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Bertrand Vignes

Director of the Natural Rubber Unit

SIFCA

Private Sector & Development author

Bertrand Vignes, an agricultural engineer, joined Michelin Group in 1981, where he held various technical and operational positions on rubber plantations in Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria. He took part in the creation of a natural rubber project in Mato Grosso (Brazil) and subsequently managed Michelin plantations in Bahia, then Mato Grosso. From1999 to 2009, he was Director of Michelin Group’s Natural Rubber and Plantations Department. In 2009, he joined SIFCA Group in Côte d’Ivoire. He was initially CEO of Palmci (oil palm), then CEO of SIFCA until 2016. He is currently CEO of SIPH, in charge of SIFCA Group’s Natural Rubber Unit.

SIFCA

SIFCA was set up in 1964 and is one of the leading integrated agro-industrial groups in West Africa. The company is based in Côte d’Ivoire and works on the production, processing and distribution of cane sugar, palm oil and natural rubber. SIFCA employs over 33,000 people in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia and Senegal. It sources its raw materials from over 110,000 smallholders.