Our Speakers
Voices Shaping the Rhum Ecosystem
They took part in the 2025 edition
President
Patrick Loger
Rhum Business Club (RBC)
Ambassador
Antonio Pedro ALVES LOPES
Republic of Cape Verde
Advisory Board President
Yves JEGO
Advisory Board- Former Minister
Professor
Georges-Fabrice Blum
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Europe
Ambassador
Olivier GUYONVARCH
Former French ambassador to Jamaica
Minister
Hervé NOVELLI
Chairman of the Higher Council for Wine Tourism
CEO
Nicolas MOLINA
Gault & Millau Guide
Former Minister for Overseas Territories
Philippe VIGIER
Advisory Board
Researcher
Dr Muriel JACQUOT
Advisory Board
Judge / Magistrate
Sylvie BOU NAJM
Advisory Board
Ambassador
Corinne BRUNET
Embassy of Benin
Director-General for Overseas Territories
Olivier JACOB
Ministry for Overseas Territories
Cross-Functional Project Manager / Responsable projets
Véronique Potelet Anty
Paris Je t’Aime
Head of the Office of Agricultural, Rural, and Maritime Policy
Oudi SERVA
Direction générale des outre-mer
Lawyer
Claudia Chemarin
Chemarin & Limbour
Journalist
Cecilia PADILHA
Influencer
Journalist
Fabien HUMBERT
Rumporter Magazine
Vice-President
Sabrina ROBIN
GUADELOUPE Departmental Council
Liqueur Expert
Serena HUANG
Influencer
Chef
Indra CARILLO
La Condesa
Sociologist / Sociologue
Fatiha FORT
SupAgro Montpellier
Journalist
Daniel GREVE
@Ginchilenolibro
School Director
Elmira Arab Tehran-Kahn
University of Lorraine
Liqueur Expert
Yoto BORRACHO
Influencer
Michelin-Starred Chef
Anthony DENON
Restaurant Anthony Denon
Managing Director
Rico ECKERT
Kölner Rum Kontor
Master Blender
Alexandre GABRIEL
Maison Ferrand & West Indies Rum Distillery
Tourism Expert
Franck BENOIT
AIR CARAIBES
Corporate Market Expert
Rosan MOUNIEN
CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE GUADELOUPE
Business Center Manager
Jimmy BORDY
CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE GUADELOUPE
Director
Celine GILART
BONSUCRO
Director
Frédérique GIRAUD
PARIS JE TAIME
Cellar master
Jacques LARRENT
DISTILLERIE BIELLE
Entrepreneur
Morgane LE PERCHEC
Business France
Head Division Spirits
Mauricio Leme
Groupe La Pastina
Director
Philippe MASSOL
La Cité du Vin – Fondation CCV
Sugar cane planter
George MAGDELEINE
Director
Andy NEWCOMBE
NEAT COLLECTIVE
Pharmacist
Emmanuel NOSSIN
Land and Agricultural Expert
Rosan OCULI MOUNIEN
Emmanuel NOSSIN
Author
Matt PIETREK
Rum Wonk and Wonk Press
Cardiologist
François RAOUX
Institut mutualiste Montsouris
Director of Overseas Operations
Johann REMAUD
Business France
President
Marotea VITRAC
IGPF trade union
CEO & co-founder
Velleyen SAWMY
Enephtys
Co funder
Jordan TARLET
Enephtys
Brand Ambassadeur
Paul TIMON
DISTILLERIE MONTEBELLO
Entrepreneur
Clarence Soubdhan
Membership & Engagement
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