Anne, 28, is the co-founder and Secretary of Pesinet. She currently leads the organization on a full-time basis thanks to a sponsorship of Ashoka, an international social entrepreneurs’ fellowship program.
After working on social issues in NGOs and international organizations (education, migration), she spent three years at Alcatel-Lucent, coordinating and managing sustainability projects. She then worked as Corporate Engagement Manager at The Environment Council, a UK charity specialized in facilitating dialogue and engagement on sustainability, where she has been trained on facilitation techniques. She has developed strong project and human management skills, especially in cross-cultural contexts.
She has been central to the launching and development of Pesinet that she led to the international finals of the Global Social Venture Competition in Berkeley in 2009.
Anne holds a Master of Public Administration from Sciences-Po Paris and an ESSEC MBA with a major in social entrepreneurship.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE : social entrepreneurship, management, development, facilitation
Pierre, 39, has been working for 10 years on development-related projects in Africa with experience in funding and economical aspects of development.
After a few years’ experience in consulting positions, he started as investment officer at Afrique Initiatives SA, where he was responsible for identifying participation opportunities and for managing capital holding in Senegal, Mali, Burkina, Niger, Madagascar. He then set-up his own company, Cap Juby, a company specializing in development aid project design, especially public-private partnerships, and evaluation of cooperation programs and held the position of Associate Director.
A graduate of engineering and management schools, he has been working since 2006 as Investment Officer for “Investisseurs et Partenaires pour le Développement”, a private equity company investing in SMEs and micro-financing institutions in Africa.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: international development, venture capital and private equity
Antoine de Clerck started its career at France Télécom in 2000 in the US R&D labs of the Silicon Valley, as a business analyst on the mobile Internet and e-commerce markets. In 2002, he joined the Long Distance Network Division of the company in France as a marketing product manager, where he designed a portfolio of innovative services for international operators’ interconnections. As of 2005, he was project manager at the Home Division of France Telecom, in charge of the development of broadband Internet services in the emerging markets. In particular, he initiated the launch of the Livebox and Voice over IP mutualised services in the subsidiaries of the Africa, Middle-East and Asia area.
Antoine’s work is oriented towards the design and management of specific innovation tailored for the emerging markets and low income populations. Since October 2007, Antoine has been the VP Marketing of Orange Mali, based in Bamako, Mali. Antoine de Clerck is co-founder and Treasurer of Pesinet. He is also the representative of Pesinet in Mali.
Antoine is a graduate in telecom engineering from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, and an MBA graduate of HEC Paris. Antoine is 36, he’s the father of three.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE: marketing, telecommunications
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