Engineer, agronomist, specialized in agro-enterprise, with an extensive knowledge of agricultural production systems, agricultural value chains, and a 25+ years’ experience in leading changes at enterprise level through the introduction of new productions and new techniques in challenging climatic and technical environments.
Experience providing expertise on agricultural development, agricultural policy, agricultural value chains, on donor-funded projects, and multiple collaborations with private and public stakeholders around agriculture : suppliers, traders, administrations, governments, elected representatives, professional bodies (Chambers of Agriculture, unions), cooperatives, NGOs, international donors and financial institutions (AFD, IFC, IFAD, etc.).
In 2021, Successfully passed the “Data, Economics, and Development Policy” MIT Micromaster Program, a university-level training on the use of statistics, econometrics, experimental and quasi-experimental methods in the building of evidence-based policies. This learning was completed by two university certificates on theory of change and monitoring & evaluation.
Strong expertise in information systems, databases, data analytics, and other IT related domains such as software development, statistical analysis, database conception and management, development and operation of management information systems and enterprise software. Diligent member of the stackoverflow community, a leading website for professional software developers, with an estimated 4.2 M developers reached through my contributions.
Extensive experience in business management and operations, including budgeting and finance, accounting, information systems, procurement, activity monitoring and administration; and leading enterprise start-up and development, including sourcing, installation and starting up of equipment, organization of supply chains, mobilization of finance.
Hands-on and academic knowledge of the socioeconomics of the most vulnerable rural populations and groups: refugees, women, and youth.
Served as a senior change management advisor and Board Member of $180M, 3000 staff company, heading the Finance and Audit Committee.
Built and led teams, from 5 to 100 staff, from line-workers to engineers and managers, while scaling up and running businesses, conducting market research studies, and developing information systems.
Business-savvy, adaptable and trusted partner with demonstrated capacity to take on new challenges.
Works in French (native), English (extended professional use), Arabic (strong knowledge of middle eastern dialect, intermediate learner of Modern Standard Arabic). Learning Indonesian