About us
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 250 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
Dr Pascal Rey
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
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Caroline de Laubrière
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.
Dr Peter Hochet
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.
Guillén Calvo
General Director LAC
Guillén Calvo
General Director LAC
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 for companies in South America and Africa. He is also involved in designing and implementing international initiatives and south-south cooperation projects to promote bio-cultural heritage.
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. She managed and coordinated projects focusing in agricultural development, access to water and sanitation, as well as access to education. She was involved in both technical and organisational levels. 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…
Ousmane Conté
Director of Human Resources and Legal Department
Ousmane Conté
Director of Human Resources and Legal Department
Holder of a Master’s Degree in Business Law from the University of Maine (France) and a Master’s Degree in Public Law from the University of Sonfonia in Conakry, Ousmane acquired a solid legal and administrative experience within Campus France (a service of the French embassy) and within a large French wealth management and advisory group in Paris (Primonial). His knowledge of business law in an international context, in particular as regards labour law, insurance law, company law, obligation law, etc. are key assets that enable him to supervise our human resources activities and to assume his responsibilities as human resources and legal department director.
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.
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.
Maxime Germain
Country Director Djibouti
Maxime Germain
Country Director Djibouti
Maxime holds a master's degree in European Marketing and Management, with a major in Finance, from IDRAC Lyon. His 9 years of professional experience in various sectors such as fashion, finance and logistics allowed him to develop strong abilities for the implementation of projects, team management and business development. During 30 years spent in Africa, he has been able to carry out very different large-scale projects like, for instance, the construction and operation of a water treatment plant, securing a marine protected area or conducting a global study on plastic recycling process. Maxime, currently Country Director of Insuco Djibouti, has an excellent knowledge of the country and its region.
Baptiste Dolidon
Country Director Gabon
Baptiste Dolidon
Country Director Gabon
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.
Caroline Lemesre
Country Director Guinea
Caroline Lemesre
Country Director Guinea
Caroline, a lawyer by training, specialises in Management - Strategy Consulting and in Electoral Engineering, Comparative Democratisation and Development Issues. Caroline joined Insuco Guinea after several years of experience in international NGOs in France, North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. She has managed and coordinated emergency projects, access to health, access to water and sanitation - but also research projects. Her position as coordinator has allowed her to work on technical as well as organisational and strategic aspects.
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.
Paloma Casaseca
Country Director Togo
Paloma Casaseca
Country Director Togo
With a Master’s degree in Communication and Information, and in International Relations, Paloma worked in the private sector before joining the humanitarian sector for various NGOs and UN agencies in different crisis and post-crisis areas (Sahel, Haiti, Great Lakes). Interested in the quality of aid and operational issues, Paloma joined Insuco Togo after several years of experience in managing and coordinating research projects and evaluation processes. This diversity of experience facilitates her development in multidisciplinary and multisectoral contexts.
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.
Lucía Ávila
Country Director Peru
Lucía Ávila
Country Director Peru
Lucia is a sociologist with more than 20 years of experience in social management for large investment projects, team management and budget management, as manager and head of area, both in the private and public sector. He has worked leading the relationship, social investment and conflict management for both companies and the State. He has led projects in several Latin American countries, such as Peru, Honduras, Bolivia, Guatemala, Uruguay, Panama, Argentina and Colombia. He has extensive experience in social studies, policy design and social management programmes and the implementation of processes (community relations, consultation and participation, resettlement) for the extractive industry, infrastructure and development. Extensive experience leading public participation and consultation processes with urban and rural populations, with special emphasis on indigenous populations.
Caribbean
Jean-Laurent Lhérisson
Deputy Country Director Haiti
Jean-Laurent Lhérisson
Deputy 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 Deputy 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.
Technical directors
Africa
Débora Koidima
Project Manager - Africa General Direction
Débora Koidima
Project Manager - Africa General Direction
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.
Magali Bouffandeau
Technical Director Burkina Faso – Niger – Ivory Coast – Mali
Magali Bouffandeau
Technical Director Burkina Faso – Niger – Ivory Coast – Mali
Magali holds a Master's degree in development policy in Africa and the South, and began her professional career in Senegal with several associations in the field of capacity building of vulnerable people, particularly young people and women. She then integrated the Franco-Burkinabe bilateral cooperation and worked on projects to support the civil society, the youth, and on gender issues. More particularly, she coordinated a multi-stakeholder development network in Burkina Faso and implemented the support fund for Burkinabe civil society, which has made possible to finance projects on socio-professional integration, social action and environmental protection. She has thus developed strong project management skills and a good expertise on several subjects such as gender, professional integration and the environment.
