Professional background

DIRECTOR OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF GENEVA AND THE
HISTORY OF SCIENCE MUSEUM  2012 – 2020

Main achievements and results (see also my last certificate of employment)

• Initiation and management of a large-scale project : Extension and partial renovation of the Museum (AMBRE): drawing up the program, member of the jury of architectural competition, follow-up of the preliminary project.
• Development of a new medium-term vision
• Initiation and supervision of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the museum.
• In 2018, organization in Geneva of the annual conference of ECSITE, the largest European network of Science Centers and Museums
• 30% increase in museum attendance with more than 300,000 visitors
• New program of temporary exhibitions inviting debate and societal questioning.
• Support and supervision of the acquisition of new software for the digitalization of collections.
• Consolidation and reorientation of research activities in relation to new international legal requirements
• Introduction of a new organization chart better adapted to the new objectives and challenges of the museum.
• Optimization of the financial resources of the museum by developing a fundraising policy with new patrons and contributions.
• Member of the jury for the recruitment of three new museum directors in Switzerland (Basel, Neuchatel and Fribourg).

DIRECTOR OF THE JURA NATURAL SCIENCES MUSEUM AND BOTANICAL GARDEN IN  PORRENTRUY (NORTH SWITZERLAND) 2009 – 2012

• Staff management
• Collection management
• Production of temporary exhibitions and other public events
• Leading scientific projects in paleontology
• Public and press relations

Co-lead of a large-scale project: Paleojura, a project for the study, conservation and valorization of paleontological and archeological discoveries made along the future course of the Transjurane highway.

SCIENTIFIC MANAGER AND HEAD OF PALEONTOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS, PALEONTOLOGY A16, TRANSJURANE HIGHWAY, PORRENTRUY (NORTH SWITZERLAND) 2004 – 2009

• Management and excavation activities
• Management of scientific projects related to the discoveries
• Staff management (excavation teams, scientific collaborators)
• Public events organization
• Press relations and science popularization