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.

Benjamin leads B2B sales and marketing activities for Ÿnsect. 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.

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 the Chief Marketing & Strategy 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.

Alain is Ÿnsect Chief Industrial Project 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 Manufacturing and Supply Chain 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 / Instead.

Vincent Maurice is Global Vice President Operations of Danone / Essential Dairy & Plant Based Products. Vincent has over 30 years experience in different global FMGC's such as Mars, Reckitt & Colman, Kimberly-Clark and Danone in local, regional or global roles in Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Quality and R&D functions. Vincent is graduated from Ecole Nationale des Industries Agro-Alimentaires.

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.

Ashok Sudan is currently Executive Chairman of Verescence, the leading global manufacturer of glass bottles for the Perfumery and Cosmetics Industry. From 2010 to 2016 he was CEO of SGD Group, a multi-national group manufacturing glass containers for the beauty and pharmaceutical markets. From 1977 to 2010 he worked for a large US based plastic packaging company, Graham Packaging, where he was most recently the Executive Vice President and Managing Director of the $1.5 billion food & beverage packaging business. Ashok holds Master’s degrees in business and engineering and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.

Bruno specializes in sustainable investing. For the past 18 years at AllianceBernstein, AXA IM and Lord Abbett, he has been focusing on ESG issues and investing in industries at the center of de-carbonization including autos, industrials, transportation, utilities and renewables. Bruno started his career assisting start-ups and multinationals in expanding to Japan, Asia and other EM. A French-American citizen, Bruno is a graduate of Tufts University and the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy. He also attended Keio University as a Mombusho Fellow.