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Gérard matheron

Appointed president of CIRAD by the Council of Ministers, following Patrice Debré, now ambassador in charge of the fight against HIV-AIDS and communicable diseases. Gérard Matheron assumes this presidency within the new organizational framework of the establishment which provides for the merger of the functions of president and general director.

Agricultural engineer from the National Agronomic Institute Paris-Grignon (Ina Pg) and graduate of Paris IV University. A researcher in animal genetics, he is an exceptional research director at INRA where he spent the start of his career. He joined CIRAD in 1989 to serve as scientific director of the Livestock and Tropical Veterinary Medicine (Emvt) department. He was then president of the Cirad center in Montpellier until 2001 before taking charge of the Agropolis International association which brings together many economic development players in Montpellier. In 2004, he was charged by the Ministry of Agriculture with reorganizing the agronomic higher education center in Montpellier, which became SupAgro in 2006. Director General of CIRAD since March 1, 2006, Gérard Matheron was reappointed in the same role in 2009.

Secretary General of Agrisée. The think tank works on the conditions for the operation and development of businesses in the agricultural, agri-food and agro-industrial sectors. Independent and apolitical structure, driven by its values ​​of humanism and progress, is committed to flexible and empowering progress, allowing actors to express their talents and potential.