Élise d’EPENOUXHead of International Communication and Public Affairs

Reporter for RFI, Capa Agency, French TV… Elise was a journalist for AFP (Agence France-Presse) for more than 12 years, where she worked as a news reporter and produced also more than 60 3D animations on climate, environment, the great plastic garbage patch, biodiversity...all broadcast during the COP21, on official screens.

Based on her experience, the OECD hired her for its annual 2018 OECD Forum to moderate the session Safeguarding the Oceans. Then she worked for 2 years as a communication officer, editorial manager and writer for the UNFCCC (the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). There she was Editor in chief of the UNFCCC website, Responsible for social networks in French (Twitter and Facebook), wrote articles, press releases, made interviews, live-Tweet, Facebook-live during the COP23, COP24, the One Planet Summit, Women 4Climate, Africa Climate Week...

Since 2020, for ocean conservation NGOs, she develops and deploys the international communication strategy and manages the public affairs strategy, support the digital strategy and is taking part in many international events (IUCN Congress, Dubai World Expo, AIS Forum, World Water Forum, COP26, COP27, INC-1, INC-2, INC-3...).

The experience she has gained on the subject of marine plastic pollution in the last years, and particularly in Indonesia, has led her to be called upon to take part in round tables and conferences - COP27 (Sharm El Sheikh), Dihad 2022 and 2023 (Dubai), Bilateral Indonesia-France Focus Group discussion (Bali), Alternatiba Swiss (Geneva), Indo Waste international Fair (Jakarta), Sustainable Development Summit (National Assembly, France), INC-1 (Montevideo)… or to act as a moderator - Dihad 2022 (Dubai), AIS Forum (Bali)…

Over the past three and a half years, she has succeeded in raising NGOs’ profile abroad, notably by being admitted as an observer to the CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity), UNFCCC and UNEP (UN Environment).