Laurent Bochereau, Ph.D

Since September 2023, Laurent Bochereau has worked as a research and innovation counsellor at the EU Delegation to the African Union, where he contributes to strengthening EU-AU cooperation in the areas of higher education, research, and innovation.

He holds a Laureate from the Ecole Polytechnique, a Master’s degree from the University of California, and a PhD from the University of Paris Sorbonne. After several years working as a research project leader at INRAE, he served for two years in the French Ministry for Research. He joined the European Commission in 1995, where he held several middle management positions and had postings in the EU Delegations in Washington, Beijing, and Moscow.