The Founders
Laurent Valiergue
Laurent Valiergue
Laurent Valiergue
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 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 Chenost
Laurent Valiergue
Laurent Valiergue
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
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.
THE TEAM WITH SWC FRANCE
Paul Brueder - Investment Manager
Yoni Attali-Dujon - Administration and Finance Manager
Yoni Attali-Dujon - Administration and Finance Manager
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 pion
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 Attali-Dujon - Administration and Finance Manager
Yoni Attali-Dujon - Administration and Finance Manager
Yoni Attali-Dujon - Administration and Finance Manager
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 adap
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.
Lilas Tran Ngoc - Project Manager
Yoni Attali-Dujon - Administration and Finance Manager
Lilas Tran Ngoc - Project Manager
Lilas is an agronomist engineer, specializing in project management with a strong environmental and social focus. As a Junior NBS Project Manager, Lilas is coordinating the actions of the DIBETOU REDD+ initiative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and those of the FAGUS afforestation/reforestation project in France.
Graduating in Envi
Lilas is an agronomist engineer, specializing in project management with a strong environmental and social focus. As a Junior NBS Project Manager, Lilas is coordinating the actions of the DIBETOU REDD+ initiative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and those of the FAGUS afforestation/reforestation project in France.
Graduating in Environmental Management of Forests and Tropical Ecosystems, Lilas has gained solid international experience. She worked in South America and Central Africa, where she contributed to the development of various projects, particularly in agroforestry, afforestation, and sustainable agriculture. Her expertise also includes the assessment and management of biodiversity in tropical ecosystems. She worked on the development of an agrarian diagnosis of the Chilean fruit industry within the Eurochile Foundation and participated in the study of the impact of agroforestry plantations on biodiversity in the Republic of the Congo for the FRM research department.
THE TEAM WITH SWC KONGO
Sabrina Ngalamulume - Managing Director
Gauthier Tshikaya – Chief Financial Officer
Gauthier Tshikaya – Chief Financial Officer
Sabrina has over 20 years of professional experience with companies in France and the Democratic Republic of Congo in business development, management and administration.
Sabrina began her career in 2000 at the headquarters of the French international group Accor in the hotel industry, where her organizational skills, her sense of custome
Sabrina has over 20 years of professional experience with companies in France and the Democratic Republic of Congo in business development, management and administration.
Sabrina began her career in 2000 at the headquarters of the French international group Accor in the hotel industry, where her organizational skills, her sense of customer satisfaction have made her progress for over 9 years.
Sabrina then joined the world of corporate and personal insurance brokerage within the French Verlingue group.
In 2016, Sabrina moved with her husband and their children to the Democratic Republic of Congo. There, she returned to the Accor group, as the Sales and Marketing Director of the Pullman hotels in Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. This experience strengthened her sense of curiosity, adaptation, as well as her managerial and endurance qualities in a new social, cultural and economic context.
More recently with the Congolese group Sodeico, as Business Development Manager, Sabrina, held for nearly 7 years numerous responsibilities which particularly strengthened her sense of resilience, agility and creativity.
Gauthier Tshikaya – Chief Financial Officer
Gauthier Tshikaya – Chief Financial Officer
Gauthier Tshikaya – Chief Financial Officer
Gauthier is a seasoned administration & finance manager with extensive experience in the carbon industry and private sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
As the administration & finance manager of the first carbon agroforestry project in Africa registered under the CDM and the Kyoto Protocol, Gauthier played a crucial role in the p
Gauthier is a seasoned administration & finance manager with extensive experience in the carbon industry and private sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
As the administration & finance manager of the first carbon agroforestry project in Africa registered under the CDM and the Kyoto Protocol, Gauthier played a crucial role in the project's success. His expertise in financial management, team leadership, and navigating complex regulatory environments was essential to achieving the project's objectives.
Prior to his work in the carbon sector, Gauthier held executive and finance manager positions in various private companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo. These experiences further honed his skills in managing multicultural teams, operating in remote areas, and achieving results in challenging business environments.
Blaise Kitambala - Technical Director
Dany Mulabu – Deputy chief of the Lisala site
Dany Mulabu – Deputy chief of the Lisala site
Blaise is an agricultural economist and specializes in implementing agrarian diagnostics and agroforestry systems adapted to local contexts. His work focuses on promoting techniques that enable local communities to protect forests and savannahs while diversifying their agricultural practices for improved livelihoods. He has collaborated
Blaise is an agricultural economist and specializes in implementing agrarian diagnostics and agroforestry systems adapted to local contexts. His work focuses on promoting techniques that enable local communities to protect forests and savannahs while diversifying their agricultural practices for improved livelihoods. He has collaborated with numerous initiatives throughout the country, including the CDM Ibi Bateke carbon project, the Novacel Sud Kwamouth REDD+ pilot project, the integrated REDD+ Maï-Ndombe program supported by the Worlbank, the Tobatela Zamba Community Forestry Project "Malebo" supported by WWF and the integrated REDD+ Kwilu program supported by JICA.
Dany Mulabu – Deputy chief of the Lisala site
Dany Mulabu – Deputy chief of the Lisala site
Dany Mulabu – Deputy chief of the Lisala site
Dany is a senior agronomist with a robust experience in agroforestry in the field. Dany took part indeed in numerous landmark projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo, notably those supported by the Hanns Seidel Foundation (Ntsio & Mampu projects), Novacel & GI-AGRO (Ibi Batéké carbon sink) and the WWF (Batela Zamba project & the integrated REDD+ project in the Equateur Province).
INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBER
Lionel Zinsou-Derlin
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 th
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.