Charlotte Ané
Technical Director Gabon
Charlotte Ané
Technical Director Gabon
A graduate of ‘Ecole de PURPAN’, Charlotte is an agricultural engineer. Specialised in agriculture and sustainable development, she was trained in environmental law, agro-economics, natural resource management and rural sociology. Through her involvement in various institutions such as research centres and NGOs, she has turned to international agro-development. She has worked on educational farms in Australia and Côte d'Ivoire, where she carried out audits and profitability studies, and in the Caribbean with the CIRAD (the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development), where she carried out research and experimentation work to implement an organic sugarcane sector. Her second facet is her social and cultural experience of the problems of Southern countries acquired through her involvement with NGOs, particularly in Côte d'Ivoire (4 months) and Niger (1 year), which she supported in the implementation and financing of projects around education and sustainable development of communities.
Marika Ignaczak
Technical Director Guinea
Marika Ignaczak
Technical Director Guinea
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.
Yasmine Ouadi
Tecnical Director Madagascar
Yasmine Ouadi
Tecnical 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.
Anne Malecot
Tecnical Director Major Projects
Anne Malecot
Tecnical Director Major Projects
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
Adriana Alvarez
Technical Director Colombia
Adriana Alvarez
Technical Director Colombia
With a master's degree in development management and practices from Los Andes University, Colombia, as well as a bachelor's degree in zootechnics from the Colombian National University, Adriana is an expert for the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of development projects, particularly in the context of community-based organisations’ strengthening, collaborating with the public and international cooperation sectors. She has more than 7 years of professional experience in project coordination, focusing on territorial development projects and also working with Afro-descendant and indigenous communities of the Pacific coast of Colombia. More recently, her experience allowed her to support the implementation of the USAID programme “Colombia Transforma”, aiming at strengthening the capacities of the Colombian government and civil society organisations as well as promoting collaboration between different private, public and civil society stakeholders in order to allow for a better planning and faster implementation of the colombian Peace Agreement and to foster territorial development.
Ricardo López
Technical Director Ecuador
Ricardo López
Technical Director Ecuador
Sociologist, specialized in territorial analysis and management, Ricardo has more than 10 years of professional experience in the Ecuadorian public sector (Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Hydrocarbons, as well as Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources). During his career, he has integrated multidisciplinary teams in which he has participated in the elaboration of public policies and, in addition, he has developed methodologies to foster dialogue between different actors in order to prevent conflicts and improve community management and social responsibility of the projects of companies exploiting non-renewable resources (mining, gas and oil) of different territories across Ecuador.
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.
Caribbean
Alice Delmon
Technical Director Haiti
Alice Delmon
Technical Director Haiti
Alice holds a Bachelor's degree in History and Geography and a Master's degree in Risk Management in Southern countries. She has specialized in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the Caribbean region with experiences in Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. She has also developed over the years a strong interest in the monitoring-evaluation processes of international cooperation/development projects. She joined Insuco's permanent teams at the end of 2018 to coordinate the implementation/monitoring activities of the Resettlement Action Plans on National Road No. 1, under the technical support contract to the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications. Since May 2020, she has held the position of Technical Director of Insuco Haiti.
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
DR Martin Price
Technical Director Cambodia
Dr Martin Price
Technical 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.
Project managers
Africa
Cécile Damas ARTIGAUD
Project Manager Djibouti
Cécile Damas ARTIGAUD
Project Manager Djibouti
Cécile is the Project Officer at Insuco Djibouti office. She holds a master’s degree in International Public Law. She wrote a research paper on environmental and social impact assessments in the context of hydrocarbon development. Prior to arriving in Djibouti, Cécile worked for two years as an analyst for a community development firm in Montreal working primarily with indigenous communities in Quebec. Within this framework, she first worked in the field of research and advocacy and then progressively moved into the field of project management. Cécile is particularly sensitive to anthropological issues.
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.
