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Laurent is a Co-Founder and President of SWC.

A French national, Laurent has been promoting sustainable natural resources management to alleviate poverty in developing countries. Adhering thus to the values of the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, he has been a passionate advocate of carbon finance since the early 2000’s.  

Laurent has spent almost twenty years with the state-owned agency Office National des Forêts (ONF) as a forest engineer in the northeast of France, and as the CEO of ONF International (ONFI), the international private branch of ONF. Laurent has also supported the creation of ONF Energie, a branch producing sustainable biomass for steam and power generation in rural territories.  

A former senior World Bank specialist in Forestry & Carbon Finance for eight years, Laurent has supported forest countries to get access to carbon finance from the BioCarbon Fund (BioCF) and the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), and worked out and implemented numerous development projects in Africa. 

In the private sector, Laurent has been part of pioneer teams, namely: (i) Orbeo, the former emission trading joint venture between Société Générale and Rhodia, as Director of Origination; (ii) Solvay Biomass Energy, a US-based company, as Biomass Sourcing & Marketing Europe Director; and (iii) TotalEnergies Nature-Based Solutions, as Senior Project Development Manager 

Clement is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of SWC.

A French national dedicated to expanding impact investing in sustainable agriculture and forestry in developing countries, Clement has spent the last 14-Years bridging the gap between traditional private equity investors and sustainable agroforestry businesses in Africa and Latin-America.

A former Sustainability Consultant at Ernst & Young and Business Development Director at ONF International (ONFI), the international branch of the French forest service, Clement has put entrepreneurship and impact finance at play from the start of his career.

Clement co-founded and was CEO of the Moringa Fund, a pioneer investment vehicle dedicated to agroforestry businesses with high social & environmental impact in Latin America & Sub-Saharan Africa, part of Edmond de Rothschild Group.

Oriane is a senior ESG & Impact Manager in charge of the environmental and social processes and programmes of SWC and its subsidiaries. 

She has a ~10 yrs’ experience in the development of sustainable value chains, agroforestry projects, contract farming and public-private partnerships in developing countries. She has an extensive field experience, especially with smallholder farmers in Latin America. 

Oriane started her career at ONF International, a French consultancy firm focusing on natural resources management, where she specialized on environmental and social risk assessment, impact monitoring and the development of agroforestry projects, especially in their components of social inclusion. She notably led socio-economic analysis of cocoa and coffee farmers in Peru and Nicaragua to assess the impact of agroforestry partnership on farmers' livelihoods.

She then joined as ESG & Impact Manager the Moringa Fund, a pioneer investment vehicle dedicated to agroforestry businesses with high social & environmental impact in Latin America & Sub-Saharan Africa. She managed the evaluation of ESG risks in the portfolio, monitored its impact and led the development of the technical assistance fund to support revenue diversification and agroforestry adoption amongst local communities. 

In 2021, she moved to Colombia as Head of Sustainability of a cocoa company. She led various sustainability initiatives and gained experience on zero-deforestation strategy, biodiversity conservation, community strenghthening and Living Income initiatives. 

Oriane is very passionate about nature. She joined the SWC team to contribute to the preservation of soils, forests and overall biodiversity, and to support rural sustainable development in developing countries. 

Oriane is fluent in French, English and Spanish.

Paul is an Invesment Manager in charge of business & financial analysis, valuation and modelling of projects and investments at SWC.  

He has 5 years of work experience in the development of sustainable agriculture and agroforestry projects in developing countries. 

Paul started his career as Investment Associate at the Moringa Fund, a pioneer investment vehicle dedicated to agroforestry businesses with high social & environmental impact in Latin America & Sub-Saharan Africa, part of Edmond de Rothschild Group.  

Paul gained experience in structuring investments and monitoring companies specialized in producing and processing sustainable agricultural products. 

Paul developed a keen interest for international partnerships for development and joined SWC to contribute to environmental protection and rural development in the global south.

Paul is fluent in French, English and Spanish.

Yoni is an Office Manager in charge of administrative, financial, HR and IT operations at SWC.

He has 10 years of experience in supporting international high-impact organizations in fast-paced environments.

He started his career at Pact & Partners International and digitalized the operations of the executive search agency while he also adapted their processes to new regulations and standards (GDPR, ITIL…). He also used his sensibility to environmental protection and ensured the agency transitioned to low-carbon practices. In parallel, he also developed his expertise as a senior consultant in recruitment and helped customers around the globe build and develop multicultural teams while strengthening his HR knowledge and skills across three continents.

Yoni then joined the global think-tank 2° Investing Initiative managing administrative, financial, legal, HR and IT issues and projects. He supported the sustainable finance NGO by streamlining admin processes and structuring IT management and used his expertise in recruitment to strengthen the rapidly growing team. He was also central in grant management operations with major funders of the organization (ADEME, LIFE, H2020, EUKI…).

Yoni joined SWC to support concrete actions in environmental protection and population empowerment internationally.

Yoni holds a Master in American Studies from the Paris Sorbonne University as well as a BSc. in Finance and Management from the CNAM-INTEC.

Lionel is co-chair of SouthBridge Group. He is a former Prime Minister of Benin (2015-16) and current chairman of the Fondation de l’École Normale Supérieure and of Terra Nova think tank. 

He served as CEO of Grocery division, ExCom and Board Member of Danone, and former General Partner at Rothschild Bank.

Lionel served as CEO of the Private Equity firm PAI (2009-2015). He graduated from Ecole Normale Supérieure, Sciences Po, the London School of Economics and La Sorbonne in history & economics.