Clotilde POLDERMAN-ROUSSILLE, New CEO of GEVES
Clotilde POLDERMAN-ROUSSILLE becomes CEO of GEVES from 1 May 2025.
She succeeds Alain TRIDON, who is retiring. Since 2019, Alain TRIDON has played a decisive role in positioning GEVES at national and international level, as formalised in the GEVES Ambition 2030 strategic note. He has made a major contribution to strengthening R&D policy and regulatory activities, as well as consolidating the security of GEVES’s infrastructure and business model. I would like to express my deep gratitude to Alain TRIDON for his commitment and energy, which have enabled GEVES to strengthen and assert its role as a European leader.
At GEVES, Clotilde Polderman-Roussille headed the National Seed Testing Station (SNES) for 5 years, after holding the position of Development & Marketing Manager with the CEO. In her previous career, she worked in the Research Department of the University of Angers and in the pharmaceutical industry for 14 years. All her experience has enabled her to develop strategic and operational skills in demanding sectors in terms of research, quality and regulation.
At a time when a renewed European regulatory framework is being prepared, the basis of GEVES’s activity, and in view of the crucial issues facing the seed industry, Clotilde POLDERMAN-ROUSSILLE will endeavour to strengthen GEVES’s role in supporting public policy with the French authorities. She will also help to confirm GEVES’ leadership on the international stage and step up the deployment of R&D to support innovation, particularly in response to the agro-ecological transition and climate change.
Clotilde POLDERMAN-ROUSSILLE is aware that the strength of GEVES lies in each and every one of the men and women who work there, all of whom are dedicated and passionate experts. She will be leading this group by implementing continuous improvement, efficiency, sustainability and securing the economic model.
I wish her every success and fulfilment in her new responsibilities.
Patrick FLAMMARION
Chairman of GEVES Administrative Council
