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Véronique joined the Education Commission as a secondee of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support the work of the Sustainable Financing Initiative of the School Meals Coalition. The Coalition was set up in 2021 at the UN Food System Summit to recognize globally the importance of school meals for the learner’s health and well-being in the aftermath of the COVID crisis. The Coalition has convened more than 66 countries and 65 partners around advocacy, research, and political commitments for the expansion of school feeding programs. The Sustainable Financing Initiative for school health and nutrition, led by the Education Commission under the umbrella of the Coalition, is working with governments and donors to research and implement sustainable financing solutions to expand school feeding programs.

Véronique has more than 30 years of experience in the development field. She worked for 10 years at the OECD Development Centre before joining the Agence Française de Developpement where she successively managed the knowledge management team and the economic and social research teams. She then joined the education technical team where she oversaw education and TVET program design and financing in Mauritania, Senegal, South Africa, and Vietnam before becoming the team manager. In parallel she has lectured on development issues and project management at the Paris Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris I, and Paris V University, among others. She currently serves on the Board of France Education International and Montpellier Supagro.

Véronique holds a Bachelor’s in Contemporary and Medieval History, a Master’s in Political Sciences from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, and a Master’s in Urban Development and Town Planning in developing countries from the Institut d’Urbanisme de Paris.