Violaine Laurens is the Digital Solutions Manager for Solidaridad Latin America, an international solution-oriented civil society organization working in over 40 countries worldwide to create fair and sustainable supply chains. Violaine is an experienced International Development and Sustainability professional with a demonstrated track-record of bringing innovation to foster sustainable and inclusive agricultural value chains in Latin America. With a background in political sciences, she holds an MSc in Development studies (Sciences-po Paris, France) and a postgraduate degree in Sustainable business management (HEC Paris, France & FGV-EAESP, Brazil). She´s an alum of the Miller Center Accelerator, the world largest university-based social enterprise accelerator. She has over 15 years of experience leading sustainability and innovation projects with both non-profits and large companies in the food and retail industry.