Marion Guillou

Marion Guillou is currently Vice Chairman at Care France and the French Academy of Agriculture, Chairman at Académie d'Agriculture de France, Director at the French Institute of International Relations, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Bioversity International, and Universcience.fr, and Member of the Académie des Technologies and Grande Chancellerie de la Légion d'Honneur.
Former positions include Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Institut National de Recherche Agronomique SA (2004–2012), Chairman of Ecole Polytechnique (2008–2013), Chairman of Agreenium (2015–2020), Chairman of Inst Natl de Recherche pour l'Agriculture l'Aliment & l'Env (2010–2015), Director General-Food at France Ministry of Agriculture, Agribusiness & Forestry (1996–2000), Independent Director at Veolia Environnement SA (2012–2025), and various directorships and chairmanships at organizations including Inrae Transfert SASU, Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security, Areva SA, Imerys SA, Apave SA, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Institut des Hautes Etudes pour la Science et la Technologie, BNP Paribas SA, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire, Cgiar System Organization, Fondation Jacques De Bohan, and University of Lyon Foundation.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from Ecole Polytechnique (1973) and a doctorate from AgroParisTech.