Marie Lureau
Project Manager Gabon
Marie Lureau
Project Manager Gabon
Project Officer at Insuco's Gabon office, Marie holds a Master's degree in International Cooperation and Development from Sciences po Bordeaux. During her studies, she was trained in the day-to-day management of humanitarian and development projects, and studied the major trends and theories of human development since the beginning of the 20th century. She also worked in academic research, having written two dissertations, the first on the role of international organizations in the Darfur war (2003-2007), and the second on the literature and memory of the Lebanese war (1975-1990). Specializing in the study of Africa’s political and geopolotical situation, Marie also worked for six months for Crisis Group's West Africa program, during which she analysed the region's issues at length, and was able to put the rigor of academic research into practical application. Finally, she conducted a comprehensive country risk study on Ethiopia, and was in charge of determining the country's geopolitical and security situation, as well as its humanitarian challenges. During this project she created risk and stakeholder matrices for these sectors. After a year in Singapore, she is familiar with the Southeast Asian region, and is fluent in English. She also understands Spanish and is currently learning Russian.
Alice Vahanian
Project Manager Gabon
Alice Vahanian
Project Manager Gabon
Alice is an engineer in international agro-development with a specialization in land use planning and environmental risks. She began her professional career as a study officer in Burundi where she participated in the development of a Resettlement Action Plan (RAP). In particular, she was involved in the elaboration of the surveys, the analysis and the quality control of the data. This experience allowed her to master the international standards of the World Bank. Alice joined the Insuco Gabon team in 2022 as a project officer.
Soha Benchkroun
Project Manager Guinea
Soha Benchkroun
Project Manager Guinea
An industrial management engineer with training in corporate strategy, Soha began her career in Airbus purchasing strategy and then as a consultant for public and private organizations. She then conducted analysis and organizational audit work, and was involved in defining data governance policies in sectors as varied as energy, health and transport. Prior to joining Insuco, Soha was responsible for audit and compliance for the West Africa and Central Asia area at the NGO ACTED, covering the coordination of internal, external and due diligence audits in 12 countries, for projects funded by a broad spectrum of institutional donors. Soha has qualifications and contributions in CSR and sustainable development strategies, and has covered these topics during her experience in consulting, particularly in relation to digital sobriety and social enterprise. She has also participated in rural development projects in arid agricultural areas in Morocco and the UAE through the analysis of the profitability of integrated desalination systems.
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
Léa Turpain
Project Manager Guinea
Léa Turpain
Project Manager Guinea
Léa obtained a master’s degree in development economics from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Bordeaux. Before joining the Insuco Guinea office in 2022, Léa worked at the French Development Agency on strategy and partnerships with the private sector. She continued in a large company as responsible for commercial development of projects of development of essential public services (water, sanitation, waste) internationally. She then deepened her skills in these sectors by joining a engineering office as a consultant in the management of public water and sanitation services, in a French and international context. After studying for a year in Hong Kong and several stays in China, Lea also has a good knowledge of East Asia.
Simon Veitl
Project Manager Madagascar
Simon Veitl
Project Manager Madagascar
Simon is a geographer. He studied especially social impacts from land planning, particularly projects which are carried by international development aid. Moreover, he decided to focus on lands exposed to natural disasters such as Haiti and Nepal. To complete those studies, for the past 4 yars, he was in the board of director of a NGO wich is working on education issues in Afghanistan. Following his master degree, he first mapped naturals risks for NGOs and firms. Then, for 3 years he has been in charge of following and coordinating the deployment of ICT infrastructures in France. Those academics, personals and professionals experiences helped him to develop skills in project management linked to land planning and development issues. Finally, he strongly believes socials analysis tools can help to reach a better sustainability in the land development efforts.
Latin America
Bibiana Coy
Project Manager Colombia
Bibiana Coy
Project Manager Colombia
Bibiana is an animal scientist and holds a Master's degree in Economics. She has specialised in managing production and food security projects aimed at empowering vulnerable ethnic and rural communities, as well as managing projects in the education sector aimed at providing advisory services and developing non-formal education programmes on issues related to livestock production systems. Bibiana worked for two years in the IRACA programme, an initiative of the Colombian government's Department of Social Prosperity, which aims to contribute to the repair of the social, productive and food security damage caused by the internal conflict in ethnic communities through the design and implementation of projects in these three areas. Subsequently, she was attached to the Corporación Territorio, Paz y Seguridad as a project professional, supporting the formulation of projects focused on economic security to ensure the sustainability of the indigenous guards of 4 communities indigenous, in the departments of Cauca and Nariño.
Nathalia Cubillos
Project Manager Colombia
Nathalia Cubillos
Project Manager Colombia
Social worker with a specialization degree in Leadership, Climate Change and Cities from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences - FLACSO Ecuador. Graduated in Sociology and Urban Planning, Territorial Development and Public Policies. Researcher in the Latin American Community of Leaders for Climate Action - CLIMA LIDERES and the EMERGENTES CLIMÁTICOS movement. Nathalia's professional and academic experience is oriented towards the formulation, implementation and evaluation of private, public and community sector projects that include the development of strategic planning processes and participatory action-research focused on territorial development, social management in infrastructure projects, pedagogical mediation, peace-building, gender, climate change and socio-environmental conflicts in urban contexts.
