Gabriel Sarasin

- Led global sustainable sourcing strategy across 12+ countries and 50,000+ farmers, delivering large-scale environmental and social impact in complex agricultural supply chains. - Mobilized over $25M in external co-funding through strategic partnerships with multilateral institutions, financial partners, NGOs, and customers. - Created McCormick’s Sustainable Sourcing Framework and proprietary “Grown for Good” certification — the first of its kind in the flavor industry — now deployed across 20 crops in 12+ countries. - Developed McCormick’s Regenerative Agriculture Framework, translating climate and soil health goals into scalable, on-the-ground programs. - Designed and activated McCormick’s global sustainability data strategy, embedding traceability, impact measurement, and reporting into enterprise systems. - Co-developed the Sustainable Supplier Finance Program with Citi and IFC — the first in the Food & Beverage industry linking supplier sustainability performance to preferential financing terms. - Improved farm-level pesticide residue compliance by over 3.5x through targeted agronomic programs and supplier capability building. - Represent McCormick externally as Steering Committee member of the Sustainable Spices Initiative (SSI), Sustainable Vanilla Initiative (SVI), and Consumer Goods Forum Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI). - Partner with Marketing and Sales to develop substantiated sustainability claims across leading SKUs in North America and Europe. - Lead and develop a global team of sustainability professionals, driving cross-functional integration across procurement, R&D, finance, regulatory, and commercial teams. Recognition: C.P. McCormick Gold Award for outstanding leadership and performance.

Initiated and developped NCBA CLUSA's presence in Madagascar. Built a program from the ground up focused on sustainable spices value chains and public-private partnerships. From an initial team of 06 staffs and 01 project, the program grew to a team of 13 staffs and a portfolio of 04 projects spread over 05 Regions of Madagascar with a total budget of $3M under my management.

Supported CUSO's first presence in Nigeria. Designed the strategy, workplan and tools of the value chain and market development component of a $15M CAD project "Youth Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Access and Development (YouLead)" funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada in Cross River State, Nigeria.

Designed and managed CUSO's first non-volunteer focused project in Cameroon, a $3.3M CAD project supporting over 2000 farmers through a team of 60 national and international staff, consultants and volunteers. "Ecoagricultural Business for the Adaptation of Changes in Climate (B-ADAPT)" funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada in South and East Regions of Cameroon. Successfully led the creation of a mycorhizal biofertilizer production plant as a social enterprise.

Led the business development of a $3.3M CAD project and the creation of public-private partnerships in Western DRC for sustainable management of natural resources. Opened the way as first volunteer of Cuso International in DR Congo.

Assistant in molecular biology research and tropical forestry courses for Professor Damase P. Khasa

Successfully launched the first "Model Forest" multi-stakeholder process in Democratic Republic of Congo (Mayombe landscape) mobilizing government, civil society, private sector and community stakeholders.

Provided support to a local forestry training institution, including evaluating the functionality and implementation of the project "Training in Natural Resources Management in the Congo Basin (FOGRN-BC)", supporting financial management and assessing forestry training courses.

Provided support to Qit Madagascar Minerals (QMM) (Rio Tinto plc.) in Fort-Dauphin, Madagascar, including researching biotechnologies to enhance the efficiency of the post-mining ecological restoration and carrying out assessments of cash crop value chain implemented in villages around the mining sites as a "shared value" initiative.

Training provided by Hydro-Québec Equipment as industrial partner for my master (University-Enterprise Partnership for Development). A training in environmental impact assessment was given at their headquarter in Montreal and a field-based training in landscape restoration at their Rapide-Des-Coeurs power plant.

Responsible for the organization of a Carboneutral Ski Event connecting CSR and international development. I have managed a multidisciplinary team of over 10 students and professional to organize the even. I have established partnerships with private sector and universities to support fundraising activities and mobilize corporate teams for the event. We have been awarded the first regional prize at the Quebec Entrepreneurship contest for this achievement among other recognitions.

Acted as Vice-president Finance and Fundraising at University of Laval chapter, raising more than 20 000 $ during the year, including overseeing financial management of budget, creating, organizing fundraising activities as well as managing teams of 05 to 10 students to carry out these activities.

Successfully completed internship to support the characterization and definition of the eutrophication and trophic state of the St-Charles Lake (Québec, Canada), including collecting samples, quantifying phosphorus and analyzing pigments using spectrofluorometry.

"Biotechnologies of root symbiosis in ecological restoration of degradated ecosystems in Madagascar". GPA : 4.03 / 4.33

Pluridisciplinar training : - international project management - sociology - economic - agricultural development

I was the only delegate from Laval University Biology Program and succeeded through advanced courses of molecular biology designed for Master and PhD students.