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Rod Janssen (Chairman) has been an independent energy and environment consultant since 1988, based in Paris and London. Rod has worked primarily on energy efficiency, renewable energy and climate change issues throughout his career. Recently, he headed a HELIO monitoring team for the SouthSouthNorth climate change project on mitigation and adaptation.

He can be contacted at: rod.janssen (at) gmail.com

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Hélène Connor (Honorary President) has been working on sustainable energy issues since 1971. She is now coordinating the work of the Sustainable Energy Watch at HELIO. Until 1995 Hélène worked at the OECD Environment Directorate where she was the economist in charge of developing the work of the Directorate in the field of energy and environment. Prior to the OECD, Hélène worked in Canada where she taught at the University of Quebec in Montreal and was a Member of the first National Round Table on Environment and the Economy and Vice-Chair of the Canadian Environmental Advisory Committee. 

She can be contacted at: helene.connor (at) helio-international.org


 
Pierre Beaudouin (Treasurer) is the former president of the Federation Regionale de la Protection de la Nature (FRAPNA).  FRAPNA works in the Rhône-Alpes region of France to protect that region's flora and fauna. Prior to his work with FRAPNA, Pierre worked for IBM.

He can be contacted at: plbeaud (at) aol.com



 
Nina Campbell (Secretary) is a lawyer by training, with a focus in International Environmental Law and Mäori (indigenous people of NZ) Land Law.  In her native New Zealand, Nina worked in general practice and has experience in various fields from commercial to immigration law.  She complemented her legal training by working voluntarily as a legal advisor to the Citizen’s Advice Bureau in New Zealand and travelling widely. Nina is currently based in Paris, France, working as a Legal Assistant at the International Energy Agency.

She can be contacted at: nina.campbell (at) helio-international.org


 

Valérie Blanchot-Courtois (Board Member) has over 15 year experience in energy and innovation management, 12 of which were with Gaz de France in a number of management positions. Valerie is the founder of Human Ventures (a private consulting company) and was the President of Agora energy.  Formed in 2004 Agora was a think-tank comprised of over 2000 members that work to create new and innovative energy solutions. Currently Valérie is a professor at CERAM Sophie Antipolis as well as the Presient of Femmes 3000 Côte d'Azur and Vice-Présidente of Fédération Femmes 3000.

She can be contacted at: vbc (at) femmes3000.frite


Robert Gould (Board Member) is an environmental specialist with a broad range of experience in industry and the environment, particularly in assessment of industrial cleaner production; environmental and social impact assessment; due diligence; legal and regulatory development and compliance; capacity strengthening with respect to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol; development of financial portfolios for environmental projects; and evaluation of alternative/ renewable energy investments. He has worked extensively in Central and Eastern Europe, the New Independent States of the ex-Soviet Union, Asia, Africa and Latin America. He is currently Senior Project Manager for ERM – an international environmental consulting firm.

He can be contacted at: rgould (at) hotmail.com 


 

Ibrahim Togola (ex-officio Board Member) is an engineer with over 15 years experience in project development, monitoring and evaluation, and policy work in the energy and climate filed. He is the founder and Director of the Mali-Folkecenter Nyetaa, based in Bamako, Mali. Ibrahim also created the Malian Renewable Energy and Environmental Protection Association (AMPERE) that works to link and coordinate activities on energy and environment in Mail and throughout Africa.

He can be contacted at: Ibrahim.togola (at) malifolkecenter.org





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