Michelle Peñaherrera
Project Manager Ecuador
Michelle Peñaherrera
Project Manager Ecuador
Michelle is an environmental engineer and holds a master's degree in international development, with a specialization in development, environment and climate change from the University of Manchester, England. Expert in inclusive development, she has solid professional and research experience in the relationship between environmental impacts and social development. She has worked in the field for the private and public sectors in Latin America, Africa and Europe, focusing on sustainable development, circular economy, gender equality, corporate socio-environmental responsibility, and on climate change adaptation and mitigation. She is the author of the conceptual framework for the inclusive study of the informal economy: Heterogeneous Human Infrastructure Configuration (HHIC). In addition, Michelle has collaborated in strengthening the capacities of the youth in rural communities, and of vulnerable groups such as grassroots recyclers in Ecuador.
Alberto Viteri
Field Project Officer Ecuador
Alberto Viteri
Field Project Officer 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.
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. During that period Alejandra was responsible for the implementation of the Project, for the selection and financing of 160 projects of entrepreneurs and local associations, assigned under SDG criteria. She coordinated teams in both countries, designed methodologies and management tools, and systematized the information generated. 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.
Jean-Pierre Saune
Project Manager Peru
Jean-Pierre Saune
Project Manager Peru
Jean Pierre is a social manager, with interest in the execution of territorial development projects and organizational consolidation of key actors in the generation of social value. He has worked in consultancies specialized in the design of sustainability and social management strategies. In addition, he has managed social organizations dedicated to volunteering during their organizational consolidation processes, where he led the design and execution of talent management and fundraising strategies. These experiences have allowed his to acquire facilitation skills in multidisciplinary teams and extensive knowledge in the consolidation of organizations with the desire to generate social value in their territories.
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.
Ana Yzaguirre
Project Manager Peru
Ana Yzaguirre
Project Manager Peru
Sociologist with more than ten years of professional experience related to the elaboration of socio-economic and cultural studies, social conflict management, as well as community relations with rural, indigenous and native communities in the implementation of mining, energy and telecommunications projects. In recent years, Ana's experience has focused on safeguarding the collective rights of indigenous peoples with regard to managing prior consultation processes within an intercultural approach. She has worked in different rural and urban areas of the country, from the coast to the Peruvian jungle and in two projects in Colombia.
Anna Carillo
Project Manager LAC
Anna Carillo
Project Manager LAC
Anna graduated in France and Colombia with a Master's degree in International Law and has worked mainly on human rights issues. After having accompanied asylum seekers in their legal and administrative procedures within an association, Anna worked as an advisor and support to the French Ministry of Education. Her main mission was to promote and support educational teams in matters of secularism, when they were in difficulty. Before joining Insuco, Anna coordinated a menstrual and sexual education project for Indigenous women in Bogota. These professional activities have developed Anna's skills in project management, social accompaniment, as well as a good level in Spanish, English and French.
Caribbean
Yumi Burger
Project Manager Haiti
Yumi Burger
Project Manager 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. Since May 2021, Yumi has joined Insuco Haiti's permanent teams as a project manager, and is involved in the office's business development and in the management of certain projects.
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. As an expert in project management, Elizabeth has a passion for entrepreneurship and innovation. She has worked specifically in areas of vulnerability, with disadvantaged youth in several Latin American countries, such as El Salvador, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic. She has more than 10 years of experience in the design and execution of marketing plans, as well as in the management of alliances and business strategies. 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.
Gabriela Matos
Project Manager Dominican Republic
Gabriela Matos
Project Manager Dominican Republic
Gabriela holds a degree in international business with a master's degree in project management. She has professional experience in different countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, monitoring international cooperation projects on various issues for the Dominican Republic, Peru, Bolivia, and with field experience in Colombia and Guatemala. She has worked in the public and private sectors and has spent most of her career in non-governmental organisations. Gabriela has a professional certification in Public Management for Development issued by the Inter-American Development Bank, as well as complementary training and experience in youth, entrepreneurship, gender, public policy, social protection, sustainable development and financial management.
