LL.M. (Salford/UK), Law (Free University of Kinshasa), Executive Director of the Congolese Center for Sustainable Development Law and former member of the African Commission’s Working Group of Experts on Human Rights, Environment and Extractive Industries from 2014 to 2020. Lawyer for 20 years at the Democratic Republic of Congo Bar, currently Attorney at the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide for French speaking African countries. Research focuses on issues of governance, climate change adaptation and mitigation, Nationally Determined Contributions, climate litigation, loss and damages, investor states disputes, sustainable landscape investments, sustainable development, processes for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+), energy projects, public policy and human rights.