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Robert LeBlanc

Robert N. LeBlanc, B.Sc.A., MBA, and DBA (ABT)  is a graduate of the Université de Moncton and  HÂþ»­ University,  and has completed the coursework for a doctorate (U. of Sherbrooke).He has been a full-time professor in two Canadian universities and has lectured in seven others at home and internationally, specifically in policy and strategy fields. He has been a Deputy Minister in Ottawa and the executive vice president of two of Canada’s largest international engineering firms.

He is recognized internationally as an expert in evaluative research and has advised every major international donor agency and most international financial institutes on epistemological approaches and methodologies.  He brings to this post an experience that spans 160 countries supported by peer-reviewed publications of books and articles on management and evaluation. He has a long and deep experience in the development of policy in the fields of climate change, environment and biodiversity, having been the senior advisor to the Federal Biodiversity Information Partnership and the Director of an American project to advise Eastern African Countries on environmental policy and its application.