Alexis, a French national, joined the Climate and Chemicals Team of the GEF as a Sr. Climate Change Specialist, through the Secondment Program of the World Bank. Alexis will work on climate change mitigation.

Prior to joining the GEF, Alexis was part of the French administration. From 2001 to 2004, at the Ministry of Environment in the North of France, he worked as Manager of Sustainable Development and Environmental Impact Studies. At that time, Alexis was also one of the French representatives for the International Scheldt River Commission, in charge of water economics. From 2004 to 2008, at the metropolitan district of Rennes, a city of 400.000 inhabitants, he worked as Manager of Sustainable Development and Urban Planning. He was responsible for the development strategy of the city, specifically in the environmental and social fields. He also worked on energy and climate issues (definition of the energy and climate plan of the metropolitan area, energy-efficiency in public housing, clean urban transportation, and renewable energy).

Alexis holds a M.S. from the Ecole Polytechnique of Paris and a M.S. in Environmental Economics from the National School of Agriculture, Environment, Water and Forestry in Paris.