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 […]
Agnès Mathis
Mme Mathis est actuellement directeur de Cooperatives Europe, l’organisation représentant les coopératives au niveau européen. Juriste, diplomée de la Sorbonne (DESS Droit public et européen) elle a travaillé au sein du cabinet d’avocats Barlow, Lyde and Gilbert sollicitors (London) et de la compagnie d’assurance mutuelliste Wiener statische Insurance Group (Vienna). Elle a ensuite travaillé au […]
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
Marie-Josée Paquette received a bachelor’s degree from the Université du Québec en Outaouais with a major in communications and a minor in political science. After graduating, she went on to hold various positions in provincial and federal ministerial offices. She joined the cooperative and mutual movement in 2009, landing at the Conseil québécois de la […]
Violetta Nafpaktiti
Violetta Nafpaktiti is the CEO of DotCooperation LLC (www.identity.coop) providing the .coop domain and COOP Marque to thousands of cooperatives around the world, who are using these tools to promote their cooperative identity. Violetta has been working for DotCoop since the launch of the .coop namespace in 2002. She has a wealth of knowledge and […]
Joanne Lechasseur
Joanne holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Relations from Université Laval, Quebec and she’s a content expert for events on the cooperative business model. She served as the ICA Seoul 2021 World Cooperative Congress Event Manager. Prior to that she was the Director of Programming and Scientific Activities for the International Summit of Cooperatives in […]
Stephane Bertrand
Holds a master’s degree in economics from the Université de Montréal. Organized: Pre-congress event – Energy symposium 2009 – Seoul, World Energy Congress- Montreal 2010, International summit of cooperatives 2012, 2014 and 2016, International aluminum summit 2014, World Energy Congres – Daegu 2014 in collaboration with the Local Organizing Committee, International Summit of Aluminum Montréal […]
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 […]