Our team
CEO & Manager - Expert in institutions, management, and rural development
38 années d’expérience professionnelle dans la coopération internationale dans différents domaines d’expertise : secteur privé, institutionnel et finances publiques, décentralisation, développement local, rural, ressources naturelles, pastoralisme.
With an agricultural, economic and legal academic background, Claude Mauret completed his studies in 2013 with a Master's degree from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Toulouse, France. He has developed an expertise in local development, rural development, natural resources, decentralisation and pastoralism through the implementation of major projects of the French, Danish and European Union cooperation
He has acquired significant expertise in private sector support and microfinance. He also has significant experience in rural and pastoral hydraulics in the Sahel, where he started his career.
Over the last 10 years, he has also developed a strong expertise in the field of public finance (state, local authorities, public institutions) and the definition and implementation of the sector-wide approach in the agriculture, water, education and good governance sectors.
Finally, his positions as director and manager in international projects and structures have given him a strong capacity and experience in human resources management, marketing, and financial management. He is also a farmer in France.
Expert in public policy, evaluation, and capitalisation
19 years of professional experience
Caroline is a geographer with a degree in social sciences and a postgraduate diploma in international project management. For the past 19 years, Caroline has been working with cooperation agencies, NGOs and local authorities on technical assistance missions (project management, capacity building) as well as short-term assignments.
She has carried out numerous project evaluations, situational and sectoral analyses, literature reviews, needs identification studies and stakeholder mapping. In particular, she works in the fields of education, vocational training, social policies and local development.
She has been living in West Africa for seven years (Burkina Faso, then Senegal and now Niger), and has also spent two years in Central Africa in Gabon for the Central African Protected Areas Network, as well as in French Guyana.
Expert in rural development and agricultural advisory
16 years of professional experience
Taha joined the ACK team in December 2020. He is an agricultural engineer with 16 years of experience in NGOs and consultancies in the Maghreb region (Morocco-Algeria and Tunisia). He speaks French, Arabic and English. Taha started his professional career in 2010, in Morocco. Since 2015, he has been coordinating multi-country projects in North Africa where he has developed a very diverse and rich network.
He has extended his expertise in the areas of needs assessment, project design and financing, structuring of agricultural sectors, support to professional organisations, analysis of public policies and assistance in decision-making and strategic choices. He has worked as a consultant for several consultancy firms, particularly in the sectors of professional integration of rural youth, strategic planning, participatory management of natural resources, training and agricultural advice.
Expert in rural development and agricultural advisory
16 years of professional experience
Marta graduated in 2008 as an agricultural engineer (SupAgro Montpellier). Initially specialised in livestock systems in the South, she has gradually broadened her skills to several areas of international rural development, and in particular to support for producers' organisations, support for the development of value chains and agricultural consultancy.
Marta has 16 years of professional experience, 14 of which in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar, but also in South America and Central Europe. Her various technical assistance missions (Madagascar - 6 years, Burkina Faso (and Ivory Coast) - 3 years, Tanzania - 2 years) and consultations have developed her versatility, her management and capacity building skills and her expertise on various issues such as agro-ecology, support for young producers and the territorial approach.
As coordinator of a cross-cutting project in 5 countries (from 2014 to 2018), she has developed her expertise in the facilitation of capitalisation work and evaluative approaches (impact studies, change-oriented approaches). Marta speaks French, English, Spanish, Polish and Malagasy. She joined the ACK International team in September 2021.
Junior expert in public and private finance
10 years of professional experience
Mohamed joined the ACK team in December 2022. He holds a Bachelor's degree in financial management from Sup'Management in Fez (Morocco) and a Master's degree in financial engineering from the ESG Management School in Toulouse (France).
Mohamed started his career as a financial analyst at Mercurius, a school equipment manufacturing company located in Toulouse, France. In the field of international cooperation, he participated in a LuxDev mission for ACK in March 2022, as a consultant in charge of the elaboration of a procedures manual for the financing of innovation, private initiative and productive projects in the regions of Ségou and Sikasso (Mali) by the regional councils. He then participated in 2 missions and produced a procedures and management manual for the "Malian Diaspora Productive Investment Support Facilities" and a study to evaluate the overall performance of Denmark's contribution to the realisation of investment projects financed under the "Decentralisation" Thematic Programme and to the reinforcement of ANICT's capacities in this field. Mohamed was born in Mali and speaks French, English and Bambara.
Administrative Manager
22 years of professional experience
Géraldine holds an Advanced technician's certificate (BTS) in Accounting, Commerce and Management. She joined ACK International in January 2019. Between 2003 and 2012, she worked as a management assistant for several companies in the Toulouse region. She then continued her professional career at Compass Group, as Administrative Manager from 2012 to 2018. Since the beginning of 2019, she has been Administrative Manager of ACK International, in charge of coordinating administrative, financial, and accounting tasks, as well as the administrative management of human resources.
Since the beginning of 2019, she is the Administrative Manager of ACK International, in charge of the coordination of administrative, financial and accounting tasks, as well as the administrative management of human resources.
