Alain Violet is a retired consultant in Marketing and Communications. He holds a BA in Mathematics and an MA in Economic Sciences from the prestigious French Institute of Political Sciences (Sciences Po Paris). He started his career as a consultant in Marketing and Commercial development in 1973, and co-founded Praxion SA, a consulting firm specialized in recruitment in the energy, industrial and construction sectors. From 1991 to 1993, he directed activities in consulting and support to companies at the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Touraine. He then worked for almost ten years as a manager in Marketing and Communications in the insurance sector. Alain is retired since 2005 and has since then put his skills and experience to the benefit of the non-profit sector.