Pesinet is a not-for-profit organization headquartered in France with representations and employees in operating countries.

Officers and Board of Directors

Pesinet’s Board of Directors has 6 members, including the three co-founders of Pesinet who are the officers, and  gathers individuals passionate about Africa, with experience in international development, social entrepreneurship, marketing, venture capital and healthcare.

Officers

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Anne Roos-Weil               Pierre Carpentier             Antoine de Clerck
Managing Director           Chairman                        Treasurer, Representative in Mali

Board of Directors

Dr Line Kleinebreil, Medical practicioner, Vice-President of Université Numérique Francophone Mondiale
Jean-Claude Charlet, Founder and CEO of  Le Carré des Simples
Patrick Sevaistre, Consultant in economic development in Africa

Honorary President

We are also pleased to have Michel Rocard as Honorary President of Pesinet. A former French Prime Minister, he founded in 1999 one of the first French venture capital organization investing in Africa, Afrique Initiatives SA. He brings to the team his knowledge of international development and his connexions in African administrations.

Employees in Mali

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Cheicknè Coulibaly         Fatoumata Doumbia        Assetou Niambelé
Program Coordinator      Weighing agent               Weighing Agent

Volunteers in France and Mali

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Lucie de Clerck               Saran Kanté                   David Allais                     Gabriel Brunnich

Dr. Brigitte Olivier           Matthieu Millot               Nadège Druzkowski       Joel Ntsondé

Avril Hernandez               Christel Terrasson         Capucine Toulemonde     Antoine Chiquet

Blandine Chenot              Etienne de Clerck

Advisors

Marie-Chantal Messier, Senior Nutritionist at World Bank
Dr Cheick Oumar Bagayoko, Expert in Medical informatics

Anne Roos-Weil, Founder and Managing Director

Anne, 28, is the co-founder and Secretary of Pesinet. She currently leads the organization as Managing Director on a full-time basis thanks to a sponsorship of Antropia, a French 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 Carpentier, Founder and Chairman

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, Founder and Treasurer

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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Dr. Line Kleinebreil

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

Jean-Claude Charlet

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

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

Cheicknè Coulibaly, Program Coordinator

Cheicknè Coulibaly is the program coordinator in the district III. His role is to monitor and coordinate activities, to manage human resources and finances. In particular, he is responsible for the collection of subscibers’ fees. He also manages the marketing plan for the service and is the interface with local operating partners.

Before joining Pesinet’s team, Cheicknè worked for three months as commercial agent for a retailing company, then as trainee at the credit department of BCS ( Commercial Bank for Sahel), and as an accountant for the restaurants “African Grill”. He also worked for the Constitutional Court during the presidential and legislative elections.

He has a university diploma in accounting.

Fatoumata Doumbia, Weighing agent

Fatoumata is one of Pesinet’s weighing agent. She is responsible for recruiting new subscribers, carrying out the weekly health check-up of children enrolled in the program, collecting health data in her mobile phone, alerting children when the doctor has detected a potential health risk, and collecting subscription fees. She also educates families on prevention practices when visiting them and informs them of existing medical follow-up and prevention services. She has a key role in the service as the interface between the families and the doctor and as an agent of change in the community.

Before being hired by Pesinet’s program, she never had a salaried job. She has been volunteering since 1998 part-time in the community healthcare centers of Bamako Coura and Bamako Coura Bolibana, where she handles nurse guards in the maternity center. Her long experience as a volunteer gave her useful skills and deepened her sensitivity to healthcare concerns.

Fatoumata is married and has three children.

Assetou Niambélé, Weighing agent

Assetou is one of Pesinet’s weighing agent. She is responsible for recruiting new subscribers, carrying out the weekly health check-up of children enrolled in the program, collecting health data in her mobile phone, alerting children when the doctor has detected a potential health risk and collecting subscription fees. She also educates families on prevention practices when visiting them and informs them of existing medical follow-up and prevention services. She has a key role in the service as the interface between the families and the doctor and as an agent of change in the community.

Before being hired by Pesinet’s program, Assetou never had a salaried job. She has been volunteering since 2000 part-time in the community healthcare centers of Bamako Coura and Bamako Coura Bolibana where she gained experience in healthcare.

Assetou is married and has three children.

Marie-Chantal Messier, Senior Nutritionist at World Bank

With most of her time spent doing field work in developing countries, Marie Chantal Messier comes with a wide range of experience in nutrition collaborating with international organizations, NGOs, government, private sector and investment firms.

Prior to joining the World Bank in November 2009, Marie Chantal held the position of Senior Associate for the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) in Geneva. She also worked as a Technical Expert in Micronutrient Nutrition for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Haiti and acted as Country Director for Helen Keller International (HKI) in Guinea and Sierra Leone. Furthermore, she volunteered as a Project Manager and Adviser for the Centre Canadien d’Étude de Coopération Internationale (CECI) in Mali.

