Culture & Heritage
Sophie Makariou
Sophie Makariou is Chief curator of the French Museums. She was trained at the Ecole du Louvre, at the Langues O (INALCO) and the EHESS in art history and history and specialised in the art of the Islamic world. After getting her tenure from the National Institute of Heritage, she joined the Near Eastern Antiquities Department of the musée du Louvre in 1994. She was then in charge of conducing the first important mulimedia project developped in the Louvre. She was entrusted to conceive the future Department of Islamic Art, of which she was director. The new wing was inaugurated in 2012. She taught art history at the Ecole du Louvre from 1993 to 2010. She was appointed President (CEO) of the Guimet National Museum of Asian Art in 2013 ; during 9 years she run the museum where she developed a program of contemporary artistic “carte blanche”. She curated various exhibitions in France and abroad. She is the head of the Scientific Committee of the Musée des tissus et des arts décoratifs in Lyon, a member to the French jury of the Praemium Imperiale (Japan) and of the Orchid Awards (China). She is a knight of the French Ordre national du Mérite, Officer of the Japanese Order of the Rising. She joined AFALULA Agency in January 2023.
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Architecture & Development
Etienne Tricaud
After a year as a design engineer with Ove Arup in London and RFR in Paris, Etienne Tricaud joined the French National Railway (SNCF) as a project manager and later became Head of SNCF Station Design Office. In 1997, he founded AREP with Jean-Marie Duthilleul. AREP is a 100% subsidiary of SNCF, where he became CEO and managed architecture, engineering and urban planning activity as well as major realisations in the fields of stations (TGV Mediterranean, TGV East, TGV Rhine-Rhone, major Paris stations), transportation hubs, public buildings, offices, commerce and housing, urban developments, for SNCF in France and for public and private clients in France and abroad. He was named President of AREP Group in 2012. He joined Afalula Agency in January 2019.
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Tourism & Hospitality
Nicolas Lefebvre
Nicolas Lefebvre has been active in the tourism industry for 13 years. He worked as CEO for the Eiffel Tower operating company and later joined Paris Visitors and Convention Bureau where he was directly involved in the promotion of Paris as a world touristic destination. He is a former member of the Board of European Cities Marketing, Paris&Co and the World Federation of Great Towers and also a former advisor to the French minister of Economy, Finance and Industry. He joined Afalula Agency in January 2019.
Security & Safety
Charles Yvinec
Charles Yvinec is a former Senior French Police officer. After studying law, he joined the French National Police School (ENSP) from which he graduated in 1984. He held various positions in the Border Police department before joining the cabinet of the Director General of the National Police as a senior officer within the international relations unit, while also serving as deputy cabinet director. After that he joined the Presidency of the Republic for three years as senior officer in charge of the relations with the Ministry of the Interior. In 2004 Charles Yvinec was appointed Security Director at Air France, where he managed several international crises. After this experience in air transport, he was appointed to the French Embassy in Dakar (Senegal) as Internal Security Attaché (ASI) in charge of cooperation in aviation security for the entire African continent. After these six years in West Africa, he joined the ICTS Europe Group as Vice President Africa and Key Accounts. Charles Yvinec was also named Knight of the National Order of Merit. He joined Afalula Agency in July 2022.
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Human Capital
Guilhem Constans
Graduated from the University of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne in History and Management, Guilhem Constans holds an MBA in Hospitality Management. He has spent most of his career in the Middle East (Lebanon and Sultanate of Oman) where he held various positions in educational and cultural cooperation within the network of the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, notably as project manager in university cooperation. In France, he has worked in the field of digital training tools for the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, and in the private sector, managing a capacity building training institute. He joined Afalula Agency in October 2020.
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Environment & Infrastructures
Anne Lardoux
Anne Lardoux has more than 20 years of international experience in water management and circular economy. Her experience, mainly acquired as advisor and in senior executive positions at SUEZ, relates to public-private partnerships (PPP) and large infrastructure projects across the globe, notably in countries affected by drought and water scarcity (Morocco, Jordan, Mexico, Chile and Australia).
The scope of her expertise includes business development, negotiations, investments, development of public policies and financing of major projects. She has interacted with a large diversity of public and private stakeholders, in support of national and local authorities, including local communities, utilities, engineering firms, EPC contractors, multi-lateral financial institutions, international banks, as well as investors. Anne led transformation initiatives and drove operational business restructuring. She has also served on the board of several joint venture investment projects around the world since 2010 and has developed a vast network of relationships in the environmental sector.
She joined Afalula Agency in January 2021.
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Perfume & Botany
Elisabeth Dodinet
Elisabeth Dodinet has long-standing experience in archaeo-ethno-botany and in aromatic plant research. She has acted both as a consultant to the perfume and cosmetic industries and as an independent researcher within programs funded by the French National Research Agency. In 2008, she set up the Federation of the French Botanical National Conservatories which she managed for two years. She is also a member of the French IUCN Commission for the Conservation of Species and works in teams or project-based networks with scientists and archaeologists as well as with the private sector. She joined Afalula Agency in September 2018.
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Agriculture
Stephane Forman
Stephane Forman is a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine and an agriculture sector specialist. He has over fifteen years of experience in sustainable rural and agricultural development in Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Middle-East. He holds a Diploma in Veterinary Science from the Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d’Alfort (ENVA) and has worked in international organizations such as the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Bank that he joint in 2008. A specialist in agro-pastoral dry areas’ development, he has acquired specific skills in agricultural projects management, agri-business, livestock and animal health and food safety and security. He was lastly coordinating the World Bank’s agriculture portfolio for the PNG and Pacific Islands sub-region based in Sydney, Australia. He joint the Afalula Agency in August 2019.