Our Scientific Committee
Our scientific committee is composed of Shirley BILLOT, our founder, and 3 personalities from the world of health and agriculture.
Her mission is to provide insight into the implementation of Shirley's insights and vision. To make possible her sometimes new or unexpected ideas in the areas of research, development and processing of new outlets for co-products of the banana industry.
Its objective is to facilitate the implementation of new directions for our society in order to be always ahead and prepare the future by exploring emerging scientific and technological fields that are respectful of people and the environment.
Appointed President of CIRAD by the Council of Ministers, following on from Patrice Debré, who is now Ambassador in charge of the fight against HIV/AIDS and communicable diseases. Gérard Matheron assumes this presidency within the institution's new organizational framework, which provides for the merging of the functions of President and Director General.
Agricultural engineer from the Institut national agronomique Paris-Grignon (Ina Pg) and graduate of the University of Paris IV. A researcher in animal genetics, he is an outstanding research director at INRA, where he spent the beginning of his career. He joined CIRAD in 1989 as Scientific Director of the Livestock and Tropical Veterinary Medicine Department (Emvt). He was then President of the CIRAD Centre in Montpellier until 2001, before taking over as Director of the Agropolis International association, which brings together in Montpellier many players in economic development. In 2004, he was entrusted by the Ministry of Agriculture with the task of reorganizing the Montpellier higher agricultural education centre, which became SupAgro in 2006. Gérard Matheron has been Director General of CIRAD since 1 March 2006, and was reappointed to the same position in 2009.
Secretary General of Aggridaeus. The think tank works on the conditions for the operation and development of companies in the agricultural, agri-food and agro-industrial sectors. An independent and apolitical structure, driven by its values of humanism and progress, it is committed to flexible and empowering progress, enabling the players to express their talents and potential.
Doctor of Pharmacy - USA
20 years in the pharmaceutical industry
Founder of IGB a start up accelerator in the health and beauty industry.
President, Small World Brands Chief Technology Officer at Johnson & Johnson Consumer.
Responsible for the global organization of research and development for the J&J Group.
Vice President " Global Consumer Healthcare R&D & Global Head Franchise R&D " At J&J
Pharmacologue
PhD in P
harmacie
PhD in Pharmacology and P
hysiopathologie
Habilitation to manage R
echerches
Qualified Professor of U
niversité
Director of research team UMR Qualisud
Health
effects of Natural Bioactives and A
liments
Head of International Conventions & Programmes