In October 2005, UNESCO adopts the Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. That same year, I defend a law dissertation on cultural diversity at Paris Descartes, top of my class, while working in public affairs at Canal+ on that very topic. The question raised then hasn't changed since: how does culture produce economic value, and what body of law makes it governable.
Education
Université Paris Sorbonne-Descartes Master II, International Affairs, Strategy and Development Policy. Top of class in Law.
Master's degree in International and European Law.
Roles held
2004–2007
Canal+, public affairs. International: UNESCO lobbying on cultural diversity, European comitology, FAO and the Alliance Against Hunger initiative. National: digital terrestrial TV rollout, TPS-Canal+ merger, contribution to the Club Galilée think tank.
2007–2012
Ubifrance, economic diplomacy. Financial crisis management in Iceland, 2008. Structuring cross-border economic corridors, Amazonia and the Caribbean.
2012
Overseas Equal Opportunities Delegation, Office of the Prime Minister, chief of staff. Assessment and structuring work through an intergovernmental transition.
2013–2015
Municipality of Roura, director of human resources and foresight, then chief executive officer from 2014. Organizational transformation and financial turnaround of one of France's most heavily indebted municipalities. Plan co-validated with the Regional Court of Auditors, close to €10M in secured investment.
Mandates — Culture & cultural cooperation
2016–2018
Black Dolls Project. Cultural export project funded by the French Ministry of Culture, built around the work of photographer Mirtho Linguet, Fine Art Winner at Fotoweek DC in 2017. A cycle of talks and exhibitions across the United States, in gallery settings and at Fotoweek DC, Washington. Mémorial ACTe, Guadeloupe.
Montsinéry-Tonnégrande. 2018-2019, then 2024-2025.
2022–2026
Grand Santi. 2022-2023, TAMS diagnostic and 2030 municipal strategy. 2026, rollout of the projects scheduled under that strategy.
FRBTP. Sector strategy. Set up the Labs and the Construire Demain conference, with the participation of national players, the FFB and the FNTP, to open a new growth cycle for the sector.
Since 2024
Amazon Invest. Co-founder, Executive Partner. Strategic support and investment solutions across ultramarine, Caribbean, and Amazonian corridors.
Mandates — Strategic transformation
2019–2021
France Télévisions. Organizational transformation, 11 territories, 1,200 staff.
2021–2025
ARS Guyane (regional health authority). 2021, management seminar. 2023, organizational audit and transformation strategy. 2024-2025, ongoing.
2021–2023
EDF. 2021, organizational audit of isolated energy systems. 2022-2023, biomass transition strategy.
2024
Caterpillar / SURMAC. HR and corporate alignment in a multicultural Amazonian context.
2024–2025
Crédit Agricole. 2024, Martinique-Guyane branch. 2025, extended across all branches via IFCAM.
EDF — Construire Demain program
Mandates — Foresight & public policy
2022–2026
CESECEG. Ongoing mandates.
2024–2026
Collectivité Territoriale de Guyane. Ongoing mandates.
Mandates — Enterprise & innovation
2018–2020
Strategic support for startups and operators, including Impala and Guyacom.
Mandates — Public affairs
2016–2019
Lobbying and territorial intelligence contracts for industrial players on the Guiana Shield — construction, mining, agro-industry. Clients under non-disclosure.
Teaching & institutional engagement
2023–2027
Université de Guyane. Board member.
Since 2016
Guyane Business School. Teaching strategy and leadership. Development of the ADOPA™ method.
2017
Howard University, Washington DC. Sankofa Conference.
2023
OFB (French Biodiversity Agency). Economy and Biodiversity seminar.
2017–2024
École de la 2e Chance de Guyane. Co-founder and chairman. Ranked 5th out of 154 sites nationwide for job-placement outcomes.
2023–2025
French Tech. Vice-chairman.
Sankofa Conference — Howard University
Publications
2014
Demain c'est nous (Tomorrow Is Us).
Sept. 2026
Lire le monde qui bascule (Reading a World in Flux), the TAMS™ method.
Foresight reports on territorial development, ecology, energy, and cross-border cooperation.
RIGHT NOW
Participation in Ho Chi Minh City, summer 2026. Build Better 2026, on biophilic design and human well-being. EuroCham Breakfast Talk on leadership in complex environments.
