Team

Antoine is Ÿnsect’s Chairman and CEO. He also leads the cooperative insect industry association, the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF) and is Board Member of Protéine France consortium and LFD. Prior to co-founding Ÿnsect, Antoine worked on scientific projects in environmental risk assessment, biomass and plastics recycling. He is an agronomy engineer graduate from AgroCampus-Ouest and AgroParisTech. Together with Alexis, he co-founded NPO WORGAMIC and the company ORGANEO.

As engineer from the Ecole Polytechnique graduated from HEC, Jean-Gabriel is the head of Impact. Prior to co-founding Ÿnsect, Jean-Gabriel was an industrial project consultant at Schlumberger.

Fabrice leads Ÿnsect farming R&D where he applies his experience in informatics and applied mathematics. He worked at Engie before joining Ÿnsect.

Alexis holds a law degree and an MBA from ESSEC. He co-founded Ynsect and served as CFO from 2011 to mid-2017, then as Corporate Secretary until his departure in mid-2020. Since then, he has advised investment funds, incubators and startups. He is also an investor and board member of several startups.

Antoine is Ÿnsect’s Chairman and CEO. He also leads the cooperative insect industry association, the International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF) and is Board Member of Protéine France consortium and LFD. Prior to co-founding Ÿnsect, Antoine worked on scientific projects in environmental risk assessment, biomass and plastics recycling. He is an agronomy engineer graduate from AgroCampus-Ouest and AgroParisTech. Together with Alexis, he co-founded NPO WORGAMIC and the company ORGANEO.

Shankar Krishnamoorthy has nearly four decades of proven track record as a global executive in the energy sector. Shankar led multiple business entities across the globe, rising to the position of a member of the Executive Committee of Engie SA, a global leader in the electricity and gas business. As the Head of Asian Business Development and CEO of Middle East and Africa, Shankar led the opening of new markets, leading the development, construction, and operation of several multi-billion energy infrastructure projects for the international growth of Engie as well as portfolio management including the IPO of the company’s Thai assets. Since 2014, he has worked in London and Paris in several leadership roles at the corporate level including strategy, research, engineering, construction, risk management and venture capital. He was also part of Engie’s Executive Committee from 2017 to 2021.

Tina Lawton is an international leader with more than 25 years of experience in life sciences and adjacent industries. Tina brings extensive business experience having worked in and led businesses in both traditional, start-up and digital environments. She was previously Global Head of Business Transformation at Syngenta a $15bn global producer of agrochemicals and seeds. In this role she was preparing the Group for an IPO. Prior to that she was Regional President, Asia Pacific and an EXCO member of the Syngenta Global Crop Protection Business. She has also held Global Business Unit, Sales, Marketing and Business Development roles. In 2018, she was awarded the World Business Council for Sustainable Development Leading Woman Award for her contribution to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with particular focus on empowering women in Agriculture. She is British, and lives with her husband in Switzerland.

Isabelle Toledano-Koutsouris is a senior executive with over twenty years’ international finance experience at top-tier investment banks. Isabelle has extensive expertise in international capital markets, most recently having ran the debt capital markets group, and later creating the private capital markets group at UBS in EMEA. During her time at UBS, Isabelle served as an executive board member and treasurer for the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), and also as a board member of the UBS Global Visionaries, a program designed to support entrepreneurs and thought leaders whose businesses help achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals. A strong advocate of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I), Isabelle was a founding member of the UBS diversity council and continues to advocate for DE&I in all aspects business, particularly women in finance. Isabelle is a dual French and British citizen who lives in London with her husband and two children. She studied in France and the US, and speaks 3 languages.

Benjamin leads B2B sales and marketing activities for Ÿnsect Animal Nutrition and Health. Before joining Ÿnsect in 2014, he held various R&D, production, quality, and sales positions in companies such as Diana and Kemin Nutrisurance. Benjamin has a Ph.D. in food sciences.

Before becoming General Manager of Ynsect Human Nutrition and Health, Tom was the CEO of Protifarm, the Dutch food branch of Ÿnsect. He also worked for Tivall (Nestlé) for more than 8 years where he was in charge of the Benelux and international business development.

With an MBA from ESCP EUROPE, Francoise manages Ÿnsect finances. Françoise has 15+ years of experience driving profitability and business development for international pharmaceutical and animal nutrition companies such as Adisseo.

Alain Revah is Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of Ÿnsect. Most recently he was the Vice President of Business & Corporate Development at Poshmark, based in San Francisco. He started his career building digital communities for Amazon, Major League Baseball or About.com at The Well/Delphi.com. He co-founded Ulteo (acquired by AZ Network) and help launch Telegroup (IPO Nasdaq TRGP). He also co-founded, invested or advised a number of startups including Poshmark, FreshPlanet, Stargazer or PhotoRoom, conglomerates like LVMH or Vivendi and venture funds like Accelerator Ventures (Zappos [sold to Amazon], Nutanix [IPO], Cornerstone on Demand [IPO], Zynga [IPO]), and Sunstone Capital. He holds two master degrees in Law and International Business from the University of Paris-Sorbonne and speaks 9 languages.

Jean-Gabriel is co-founder of Ynsect and Chief Impact Officer. Graduated from Ecole Polytechnique Paris and HEC Paris School of Management, he ensures Ynsect’s activity remains balanced with the planet.

Alain is Ÿnsect Chief Industry Officer, he is in charge of Design and Construction Ÿnfarm Farms. Before joining Ÿnsect in December 2019, he mainly held for over 30 years Management and Project Direction positions within Technip, LITWIN in an international context, including 10 years spent in the Middle East and Asia. Agros Paris Tech engineer (1984-1987), Alain graduated from ENSPM (1989-IFP-Rueil). Alain was an Internal Auditor for the Board from 2000 to 2003.

Philippe is the Chief Operations Officer. He is passionate about building sustainable food supply chains. Before joining Ynsect, Philippe lead, created and developed operations during 20 years in multinationals such as Mondelez, Savencia and, more recently, in the healthy and sustainable food industry at Wessanen/Bjorg. He holds a Master degree in general engineering (ICAM – Lille).

Frédéric is Chief People Officer of Ÿnsect. Frédéric holds a master's degree in organisational behaviour from Lancaster University Management School and has completed the CEDEP-INSEAD General Management Program. Before joining Ynsect in September 2019, he held more than 20 years of HR and social affairs director positions in industrial groups such as PSA, Valeo and Faurecia in industrial, R&D and retail areas. Holder of a master's degree in organizational behavior and graduate in business analysis from Lancaster University, Frédéric has also followed General management programs at Essec and Cedep / Insead.

Beginning his career in Supply Chain management before transitioning to consulting firms such as PwC and Mews Partners, Nicolas is Ynsect’s Chief Digital Officer. He is a graduate of Ecole Centrale Paris.

Jean has more than 30 years of experience in leading large industrial electricity production projects internationally. In addition, he has been CEO in several companies and held numerous directorships before joining Ynsect in April 2022.