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Pierre-Ami Maudoux
Environmental economist with strong data science skills and over five years of experience working in international institutions (EIB, FAO). I am passionate about developing data-driven solutions to environmental and natural resources issues. Having lived and worked in eight different countries, I am fluent in three languages (FR/EN/ES) and thrive in multicultural environments.
Experience
Statistician/Economist
FAO of the UN
Rome, IT and Remote
current - 2018
- Produced data visualisations (ggplot2, Shiny, PowerBI, QGIS, Flourish - in static, animated and interactive format) for official FAO publications, the fao.org website and presentations at major international events (including COP25, COFI36)
- Greatly improved the management of the FAO-OECD global fisheries and aquaculture employment database by creating R/SharePoint applications to automate and streamline workflows
- Represented FAO at the UN’s International Symposium on the use of Big Data for official statistics (Hangzhou, 2019)
- Co-authored chapters in high-profile publications (see publications section below)
- Contributed to the review and improvement of key statistical dissemination and collection tools (SOFIA, FishStatJ, Statistical Yearbook, data collection questionnaires)
Trainee
European Investment Bank
Luxembourg, LU
2018 - 2018
- Produced a new methodology based on the NACE classification to better estimate lending statistics for the Bank’s Blue Economy projects.
- Developed a dataset of hundreds of environmental performance indicators specifically designed for operations taking place in marine and coastal areas.
Intern
Umicore
São Paulo, BR
2014 - 2014
- Performed weekly financial reporting of sales to the business unit management, cost reduction monitoring, one-off financial reporting tasks (e.g. precious metal hedges, product profitability), and sales forecasting of speciality products over a 6 months period.
Head of Quality
Junior Consulting Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
2014 - 2012
- Coordinated the work of a team of seven people on issues such as: resolving legal affairs; monitoring the quality of external projects (i.e. reporting and analysing customer experience); modelling and optimising organisational processes; preparing the company for the external audit by the European Federation of Junior Enterprises; and monitoring the overall performance of the organisation with key performance indicators.
Education
MSc, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, DK
2017 - 2015
- GPA: 10.8/12
- Thesis: “Water Quality Improvements from Macroalgae Aquaculture in Denmark: A Contingent Valuation Study”
CEMS Master in International Management
Louvain School of Management
Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
2015 - 2013
- Cum laude
- Thesis: “An analysis of the contributions of management science to corporate GHG emissions reductions”
- Semester exchange at NOVA School of Business and Economics (Lisbon, Portugal)
Bachelor degree in Economics and Management
Université catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
2013 - 2010
- Cum laude
- Minor in chinese studies
Rotary Youth Exchange Program
Brookfield East High School
Milwaukee (WI), US
2010 - 2009
- Senior year exchange in an American high school
High school degree
Collège Saint Joseph
Chimay, BE
2009 - 2003
- Specialization: science and foreign languages (EN, NL, DE)
Publications
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024
FAO
N/A
2024
- Co-author: “Employment in fisheries and aquaculture” section.
- Co-author: “Fishing Fleet” section.
2020 Yearbook of Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics
FAO
N/A
2023
- Led the effort to modernize the publication, designed data visualizations.
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022
FAO
N/A
2022
- Co-author: “Fisheries and Aquaculture Employment” section.
- Co-author: “Fishing Fleets” section.
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2020
FAO
N/A
2020
- Co-author: “Fish utilization and processing” section.
- Co-author: “Fisheries and aquaculture projections” section.
Agricultural Outlook 2020‑2029
OECD-FAO
N/A
2020
- Co-author: chapter 8, on the market situation and medium-term projections for world fish markets.
Conferences
Master’s Degree in Sustainable Fisheries Management
Universidad de Alicante
Online
2022
- Conducted a training session on FishStatJ: Software for Fishery and Aquaculture Statistical Time Series
Online Advanced Course: Organization of Fisheries Statistics Systems
International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) Zaragoza
Online
2020
- Conducted a training session on FishStatJ: Software for Fishery and Aquaculture Statistical Time Series
International Symposium on the Use of Big Data for Official Statistics
UN Global Working Group on Big Data
Hangzhou, CN
2019
- Presented applications of big data in FAO’s fisheries and aquaculture division.
Courses & certifications
Data Scientist with R Track
DataCamp
Online
2022
- 30-courses, 88-hours Data Science certification covering data importing, cleaning, manipulation, visualization, and machine learning through video lectures, case studies and skills assessments.
The Complete SQL Bootcamp 2020
Pieran Data on Udemy
Online
2020
- Fundamental SQL training with PostgreSQL.
Geographic Information Systems Specialization
UCDavis on Coursera
Online
2019
- Comprehensive certification (24 weeks) covering basic to advanced GIS concepts and practice with ArcGIS.
Blue Economy Summer School
University of Pécs
Pécs, HU
2013
- Two weeks of classes and applied project on the circular economy, led by former Ecover chairman Gunter Pauli.