zeGOgroup

Managing director for zeGOgroup. Marc is a senior public health specialist and an established researcher with over 20 years of professional experience. Before co-founding zeGOgroup, he established a consultancy firm in 2006 and served as the Research Director for an international organization specializing in health systems and HIV/AIDS field programs in Africa.

About

By serving successfully international organizations as a team leader or a principal investigator, Marc demonstrated his ability to operate in challenging environments, work across cultural boundaries, and coordinate activities at all level. He has worked in Europe, Africa, Asia, North and South America. Beyond his management skills, Marc's key technical areas of expertise include Health Economics, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, and Operations Research.

Since 2004, Marc has developed a specific interest and expertise in Global Fund related activities. He has coordinated and/or contributed to the development of proposals, served as a team leader under the US Government funded Grant Management Solutions (GMS) project in various African and Asian countries, working with CCMs and/or PRs in the technical areas of governance, oversight, grant management, and monitoring & evaluation. He has also worked as a consultant for UNAIDS and UNDP helping with proposal development or Phase II applications. Marc has successfully assisted 2 countries with their programmatic and financial gap analysis, including development and costing of national plans (contributing to leveraging over US$ 600 million) and participated as a team leader and supervisor in the joint GMS/Global Fund dashboard pilot project.

Marc has developed a special interest in adapting and introducing approaches inspired from his 15 years of European professional experience in new environments, believing that innovative, but simple and user-friendly methods and/or tools, can often help resolve complex issues and contribute to empower organizations and people. He also mentors MPH students at UCSF in cost-effectiveness studies and is a member of the French College of Health Economists. Finally, Marc has a particular talent for improvisational hairdressing using unconventional materials, such as seaweed, and – when finally at home – for jamming with his kids who still haven't succeeded though in convincing him that rock music didn't die with The Beatles' break-up more than 40 years ago.

Relevant professional experience

• Managing Director, zeGOgroup, Paris (since 2011)
• Manager, Consultant, Health Consultancy International, Paris (2006-2011)
• Director - Research & Development, AXIOS International, Paris (2004-2006)
• Senior Research Associate, CEMKA, Paris (1998-2004)
• Post-Graduate Researcher, University of California, San Francisco (1997-1998)

Other highlights

• Marc holds a Master degree in Health Economics and a Master of Public Health
• He speaks English, French, Dutch, and German
• To date, Marc has worked on Global Fund related projects in 15 countries: Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ethiopia, India, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Philippines, Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Tanzania, West Bank and Gaza Strip
• He has published more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals, has made numerous oral presentations at international conferences, and written more than 100 scientific reports