Pierre-Luc Vanhaeverbeke trained as an Agronomist at the Belgian University of Brussels. He has worked for 30 years in agricultural development both in Europe and developing countries.

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Mr Vanhaeverbeke began working for the European Union Delegation in Zimbabwe in 2003. His next post was Jamaica; he has held his current post in Ethiopia as Project Manager/Nutrition Coordinator for the past five years. One of his responsibilities in Ethiopia is to integrate nutrition into the projects of each programming unit in the Delegation.

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Throughout his career, Mr Vanhaeverbeke has worked and specialised in a variety of sectors, and now has experience in horticulture, food aid, food security, agriculture industry development (focusing on bananas, sugar cane and cut flowers) and, more recently, nutrition.