Doctor Line Kleinebreil is a primary care physician with a special interest in diabetes and chronic diseases who is also a master of mathematics. She has been involved for many years as a board member on a number of the major French patient associations for both adults and children and is an active member of the World Health Organisation.
Dr Kleinebreil is a member of the faculty of the Johnson and Johnson Diabetes Institute. She is Secretary of UNFM (Université Numérique Francophone Mondiale), which develops training programs for primary care personnel in Africa and is a member of the Network of Telemedicine in Francophone Africa RAFT.
Line has been working at public hospitals in Paris, developing strategies for medical records and using IT as an educational tool for both patients and professionals, and headed the telemedicine unit at Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris.
Line brings to the team her experience of health and training programs, her expertise in healthcare and her connections with a broad range of health organization worldwide.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Healthcare, Medical Informatics, Africa
An eclectic and fervent entrepreneur with both a literary and business background, Jean-Claude is a graduate from ESSEC Business School (1989), the Sorbonne University (1993) and holds an MBA from Stanford University (1998).
Following an initial experience in humanitarian work in Cambodia, Jean-Claude then worked for Le Seuil and Hachette publishers. In the late 90s, he participated in the development of one of the first on-line French travel agencies (anyway.com), after which he directed an on-line music sales start-up company financed by Bernard Arnault (mzz.com). In 2003, he left the internet to launch a new concept in the retail business and created a modern herbalist shop, “Le Carré des Simples” which he continues to develop actively.
Along with his endeavours as an entrepreneur, he created the CPI (Creating Innovative products) course, a joint academic program of leading engineering, business and design schools in France which focuses on demonstrating through 6-months work by students on companies’ projects how innovation can be a vector of cross-disciplinary approaches, open-mindedness, progress and societal utility.
Jean-Claude brings to the team his entrepreneurial experience, his creativity, his ability to think “out of the box” to help a project grow.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Innovation, Entrpreneurship
Patrick Sevaistre began his career at the CNPF (Conseil National du Patronat Français) as Africa representative, after which he joined the Tetra Pak Group as Director for Francophone Africa.
After serving as Chief Administrator for private sector development in Africa at the OECD and then as manager of the European program for promoting investment in Southern Africa (SADC) in Brussels, Patrick served as Director-General of Afrique Initiatives SA, an investment and African entrepreneurial support firm created and chaired by Michel Rocard.
He is currently a consultant specialized in private sector development in Africa and associate researcher at the Thomas More Institute.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Development economics, Africa
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