Our members

The salaried team

Com4Dev employees all have a solid background in the social and political sciences, with varied professional experience in both urban and rural contexts, mainly in Africa and Latin America.

Equipped with the tools and methodologies needed to understand contexts as fully as possible, they are seasoned in the management of complex multi-stakeholder and multi-country projects. They also have in-depth knowledge of communication and knowledge management, enabling them to interact effectively with technical professionals in this field.
They can work in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese…and Greek.

Sophie Nick

Sophie NICK has been a specialist in the engineering of development communication projects for over 25 years, from design to implementation, funding and evaluation. She designs, implements and evaluates development...

Pierre Elgorriaga

Pierre ELGORRIAGA is a specialist in territorial public action, with a degree in Political Science (Master II in “Ingénierie des services urbains en réseaux: villes en devenir”) and proven experience...

Léa Dehorter

A graduate in Law and Political Science, Léa DEHORTER specializes in monitoring studies and comparative analyses. She works in particular with Inter-Réseaux Développement Rural. With Com4Dev since 2022, Léa is...

Renaud Guillonnet

In his 30 years of practice, he has worked with national and international organizations, as well as companies, in multiple sectors and value chains on issues related to trade and...

Marjorie Saincelaire

When you have an impact project, you (often) put all your energy into the field. And that’s all to the good! Except that without a clear communications strategy, or a...

Board of Directors

The Com4Dev Board of Directors is elected from among the members. It meets quarterly to discuss specific issues with the salaried team. They are regularly involved in Com4Dev’s activities and provide invaluable support to the salaried team.

Jérôme Gérard

An expert in multi-stakeholder dynamics and the elaboration of development strategies, Jérôme draws on thirty years’ experience in Africa with international organizations (NGOs, PTF, United Nations) to support the design...

Denis Delebecque

Graphic designer and navigator, Denis is the author of numerous graphic charters for organizations. Trained at the École Estienne (Ecole supérieure des arts et industries graphiques – Paris) and then...

Christophe Lesueur

An agro-economist specializing in agricultural training policies, Christophe Lesueur leads a number of projects aimed at strengthening agricultural training (especially in Africa) in a sustainable way, with an emphasis on...

Gilles Mersadier

After training in political science and then in rural development geography, Gilles’ first experience was in Burkina Faso, working on a multi-disciplinary research program for the IRD (ex-ORTOM). He then...

Anne Berchon

Trained as an agronomist, Anne Berchon worked at CIRAD Montpellier for 5 years as a research, consulting and training engineer in the sociology of food. Having discovered the potential of...

Eric Bernard

His thesis, defended in December 2003, deals with “Internet infrastructure deployment in West Africa”. An associate member of the Africanti laboratory and GDRI Netsuds, his research continues to focus on...

Absa Gassama

Absa Gassama holds a PhD in Sociology from the Centre Maurice Halbwachs UMR 8097 (ENS-CNRS-EHESS) in Paris, and is a specialist in informal professional groups. A teacher-researcher at the Université...

Bethsabée Gabbay

A specialist in the creation of entrepreneurial and artistic communities for nearly 10 years, Bethsabée Gabbay designs, coordinates and deploys cultural projects combining entrepreneurship, territorial dynamics and international cooperation, particularly...

Our members

Com4Dev’s members are all international cooperation professionals who also work in development communication in the broadest sense, and are specialists in various tools such as pedagogical engineering, community of practice facilitation, video and forum theater. Over the years, this collective has grown by affinity. Every year, Summer and Winter Universities are organized to reflect on common themes.

Johann Dingkuhn

Graphic designer and web art director based in Montpellier, Johann is passionate about design and digital technology. He combines expertise in visual design with know-how in web development, creating projects...

Louise Auger

A recent graduate in Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems engineering from the South of France, Louise has had a number of experiences in research and development projects in the fields...

Anne Perrin

Anne Perrin has worked for various organizations (CTA, Syfia, Inter-réseaux, Coordination SUD, GRET), then as a freelancer. She also works for CIRAD. As a journalist, she was editor-in-chief of the...

Antoine Landeau

With a degree in political science, Antoine is first and foremost an expert in consultation. From Engie, to various consultancies, to the French National Commission for Public Debate, he has...

Aurélie Buridans

A graduate of the Ecole des Gobelins, Aurélie is an art director and print and web graphic designer, specializing in the creation of visual identities and editorial design for international...

Agnès Soulard

Agnès Soulard-Djouadi worked in both public and associative consultancy structures, before setting up her own consultancy organization in Lisbon, ACTO, specializing in local development and community cooperation. She carries out...

Mathilde Boucher

Words, gourmet delights, hands-on experience. Mathilde graduated in food engineering in 2010. She structures, coordinates, puts into words and accompanies projects. She ventured into forum theater in 2016: so much...

Hélène Pineau and Kristelle Trochu

Founders of Terre Nourricière, a solidarity communications agency, Kristelle and Hélène use images to promote development projects. Drawing on their knowledge of the associative world and the challenges of international...

Laurent Tezenas du Montcel

Laurent seeks to rehabilitate the written word in order to facilitate the capitalization of experience within organizations. It supports them in their writing projects, whether to finalize annual reports or...