Leadership Team

Pierre-François brings over 20 years of experience in Procurement to his current role as Co-Founder and Co-CEO at EcoVadis.
Prior to founding EcoVadis, he was CEO of B2Build SA, the first B2B marketplace for the European construction industry. He also spent several years as a director for the Ariba Procurement BPO business.
Pierre-François is an electrical engineer by trade, holding a Master of Science from Supélec and a MBA from INSEAD.

Frédéric, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at EcoVadis, is an international entrepreneur and founder of four companies, all active today, operating in the Global Trade, Software, and Human Resources industries.
Frédéric’s last venture was Mr. Ted Ltd, where he was the COO, in charge of Technology & Operations.

Frédéric holds a degree in International Business from ICAD Business School in Paris.

As both a corporate executive and strategic advisor, Chao brings over 15 years of experience in Finance to his role as Chief Financial Officer at EcoVadis.
He previously spent more than a decade in Investment Banking in London and New York, leading the execution of equity and debt offerings, M&A transactions, and strategic advisory engagements in the Retail and Consumer sector. He then served as Chief Executive Officer at Oscaro.com and Isabel Marant, in Paris, spearheading profitable growth plans and conducting data-driven operational changes.
Chao holds a master’s degree in Finance from HEC Paris.

Emily brings over 25 years’ experience in high-tech marketing and consulting to her role as Chief Marketing Officer at EcoVadis.
She previously spent many years in global marketing and demand management roles with both SAP and Ariba. She has also worked with Ellucian, A.T. Kearney Procurement Solutions, Creative Good, and A.T. Kearney, managing marketing functions and consulting engagements for clients in technology, banking and energy.
Emily holds an M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a B.A. in International Relations from Stanford University.

Sylvain Guyoton has been Senior Vice-President of Research at EcoVadis since its founding, and oversees rating operations and methodology development.
He brings almost 20 years of experience in Sustainability and CSR to the team.
Sylvain holds an M.S. in Industrial Management from Cranfield University and an MBA from INSEAD.

Laurianne brings over 15 years’ experience in human resources, organizational transformation and HR digitalization to her role as Chief People Officer at EcoVadis. She spent 10 years in the software industry leading regional and global HR functions in multicultural environments. She was previously Chief People Officer of Linedata after having evolved at Atos as HR Director for the South American region. She is also a Board member of several organizations. Laurianne holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources from Paris V University and a Master in Management from ESSCA business school.

Orlane supports EcoVadis leadership team in its organic and external growth strategies through long range planning, global project management, governance and organizational design. Orlane built up her experience in Strategy, Finance and General Management in international companies and in M&A integration consulting services.

Orlane holds an MBA from SKEMA Business School.

Wim has over 20 years’ experience in various finance and international business development roles at large multinational organizations, including Air Products and Oracle. He helped launch Ariba in the Benelux countries, France and Spain and then took on the role of regional director for Northern Europe, EEMEA and Asia Pacific. Wim holds an M.S. in International Politics and Economics from HU Brussels and an MBA from the Catholic University of Leuven.

Valerie brings more than 20 years of international experience in sales development and management across multiple sectors to her current role as VP of Customer Success at EcoVadis.
Her past experience includes work in IT — specifically, equipment, services, financing and consulting, executive search and, more recently, sustainable development.
She holds an M.S. in Management from Toulouse Business School.

Frank brings over 25 years’ of professional international experience to his role as Chief Technology Officer at EcoVadis. Almost 20 years of his career he has spent at Adobe Systems Inc. where for the last 10 years he was responsible for major parts of the Adobe Content Platform which is a multi-region, multi-cloud, highly scalable cloud platform. Frank holds an engineering degree in technical computer science from Fachhochschule Hamburg.

Richard Bourne has worked at EcoVadis for 13+ years and is a part of EcoVadis’ Executive Committee. He has built EcoVadis’ extensive onboarding and support functions for companies undergoing assessment. His past work experience includes sales and business management roles in London and Paris. He holds a Masters degree in Integrated Environmental Management from the University of Bath.

Over the past decade Sameer has served as Senior Production Manager and CSR Analyst, leading EcoVadis’ substantial operations in Mauritius.
Prior to joining EcoVadis, Sameer worked as Senior Quality Executive and Team Leader at Thomson Reuters (ex Asset IV Ltd) for several years.
Sameer holds a Master Degree in Business Administration and Management (Maîtrise en Economie et Gestion de L’entreprise) from the Pôle Européen de Gestion et d’Economie based in Strasbourg, France.

Pierre-François brings over 20 years of experience in Procurement to his current role as Co-Founder and Co-CEO at EcoVadis.
Prior to founding EcoVadis, he was CEO of B2Build SA, the first B2B marketplace for the European construction industry. He also spent several years as a director for the Ariba Procurement BPO business.
Pierre-François is an electrical engineer by trade, holding a Master of Science from Supélec and a MBA from INSEAD.

Frédéric, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at EcoVadis, is an international entrepreneur and founder of four companies, all active today, operating in the Global Trade, Software, and Human Resources industries.
Frédéric’s last venture was Mr. Ted Ltd, where he was the COO, in charge of Technology & Operations.

Frédéric holds a degree in International Business from ICAD Business School in Paris.

