“I am a flexible team player with hands-on approach, I easily move across cultures, at all levels of society, respecting local customs with a clear focus on social business development. I have a MSc. in plant breeding and a PhD in agroforestry conducted at ICRAF Kenya, both degrees from Wageningen University.

I set up 2 agroforestry companies in Mali and Burkina Faso. In addition, I am also a consultant for (agro)forestry companies for training, policy regulations (CBD-ABS), erosion control, biodiversity management and social inclusion. Additional expertise includes guiding African startups and setting up business incubators.”

• Intercultural communication skills

• Business Development in Emerging Countries

• Private sector

• International research and development on tree domestication

• Agroforestry

• Biomass and bio-energy

• Community driven rural development and project management

• Kenya (5 years)

• Burkina Faso (twice 7 months) and missions to Benin

• Brazil

• Burkina Faso (>15 missions)

• Cameroon (2)

• Cote d’Ivoire

• DR Congo (3)

• Ethiopia

• Gambia (2),

• Ghana (4)

• Guyana (3)

• India Sikkim

• India Uttaranchal

• Kenya (4)

• Madagascar

• Malaysia

• Malawi

• Mali (>15)

• Morocco

• Peru

• Rwanda (2)

• São Tomé e Principe

• Senegal (9)

• Sierra Leone (2)

• Tanzania (4)

• Tunisia (2)

• Uganda (3)