Asia
Guillaume Herrou
Project Manager Cambodia
Guillaume Herrou
Project Manager Cambodia
With a master’s degree in Global Development from the University of Copenhagen and a bachelor’s degree in political science and International Relations from the University of Quebec at Montreal, Guillaume has been working on development and humanitarian projects for more than 3 years, from both an institutional and NGO perspective. Guillaume has acquired strong knowledge in terms of monitoring and evaluating various projects mainly in Central, South and South-East Asia, and through deployment in emergency settings. He has notably been providing supervision and technical support to ACTED monitoring evaluation teams in 10 countries on the Asian continent, from Armenia to the Philippines. For the account of the French Development Agency, he has developed tools to track projects in fragile areas, and to provide quick area-based Environmental and Social Analysis before project implementation.
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.
Technical and field assistants
Azara Ouédraogo
Operations Assistant Burkina Faso
Azara Ouédraogo
Operations Assistant 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.
Hans André ABOGO
Operations Assistant Gabon
Hans André ABOGO
Operations Assistant Gabon
Hans, a Gabonese national, holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Sikkim Manipal University in Ghana. In 2012, he obtained his English Proficiency Diploma in Accra. He started in the professional world at Academic City University in the admissions department as an admissions officer for French speaking students. In 2020, he joined Petro Gabon in the commercial department (gas sector). Prior to joining INSUCO GABON, Hans worked as an administrative and commercial manager at Supergel (Agribusiness) and Engineering Génie Civil Consulting (EGCC) respectively.
Borice Nirinaharinjato
Operations Assistant Madagascar
Borice Nirinaharinjato
Operations Assistant 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.
Jhon Vanley Aladdin
Field Technical Officer Haiti
Jhon Vanley Aladdin
Field Technical 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.
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.
GIS and designer team
Romain Ronceray
Geomatician – Designer
Romain Ronceray
Geomatician – Designer
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 – Designer Asia
Reach Rim
Geomatician – Designer 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 – Designer Africa
Francis Silakooul Ehemba
Geomatician – Designer 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.
Raquel Zafrir
GIS and Data Analysis Specialist LAC
Raquel Zafrir
GIS and Data Analysis Specialist in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)
Ecuadorian Geographer, Raquel Zafrir joined Insuco as a GIS and Data Analysis Specialist in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). She will manage the geographical information from Insuco’s projects, lead the collection of field information with technological tools, geodatabases management, generation of reports, data extraction, and analysis. She will also give support and advice to the LAC offices on the potential for the use of GIS information in the projects of Insuco. Before joining Insuco, Raquel worked with satellite imagery products as a Remote Sensing Specialist in HEAD Aerospace Group in France, as a Geospatial Specialist in the German Research Centre of Geosciences (GFZ) in Germany, as a Geographical Engineer in the Ecuadorian Military Geographic Institute, and as a GIS and Remote Sensing Engineer with drone imagery in Ecuador. Her current studies and intercultural background have equipped her with broad knowledge in Geosciences in both government and private institutions, working for infrastructure, defense, environmental, cadastral, risk management, and agriculture. Raquel studied as a Geographical and Environmental Engineer at the University of Armed Forces-ESPE in Ecuador and her Master degree in Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics at the Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences in Germany.
Data and IT management team
Sanda Andriamihajamanana
Data Analyst Madagascar
Sanda Andriamihajamanana
Data Analyst Madagascar
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.
Rachide Derra
IT Management Assistant
Rachide Derra
IT Management Assistant
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.
Julien Gasser Morlay
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Julien Gasser Morlay
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
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.
Andy Ramamonjisoa
Deputy Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Andy Ramamonjisoa
Deputy Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
With a double degree in international trade and economics from the Institute of European Studies and a Master's degree in development economics, Andy is specialised in emerging economies and development issues. Her experiences, notably at the World Bank, have allowed her to deepen her knowledge in data analysis and processing. She has contributed to projects analysing the Moroccan education system within the Practice Human Development and to macroeconomic analysis projects on the Malagasy economy within the Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment Practice. In parallel, she has also participated in governance projects of the European Union.
Kévin Sanou
Programmer Analyst
Kévin Sanou
Programmer Analyst
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.
Group and continent accounting managers
Cristine Mutsaars
Insuco Group Accounting Manager
Cristine Mutsaars
Insuco Group Accounting Manager
After graduating from a business school, Cristine worked for a dozen years as an administrative and financial manager in companies covering the fields of public works and the management of green spaces and forests in various countries in Central Africa. She then spent 20 years in charge of the administrative and financial management of a notary's office in the south-west of France, and participated in the merger of several offices and the setting up of a holding company.
