J. Benoit Caron
Benoit Caron has accumulated nearly 35 years of experience in business development and management, with almost 30 years specifically focused on cooperative development. He is widely recognized for his involvement and expertise in creating and fostering cooperatives that address economic and social needs while emphasizing their consolidation. Benoit has played a significant role in the […]
Elena Badeanschi
Elena Badeanschi is a professional with extensive experience in designing and promoting international projects focused on cooperative skills development, participatory governance, and stakeholder engagement for sustainable local development. She manages international relations and network activities at the Trentino Federation of Cooperation (Italy) and serves on the board of Euromontana, the European network for mountain regions. […]
Ilana Gotz
The International Co-operative Business Education Consortium (ICBEC) is a global network connecting over 100 institutions, with a core group of 26 dedicated members and supporters focused on advancing co-operative business education. Originally launched in 2013 and re-launched in 2021, the Consortium provides a platform for actors in co-operative business education (CBE) to better understand each […]
Agnes Mathis
Mrs. Mathis is currently director of Cooperatives Europe, the European organisation representing cooperatives at European level. Lawyer, graduated from the University of La Sorbonne (DESS Droit public et européen), she has worked within Barlow, Lyde and Gilbert sollicitors (London) and Wiener statische Insurance Group (Vienna). She then has worked in the Cooperative mouvement. After being […]
Alexandra Wilson
Alexandra Wilson discovered a passion for cooperatives when, as a teenager, she led her neighbours in a successful fight to turn 260 units of low-rent housing into a cooperative. Her involvement in saving her own home led to a career spanning 47 years in the cooperative housing sector. Alexandra spent three years working in the […]
Marie-Josée Paquette
Détentrice d’un baccalauréat majeure en communication et mineure en sciences politiques de l’Université du Québec en Outaouais, madame Paquette a occupé différentes fonctions au sein de cabinets ministériels provincial et fédéral. À son arrivée dans le mouvement coopératif et mutualiste en 2014, elle occupa le poste de conseillère principale aux communications et aux relations gouvernementales […]
Violetta Nafpaktiti
Violetta Nafpaktiti est la PDG de DotCooperation LLC (www.identity.coop) fournissant le domaine .coop et la marque COOP à des milliers de coopératives à travers le monde, qui utilisent ces outils pour promouvoir leur identité coopérative. Violetta travaille pour DotCoop depuis le lancement de l’espace de noms .coop en 2002. Elle possède une richesse de connaissances […]
Joanne Lechasseur
Titulaire d’une maitrise en relations industrielles de l’Université Laval. Expert en contenu pour des évènements sur le modèle d’entreprise coopérative. Elle a été responsable de l’organisation du congrès mondial des coopératives de l’ACI Séoul 2021 et directrice de la programmation et des activités scientifiques pour le Sommet international des coopératives en 2012, 2014 et 2016. […]
Stephane Bertrand
Titulaire d’une maitrise en économie de l’Université de Montréal. Il a organisé : l’évènement précongrès – Energy symposium 2009 à Séoul, le Congrès mondial de l’énergie à Montréal 2010. le Sommet international de l’aluminium 2014, le Congrès mondial de l’énergie a Daegu en 2014 en collaboration avec le Comité organisateur local, le Sommet international de […]
Jean-Louis Bancel
Jean Louis Bancel is a recognized cooperative banker. He was a Board member and President of Crédit Coopératif from 2000 To 2020, Chair of the International Cooperative Banking Association (ICBA) from 2006 to 2015 and of the International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation (ICMIF) from 2001 to 2005. He worked as Secretary-General of ‘Groupement des […]