Emilie Poisson is the Executive Director of Convergences, platform for thought, advocacy and mobilization in Europe that promotes Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the fight against poverty, exclusion and climate change in developed countries as well as in the developing countries.
Through a network of more than 240 partner organisations working in different fields, Convergences seeks to engage with various stakeholders in order to debate ideas and spark action, to disseminate good practices and to promote co-construction approaches with the aim of creating high impact and innovative partnerships.
After 8 years spent in the field in various countries across Africa with the NGO ACTED, as Africa Regional Director, in charge of external relations and advocacy and previously Country Director in Chad and in South Sudan, Emilie Poisson joined Convergences as Executive Director in March 2016.