Saïdou Rakissaga
Administrative and Financial Manager Burkina Faso
Saïdou Rakissaga
Administrative and Financial Manager Burkina Faso
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.
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.
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.
Zakia Ognagna
Administrative and Financial Manager Gabon
Zakia Ognagna
Administrative and Financial Manager Gabon
Holder of Accounting diplomas (Master’s Degree in Accounting, Finances, Economic and Social Administration) from the Social Sciences University of Toulouse, France, Zakia has a 3-year experience in accounting firms, including 1 year in the international company DTT Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. She has also accumulated a significant experience during 10 years in different companies as Accounting Manager, in various sectors such as the agri-food sector (SIGALLI) or the supply of water and electricity (SITEC BTP), and as Financial Manager in the civil engineering sector (TRIANON-BTP).
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.
Emmanuel Elevagnon
Administrative and Financial Manager Togo
Emmanuel Elevagnon
Administrative and Financial Manager Togo
Emmanuel holds a master’s degree in management from the University of Lomé. Prior to joining Insuco, Emmanuel worked for 3 years at Consulting Engineering Services (CIS) as a DAF. For 9 years, he also carried out audit and audit assignments for several commercial and industrial companies and development projects for accounting consultancies KEKAR and CAFEC-HA. Emmanuel joined Insuco to participate in its development on accounting and finance issues.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Rosilia Florus
Administrative and Financial Manager Haiti
Rosilia Florus
Administrative and Financial Manager Haiti
Holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, Rosilia has worked for various NGOs in Haiti within administrative and operational support departments. She also managed operational programmes as operational base manager in the municipality of Les Anglais, following hurricane Matthew. She could work among others for Doctors of the World, different Oxfam affiliates, URD group, and Save the Children. In particular, she actively participated in the animation and formalisation of the results of numerous strategic workshops in the context of “One Oxfam” strategy implementation in Haiti.
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.
Sotheary Am
Administrative and Financial Assistant Cambodia
Sotheary Am
Administrative and Financial Assistant Cambodia
Sotheary holds a degree in administration and accounting. Prior to joining Insuco Cambodia as an Administrative and Financial Assistant, she held accounting management positions in restaurants, boutique hotels and a travel agency in Phnom Penh for 5 years. Sotheary has also done volunteer work in Siem Reap for Artisans d'Angkor and Men's Health Cambodia.
HR and legal managers
Mohamed Diaby
Legal and HR Officer Africa
Mohamed Diaby
Legal and HR Officer Africa
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
Administrative and Support Coordinator Guinea
Bronké Camara
Administrative and Support Coordinator Guinea
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.
Logistics and HSE managers
Oumar Thianghé Diallo
Logistics and HSE Officer Africa
Alpha Oumar Thianghé Diallo
Logistics and HSE Officer 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 Officer Madagascar
Hanitra Raboana
Logistics and HSE Officer 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.
Davinia Suescun
HSE Coordinator Latin America
Davinia Suescun
HSE Coordinator Latin America
Davinia is an Industrial Engineer, specialist in Occupational Health from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia. She has more than 8 years of experience in the areas of auditing and internal control in private companies, in the design, implementation and evaluation of Occupational Health and Safety Systems as well as Quality Systems. Additionally, she has been trained as an internal HSEQ auditor.
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.
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.
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.
Silvia Botello
Project Director - Economist
Silvia Botello
Project Director - Economist
Silvia is an Economist with a Master’s Degree from Los Andes University in Colombia. She has a strong experience in social research and rural development, as well as in information management systems for the monitoring of rural development and poverty relief projects. 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.
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).
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.
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).
Adriana Castaño
Project Director - Economist and resettlement specialist
Adriana Castaño
Project Director - Economist and resettlement specialist
Adriana is an Insuco's project coordinator since July 2020. Economist and specialist in resettlement, she has more than 20 years of experience with private institutions in interventions directed to vulnerable communities, some of them located in conflict zones, in conditions of voluntary and involuntary resettlement, ensuring the respect of national and international social standards and norms. Adriana coordinates and provides support in processes from the physical, social, human, and economic components in different projects, particularly in the mining and energy sector, through diagnosis, consultation, construction and implementation of programs aimed at the development and realization of livelihood restitution plans, resettlement action plans and social baselines.
Dr Facely Condé
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.
DR Jean Isamu Taguchi
Project Director - Legal expert and consultant in sustainable development
Dr Jean Isamu Taguchi
Project Director - Legal expert and consultant in sustainable development
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.
Dr Marie Mazalto
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.
Dr Luca Pollarolo
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
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