The Ethics Committee
The purpose of the Ethics Committee is to ensure that EPEE’s founding values are fully respected, in addition to its ethical requirements concerning its activities, inspired by the notion of “economic patriotism” in the provision of assistance to French and European companies as they expand abroad.
The Ethics Committee is free of any ties and of any political objectives.
EPEE’s Ethics Committee is comprised of six independent members:
François Guillaume
President of the Ethics Committee
Former Minister of Agriculture; former President of the FNSEA; former member of Parliament (UMP) for Meurthe-et-Moselle; an ardent proponent of North-South dialogue and the promoter of the “Guillaume Plan” for food security in the Third World.
Bertrand de La Presle
Army general (2S); former commander of the rapid response force and subsequently of the UNPROFOR; Former adviser to the EU’s senior representative for the former Yugoslavia, and joint author of the Dayton agreements.
Michel Bassi
Journalist; president of WAÏ TV; former communication officer to the President of the French Republic ; former CEO of RMC.
Jean-François Picheral
Former senator (Socialist Party) for the Bouches-du-Rhône; former mayor of Aix-en-Provence; former member of several senatorial groups promoting Franco-African friendship; former member of the parliamentary assembly for La Francophonie.
Jacques Warin
Former French ambassador to the FAO, the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights; Former member of the economic operations department of the MFA, expert assigned to the UN.
Michel-Jean Jacquot
Lawyer to the court; former president of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF); former senior civil servant at the European Commission in Brussels; a member of the Academy of Agriculture.