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AUTHOR : Kathleen Figueiredo Laissy, Managing Director, APE Europe

APE Europe is preparing to launch a comprehensive roadmap. We asked its new Managing Director a few questions.

Plasticulture Magazine: You are joining APE Europe with a definite European added value. Can you tell us more about this?

Kathleen Figueiredo Laissy: I am resolutely European due to my dual Portuguese and French family culture. My mother was a European civil servant, so I grew up in Belgium and attended the European School before spending a few years in the United Kingdom to pursue my university studies in International Relations and Management.

My career in European public affairs has a definite agricultural and environmental dimension, in both the public and private sectors. For several years, I have represented the government of the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Portugal) before the European institutions, an activity that I will continue in parallel with APE Europe, allowing me to be fully at the heart of the Brussels ecosystem.

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