Jean-Pierre Decor

General Manager Institut des Sciences du Vivant

Debate Dinner

He participated in the "What agriculture for the future?" Debate Dinner as a moderator.

Biography

Education

• Chemistry Engineer  ( ESCIL ) 1962-1965
• PhD in Chemistry ( Claude Bernard University LYON ) 1965-1969
• Post-Doctorate  position ( ETH ZURICH ) 1979-1980
• Business Graduate ( CEDEP) 1983-1984

Main career phases ( 1970 – 2001 )

Société des Usines Chimiques Rhône-Poulenc (SUCRP)
1970    Senior Chemist                   
1974    Group Leader

Rhône-Poulenc Division Protection des Cultures
1980    Head of Department "New Products Discovery"
1982    Director of Research Center            
1985    Worldwide Reseach Director

Rhône-Poulenc Agro
1987    Research and Development Director
1993    Deputy General Manager

Rhône-Poulenc secteur Santé Végétale et Animale
1997    Scientific Director, Deputy General Manager               

Aventis Agriculture
2000    Scientific Director   
               
Aventis SA
2000    Aventis Technology Council Member

Rhône-Poulenc Industrialisation
2000    President                   

Voluntary Activties since 2002

General Manager of "Institut des Sciences du Vivant"   

Other current activities

• Member of Scientific and Industrial Council of "Europôle de l' Arbois" Aix-en-Provence
• Vice-President  of International Organization for Chemistry in Development ( IOCD )
• Chairman of the Board  of  "Ecole Nationale de Chimie de Montpellier" ( ENSCM )
• Member of the  Scientific  Council of the "Génoplante" (Basic research in genomic and plant physiology : Joint programme between Public Institutions -INRA, CNRS, CIRAD- and Seeds Companies)
• Member of "Académie d’Agriculture de France" since 1993
• Managing Director of "Groupement Foncier Agricole « LE VERBEAUMET »" (vine and olive growing)

 Scientific Honours

2001 : Grand Prix de la Société Française de Chimie et de la Société de Chimie Industrielle