Thomas Couteaudier is Chief Strategy Officer for Louis Dreyfus Company. A French national, he joined the Group in 2010 from the World Bank. Working initially as Business Development Manager for the Middle East and Africa, he later served as Country Manager for South Africa, then Head of Africa, and more recently Head of South & Southeast Asia and Head of Coffee for Asia, before taking up his present role. He holds a Master’s degree in Agriculture Economics and an MBA from INSEAD.