Before working at the international level, Marie Chantal worked 5 years as dietitian in her home country, Canada. Marie Chantal is a Registered Dietitian and holds an MBA from Université Laval as well as a B. Sc. in nutritional sciences from McGill University.

Dr Cheick-Oumar Bagayoko, Expert in Medical Informatics

Cheick received his doctorate in medicine from the Bamako College of Medicine in 2002. He received his certificate of continuing education in Medical Computer Science from the University of Geneva in 2004, his Masters in Biomedical and Health Computer Science from the University Réné Descartes, Paris V in 2005 and his Masters in Expertise and Engineering of Health Information Systems from the University of Aix en Provence in 2006.

He is currently the Coordinator of the Francophone Africa Network for Telemedicine (RAFT), head of the REIMICOM project, Resident Representative for the Health On the Net in Francophone Africa Foundation, lecturer-researcher at the Universities of Geneva and Marseille and senior-lecturer at the College of Medicine in Bamako. An expert in health-related information and communication technologies, Dr. Bagayoko also has significant experience in coordinating and managing e-heath projects in Africa, notably through his work as Coordinator of the RAFT network, an internet-based medical education and consultation network targeting Francophone Africa.

Cheick brings an extensive experience of e-health project management, his connections within public health administration in Mali and across Africa and his thorough knowledge of African realities as a native Malian.

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Lucie de Clerck               Saran Kanté                   David Allais                     Gabriel Brunnich

Dr. Brigitte Olivier           Matthieu Millot               Nadège Druzkowski       Joel Ntsondé

Avril Hernandez               Christel Terrasson         Capucine Toulemonde     Antoine Chiquet

Blandine Chenot              Etienne de Clerck

In your day-to-day life, you are:

• I retired in 2006 after working 39 years as a nurse, first in the Mother and Child Care center of the district III of Bamako and then in the National Hospital Gabriel Touré in Bamako. I was also Treasurer of the community association that manages the healthcare center in my district Bamako Coura and have been involved in various non-profit organizations, in particular CAFO, an organization that coordinates and supports women associations in Mali, at local, regional and national levels.

Why volunteer for Pesinet?

• Child care is a priority for me.

Your role, your contribution?

• I act as the communication agent of Pesinet towards civil society and populations in Mali, to raise awareness of the service and its benefits among families and actors of the healthcare sector. I organize awareness-raising campaigns, local assemblies in the district, talks around the project on local radios… I also participated in the organization of the official launch ceremony with the Malian Ministry of Health.

In your day-to-day life, you are:

• I work for an investment bank in Munich.

Why volunteer for Pesinet?

• A few years ago, during a traineeship, I worked with Pierre Carpentier ( in particular on financial modelling). He told me about Pesinet, and I thought that this was a great project. When he contacted me again because the organization needed a hand with excel spreadsheets, I said : “I’m in !”

Your role, your contribution?

• I helped Anne on the financial modelling of the project. Excel is categorical : Pesinet is going to save Africa !

In your day-to-day life, you are:

• A graduate of the ESCP Business School and of a Master degree specialized in Environment Economics, I am very interested in the dynamics related to the protection of the environment and development. At the moment, I am looking for a jobin that field. besides that, I am found of travels, danse and mountain sports!

Why volunteer for Pesinet?

• I discovered Pesinet’s initiative while working at Afrique Initiatives with Pierre Carpentier. I am convinced that Pesinet brings an innovative and  well adaptated  approach to health issues. I am strongly believe in the project, which is why I wanted to contribute to its development by volunteering.

Your role, your contribution?

• I am currently working on a benchmark of the numerous mobile health initiatives workdwide to analyze their respective services and strategies.

In your day-to-day life, you are:

• Working as a consultant in strategic and business development consultancy on issues related to the oil and extractive industries and sustainable development, after graduating from the ESSEC Business School.

Why volunteer for Pesinet?

• For a long time, I had been interested in getting involved in a social project in a developing country. When I heard about Pesinet, I was very enthusiastic about the project and motivated by the managing team. The  approach, based on a paying model, was of particular interest to me. Pesinet offers the opportunity to deepen my knowledge of the development sector, to contribute to the extent that I choose, and, more than anything, to  follow-up, from the inside, on the development of a fascinating project!

Your role, your contribution?

• Since september 2009, I actively contribute to Pesinet by giving some hours of my free-time every week for the project. My main mission is to look for partners and donors, identify foundations that might have an interest in support Pesinet and raise awareness of the project among them. The good thing when volunteering for an organization that is in a start-up phase is that you are likely to get involved in many differents aspects, to participate in the thinking around the business and development model,  and to contribute to the communication efforts around the project.