuntary resettlement and social monitoring. Her expertise in scenario simulation techniques for policy analysis and social interventions, combined with participatory methodologies to ensure multi-stakeholder involvement in decision making, can be highlighted.
Baptiste Dolidon
Project Director - Environment and International Social
Baptiste Dolidon
Project Director - Environment and International Social
A forestry specialist by background, Baptiste holds a master's degree in international agro-economics and a post-graduate degree in local development, land use planning and natural resource management in tropical environments. After having set up and managed agricultural development projects in West Africa, he specialized in project management assistance for large linear infrastructure projects (transport, water, energy) and environmental rehabilitation in a consulting firm, then as a company manager since 2014. At the same time, he led several field missions and team coordination in West and Central Africa for INSUCO. His multidisciplinary experiences, both in organizational and technical fields (environment and agroforestry, works, land use planning, consultation) and his taste for diversity, have naturally led him to put his skills at the service of complex projects where communication and operational exchange between all actors are the key to success.
Marika Ignaczak
Project Director - Expert in social and educational engineering
Marika Ignaczak
Project Director - Expert in social and educational engineering
Marika holds a double master's degree in development policy and international cooperation from the Institute of Political Studies of Bordeaux, France (SciencesPo Bordeaux) and the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. Prior to joining Insuco Guinea as Project Officer, she worked for 5 years in NGOs both at headquarters and in the field, across various geographies - Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia. Specialized in the field of education and in the gender approach, she has cooperated with various partners, such as NGOs, donors, ministries and local associations, for the implementation of development projects. Through her experiences, she has acquired skills in project management, financial monitoring, reporting and training of trainers. As a quality focal point at CARE France, she developed expertise in monitoring-evaluation and learning, with the development of harmonized tools and the conduct of a multi-country review on gender mainstreaming in resilience and human rights projects. While French is her mother tongue, she is fluent in both English and Spanish.
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