Veronique Menou

Primary Assignments:
• Lead Analyst on 4 sectors: Pharmaceutical (44 companies), Biotechnology (15 companies), Household and Personal Products (25 companies), Retail (40 companies)
–Quickly developed an understanding of key sustainability risks, trends and strategies in each sector.
–Led interviews with senior company’s representatives.
–Prepared written industry benchmarking reports and company profiles analyzing their risk exposure, strategies and competitive positioning relative to sector peers.
–Worked as part of a team to develop rating tools.
–Initiated and developed a web-based tool that addressed frequently asked questions from analysts. This contributed to the improvement of the operating efficiency of the research process.
–Promoted to Healthcare Sector Coordinator, responsible for managing a global team of analysts, setting expectations and timelines, allocating tasks, and reviewing output.

•Co-Leader of a Consulting Project for the Access to Medicines Foundation (The Netherlands)
–Co-wrote the project proposal.
–Liaised with a wide range of stakeholders (Investor Community, NGO & Charity, Academia, Consultants and Government).
-Collaborate with company representatives
–Organized roundtable discussions in New York and London.
–Designed an online survey and analyzed the survey results.
–Delivered reports to client to agreed expectations and timeframes.

Sector: Finance

–Conducted surveys on food consumption and the aromatic plant sector.
–Managed a team of 3 local people and led training sessions on how to undertake a marketing survey.
–Collaborated with the provincial government and the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation to conduct the survey.
–Frequently liaised with the French office and made recommendations on future opportunities.
–Presented findings to the provincial government, the French embassy, the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and the Asian Bank of Development to agreed expectations and timeframes.

Sector: NGO

–Prepared written proposals to governments, foundations and banks to raise funds
–Worked in the field with self-help-groups to adapt the microcredit program (Grameen bank Model) to their needs
–Developed computer applications
–Led training sessions on computer science
–Reviewed microcredit principles and determined ways to apply the principles under a different cultural situation

Sector: NGO