Before becoming a General Partner at Partech Ventures, Omri worked in multiple senior executive positions at the Casino Group. He joined their executive committee in 2010 as EVP Corporate Planning and Strategy, and, in 2012, he was promoted to Deputy CEO at Cdiscount.com, the #3 eCommerce player in Europe and #1 in France.
Omri also worked for Dassault Systemes, where he led the corporate development department for the worldwide leader in Product Lifecycle Management software from 2007 to 2010.
Omri holds a Master’s Degree in Sciences from the “École Polytechnique,” graduating summa cum laude, and he is an alumnus of the elite postgraduate “Corps des Mines” program.

Aaron Dupuis, Partner, joined CVC in 2014, and is a member of the CVC Growth Partners team based in New York.
Prior to joining CVC, he was a principal at Serent Capital, where he led the firm’s business and tech-enabled services efforts.
Aaron received a BA cum laude in economics from Williams College and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.

Sebastian R. Kuenne, Managing Director, joined CVC in 2011, and is a member of the CVC Growth Partners team based in London.
Prior to joining CVC, he spent his career in private equity advisement and management, while serving in multiple Board of Director roles.
Sebastian received a MA (honors) summa cum laude in Business, Finance and Economics from University of Glasgow and a BA from Boston College where he double majored in Finance and Accounting.

Ms. de Larderel, Board Member and Co-Founder at the Global Reporting Initiative, has promoted the environment for 30 years in government and international organizations.
Formerly, she was the assistant executive director and director at UN Environment’s Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, where she was involved in the Sustainable Consumption and Production Programme.
Ms. de Larderel has also held senior positions in the French Environment Ministry. She holds degrees in chemistry and pharmacology along with an MBA from INSEAD.

Currently Director of the l’Académie Durable Internationale and specialist in sustainable development management, Patrick d’Humières has been involved in major national and international initiatives since their inception– including Global Compact, IIRC, and ISO 26000.
A graduate of Sciences-Po, Mr. d’Humières is Director of “Master Class 21,” teaches at Sciences Po and HEC, and leads the Campus Durable de Casablanca and the community of responsible managers (MR21).

Luk Van Wassenhove, Henry Ford Chaired Professor of Manufacturing and Academic Director of the INSEAD Social Innovation, has a unique combination of CSR and supply chain expertise.
His research and teachings are concerned with operational excellence, supply chain management, quality, continual improvement and learning. His recent research focus is on closed-loop supply chains (product take-back and end-of-life issues) and disaster management (humanitarian logistics).
Luk is a graduate of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium.

Ms. Hurst, Founder and Director of Impactt Ltd., founded her organization in 1997 with the mission of improving the performance of international supply chains. She has used her experience of the developing world and the corporate and NGO sectors to innovate a wide range of tools, solutions and services to make a positive impact on workers in supply chains.
Ms. Hurst has led many innovations in ethical trade, founding Sedex and the Local Resources Network, pioneering and normalizing the use of participatory techniques in China, and devising and rolling out the Benefits for Business and Workers Programme in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Classic from the University of Cambridge as well as a Master of Science in Development Studies from the University of London.

Farid Yaker, Programme Officer at the United Nations, is in charge of sustainable public procurement at the Economy Division of UN Environment in Paris, where he’s worked since 2008. He is also coordinator of the 10YFP Public Procurement Programme and oversees the execution of two ground projects aimed at assisting 16 countries in the implementation of sustainable public procurement.
Mr. Yaker taught Agricultural economics at the University of Blida, Algeria from 1988 to 1990 and joined ENDA – Environment and Development Action, an international NGO, following the agency’s Rio summit he had attended in 1992.
Mr. Yaker holds an M.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of California.

Dr. Monsou Tantawy is Vice President of Oxfam in France, where she’s in charge of international relations, and President of Unicef Paris.
She previously worked as a director with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and as Vice President of Operational Efficiency for Unilever, following a career with Danone and Nabisco. Dr. Tantawy was EFQM lead assessor and chairman of the EFQM Executive Committee.
Dr. Monsou Tantawy holds a PhD in Biochemistry from Paris-Sud University.

Andrew Winston, Founder of Winston Eco-Strategies and renowned author, is a globally-recognized expert on how companies can navigate and profit from humanity’s biggest challenges.
His views on strategy have been sought after by many of the world’s leading companies, including HP, J&J, Kimberly-Clark, PepsiCo, PwC and Unilever. Mr. Winston’s latest book, “The Big Pivot,” was selected as one of the “Best Business Books” by Strategy+Business Magazine.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Masters in Environmental Management from Yale University, as well as an MBA from Columbia University.

Uwe Schulte, CEO of Prosolvo GmbH and Global Sustainability Centre Leader, spent a large part of his career at Unilever, where he held a number of different roles from product developer, production manager, general supply chain manager to vice president of Global Supply Management.
He led up to 1500 employees, introducing a unified global procurement function. During his time at Unilever, he had postings in Germany, the U.K., Brazil and Switzerland. For two years, he managed the INSEAD Social Innovation Centre as executive director.
He holds a PhD in Chemistry from the Philipp University of Marburg.

John Elkington is the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Volans Ventures, a change agency which encourages leaders to look beyond incremental change toward systemic challenges.
Mr. Elkington is leading a two-year program in partnership with the United Nations Global Compact focusing on the market opportunities around exponential sustainability, titled Project Breakthrough. He is also honorary chairman of SustainAbility and sits on an A-Z of some 30 boards and advisory boards.
He holds an MPhil in Urban Planning from University College London.