Anaïs Guillou has been the GI WACAF project manager since May 2022. She is responsible for the definition and implementation of the GI WACAF action plan, and ensures the Project reaches its strategic objectives. She carries out and oversees the delivery of technical cooperation activities implemented under the framework of the relevant IMO Conventions. She also contributes to increasing the visibility of the project and seeks to strengthen the links with stakeholders in the region. She liaises and reports directly to the GI WACAF Steering Committee.
Previously, Anaïs worked for fifteen years as project manager for a French consulting firm. As manager of the marine environment team, she carried out and supervised numerous environmental monitoring studies at sea on behalf of Oil & Gas companies, particularly in the Gulf of Guinea. Furthermore, in the framework of environmental impact studies and oil spill contingency plans, she has also participated in carrying out modelling studies of discharges in the marine environment (oil spills, produced water, drilling cuttings, chemicals, etc.) and of the response associated. She holds a master’s degree in Oceanography and Marine Environment Management from Pierre et Marie Curie University (Paris).